Calligraphy WritingHi. In the afternoon all of the Enrich Kids did Calligraphy writing because we only had 14 kids at school.We had a practice sheet that we had to copy and when we finished the practice sheet we got to do our name and our friends and family's names in calligraphy writing.When we finished writing our names in calligraphy Jenni gave us a choice on what we wanted to do when we were finished. The choices were... 1. to think of a shape and then write what we wanted to: e.g live life as best as you can in a heart shape and  2. make a word block.See you later. 

Patterns of Behaviour

Patterns of Behaviour

Hello.

Today I did patterns of behaviour with Katie. In patterns of behaviour Katie was telling us what the patterns of behaviour were.

The Basics

Katie gave us a sheet with a bunch of random words that were placed in different places. Katie said we had to get three coloured crayons and made a key. (Eg) my key was Green = Feelings, Purple = Behaviour and Pink = Throughts.

Next Thing

Next Katie said that we had to make a list of behaviours that we thought were Unlearnt and Learnt. We had to make a list with ten ideas on it then we had to share what they were.

Psychological and Spatial Drama!

(These are not games).

Today we did some Psychological and Spatial Drama

(again these are not games).

Spatial Drama
(10 second objects)

Spatial drama is a type of Drama where you locate and feel the space around yourself.
One of the Drama activities was when you were in a group of three or four and when Nicola called out a object, the group had to make that object in 10 seconds or less.

Psychological Drama
(Only one liar)

In this Drama activity, you sit in a circle and Nicola would tell us to close our eyes and Nicola would go around the circle and tap one of us on the shoulder.
(SPOILER ALERT!) On round 1 Nicola didn't tap anyone on the shoulder,
BUT... on round 2 Nicola tapped EVERYONE on the shoulder.

Ready, Set, Create!!! Today for Talent Development we did
some practice film making. Before we started filming, Katie showed us some techniques. She showed us panning, zooming and tilting effects. Rhylee and I were the first to film the interview of  Charlie and Travis. 

When we finished filming, Travis and Charlie had their turn to film us completing an interview.

Some of the questions that Rhylee asked me were a bit hard and I felt put on the spot! (Some of us were stuttering for a few seconds.)

Next week we are going to edit our practice film and post it so you can have a sneak preview.

This purpose of this practice was so we know how to use the cameras, and next week, we will work out way through i-Movie editing.  We are going to start filming for real in Week 6/7.

The start of our screenplay...

Hi. Today the MADE Awards group started to write a screenplay for Bella the Bully-Proof Kid. A screenplay is like a script, but it includes all the detail of where your filming and the actions of the characters, as well as what they are saying to each other.  Katie gave us a copy of the screenplay for "The Lion King" We watched the opening scene - every single thing that happened on the screen, was written in the screenplay!

Here is a small bit of what we did today:

“Bella the Bully-Proof Kid”

By - Norton, Rhylee, Charlie and Travis

Norton=  Luna

Charlie=Billy

Travis=BJ

SCENE 1

EXT Waihopai School

Three children are standing in a circle out in a school playground.  BJ looks mad, BILLY and LUNA looked terrified! BJ is pushing at BILLY and LUNA.  The screen fades away as the title comes onto the screen. “ARE YOU BEING BULLIED?” 

It was really hard to try and think of the ideas for the script.  We will keep working on this next week.

Hello. Today for Talent Development we started planning for our MADE Awards commercial. We decided that we are going to do the Bully Proof Kid. Travis is going to play the part of the bully, Rhylee is going to be the Bully Proof Kid and Charlie and I are going to be the kids that get bullied. The message for our commercial is that bullying is NOT okay. 

One scene that we are planning on doing is where Travis is bullying Charlie on the soccer field, then Charlie pulls out his phone and texts Bella the Bully Proof Kid who flies in and saves the day.

Another scene is where Travis is trying to take 
my lunch. So I pull out my phone and text Bella the Bully Proof kid and she comes and saves the day again.

We are advertising Bella the Bully Proof Kid!  We think our commercial is going to be funny, but with a really good message in it.

Did you know that Katie slipped over in the sand dunes at Oreti Beach?
Today the MADE Awards group went to Oreti beach to take photos. We went in Rhylee's Mum's car. When we got there we walked around until someone found something to take photos of. We took photos of the sea, shells and the sand with drawings that we made. We drew smiley faces, our names and quotes like LOL. Then we got Katie to take a photo of me and Rhylee in two holes that were joined together. Then we went to the sand dunes and climbed all over them, but then Travis said "You do know there are better sand dunes down there." So we walked further down and took some more photos at the BIG sand dunes and then we played on them. (This is where Katie slipped over and when she did we all laughed and so did the two parent helpers). We all had a great time at Oreti Beach.

Photos are to come.  The cameras needed some time to dry out after a bit of drizzly weather this morning! They will come in next terms blog I promise.