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Sunday 21 April 2013

Maia's Artwork



My artwork has more importance to me than meets the eye. It includes words like dream and drama. Words that can describe me well. The patterns aren't just scribbles. They are cultural patterns that have different meanings. I used the Korus to represent me and my younger sister Piper. I'm the larger Koru and she is in front of me. I am helping her because I am her tuakana. At the bottom the rope of Korus wrapping around the block of light purple represents families sticking together. It also represents a chain and my favourite saying, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Some other words I use are Q&A ( questions and answers ) because in life there are many question waiting to be wondered. I also used season because I love all of the seasons equally because they all have a unique beauty. My artwork is full of hidden secrets and depths of thinking that only the artist can uncover. How do you feel when you look at my artwork?
Maia

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Monday 8 April 2013

Ooh....is that Oobleck? Is it a solid? A liquid? Or neither?

Room 3 has been experimenting with solids and liquids. We made Oobleck!

When you don't put any pressure on it, the particles are free to move about and it acts like a liquid. When you add pressure to it like making it into a ball, the particles are forced together and it acts like a solid. A substance that acts both like a solid and a liquid. Who would have thought that cornflour and water could be so amazing!

Can you think of a good use for something that has these properties?
 





Wednesday 3 April 2013

Dirty Paws

We have been listening to 'Dirty Paws' by Of Monsters and Men.  Today we started studying the lyrics.  This is some of our work in progress. 

What do you think?  Have you heard this song before?  Any ideas about what it could be about?