Rimu Arthur's Pass Camp Series - 1

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Last week, Rimu went to Camp!

We went all the way up to a place called Arthur's Pass.

You might not have heard of it before but it is a really beautiful place to go on a holiday!

Arthur's Pass is located inside of a valley about 4 1/2 hours away from Yaldhurst.

For those of you who don't quite know what a valley is, it's the place inbetween two or more mountains that meet near the bottom.

Arthur's Pass is a little bit of a difficult drive to get to, but it's really worth it!

There are a lot of beautiful scenes and plenty of trails to walk along!

The first place that we stopped was at a place called Castle Hill.

It's lucky that we did because a lot of the class was starting to get hungry.

It was covered in a blank sheet of snow about an inch thick.

(1 inch is equivalent to 2.54cm.)

We then kept driving for a bit longer then we had finally arrived at Arthur's Pass!

I will be sharing more of the Camp Adventures soon!

Bye for now!

CSO! The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra!

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Today at YMS, was a very interesting day!

We had some guests from CSO!

The CSO came in a little group of about 11 players.

No, that was not a Typo. Players.

For those who haven't heard of the CSO,

It stands for; Christchurch, Symphony Orchestra.

They had a group of some of their players preform at our school!

For Free!

In the group was a Harp, 2 Violins, Chello, Tuba, Trombone, Trumpet,

Flute, Claironett, and a weird instrument called a Basoo.

They each told us about how their instruments worked.

Did you know that a Violin has 12 notes?

They are the same 3 chords played with different pitches!

Some of them had mini versions that we could try for ourselves!

They were a really cool band and I think it would be cooler with all of them!

They played a couple of  well-known songs aswell!

The Harry Potter and Star Wars theme songs!

We also have a Trumpet player in our class!
Mia takes the stage!

I really enjoyed listening to their performance!

Would you like to try and play one of those instruments?

Let me know!

Blog You Later!

How To : Make A Chart In Google Sheets

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Today, I'm going to teach you how to make a Chart

In Google Sheets!

Well, at least try to.

Anyway, first, you'll need to make a new sheet.
Then you have to insert your data, like eye colors.
Then you watch this video about how to make it!
Video By - TechnologyTeacher - Video
Here is my graph

Have you made a chart before?
Blog you later

Myself Summed Up In A Photo Collage

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Rimu was given a task to create a collage
about what we like and our personalities!
Where your from, what you like...
A whole bunch of stuff like that!

We also learned about copyright and what to do!
Here is a link to Miss Morgan's Site with the slide on copyright.
We used a site called unsplash to get uncopyrighted pics.
Using unsplash, you can give credit to the owners of the pics.
I used some of their photos and made a pretty cool collage!

It looked a little something like this,

It was a really fun task to do and you could try as well!
It consists of your Name, Age, a Selfie, Fav Color, ect.
What would your collage look like?
Blog you later!

Making House Art!

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

This post is going to be about Making House Art!
I'm sure your school has houses or teams

In the colors of, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue.

In YMS, it's Rutherford, Ormsby, Edgar and Hillary

What House Art is is when we, as a school have to

make bubble like shapes with patterns using the colors of your house.

For example, Ormsby/Yellow, would use Yellows, Oranges, and Gold.

So, how do we draw these you wonder? Take this slide as inspiration.

These are all made on rocks with paint but we used paper and felts or pencils.

If you have any questions about making House Art,

then feel free to ask me.

I would like to hear about some of yours!

Blog You Later!

Drawing Bubbles!

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

This week, we have been learning at school

but as you might know, with a few changes.

We have been drawing Bubbels!

Drawing a bubble isn't very easy

But Fun!

If you know your geometry well,

you should know they are spheres.

The bubbles themselves consist of ;

Soap, and Water.

You might have seen that when a bubble is made,

they have most of the colors of the light spectrum.

Pink, purple or blue, to name a few.

I would Recommend drawing it on Black paper.

I would like to hear about your Bubbles!

Do you think you could master perspective?

ANZAC Day Activities

For the last week, I have been working on ANZAC Day Activities.
We have been set a number of tasks for ANZAC Day to do over the week.

For those of you like me who were unfamiliar on what ANZAC day is,

It is a day to commemorate the Australian & New Zealand Army landing at Gallipoli in 1915.
The Gallipoli war was about the British, American, and the Soviets battling over
the Gallipoli Peninsular, but was an unsuccessful result as the Turkish won.
Round about 11,000 Australians and New Zealanders died during the battle.

The ANZAC Day is a great thing to celebrate and,

you can also create a lot of things to celebrate it!

Here is a few of the things you could do!

• Bake ANZAC Biscuits
• Artwork
• Go To A Museum
• Make a Wreath
• Minecraft/Lego Scene
• Attend To A Parade
• Go Poppy Picking
• Lay Flowers/Wreath At A Monument

I would love to hear about some of your creations or even some
new ideas for next ANZAC or another holiday!
Happy ANZAC Day!

