Creative Animations With Mindlab

On Monday, the Mindlab visited Matawai School. We worked collaboratively to think of problems in our oceans. We came up with heaps of problems, such as... Animals dieing due to plastic, oil drilling and much more. Next we had to think of solutions to solve the problems. We came up with some very out there ideas, like... Giant fish that suck up all of the rubbish and filter out the sea creatures. Voting for the greens, fining litterers and plenty more. 

The Mindlab staff gave us an app, which we could create a character that ended up looking very much like us. The twist was our buddy made the character for you. It was great fun. Liana and I's characters looked very similar. We had to get the message out there about how bad our oceans are and how to help them and animals, so we made a video using the characters. The goal was to not say ' don't ' do things and suggest other to 'try' things. First step was to make an introduction by starting a conversation by greeting each other. Then to talk about problems and how to solve the problems. My partner and I added some humour to keep people entertained. Overall this was a fun experience. 

I will upload the animation very soon...

                           

Respect - What Does It Mean To Me?

Earlier this week we were set the task to create a poster about 'what Respect means to me?' It needed to be bright and bold, something that would be attractive to draw someone in to read them. The aim of this task, was for someone to read this so they would understand the meaning of Respect at Matawai School.  We could create them digitally, or fully hand drawn or a mixture of both. I choose to go old school and hand draw the whole thing.

Our poster had to include what respect sounds like, feels like, looks like and the golden rule to respect. To me respect means accepting that we as humans have different opinions. Respect can be a simple thing, just using manners or saying good morning to someone. Respect can be a strong thing if you use the right words. However if you do not use the right words that could make someone very unhappy. Even if you aren't best buddies with someone, still respect them by listening when speaking. It is the same at home, so respect parents by not back chatting. We should show respect to our parents all the time, if we think about it how dinner is on the table every night and how we have money to spend in town? It should be the same with staff and teachers, I wouldn't be writing this if it weren't for my amazing staff and teachers at Matawai School.

So my final message is to use manners, be grateful for what you have and think about what vibe you are setting to everyone around you. Remember the 'Golden Rule' treat others the way you want to be treated.

Here is my work...
I will add my picture soon

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Hi my name is Sophia, I am year 7 and go to matawai school. I live on a sheep and beef farm with my two parents and my brother. I enjoy outside activities, such as, playing hockey, riding horses and hunting.  In hockey I play a half  or striker.

My favourite subject at school is mathematics, because it is fun and challenging. My goal in maths is to become Sufficient at long division. my goal this year is to Improve on paragraphing in my writing.  I play the ukulele, this term Matawai ukulele group will be performing on the War Memorial Theatre in Gisborne.

I love living on a farm. I have tons of pets. 3 horses, Sambo, Spice and  Gingernut, a flock of sheep, two cats, Poppy and mittens, a dog called Timmy and lots more. My favourite part of living on a farm is lambing and docking time. I love animals.