Passion time

9:15 is the time of the day when we have Passion Time; a block of time where you can follow your true passion - do your teachers ever let you do that?  Well today I contacted Gavin Bishop the author of the classics like Piano Rock. I emailed him to help with my story.  Also, today I started my illustrations for my story. Later we went into photoshop and edited our field trip photos, then we put them on a keynote. But I didn't finish mine. I will, I hope. Here our some of my illustrations.

They're only practices though.

Passion time (the continuos of the THREE CHUBBY PUKEKO'S)

Today the making of the three chubby Pukeko's . Well enough about that more about the book that took lots of time. I had a lot of time and writers block to get it done but it happened. Now onto the next headache, illustrations not my best subject but I'm going to push through that and complete the book. It's going to teach me how to draw and task commitment that subject hasn't been a favourite but I have been improving bit by bit. That's it for today, see you next week on Maxf@enrich.net.nz.

Patterns

"STAY TO THE LEFT" said Nicola as we walked up the streets of Invercargill. People running, biking and driving cars we could only just hear our own voices. Today at ENRICH we went on a patterns field trip. We went all around Invercargill looking for everyday patterns that we never notice. Like the patterns in buildings that give it Strength, The pond that give the ducks Survivability, The makeup pattern that supplies Beauty and the road signs that give Order. Now look at all the capital letters in that section if you mix them up they make B.O.S.S which stands for types of patterns. So next time you go out and try look for the patterns you don't see and you will be amazed of how much you have missed.

Here are some pictures that we took

Bulls Eye

One shot and a world of possibilities.....

Thoughts flowing through my mind.... which hoop.... thinking about my chances. (Sorry sounds like I am mindlessly mumbling but believe it or not its actually a game) It is called bulls eye - not the animal though.

Its all a game of chance. First of all you have four chances, also known as four beanbags four hoops. The first hoop is worth two which is the most likely for you to get; the second is four that's pretty likely. The third hoop is not very likely, but if you get it you shall receive six points.... sadly its not that likely. Now, if you think you're going great and you want to take a gamble the last hoop is EIGHT POINTS - that's only if you're feeling lucky like you just met a leprechaun.

My team was going well then we hit rock bottom and had a draw for second. I know last sounds bad but that was a great effort I think. Well enough said. When you have the time you should play the game bulls eye. It is amazing!

All you need is:

8 hoops

8 bean bags ( or bean bags animals if you want a challenge)

A line to stand behind.

Someone to keep score

And a timer.

Then you are ready to play BULLS EYE.

Blokus Tower defense

The War of Blokus

Defend your tower, defeat your opponents trap your enemies and win the war in the realm of BLOKUS. My enemies Jake the orc and Miro the wizard and me Max the monster this is a war of logic "max max max wake up" is what I heard from Jake when my eye squinted open. It had all been a dream NOOOOOOOOOO! But enough about board games and day dreaming. Today we had a drama game where the teacher started the sentence of and the next person had to continue it. Sounds pretty easy but we had to do it from the alphabet like the first persons sentence had to start of with a A and the second person with B and so on. That is the experience of a day at Enrich.

Wilson Game

Hello! Today we played a Wilson game as we do every Monday. This time it was a game that included hula-hoops, holding hands and teamwork. When it was a group of three in a circle Darryn said "READY HOP " then he clapped and it was the only time you could jump. When you jumped, everyone in the group had to jump at the same time ( with feet together) and land at the same time as your team. If you didn't manage it, then you had to go back to the start. The teachers' jobs were to stop us - not physically but mentally it was really hard.Kumbaya

CONCEPT

Today at enrich we learnt what our concept curriculum was which is......... Patterns. When you think patterns you might think easy I know everything but have you ever dared to try write what you know about it down, its a lot harder than you think. That's what we had to do when we were naming the 4 cornerstones of enrich which are Talent development, Affective domain, Concept curriculum and Mental edge. For patterns we looked at the four types of patterns: strength, survival, beauty and order.