Academies announced

Well today the 5.4.13 Hastings Intermediate announced the academies. The academies are a thing that you have to apply for. Then you have to trial which is a long process. I applied for year 7's visual arts which can take 15-20 year 7 students. I also applied for design technology which can take 10-13 year 7 students! Now....... My mum didn't think I would make it into design tech due to the small amount of spaces:/ I trailed for my design tech with a picture if what I wanted to create, a sample of doing straight lines and turns on a sewing machine and I explanation of why we want to be in the academy and what we want to achieve and so on:) 

With visual arts forour first trial we had to sketch what was in front of us ( iron, glass bottle, apple, piece of Lego and a bone. We were not aloud to move any of the objects so we had to draw it from what we could see. We then had to paint and apple and paint a circle showing our mixing skills. I got into the second trial for visual arts and had to give in an example of what we can do ( a sketch or a piece of art work that we have done ). We also had to do a little test to do with artist and what art means to you. After that we got given a piece of yellow paper, brown thin paper, some picture, a pencil, a glue stick and scissors. We then had to design something with just the tools provided, it was lots of having all of that different stuff to create something. I created a panda that can fly, there are cut out letters saying I CAN FLY. There is also a soldier swimming in the water below. Sadly after that trial the art teacher cut me! Butttttttt I still at that stage didn't know about design tech. 

Later on I found out that the design teacher will read the applications and explanation and then announce it on the exact day of the naming. So I had no idea if I was going to get into the academy. I didn't really think so due the space limit. 

Now this brings us to the day of the naming. I was nervous as week as everyone else, when all of my friends were getting told the academies they were in I was getting more nervous. Casey got into the academic academy, sports and dance. Katherine got into dance! 

At last it was time for design tech to be called out:) I had my fingers crossed. They had gone past the J's for Johnstone so I thought I was out of luck. Butttttt noooooo I wasn't, I was the second to last person to be called out. I was overwhelmed I had got into the academy with limited spaces. After that the people who got in an academy had to go outside to receive two tickets for family members and a notice for the capping ceremony on the 17th of April. 

When I got in the car after school mum was wondering why we had got out 10 mins early. I said it was because of the academy announcements, straight away mum said how did you go, I said that I got into design tech. Mum was super surprised and very proud of me:D

So that is my story about the academy announcements today! So year 6's going to H.I.S be prepared for trials in the first 6-8 weeks of the first term. You will love every bit of it:)

From Flossie:D

The Last Day Of School!

Today is the last day in room 20 and for the year 6's their last day at Parkvale School!
I am so sad to leave this wonderful school!
It is so sad to be leaving all of the wonderful teachers.
I loved being at Parkvale School and I wish that it went up to High School!
I am going to miss being in a digi class!
I am going to love being at Hastings Intermediate but I will never forget Parkvale!

In 2012 I have achieved lots of new and cool things! Parkvale School gives you lots of new and amazing achievements!

Ice Skating Queens!

The Skating girls from Johnstones on Vimeo.

Kitty Cat Art!

Flower the Kitty cat:)

Paul Klee originally created this cat! Mr.M was inspired by it and chose to do it as a class art. It is really cool and I hope that you can try the easy steps and create an awesome kitty cat like mine! 

Asteroid Plan!

This video features Casey!

This video also features Parris!

It features Natasha!

This video features Felicity!
                                                                                                                         

Year 6's Adventure!

Year 6's Road Adventure from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

The girl with an injured back!

Based on a true story!

Sock Puppet interviews!

Sock Puppets with Katrina, Felicity & Tash from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Cricket!

Learning To Bowl from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Rock 'n' Roll!

Rock N' Roll from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

First Pen Pal Letters From Room 121

Today room 20 got a surprise! It was our pen pal letters from the USA. I was a camera-woman at first, capturing the magical moments. Then Mr.M said that our letters have arrived! The class were so excited. Below is a video of us receiving our letters!
Letters! from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Go-animates

Bird vs Ballon by Flossie:) on GoAnimate

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 Goanimate style by Flossie:) on GoAnimate


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Safe Cycling!

Here is my T. This picture shows who goes first! Natasha

Here is a picture of some lizards showing the right road rules. Casey.

