Lockdown!

 Hello people!

Our family got a new storage freezer!

Now we can store some yummy ice blocks and food inside it!

How's your day? ^^

Comment below on what things I should do / make at home!

Here is another edit since i'm OBSESSED with them :D

Hope you enjoy your day!

Bye bloggers!

Edits 4 Ever! :D

 Hola amigos!

Its Parent Teacher Meeting Day! Hope you did well in school!

Here's a lovely fidget edit for the people who are OBSESSED with fidgets yesss (LIKE YUH)!

Guess what??

I got a job in Roblox!

I'm a Kitchen Manager in a cafe ^^

BTW: If you use YouTube, sub to my friend's YouTube: aestheticxellie !!

Hope you guys are doing well at home!

Stay safe! Byee!

Cybersmart - Create Media

 Hi!

Sorry I haven't been active lately, I have been really busy and couldn't think of what to write!

Today I learnt about using / creating media to persuade someone to do it. Here is a slide show on what we were doing:

We talked about persuading a family member to come to our city, which is Auckland. I completed a post card and found a good image online that makes everything look good in Auckland. But some people just want to say the good things, they don't include the bad things such as weather, traffic and all sorts! If you include the bad / not so good things, it makes the persuading not very persuasive. 

Hope you learnt about creating and sharing media!

Bye bloggers!

We hit... 1k!

 Hooray!

1k views on this blog! I wouldn't have done this without you guys!

I hope you guys are safe at home!

My mum and I made some mango syrup for out ice cream and it was YUM! We had some chicken nuggets, fish fillets and some yummy garlic bread for lunch too!

I'm just enjoying the sunshine today.

Now tell me, is this fake or real??

A lovely day at the beach :>

Tell me the answer in the comments!

Bye bloggers! Thanks for 1k!

Aahhh...CHOO!

 Oh hey there :>

- sneeze -

Bless you!

RIP HEADPHONE USERS-

A Gacha -sneeze- edit for u :D

Hope y'all doing good at home hehe!

Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing!

Bye bloggers!

What did I just make with some towels...

 Hi guys.

I don't really know what I made with these "not-really-used" square cloths.

Here is a picture of it, it kinda looks funny because I couldn't shape it that well ;-;

Puppets?

No, looks like random cloth teddy bears.

Well... they do look cute to be honest :P

Anyways here is a tutorial on how to do it!

Roll the cloth both sides into the middle

Fold it in half, the rolled bit facing forward

Open the roll and use a tight rubber band to separate the head and body

Make the ears!

Decorate!

Hope you learnt how to make it!

Use it for birthday gifts, decor, small toys, all that!

Bye bloggers!

Are you seeing what I'm seeing??

 Hi bloggers :)

Is that a ladder? or is it just a drawing??

It's... a drawing!

Here's how to make this cool illusion! ( Read till the end for some cool stuff :-) )

Step 1 - Fold paper in half and lightly draw a ladder shape, both sides equal length.

Step 2 - Draw the other ladder, making it slope down and having a corner effect

Step 3 - Vivid/Sharpie the corner ladder to make it look like it is real!

Step 4 - Start drawing the ladder lines, make sure they are straight!

Step 4 - Put it on a 90 degree angle or up against the wall and see the illusion!

OPTIONS - Use a ruler for straighter lines and use a pencil for the straight ladder

You read till the end! Here's a couple of edits I made :D

I use Capcut and Roblox to make these edits. If you wanna watch more, let me know in the comments, I can make any type of edit including Gacha life, Roblox, Stop Motion, all that!

Bye bloggers! Hope you enjoyed your time reading this blog!

Making Coloured Flowers!

 Hello bloggers!

I learnt how to make these pretty coloured flowers online! Here's how to make it:

1. Get some white flowers, doesn't matter what kind, as long as it has a green stem, not a stick stem. Get some food colouring, you choose the colours (I went with pink, yellow, red and blue)

2. Put a tiny bit of water, halfway a bit more.

3. Put your selected food colour and put a couple drops (I recommend 2-3 drops)

4. Put whatever flower you want to be coloured into the tube and put in a secure place where it won't fall (I used a small round vase)

    

5. Wait a couple hours, if its a long stem, let it soak for a longer time to get a better result. 

Results!

