CREATIVITY

This week we've been stepping outside our comfort zones and trying new things.  We've had open minds and positive attitudes and we've found out that we've got 'hidden talents'.  

CHALK ART

Kurt Wenner is an artist who is creative with chalk. We watched these YouTube clips called 'Chalk Magic'.





We wanted to create our own 'Chalk Magic'. First we had to practice our drawing skills. We did enlargements, using grid lines to help us with accuracy and this helped a lot. Then we had to wait for some sunny days. We knew our 'Chalk Magic' would take a couple of days to complete and we didn't want rain washing it away before we'd finished.

We used masking tape to turn the two four square courts outside our classroom into drawing grids. We drew our pictures and then started colouring them in.

We not only created 'Chalk Magic', we also created colourful aliens (it's not a good ideas to smother yourself with sunblock when you're hands are covered in chalk dust!)

Check out our photos below:

HOW CAN WE DEVELOP AND EXPRESS OUR CREATIVITY?

Room 4 students are learning about the importance of a balanced lifestyle. 

Here are some of the things we've found out. 

- from KIDS HEALTH (click on the link to see what else they have to say)

"The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life. That means making good decisions about how to spend your time. If you're only dealing with school stuff and have no time to play, you can get stressed. Make sure you keep your SELF in mind: Sleep, Exercise, Leisure (something fun), and Food.

If you take care of yourself and get enough sleep and food, and if you exercise and leave time for fun stuff, you'll probably be less stressed out!

- and from FAMILY RESOURCE (click on the link to see what else they had to say)

Schooling, as important as it is, should not be the only focus of a child’s daily lifestyle.  Did you know children who have a well-balanced lifestyle, balanced with academic and non-academic activities are more likely to experience school success.  Dance, karate, sports and family time are all meaning full activities.  Sometimes school work can become the primary priority at home, as well as at school! 

All of this information started a very interesting discussion - What are the things that we need to do more of and what should we be doing less of?

We surveyed the students in our classroom and found out that over 80% of them have a game console.  Some have many game consoles!  We then asked those students with consoles whether they thought they spent too much time on them.  50% of students with consoles think they spend too much time on them!

We've written some interesting persuasive arguments.  Parents you might have some ammunition now!

Kids Need a Balanced Lifestyle, so we need a video gamers' anonymous.  I definitely agree, kids need a Video Gamers' Anonymous right now and I mean it!


Kids spend far too much time on their consoles.  Kids need to think about themselves (SELF), so they need to get off their couch and make sure they get a balance of Sleep, Exercise, Leisure, and Food.  80% of our class have some kind of console and some of them say that they spend far too much time on their consoles.


There are way too many consoles like PS1, PS2, PS3, GameBoy, Wii, Nintendo and Xbox, but it isn't the consoles - it's the violent video games.  Violent video games should not be allowed in shops, because children are getting more aggressive every day.  Violent video games should not be played in front of young kids.  Kids watch out - some games are rated R16 or R18.


And that's why I think we need a Video Gamers' Anonymous. 

By Natalie

ANIMATIONS

Last term we decided to get clever with ICT and we started creating our first animations. 

To help us understand about 'relating to others' we decided to read some of Aesop's Fables. 

Danielle, Ffion and Jorja created this animation for 'The Ant and the Chrysalis'.  They chose PowerPoint as their presentation method and unfortunately I am having trouble with adding to our blog.  However, it's too good not to share, so just flick through the pages and hopefully you'll get the idea. 

Make sure you keep watching, because we'll be making more animations soon and we'll be sure to use MovieMaker rather than PowerPoint as our presentation method.

Here is their story - 

Kuyper the Ant

One day Kuyper the ant was scurrying about in search of food.  Up above he saw something hanging from the leaf of a tree.  Kuyper did not know it was a chrysalis.  "Oh!  Your poor thing," exclaimed Kuyper.  "What a sad fate you have.  I have run anywhere I wish.  I can even climb mountains."  A few days later Kuyper came back that way again hoping to find more food.  Suddenly a cloud seemed to come over him and he felt a soft breeze.  What did he see this time?  One of the most beautiful butterflies he had ever seen.  His most pitied friend flew off in the breeze. 

The Ant and Chrysalis

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