Counting the Beats - STOMP

Counting the beat.

Hi today I am going to tell you about what I have been doing in counting the beat.

We made our own STOMP video, with random things around the class room, I chose a cone and a stick. my group chose 2 of them chose a Maths counting thing, And the over chose a little counter with beans inside.

We watched around 10 video, about body percussion and STOMP.

What is Percussion?
Percussion is striking one solid object with or against another with some degree of force.

What is Body Percussion?
Body percussion is the art of striking the body to produce various types of sounds.

What is a Percussion Instrument?
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.

Here is a link to a STOMP performance.

Here is our video of our performance.

Counting the Beats - The Violin

Counting the Beats - The Violin

Hi today I am going to tell you what I have been doing in hurumanu 2.

We Learn that the violin is in different sizes and shapes. Violins can be electric, that dont have sound holes.

the violin has a few weird feature on the violin and the bow that have weird names, like the frog, the frog is where so you can change the hair. and then there is the sound holes on a violin is a shape of and F. 

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Counting the Beats - An Orchestra

Counting the Beats - An Orchestra

Hi today I am going to show you what I am doing in hurumanu 2.

We have been looking at what an orchestra is and what is in an orchestra.

we had to guess what sounds were playing and what instrument they were.

we got most of them right.

An orchestra is a group of instruments that typically play classical music.

There are four types of instruments in an orchestra: 

• Woodwind - is a types of instruments, that you can make sounds out of when you blow in or over the instrument.
• Brass - A brass is types of instruments, that make sounds when you make a vibration with you're mouth in them.
• Percussion - is an instrument, that make sound you hit or shake the instrument.
• Strings - Is different types of instruments, that make sound when you go over the strings on the instrument.

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Counting The Beats: The Guitar

Counting The Beats: The Guitar

Kia Ora today I am going to show you what I done in hurumanu 2.
We saw the teacher guitars and electric guitars, he showed us some songs that have guitars in them.

There are loads of different types you can learn.

There are different types of strings you can put on the guitar such as nylon and steel strings.

What do you know about the guitar?

Some are electric
They have strings
They make music
Made out of wood
It’s a musical instrument
Stan Walker and lots of other singers play the guitar
Mr Mitchell plays the guitar
They are tuned instruments
There are lots of different types

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On a guitar there are sound hole that make the sound so you can make music. 

Tuning keys are on all types of guitars even the electric guitars, tuning keys are keys that make your guitar sound, the correct way.

Guitars can come in different types of shapes such as travel, arch top and jumbo. 

Counting The Beats- ukulele and Recorder

Counting The Beats- ukulele and Recorder 

Hi today I am going to show you what I have been doing in hurumanu 2.

We have been looking at the ukulele and the recorder. Today we saw some recorders, yesterday we saw some ukulele, the Teacher brought in 5 ukulele in total.

There are different types of ukulele and recorders that you could get.

On the ukulele there are 4 strings but on a guitars there are 6 string.

The ukulele has a sound holes that is on a guitar too but the sound holes are different sizes.

What do you know about the ukulele?

Stringed instrument
4 strings - nylon
Instrumental art piece
Related to the guitar family
Came from Hawaii
It has a sound hole
There are lots of different types and sizes

What do you think about the ukulele?

Most people don’t know much about ukuleles

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Counting The Beats - Music

Hello today I am going to show you what I have been doing for hurumanu 2.
We learnt about different types of music. and where we can find music.

Here are the questions we had to answer:

Where can we find/hear/experience music?

• Spotify
• Public toilets
• Radio
• Social media
• Movies
  
  
  
• TV programmes
• Concerts
• CDs
• Speakers
• Youtube

What type of music do you like to make or listen to? 

• Dance music
• Sad music
• Hip hop
• Rap

What do you want to learn about/do in “Counting the Beat”?

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• How to make different types of music
• How to play an instrument
• Learning about a range of instruments
• Different types of music

The bully

 Hi today I am going tell you what I have been doing in drama. 

We have done freeze frames.

I am the victim

I feel like I am not worth of being here

I am 12

Here is the slide show and the photo of the freeze frame:

Drama - Script Detective

 Hi today I am going to share with you what i am doing in hurumanu 2.

Picture dictation

We had to make a picture dictation form this story that the teacher read out in paragraphs, each paragraphs is a drawing.

