If you have read my previous post you would know my class went to Mind Lab. Emma, Isabella and I made this animation at Mind Lab. We called it 'The Dream' because this girl she has a dream and then when she wakes up she starts flying and then everything disappears. I hope you like it!
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
The Mind Lab
Reporter: THE MIND LAB.
Sally: What it is?
Reporter: It's a place in Petone where children learn stuff and do activities that make them think outside the box.
Sally:What they put children in a box? How do they breathe???
Reporter: No, no, no, they do not put children in a box. That's just an expression people use that means children are thinking really creatively.
Sally: Oh
Reporter: The children made these things called squiggle- bots. Squiggle-bots are cups that have markers attached to them and the children have to make them themselves. After they put the markers on they have to figure out how to put the motor and battery pack on the cup so the cup moves and makes a circles. That was a really hard activity but some children actually figured how to do it! Here is a photo of children testing their squiggle-bots:
Reporter: In another activity they had to make stop- motion animations. That was my favourite activity. The animations toke really long to make but in the end they were worth it. Here is a photo of children working on their animation:
Reporter: There was also 3D printing!
Sally: What? I thought 3D printing wasn't real!!!
Reporter: I thought that too but that was before I went to Mind Lab. I made a 3D print for my name. Malcolm (A person who works there.) told us some rules we needed to do or the 3D print won't come out right and it will fall apart. Here is a photo of children doing there 3D printing:
Reporter: Umm what else was there... Oh yeah the cars.
Sally: What? They let children play with cars!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Reporter: NOOOOO they didn't. The children had to make some sort of vehicle using materials like: DVDs, foam, straws, cardboard, skewers, a battery pack, a motor and a propeller. They had to form a car with those materials. My buddy and I failed a lot while we were trying to make the car but we didn't give up. Here is a photo of people working on their car:
Reporter: Overall Gri11 had a really fun day at Mind Lab and I hope I get to go there again!!
Sally: Oh that sounds fun! I want to go there!
Reporter: Oh yeah it is really fun and you should go there. But before you leave I have one last piece of information you need to know, Gri11 held fundraiser to make money so they could go to Mind Lab.
Sally: Really? What they make or sell for the fundraiser?
Reporter: They created Gri11 industries and made lots of different products. There were 7 groups and they were making: concrete pots, play-dough, crayon candles, bunting, tyre ottomans, bookshelves and cat houses.
Sally: Wow that is amazing.
Reporter: I know right and thanks for reading!!
Sally: What it is?
Reporter: It's a place in Petone where children learn stuff and do activities that make them think outside the box.
Sally:What they put children in a box? How do they breathe???
Reporter: No, no, no, they do not put children in a box. That's just an expression people use that means children are thinking really creatively.
Sally: Oh
Reporter: The children made these things called squiggle- bots. Squiggle-bots are cups that have markers attached to them and the children have to make them themselves. After they put the markers on they have to figure out how to put the motor and battery pack on the cup so the cup moves and makes a circles. That was a really hard activity but some children actually figured how to do it! Here is a photo of children testing their squiggle-bots:
Reporter: In another activity they had to make stop- motion animations. That was my favourite activity. The animations toke really long to make but in the end they were worth it. Here is a photo of children working on their animation:
Reporter: There was also 3D printing!
Sally: What? I thought 3D printing wasn't real!!!
Reporter: I thought that too but that was before I went to Mind Lab. I made a 3D print for my name. Malcolm (A person who works there.) told us some rules we needed to do or the 3D print won't come out right and it will fall apart. Here is a photo of children doing there 3D printing:
Reporter: Umm what else was there... Oh yeah the cars.
Sally: What? They let children play with cars!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Reporter: NOOOOO they didn't. The children had to make some sort of vehicle using materials like: DVDs, foam, straws, cardboard, skewers, a battery pack, a motor and a propeller. They had to form a car with those materials. My buddy and I failed a lot while we were trying to make the car but we didn't give up. Here is a photo of people working on their car:
Reporter: Overall Gri11 had a really fun day at Mind Lab and I hope I get to go there again!!
Sally: Oh that sounds fun! I want to go there!
Reporter: Oh yeah it is really fun and you should go there. But before you leave I have one last piece of information you need to know, Gri11 held fundraiser to make money so they could go to Mind Lab.
Sally: Really? What they make or sell for the fundraiser?
Reporter: They created Gri11 industries and made lots of different products. There were 7 groups and they were making: concrete pots, play-dough, crayon candles, bunting, tyre ottomans, bookshelves and cat houses.
Sally: Wow that is amazing.
Reporter: I know right and thanks for reading!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
GRi11 Industries
This term we are making products in groups of 8,9 or 10. There are seven groups. They are making: tyre ottomans, crayon candles, kitty computers, play-dough, concrete pots, bunting and bookshelves. I am in the group that are making concrete pots. We're raising money by selling these products because we want to go on a trip to MindLab. This is my group's advertising:
If you would like a concrete pot then please come to College Street Normal School, Palmerston North!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
My Digi awards photo!!
This is my Digi awards photo. All the photos are supposed to have a name and a message.
The name of my photo is 'Hiding in the dark'.
My message is that lots of people get bullied and they don't want anyone to find out so they hide until somebody eventually finds them.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Ricoh Tournament
Oh wait, have we started, I mean, hello there my name is, well you know my name. Anyway I'm gonna do my actual blog post now.
On the 28th of August, it was the day the Ricoh sports tournament happened. What is Ricoh? You might be wondering, well it is a mid year sports tournament which occurs around New Zealand. At our school only the top team was going but another school couldn't come so in every sport there were two teams going. My team was chosen to go along with the highest netball team in our school. When we arrived at the Arena, both of the C.S.N.S teams had a game at 10:00. Miss Williams told us to do some warm-ups because we were the first teams there. All the girls just played tiny netball games or were shooting goals. After half an hour, the first game begin. For our first game we versed Riverdale. They were quite a good team. For our second game we versed Cloverley. Then we versed Hokowhitu. We lost all our games. We placed last and the other C.S.N.S team placed second. Cloverley won the Ricoh netball. They were a really good team.
Thank you for reading and toodles!!!
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