I think it looks really pretty, the colours stand out and it's just like it was natural.

Hope you can try this at home too!

Bye bloggers!

Math!

 Hi guys!

I love drawing, and one of our Math tasks was to draw a tessellation!

You all remember what a tessellation is, right?

Here is a blog about tessellations: 

https://nwsnicolez.blogspot.com/2021/10/maths-learning-in-lockdown.html

So we had to make a tessellation based on a Pasifika Pattern, I did this one, it has 2 leaves in 1 square and it repeats:

This is one of my other patterns, called a Fish Tessellation:

I followed this video to make the fish tessellation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_q0N8T_y3c&t=1s

Try make a fish tessellation, it's fun!

Bye bloggers!

My Friend Superpower - Reading Task

 Hello!

One of our tasks in Reading was to do a poster about what your superpower is as a friend. Here is my poster!

Even though you don't have that much friends, that doesn't mean you have no friends at all. There are many people around the world who want to be your friend. Being a good friend is a good thing, it helps with getting to know your friend better, becoming even closer friends, almost like best friends! 

The picture says:

As a friend, my superpower is:

Kindness

Love

Trust

Hope

Faith

Friendship

Caring

All of these mean something good. I thought about this:

Kindness - Treating other people nicely and helping them out

Love - Friends are just like family!

Trust - If there is no trust, how is there a good relationship?

Hope - Always believe in yourself, your friends are there to support you!

Faith - Support others when they go through a hard time

Friendship - Good friend means better friendship!

Caring  Always care for others, Give them everything they need and help them with everything you have!

Hope you understood what a good friend means!

What are your friend superpowers? Let me know in the comments!

Bye bloggers!

Physical Education Task

 Hello guys!

Here are some community guidelines from one of our tasks. It is 5 community guidelines to follow in lockdown.

Hope you learnt how to be safe in lockdown!

Bye bloggers!

Writing Recounts

Hi guys!

How's your day?

This is the recount I have written for my writing task:

In the weekends I stayed at home. It was my friend’s birthday and I made tons of Roblox edits to send to her.

She was really happy and we played together all morning on the video game we payed since we were little.

The game was Roblox, and we realised it shut down for a couple of days due to a new update that caused the game to crash.

There were millions of players around the world playing Roblox, they complained about not being able to:

• Connect properly

• Login

• Join server games

We were kind of stressing out and we had nothing to play so we decided to do Gacha Life and Gacha Club.

I had both of the games downloaded onto my device so we did theme picking and dressing up our oc’s (original characters).

We did a blue theme, cotton candy theme and a nature theme. It was really fun getting to play with her on her birthday!

I had class after that. It was Chinese class and Math class.

I learnt how to do pie chart angles and scatter plots with big and small numbers.

It was really fun. We even did Kahoots and challenging games. I love the weekends!

Hope you like my blog!

Bye bloggers!

Reading Task

 Hi guys!

One of our reading tasks was to create a mini graphic novel / comic book. I used Google Slides to create my work, here it is:

Hope you like it! I find it quite funny.

Bye bloggers!

Diwali Patterns - Mathematics Task

 Hi guys!

How is your day? Mine has been pretty good so far!

Anyways, let's celebrate Diwali!

I made this rangoli pattern with chalk on concrete, here is the result:

Since it was very sunny, I got to make a banana and blueberry homemade milkshake!

Yummy!

Hope you like my art work!

Bye bloggers!

Te Whare Tapa Wha - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys!

I made my own Whare Tapa Wha, it is about well being and how you can become a better person.

Here is my poster!

There are 5 themes:

- Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional

- Taha Wairua - Spiritual

- Taha Timata - Physical

- Taha Whanau - Family and Social

- Whenua - Roots and Land

All of these represent a small house that is part of you. There are tips and advice I have put in there.

Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Cybersmart - What is Media?

