Recreating Famous Artwork

LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork

LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.

This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. This artwork was painted in 1665. Today it can be found in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.

I enjoyed experimenting with the different tools in Google Draw to recreate this famous art piece. I also had the opportunity to learn a lot about art and the painter of The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer.

Swimming Reflection #2

 LI: To practice different swimming styles.

For swimming, we were focusing on practicing our streamline, switch, backstroke and diving. We also practiced swimming as far as we could underwater.

The switch backtroke and streamline is where we kick six times in streamline and then switch to backstroke and kick six times. We continued this to the end of our mark.

The underwater diving is swimming as far as we could underwater, preferably in streamline but this was a freestyle opportunity.

I enjoyed this session because I practice focusing my energy and swimming technique on staying underwater.

Mindfulness # 2

 LI: To understand and learn about gratitude.

For pause, breathe and smile, we have been focusing about gratitude. Gratitude is being grateful and happy for what we have and what we are being given.

We rang the mindfulness bell and focused on our breathing with straight backs, soft bellies and having our eyes closed. We breathed steadily and thought about what is happening now.

Mindfulness is focusing on what is happening now, and not worrying about what has happened or what hasn't happened yet. I enjoyed this task because I learnt about gratitude and focused on my breathing.

Ancient Greek Olympics Presentation

LI: To give a presentation on the Ancient Greek Olympics.

Last week, LS2 gave presentations to the class about what we know on the Ancient Greek Olympics. For this task, my group used Prezi to present and recorded a Screencastify to present to the class. Prezi is a good way to keep your audience entertained by animating the different areas of your slideshow.

We talked about what the Ancient Greek Olympics was and what took place on the five days of the Olympics. We also gave 5 fun facts about the Ancient Olympics.

I enjoyed this because it was fun to present and learn about the Ancient Greek Olympics as well. One fun fact that I learnt about the Ancient Greek Olympics was that one athlete trained by lifting a bull calf everyday until it was a full grown bull.

Hauora as an Athlete

LI: To write what Hauora might help an athlete with.

Our objective for this task was to make a Hauora poster based off what we know of athletes. We wrote what we might think an Olympic athlete would use the four areas of Hauora in their training or during the Olympics.

Hauora is the four walls of our well-being. They are our physical, mental, spiritual and family well-being.

I enjoyed this task because I was able to look at Hauora through an athletes eyes and see Hauora from an athletes perspective.

My Science Investigation #2 - Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate

LI: To learn about pulse rate and blood pressure.

Your pulse rate is the speed that your heart pumps blood through your blood vessels. Today, we performed an experiment that measured our high and low blood pressure when we do physical activities.

The activities that we did were sitting, jogging on the spot, throwing and catching a ball, stretching, star jumps and running as fast as possible on the spot. Each person in the group took turns measuring their pulse rate after doing these activities.

Hauora and Olympians

Good athletes train mentally and physically because both the body and the mind should be strong in order to have balance as an athlete. It's important to celebrate the success that you have earned, however it is just as important to embrace the times where we are less successful. What really makes you stronger mentally and physically is the time you take to learn from losing to learn from your mistakes. When something doesn't go as planned or takes an unexpected turn, it may be frustrating or stressful to fail but you can stay calm and confident. By having belief in yourself and having the support you need from family and friends, you keep yourself motivated to push yourself to success.

Bella and Kqwizan