Today at Enrich 17/8/11

Yes, it is another day at Enrich, so as you would of guessed a lot more work to be done! Today I started of with a game of chess, (which I won) then went onto Talent Development. I made a dragons head out of clay which has an upper jaw which lifts off the bottom jaw and is hollow so you could store possessions in it. Then in the afternoon I did a few things to start completing the must do/picks sheet. I completed drama when I and a few others acted as a fire truck. Then I went and saw Katie to set my goals for the term. After that I went and saw Darryn to learn about the mobius strip. We got to make one for ourselves.

Talent Development

I was impressed with the ideas that you were considering in art talent development today Andrew and I will be very interested to see how this concept pans out over the next few weeks. It is pretty amazing to think that we will be putting together an exhibition for the city gallery at the end of this unit.
Darryn

Week 2, Term 3

Today at Enrich for Art Talent Development we started sketching reptiles and thinking what we would like to put in the Art Gallery. I decided I would like to look at the texture of reptiles. I think I might do a box with a slot you put your hand through to feel the texture that is close to the texture of the reptile in the reptile picture(or something to that effect). So my job for over the next couple weeks is to gather up objects that have the texture of a reptile. For example a pineapple would have a good texture that might feel like a kind of reptile. I also think I could do some clay sculptures of some reptiles(and try and have a lot of texture as that is one of my main focuses). So as you see it is quite a busy day but the problem is it hasn't finished yet.

Talent Development

Today we started Talent Development. The options were storytelling, documentaries and art. I chose art. The thing we are going to focus on in art is dragons. Today we had a look at some pictures of dragons and went for a trip. On the trip we visited the museum to look at the tuatara as it is kind of a dragon. We also went to the Art Gallery as we are going to use a gallery to present our 'dragon art' to the public. It seems the is going to be a tough but fun time ahead!

Teacher Comment

Andrew you have had a great start to the year at Enrich. You have taken part in the Otago Southland chess championship and the art exhibition at the City Gallery and used your outstanding time management skills to create an Alice based earthquake safety game as your passion project that took a lot of perseverance as well as new learning. You also regularly post up dates on your blog and are always making the most of the varied learning opportunities that Enrich offers.

Last day for the term!

It is the last day for the term and I can't believe it has flown away so quickly! My passion project is nearly finished all that needs to be done is to be able to make it be able to be used by other people and I think this is going to be the hardest part! Also you still need to get your must do can do's done. But that's not all, it's the last day of the term you won't be able to move up the chess leaderboard for a few weeks. At the moment I'm in second place and I'm eyeing up the top dog!!! Watch out Tom!!! So with all that going on it's a wonder no-one has fainted.

Alice!!!

It's another day at Enrich (this is the second last day for the term), so that means another day to get my passion project done!!! Today I have made loads of progress and it seems it is nearly done. Today I have made a question which you answer and click on the one you choose and it tells you if you are wrong or right. The question is which one he should choose to do (in an earthquake). What would you do?