 Hi guys today our class did a Cybersmart lesson with Phil from Ako Hiko - https://akohikolcs.blogspot.com/

Anyways, one of our tasks was to make a poster about social media and what it tells us. Here is my one:

Media is a type of way to:

- Tell people information

- Entertain

- Persuade

- Share some news

Things such as Youtube, Netflix, 1 News, TikTok and adverts, all those are counted as media as some of them entertain, some tell people information and some persuade such as ads and billboards with discounts.

That's all for today!

Bye bloggers!

My Promise - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys! I made a poster yesterday about how we should keep the land tidy and be responsible. I got inspiration from my friend Ysabella - https://nwsysabellan.blogspot.com/2021/10/my-promise.html

Here is my one!

It says - I promise I will take care of the land, making it spotless and perfect, where ever I go.

This was one of out writing tasks we had to do.

Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Maths - Learning In Lockdown

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Tessellation-Creator/

 Hi guys!

Today in Math / Mathematics we did:

Tessellations

A Tessellation is a type of pattern that can keep going, using 2D shapes and forming patterns that can repeat and repeat and repeat forever! Here is an example:

As you can see, there are different shapes right? There are triangles, squares, lots! But if you look closely, a pack of triangles and squares can make a small oval right? You can see that horizontally or vertically!

FYI - (It says oval, if you cant see it properly.)

One of our tasks was to make one using this website: https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Tessellation-Creator/

Here is my one:

I made one using

- Hexagons

- Triangles

It was fun but took some time to do it.

You can try it out too! Use different shapes and connect them and see what happens!

Bye bloggers!

My Work for Today - Learning In Lockdown

 Hello!

Hope you all had a good day!

Here is some of my work I will be sharing (Read till the end for a surprise)

Tivaevae patterns I have made:

That's all the work I will share today!

Hooray, you reached the end! Here is a small surprise / music!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GH4iz-BkooaNt_XXrbyd8pPgIOE9DWAB6VCF3l-2iQg/edit

Thank you for looking at my blog!

Bye bloggers!

Writing Task - Learning In Lockdown

 Hey guys! Long time no see!

Did you enjoy the school holidays? I certainly did!

Anyways, here is some writing we did online today!

1. Research about Humpback Whales, 5 facts on Google Slides:

2. Create a poster about being responsible:

3. Writing task with these pictures:

1. I see a mountain, with a small curved cave underneath, a wooden boat on the surface of the water.

2. I see rocks, green seaweed on top, the clear blue water over the sand.

3. I see sand, glistening with the ocean, the grass sitting quietly next to some rocks.

4. I see palm trees, the green leaves dancing with the wind, the ocean sweeping the sand away from shore.

5. I see a tunnel, leading away from the shore, forming big waves, patting the sand

6. I see a lady, with a colourful object, its colours calling out, as if it was bright and joyous.

Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Facebook Challenge - Learning In Lockdown

Hi guys!

I heard there was a Facebook Chinese Language Week Challenge...

Here is my entry!

Since I am a Tiger zodiac, I made this drawing. I only used marker pen and watercolour. Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Dumplings! - Learning In Lockdown

 Today my mum and I made dumplings, also known as jiǎo zi (饺子)!

My pet rabbit UwU

We cooked them and this is how the process went:

Getting these ready:

- Some kind of green vegetable (we used this kind of vegetable that we used to plant in out backyard, it looks like chive)

- Some meat (best if its like broken up already, or use mince)

- Dumpling pastry(if you don't have any, then follow these instructions on how to make homemade! Link,

who knows, maybe you can learn some Chinese in there as well!)

Here is an image of the things you need(optional - some other things you like to eat, I put in some dried prawn shells)

Put the vegetable and the meat together, add some sauces you like. My mum put some soy sauce, oil, sugar and salt and she even added an egg to make it juicier!

Add the optional things if you like as well.

Get the pastry ready on a clean table and follow these videos. I can't upload the ones that my mum made onto my computer so follow these for now :)

 

Normal Dumpling

Flower Dumpling

Results!

Hope you like it! You can fry or steam and add a little sauce as well! Bye bloggers!

Chinese Zodiac Signs - learning In Lockdown

 Hey guys, today I will be figuring out what Chinese zodiac sign you are! Lets start with:

- What year were you born?

