Queens's Park Photography

 Today the Photography Talent Development group went to Queen's Park! It was a L-O-N-G walk! (Yeah we DID walk!). 
First we went to the band rotunda, taking pictures along the way. Next we went to the castle. I slid down the slide, as there was no other way down (The stairs were blocked) and it is FAST! Next we went to the playground. I look a picture of the eagle statue and the lion statue, looking UP. Last of all we went to the duck pond. There was a fountain going and it looked REALLY cool!

Finally we dragged ourselves back to Enrich and dived into Morning Tea!

Passion Time

Guess what? Today at Enrich we had Passion Time, between Morning Tea and Lunchtime, which was time to explore the things we are passionate about. I did writing. It was fun, but next time I want to try something different. I haven't chosen yet (Or have I?) but there are lots of thigns to pick from. Sculpting, animating, Wearable Arts, carving, Maths, (OK, so not Maths because I hate it) But it is an option if I change my mind (Fat chance!) The Wearable Arts sounds cool, and I picked up a snippet of it because I was just around the corner, hehe... I reckon the sculpting sounds cool, but I probably won't do it yet. I haven't head a lot about the carving... and NO, I'm still not doing maths! 

That's all, really. I'm sort of leaning towards the Wearable Arts, but I can't name many times where I stayed keen on the idea for more than three days, maximum! 

The Amazing Wearable Arts!

Oh - my - gosh! This morning at Enrich we went to see the most amazing thing at the Invercargill Museum. First we lined up with a buddy. My buddy was Hannah Witheford. We walked to the museum because it isn't that far from Enrich. When we got inside a man greeted us and showed us into the exhibit. Now, there is only five words to explain what we saw next: Amazing, breathtaking, different, stunning and SO cool!We walked through a dimly lit passage. On the curtains there was a projected video of all the wearable arts on stage, being worn by fantastic dancers. Then we came out into the light where we saw all the costumes in person. Were we allowed to touch them? NO, NO, NO! We actually got to feel bits of material of with the wearable arts were made from! Is that awesome, or what!? There was another small room that was very dark. It had glow in the dark dresses! My sneakers glowed, too! And, believe it or not, so did my teeth!So, I guess you can come to a correct conclusion that our field trip today was awesome! 

My Learning Wheel

Today at Enrich (The last day for Term 1!) we did a reflection wheel. We did this to look back at our first term at Enrich for 2012 and sort of sum it up. We were given a Learning Wheel with five questions: I Felt, I Used, I Learned, I Tried and I Wondered. It was a great way tO reflect, using The Learning Wheel. We had to put in lots of detail until it was right!

Hi Izzy.

I am enjoying our (almost) weekly chess games!  You are a very determined player, and you use a variety of different strategies, which shows that you you are constantly evaluating your game.  Your enthusiasm for photography was clear to see on Wednesday.  I really liked the editing you did to your photo - highlighting one single piece of lavander within the bunch.  Well done Izzy.  Katie.

Talent Development Week 8

Today in Talent Development at Enrich (I am doing Photography) we had about three quarters of an hour for a session. In Photography we went outside  to take photos and our photos had to have a theme. My theme was "Nature." I took pictures of flowers, bushes, branches, leaves, and stones. Then after that we had to pick the best photo that we took, change it and play around with it using I-photo, give it a title and email it to Katie May. (I have already done mine :) :) :)!!!) Here is the photo that I chose. It is of a lavender flower.  

Building A Pyramid.

Today at Enrich there was a task called Build a Pyramid. You had to choose workers, materials, what to feed the workers, and you had to ride a boat down the river nile. I got it done in four or five goes. It was fun and also frustrating at times. I would love to do it again!