 This is my picture that I made on Paint. It tells you who goes first. Flossie
Road Rules For Bikes:

• If there's a bike path then you can ride their or on the road. Where there is no cycle path you must ride on the road and keep as far left as possible to be safe.
• You should only be on the footpath if you are under 10 and without an adult or delivering mail.
• You may ride in the bus lanes but if there's a sign forbidding this then do not.
• If you are riding with other cyclists then don’t ride more the two abreast. But if near vehicles and other riders be in single file.
• Strong, bold and clear arm signals to stop, turn or reduce speed.
• You must wear and helmet that fits correctly.
• Follow the same road rules as a vehicle at intersections.
• You must have a light on your bike at night.
• Have everything checked before you go out on the road.
• Wear a hi-viz jacket to be properly protected (Only if it is like a misty or gray day)

Road signs and what they mean.

  
Bus lane that can also             
be used by cycles,                 
motorcycles, mopeds

  
You must not go
faster than 50 km/h
       
School patrol-you must stop

Bus lane that can only be used by busses

You must keep left unless

You must not drive into this road .

Transit lane, which can only
be used by passenger service
vehicles, cycles, motorcycles and
vehicles carrying at least the
number of people displayed
on the sign (eg T2 means two
or more people, T3 means
three or more people)

You must slow down
(or stop, if necessary)
and give way.

You must not turn left.
Things On A Bike
This is a picture of all the things on a bike labeled.

• Wheels
• Frame
• Chain
• Pedal
• seat
• Gears
• Brakes
• Handlebars

Road Sense:

Good judgement in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road.
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Safety Check

• Oil on chain
• Pedals can swing around and around.
• Helmet fits
• Brakes work and can stop.
• Wheels pumped up
• Bike stand works
• Bike seat at the right height

A music video of Natasha, Casey, and I singing our bike safety song!

Maths Homework!

Here is my ShowMe of my two maths problems!
I hope that you will enjoy!

Mathletics posters!

In room 20 we have been doing mathletics posters.
Below is a video of Katherine, Natasha and I ( Felicity ) interviewing each other about our mathletics posters that we worked on for the competition.
We hope that you enjoy our video that we put together on iMovie with a project!
Filmed by all of the girls!


Mathletics Interviews from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

How to be able to fly?

Did you ever want to be able to fly? 

Well you now can, if you follow these steps to make a "Magic Potion!" Just try it and then you will "Be away flying with the fairies."

You will need:

• 13 Pink rose petals

• 3 Sprays of Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck Perfume

• 3 Bird feathers

• 2 Sprinkles of sugar ( I recommend 2 sprinkles or it will all go wrong )

• 1 Piece of bread

• 3 cups of melted chocolate

• 5 hairs from your Best Friend

• One bird beak ( Preferably not a native bird )

• 3 Boysenberries

• One cup of Coca Cola

• A Firkin ( Another word for a Cauldron )

• 2 cups of boiling hot water

• 10 Baby bottles with the soft and squishy lids

Side Effects:

• Not be able to get down from flying
• Feel like bouncing around the place
• You might get sun burnt all over
• You might start chirping like a bird
• Birds could be attracted to you

Steps:

1. First you need to collect your list of what you will need

2. Dump all of your ingredients in your Firkin (except for the Baby Bottles and the Hot Water)

3. Pour in the hot water and mix it all up until it is smooth and runny.

4. Now pour it equally into the 10 baby bottles.

5. Put the 10 bottles into the fridge for 24 hours.

6. Once the 24 hours are up you may now get them out of the fridge.

7. Now they have to be put in the microwave for 13 seconds ( Just for a little bit of warmth to make it better )

8. You now can have one bottle to sip on for as long as you like

9. Once you have drank one bottle, you then will feel a tingle and then a KAPPOW!

10. What just happened, means that it has worked correctly

11. Now you should be able to fly, if you can’t then you might need to restart or re-trace your steps to see where you went wrong.

12. Now you may enjoy your time to be able to fly

Extra things that you might like to know about the potion:

• Use one bottle at a time for the full excitement of being able to fly
• One bottle will last 1 month
• Say ‘uppy’ to go up and fly for as long as you like and say ‘downy ‘to go down and be able to walk like a normal human being
• Free flying lessons! Find out more with this link:Free flying lessons

Free Flying Lessons!

Hello I am Felicity and I am here to talk to you about flying lessons!
It is pretty quick and easy so lets get started!

