Hei Tiki Museum Trip

On Tuesday the 26th of June we went to the museum for a museum trip to learn more about the Maori culture and hei tiki's. We went inside the museum tea house.We were learning about hei tiki's and what they are made for. The hei tiki is carved out of green stone or whale bone and they are used to give to a lady when they get married and is is used for good luck to have a lot of children and it gets passed down through generation for more good luck.First we were examining some hei tiki's and then we were looking at some photos and wondering what it was okay to use it in and what was not okay.And then we were going to be the artist and create our own hei tiki's. First we had to trace around a template and then cut it out.Next we had to sew on some buttons as the eyes.After we glued on some more felt to create the details to the hei tiki to complete it.

My hei tiki has the colours of a light orange brown that looks like the colour of cardboard mixed with white.The eyes is a light lime green with navy blue thread.The arms , legs and accessories are a navy dark blue.The hands is a bright orange same with the feet and the mouth.

Adapting A Game

 On 21st of June we were adapting normal games to another version of the game.We made an adaption of The uncle wiggily's game and turned it into a fast food game called the wiggles.I worked with Julianne and Vanessa.The way we found out what game to adapt I looked up old board games and found a game called uncle wiggily. After I found out uncle wiggily I told my group and then they came up with an idea to turn it into fast food.We used two shoe boxes for the main part of the board game, Some yellow paint to colour some paper, Paper to make it usable and colourful and stationary like felt and colouring pencils to make the characters.Julianne drew some fast food and stuck it on to the board and then we made up some rules if you land on one of the villains because you have to do what the villain says like if it says "move back 3 steps" you have to move back 3 steps.

Sacred Heart Art

Today was the sacred heart mass.So we got a piece of paper to draw on.Jesus' sacred heart represents the love he has for us.The flames represents Jesus' burning love for us.The cross represents the crucifixion the ultimate sacrifice.The crown of thorns represents Jesus' suffering and agony.I drew a cross with his heart with the crown of thorns on it and a scar with burning flames surrounding it.

Cross Country

On the 28th of May we had cross country.I was nervous and kind of excited at the same time.The only thing that made me a bit relieved was that I knew that I would be running with people I know.The only thing that I was excited about was taking the car ride to the red woods.When they called up the 10 yr old girls I got incredibly nervous.The track was really tiring but my favourite part was the down hill part.Once I got to the finish line I was so relived to finish and relax and overall cross country was a really fun experience this year.