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Scratch games

Today room 10 did some coding with Mr Vogt and we made a game were you have to press keys to make sounds. To start press the green flag then press the space bar and read what you have to do Enjoy!

Musical Madness

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Orchestra Writing ( When we came back)

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Guess what’s happening today?.... Okay I will tell you. Today the year 5 are going to and orchestra (excited but not excited at the same time). Anyways when we get there I probably would see something like a theatre but we might have to sit outside for a little while first.

When we get there we would also probably see a guide to show us where to go and what we are going to be doing. I think that we would see a group of people with instrument ready to play and maybe once we all get seated they will start to play.

They might even be wearing fancy clothes the kind that your parents might wear when they are when they go out at night. So they might wear formal wear. But again it is a New Zealand Orchestra so they might not wear formal wear.

I have been to and orchestra before but I haven’t been to this one. So this will kind of be a new experience and it won’t at the same time because this orchestra have a circus too !

I bet the acrobats in the circus would wear something shiny so they will really stand out when they do there flips and tricks. I also hope that there would be a clown wearing a lot of make up because my friend is afraid of clowns and I haven’t ever seen her frightened of something.

As you know today the year 5’s went to the orchestra because the year 6’s were on camp. So anyways we went by bus and it took us ages to get there I wasn’t really excited so I just sat and looked out the window while the other were chatting.

So when we got there we went and waited until we had to go inside and soon we did. We got inside and we all sat down in our seats. I was next to GIGI and roshaan. The lights when dim and then slowly it got darker and darker and soon it was only the light on the stage that were allowing us to see.

As I had said before our guide that told us what was happening came and introduced himself and then he did the same to the conductor. (do you know what a conductor is? Is the person that send signals to the people playing the instrument guiding them through the song).

Anyway the first thing that happened was that the people played a song called moonlight. Then when moonlight played there was a queen that needed to find medicine for the king and went into a dark and scary looking forest for it.

Then in the forest there was a fairy a evil fairy who did tricks and dances with hoops and lot of them and she was wearing something black and shiny with not such detail unlike the queen who was wearing a white shiny costume with lot’s of detail and pattern on it.

Then the guide introduced the string instrument the brass and the percussion and the played a song. After that the guide introduced the woodwind and the conductor and then they finished the story.  So the queen finds the medicine but get’s into some trouble and get rescued.

After that the evil fairy dances with someone else who I think is trying to reach her but there is always something separating you. Then last of all the queen and king get reunited in triumph and that was the grand finaly and it also happens to be the most dangerous part in the performance.

I didn’t really enjoy this because I couldn’t really see and my seat was getting pushed in the back which was also uncomfortable but mostly because I don’t feel comfortable when I watch theatre and even when I have to do drama.

Orchestra Writing before we got there

Guess what’s happening today?.... Okay I will tell you. Today the year 5 are going to and orchestra (exicted but not excited at the same time). Anyways when we get there I probably would see something like a theatre but we might have to sit outside for a little while first.

When we get there we would also probably see a guide to show us were to go and what we are going to be doing. I think that we would see a group of people with insturment ready to play and maybe once we all get seated they will start to play.

They might even be wearing fancy clothes the kind that your parents might wear when they are when they go out at night. So they might wear formal wear. But again it is a New Zealand Orchestra so they might not wear formal wear.

I have been to and orchestra before but I haven’t been to this one. So this will kind of be a new expirince and it won’t at the same time because this orchestra have a circus too !

I bet the acrobats in the circus would wear something shiny so they will really stand our when they do there flips and tricks. I also hope that there would be a clown wearing alot of make up because my friend is afraid of clowns and I haven’t ever seen her frightend of somehting.

Extension Animation

Zaeeda Extension Term 4 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

This term in extension we had to create an animation explaining how a musical instrument works and what kind of different genres it would play in. I had a lot of fun making this so I hope you Enjoy !

Problem Solving Answer

This week our problem solving was a bit different. We all had to make our partner a problem solving to answer instead.  I also have one with me making the question my partner answering Enjoy!

Problem Solving Question

This week our problem solving was a bit different. We all make our partner a problem solving to answer instead. I also have one with me answering my partners question Enjoy!

Blog Commenting

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Your comment: Hi My name is Zaeeda from room 10 and I am glad you liked this post. I am also happy that you are going to try this at home. You asked if it would work with any blade of grass. It would work but it is easier to use a thick blade. Thanks for commenting on our blog.

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Your comment :Hi Room 3. It's Zaeeda from Room 10 at Pt England School. I loved that you guys went swimming and learnt how to stay safe in the water. This post reminds me of when room 10 went swimming, next time you should make a movie about it or maybe just write some text on the presentation. GOOD JOB !! click on my name to visit my blog and click the U.R.L below to visit our class blog. http://peswest.blogspot.co.nz/

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Your comment: Hi Room 3. My name is Zaeeda and I am from room 10 from Pt England school. Wow what a mind blowing post. I liked how you showed us a great way to recycle. But next time you should draw pictures or maybe share some recycling facts. Keep up the good work ! click on my name to visit my blog and use the U.R.L to visit our class blog. http://peswest.blogspot.co.nz/

Extention Paideia Practice

Inquiry Research Term 4

Musical Fractions

This week we did an activity called musical fractions because this term or theme is musical madness. this is a good learning tool to learn maths because you learn fractions and addition because 1/4+ 1/4= 1/2.

Starting with Strings

Using Tidy Numbers To Add A Subtract Decimal Equations

Making Strutes

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Figure it out: Flavorsome

Figure it out: Number Line

Turning Poems Into Songs

This week room 10 learned how to turn poems into songs.
Here is my song:

Making instruments

Flight of the Bumblebee

This week room 10 did a activity together. In this activity we had to listen to a piece of music then draw what the piece of music reminds to of. I drew bees doing ballet because in part of the music it gets loud then it gets low and the music gets hard and then soft a bit like in ballet. I also drew bees doing ballet because in some part it sound like they recorded bees and used it in the song.

I drew two pictures on had a bee going adventure and the other had a bees doing ballet. I drew a bee going on an adventure because the bee gets lost and then it get hurt that's when the music gets loud. but her returns safely back in the hive because that's when the music gets soft.

the composer's name is Rimsky Korsakor. He was born in 1844 and died 1980 and he is from Russia.