First you need to find a bird and ask him/her how they cope with flying around and what are some good tips.
Then you should be able to have a quick flying lesson from the bird.
Now you need to try and do it by your self.
If the bird says that you  have completed your task you may go and fly with the birds and the fairies!
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR TIME FLYING WITH THE BIRDS AND FAIRIES!

I am Poem And Art!

listen to ‘I Am Poem, By Floss’ on Audioboo

I am Sporty, Funny, Friendly, Smart. I am in love with animals. I am a young leader, dancer, gymnast and an artist. I am a daughter. I AM ME AND THATS WHO I'LL BE!

It is that time of year once again. When we have to start doing our calender art for 2013. In room 20 we are doing are type of art where you can choose any colours that you would like to choose. Get an A4 piece of paper and draw some wavy lines that can go off the page for a good effect. Then you get your colours and paint the wavy lines in a pattern or just in your own way. Then once it has dried you have to get a black sharpie pen and outline the wavy bits so then it stands out much better. Now you have to use that black sharpie pen to write down a poem that is describing stuff about you and what you like. As you can see above is my poem. Also below is my art that I will be doing for my calender art for 2012's calender.
If you would like you can try this, it is lots of fun and is very enjoyable!

Reciting Nose-Weed

RECITING NOSE-WEED from Johnstones on Vimeo.

Here is me reciting my favourite part of Nose-Weed from Paul Jennings!
I hope that you will enjoy!
I made it on Windows Live Movie Maker:)

Pass The Blog

Production Team 5 from Johnstones on Vimeo.
Night Number One
The excitement is running through the air, I can feel it running up my spine. It is going around everyone.
Well tonight is our first performance in front of a live audience. I am so excited, I have all of my costumes here in room 3. All of the Kapa Haka group are playing hand games, getting their makeup done. Then Mali our instructor and Teeps the guitar player walk in and say that they could hear us from the hall, which is bad because our audience were entering the hall. I was so eager to start. Then it was time. Time to line up outside in the cold, with wet puddles and the slight sign of grey rain clouds in the night sky. My feet were frozen, my toes were like icicles. As for the rest of the group, I think they were cold to. Then the door opened all I could think of was. “ Time to go on stage. “ But sadly no we were getting told off for being so loud. Then at long last the door swung open and nearly hit me in the face. It was time. Our time to shine in front of everyone. Once we had gone through our three songs and one Haka, we left the stage to get into our next costumes. I had to get into my white top and black shorts, with makeup all ready for my Locomotion dance and wearable arts. So here I am  waiting behind the curtain. Then it was the Green Is Gold play. They finished with a rap/song. That was when all of the wearable arts people went to go and get changed into our costumes. Then after waiting for the third dance group, we all entered the back of the hall ready to ‘ strut our style ‘ down the aisle and around the stage. It was so much fun showing off my costume to the audience. Next I had to take my wearable arts costume off. Then Erin and Thea come rushing in to make sure that Thea can get dressed and get all of her makeup on ready for our Locomotion dance. Once Thea was dressed and had all of her makeup on we were out the door rushing over to the door that is behind the curtain. Just as we arrive we had about 3 minutes until we were on. Doing Locomotion was awesome, the group had so much fun. Then Erin, Thea and I all run off and get our leggings and Rock ‘n’ Roll skirts on already for our time to boogie on stage. Wow, I was getting tired by the time we were arriving at the door ‘ AGAIN. ‘ Now that we are doing our Rock ‘n’ Roll in front of everyone with the choir singing all over the place, I think that I am almost ready to call it a night. But sadly no I still have choir number two that I have to perform in and I also have another three nights. Along with the rest of team 5 students I have a feeling that we are very excited to finally have this show up and running, but by the end of the week I am sure that we are going to be very, very, VERY tired!

Here is a link to my production label on my blog!


Here is a video that I made for Pass the Blog!
It is based on Parkvale School's senior production,' Parkvale Live'  
It has videos from different parts of the production. I made it on Movie Maker.
The videos were filmed by The Techie Team and Mr.M!
The diary above is from night number one of Parkvale School's team 5 production!
Here is the link to where I made my music from:) 

Pass the blog is a blog that classes from all around the world can post something about what their class has done through out the week!
From Monday the 24th - Friday the 28th Room 20 have had the chance to put some of their work up!
Above is a video that I chose to do, with a diary from night number one for our senior school production!