Letter to Benny - Drama

Letter to Benny - Drama
Hi today I am going to tell you about what I have been doing in hurumanu 2.
Were making letters to one of the characters from the story, I chose to write a letter to Benny from the character "I".
I found it hard to write the letter to Benny.
I found it fun to make the letter cause "I" has a funny personality by the looks of it on the story.
I figured it would be easy to write the story but it was kinda hard cause i usually dont write letters.
If you have any feed back or what I need to improve.
Heres my work:

To Eastbourne Post office.

Dear Benny

I'm sorry for what I did, I don't know what I did but I hope I can make it up to you.

Maybe we can go out to the beach on the weekend to see each other.

I saw you got into a low class but that doesn't mean you're dumb to me.

You're the best friend I could ask for.

From “I”

Hot setting - Drama

Hot setting - Drama
Hi today I am going to show you what I have been doing in drama.
Hot setting is when you ask a person question and the person that is on the set is answering the questions, you ask questions about what in the story.
Were making questions for each charterer there were 3 charterers, 5 questions for each charterer but we only need to do the same amount that is in your so if you have 2 people in your group you only need to do 2 charterers.
I did 5 questions for Benny, my bubby did 5 questions for I the person that told the story.
I found it hard to make some questions for Benny.
Here the questions for Benny:
1.Why were you sad?
2.Why did you push I in the water?
3.Why did you say im not stupid?
4.Why did you want do be the hero that day?
5.whats you new house like?

Benny - Drama

Benny - Drama

Hi today I am telling you about what we have been doing for the past week we had to draw stuff about a book.
The book is called "Benny". We go given a piece of paper and we had to fulled to into 6 squares.
Then the teacher read parts of the story and when to finished reading the part we had to draw the main event in the part. 
On the back of the paper we had to draw a person and choose from Benny or I.
In the person we had to put there emotions they felt and what we think they are like and there personality.
The teacher showed us a thing called Iceberg, at the bottom of the iceberg we had to put stuff down that was not in the story.
Here my work:

School Journal October 2013 - Kahawai

School Journal October 2013 - Kahawai
Hi today I am going to tell you about a book I am reading Kahawai, This book is about two girls there names are Trish and Areta, and they are trying to find some rubbish that is good and that can sell for a lot.
But they find something that is surprisingly would be the only one alive, the thing they found was a fish in polluted water, the fish is called Kahawai.
Heres a photo of the fish:

Questions/answers:

Aretas personality is calm and colonnaded cause in the book when Areta speaks she is calm and not really worried.

I think the story is set when the world is polluted and when Areta, and Trish when they go out to sea it looks like it sunrise and when they catch the fish it nearly sunset so noon.

Trish felt surprised but really happy when they cached the kahawai, probably because it would sell for a lot.

The aurther probably made this story to tell people when you find something that is rare put it back so then they can make more of the thing.

Radiation Is something that can badly hurt you or even kill you cause it can brake up the DNA cells. There are different types of radiation that you can find, I found this information of a website here the link if you want to learn about radiation.

Trish and Areta are trying to find some rubbish that is good and that can sell for a lot. But they find something that is surprisingly would be the only one alive, the thing they found was a kahawai in polluted water.

I think before the story began they packed some lunch for them with some water, and then they drove to the beach with the boat and then put there gear on and then the story started.

Heres my activity i did about the story Its not that great but i tried:

If you have any feed back or what I need to improve about my work please comment about it, I will take it back and improve my work.

Have a good day bye.

The Lack of Pigeons

The lack of Pigeons

Hi today I am going to tell you about a book I have been reading its a short kids book with 1-5 pages. Its about a girl named Meredith she looks around the age 10 or 11.

I found this book fascinating for me to read cause Meredith, pretended to be a Hollywood star, Its her dream to be a star of a movie.

I chose to recreate the book cover cause I wanted to try and create a cover for a book so i thought of this book to make one of.

I did a activity where you go to canva and try and make you own cover of a book.

Questions/Answers:

Meredith's personality is bright, shed be the one who wants to make friends with everyone, and would be the one to help you if your down.

Meredith lied about having an audition, I think she did that so she could make everyone proud about her going to an audition.

In this story I think the author is telling a story about what they have done, like the author did the same thing when they where younger.

Meredith's Mum did really think about it when Meredith tell her Mum about what she has been telling everyone.

If there really was an audition I think Meredith would of been panicking when she got there, and prodaly got a not as important character.

If you have any feed back or what i need to improve, about my work can you please comment it.
Have a great day bye.