Quarantine Can Do's #4

During this Isolation, we have to continue with our work and keep updated on our blogs. We have Can Do's and Must Do's. This is one of our Can Do's that we could do. This  one was to Make Your Own Task. I chose to do it about making Rock Candy! We have to record the process on how to make it!

This is a relatively Easy Recipe to make. You will need some parent assistance because you're using a stove! Be Safe! :D

ANZAC Biscuits!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from my house!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about Baking ANZAC Biscuits!!

If you want to get your hands on how to make the ANZAC Biscuits,
Watch the video that we made on how to make them!

The ANZAC Biscuits tasted delicious and I will make more just for fun!

Quarantine Can Do's #3

During this Isolation, we have to continue with our work and keep updated on our blogs. We have Can Do's and Must Do's. This is one of our Can Do's that we could do. This one was to Draw A Map Of Your Neighborhood. This will relatively take a lot of walking time. :D

Quarantine Can Do's!

During this Isolation, we have to continue with our work and keep updated on our blogs. We have Can Do's and Must Do's. This is one of our Can Do's that we could do. Draw a still life of your favorite toy.

A&P Show!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about the A&P Show!

For those of you who don't know what the A&P Show is,

It's like a market but you can also do fun activities, watch horse jumping,

Wood cutting and shearing comps, stuff like that.

Because this is on farmland, there is mostly animals.

There was a lot of stalls for food and stuff to buy.

Here are some photos :

Well, that's all I have to say for now!

T.J, Out!

My Trip Announcement!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about my Trip Announcement!

I am leaving NZ on Saturday 26th October.

What is happening is I'm going to California!

There is going to be so much fun things to do!

If you want to keep update on my trip, go to California Trip.

The first post will be on Monday 28th.

If you want, you can also ask where it is I am going.

I will be back on the Thursday 7th, November.

So in the meantime, I will be absent from my school blog.

Well, that's all I have to say for now!

T.J, Out!

Speed Dating with Books!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about Speed Dating with Books!

Yes you heard me! Speed Dating with Books!
Interestingly it was about our Novel Study Books.
We had to look at 5 books and choose the best one.

There were some pretty cool books.
A lot of them were survival books and is may favorite topic!
Sadly though, there weren't enough. :(

Here are some photos. :

If you have any questions, please comment them down below.

Well, that's all I have to say for now!

T.J, Out!

How To Make a Felt Donut!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about How to make a Felt Donut!

It's just a simple task of cutting lots of felt.

You will need :

2x Brown Felt.

1x Pink Felt.

3x Random Colors of Felt.

Stuffing.

And 1,000,000 IQ.

First, you cut the two Brown Felt pieces into squares.

Then, cut the squares into circles.

Do the same with the Pink Felt.

Make sure to add squiggles.

Next, Cut up pieces of random Felt scraps into small rectangles.

It should look like this so far.

Now obviously I did mine already but lay it out like this.

Next, sew the Felt pieces on the pink.

They will act as sprinkles.

Once all of the sprinkles are on, sew the frosting to the Brown Felt.
Once sewn, add stuffing and sew the other half on.
Then your Donut should look like previously shown.
I gave mine to my cat, Charlie.

If you have any problems or questions, comment down below.
It doesn't have to be pink frosting either.
Well, that's all I have to say for now!
T.J, Out!

SKI TRIP!!!

Last week, on Friday the 20th, Rimu Class went to MT Hutt! The Whole entire class went skiing! MT Hutt is only the best place for skiing on several different skill levels. Skiing is one of the most active sports in the world! Fun Fact, the first recorded downhill skiing race was held in Sweden, in 1879! Anyway, we had to be in two different buses and had to drive for 1 ¹/₂ hours! We then had to wear boots that were soooo uncomfortable that you had to walk sideways down stairs! Here are some pictures. :

Well, that's all I have to say for now!

T.J, Out!

EPro8 Competition

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about our EPro8 Competition!

For those of you who don't know what EPro8 is, It's a competition where you build a challenge to score points and has to work properly. You have to follow the instructions or you don't get the points.

Everyone got a ball that we opened and had our selected challenge inside. We seemed to be the only team that had a different challenge from everyone else.

We had to make a rat wheel.

At the end, we had hands so grey, that they looked like we had shaded them in with a pencil.

We came last. Overall it was really fun! If you have any questions, please give me some feedback.

That's all for now. T.J, Out!

How to do some Tracing Art!

Hello fellow Bloggers!

I'm back with another exciting post from YMS Rimu Class!

Today's Blog Post is going to be about making some Traced art!

This is a Fun project that anyone can do at home! So let's get started!

First off, get some paper. Obviously.

1. Find a logo that you like.

2. Trace it with pencil.

3. Get a Sharpie, (Fine point, pencil like) and go over the pencil lines.

4. Get some pens and color it in!

At the end, you should have a nice looking image that looks just like the original.

I hope you liked today's Post. Bye!