Here is an image of the cycle of Chinese zodiac signs:

There are 12 Chinese zodiacs:

- Rat

- Ox

- Tiger

- Rabbit

- Dragon

- Snake

- Horse

- Goat

- Monkey

- Rooster

- Dog

- Pig

I am counted as a Tiger because I was born in the year 2010. Each zodiac represents years. The first Chinese zodiac sign is the Rat, followed by Ox, Tiger, etc. Every 12 years after you were born represents the zodiac year. This year it represents the Ox, and in 2022, it will be the Tiger, it goes on and on.

Here is some information about the Chinese zodiac signs:

Link

If you know your Chinese zodiac, let me know in the comments!

Bye bloggers!

Chinese Language Week - Learning In Lockdown

Hey guys. Today our class did some practising on how to pronounce the numbers 1 - 10 in Chinese! Since I already know how to, here is how to pronounce it. I found this list of information from l-lingo.com.

零

 líng

    zero

---

一

yī

one

---

二

èr

two

---

三

sān

three

---

四

sì

four

---

五

wǔ

five

---

六

liù

six

---

七

qī

seven

---

八

bā

eight

---

九

jiǔ

nine

---

十

shí

ten

The first one is in Mandarin - 零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 

The second one is in Cantonese - The same sequence =  零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 

I found some websites that will help you with Chinese and Cantonese:

Mandarin

Cantonese

Here is my pronunciation:

Link

Hope you like it!

Bye bloggers!

Disconnected Friday... - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys, it's Disconnected Friday and I am sure hoping we move to Level 2!

Our class made some ideas on what to do on bored days.

We called our idea jamboard 'unbored jambored'.

Hey, if you're still reading...

Prank someone with this website: geekprank.com or pranx.com

Don't worry, it's not real, it's just a prank ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Troll Face

Bye bloggers... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Level 3, Finally! - Free Choice

 Hi guys.

We are FINALLY in Level 3! Who's excited for takeaways?

I hope everyone stays safe in their own bubbles!

I'm excited for KFC, McD's (McDonalds), Pizza Hut, Dominos, Totally Chicken and all the other shops I know of.

Comment down which takeaway shop/s are you willing to buy from?

Bye bloggers!

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys today I will be showing you what our class did today.

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is a week where everyone gets to celebrate the language, Te Reo Maori. It is mainly used in NZ and has been celebrated by most of the people in NZ. The use of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is to get people to know more about this language and the ancestry and history behind it.

Since it's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, we practiced these sentences in Maori. Here are some of the sentences we did:

- Kei te ahau toku kai = I am eating

-Kei te koe toku kanikani = You are dancing

-Kei te toku panui = He is reading

-Kei te ahau toku moe = I am sleeping

-Kei te hikoi ana ia = He was walking

-Kei te oma koe = You are running

-Ko te Paulette kei te waiata = Paulette is singing

-Ko te ruru kei te whakaeke = The owl is hooting

I tried my best to see what the verbs are and hopefully they are correct!

Can you come up with any sentences in Maori? Let me know in the comments!

Bye bloggers!

Origami, Making A Finger Trap - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys today I will be showing you my origami finger trap!

I know I post a lot of origami things because it's kinda fun and I like doing arts and crafts.

Here is how to make a finger trap!   

Bye bloggers!  :)

Origami At Home Part 2 - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys.

I did promise you guys that I would make a tutorial so I did!

Enjoy making the box!

The compartment bit is a bit hard but I think you guys can do it!

Here is the link to where I learnt it from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNn9CwsEP20

Mine might be a bit different but that's okay!

Bye bloggers!

Origami At Home - Learning In Lockdown

 Hi guys today I will be showing you what I made on Disconnected Friday!

I made this box using origami paper and it contains:

- An extra box

- 2 compartment boxes that you can take out

- A lid

- A big box

Here are some photos:

I used it to store some paper I cut out as I used it for my shape bingo.

It takes time because I messed up a bit but I got it second try. It wasn't that hard at all!

Next blog: Tutorial on how to make the box.

Bye bloggers!