Mosaic Art.

Today we looked at our mosaics they were done!!Today we were sketching our real mosaics its a tuatara on our spirt of the nation flag first we looked for google images for a picture for them both. Then we printed  the pictures. Next we stuck the picture of the tuatara on the 4 tiles then we sketched the picture after we used vivid to trace it. Finally we put some detail on it we put the claws in then we planned the spirt of the nation flag but then it was all over the music went on.But I can't wait for the time we finish because we will donate it to a place in town for everyone to see.

GIFTED WEEK!!!!

This week is all about giftedness because it is gifted week!

Giftedness to me means that we learn things faster than the other kids our age.  Renzulli calls this above average ability.  

At Enrich we learn in a different way, a lot of it is on computers.  We learn about different models of giftedness, like Renzulli and Gagne.  

Maths Problems

Every week we get a maths problems.  This week we got a game called Sole Survivor.  The aim of the game is to get rid of all the dots and get the last dot back to the place it started.  Last week we got the frog game.  The point of the game is to get the sets of frogs to swap sides.  You're only allowed to jump one frog at a time.  That was really hard.  Last but not least we have had Six Circles.  It's a game with a triangle and you have to get all three sides to add up to the number the computer gives you.  There are different levels and it gets harder and harder till you can't do any more.

Mosaic Art.

Today I did Talent Development all on mosaic art.  We found out things like when it was first introduced and the different ways to make mosaic art.  Ancient mosaics were made with terracotta cones.  We did discussed our initial thoughts.  We looked at ancient mosaics and who could have them and who couldn't.  In Ancient Greece anyone could have mosaics to decorate their homes, but in Ancient Roman times, only the rich could.  Then we looked at examples of mosaics that are in our time not ancient.  Then we looked at making mosaics of our own.  First we discussed colours for our draft.  Mine were Blue,Light Brown and white.  The colours for my draft are the same for my real one.  After that we looked at google images.  I found some amazing images of mosaics.

P4C

P4C is all about history, they give us questions like this: "Would you rather be wealthy or have friendship?" I chose friendship because  friends will always be there for you and money will  just drift away before you know it, but your friends will never leave you alone. The other question was "Would you have power or pleasure?" some people chose pleasure and others not so much, I chose pleasure, because when you have pleasure it is like having power but like in a different way, even though you don't get to boss people around you still fell powerful inside.

Multiple Intelligences

This is my diagram, it shows what my strengths are. This shows that my strength is musical, that means that I remember notes and tunes.My colour is low for word smart so that's what I need to practice on.I'm also high in body smart as well that means I use my body smarts when I play sports.

Max's guide to play chess

Chess
It's a fun game and good for the brain. It's a good strategy game. Chess is a working game and it's fun at the same time! Chess is a really popular game. You can go to tournaments and competions. Chess goes quite far  for a game, it can help people's brain to think outside the BOX.The pieces are called King, Knight, Bishop, Queen, Pawn and Rook. The Rook can move any way in a straight line.The Pawn can only move one space forward but on the first move they can move two spaces forward if it wants.The Queen can move any way as many spaces as it likes. Now onto the Bishop, the Bishop can move diagonally any amount of spaces!! The Knight can move in a capital L to move and he can jump over a person. Last but not least the King, he is the most important by far and in danger. You see everyone try to kill the King but he can only move one space anyway. If the only people left are the Kings then it's a draw because the Kings can't go right in front of them. They have to stay one space away from each other. In chess if you get a pawn to the other side you get to swap it with something else. That's only if it's a pawn though.What I love about chess is that it's really fun and quite the brain teaser.