Fairy Tales and Fables - Final Part of the Final Project

 The final story! The story about Medusa, a woman who isn't who you think she is, or was.

(Note, the three stories that have been re-told can all be found originally at Greekboston. Simply search up the title of the story)

These stories were printed out and made into a small story book. 

Medusa

Medusa, a monster feared for her snake hair and the fact that making eye contact, or even looking into her eyes make you turn to stone, leaving you stuck in place for years to come. Stories often talk about her victims frozen in place stuck there for all of eternity, although Medusa wasn’t born a monster, she was once a normal woman.

Men would crowd Medusa who was said to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Her beauty was legendary and like none other. During this time she was a Priestess to Athena, the goddess of war, due to being a Priestess she wasn’t allowed to get married to any of her male suitors. To continue being devoted to Athena, Medusa had to stay unmarried as Athena was decipeted as a Virgin Goddess; the same must apply to the Priestesses. That was so the Goddesses could pour all their energies into them without worrying about the husbands and childrens.

Medusa's suitors acknowledged the fact that she was devoted to being a Priestess and respected her wishes to stay a virgin. Most of them would admire her from a distance, considering her off-limits. Although that changed when she caught Poseidon's eye. He didn’t honor the fact that Medusa wanted to stay loyal to the Goddess she followed, and instead, did something that disobeyed her permission and wishes. That day, she was no longer elidged to bow to Athena and serve her as a Priestess.

After what happened with Poseidon, Athena found out. She was angered by the disloyalty of Medusa and cursed her. Medusa’s transformation was a slow yet noticeable change. It was painful as her hair would fall out in clumps, heads of snakes pushing at her skull to escape and fly around while hissing and snapping. Her smooth sun-kissed skin would pale and crack, making her look more than just an old lady, who ever should meet the eye of Medusa would have a quick and simple life. They’d be turned into stone to sit for eternity.

Once her transformation was complete, Medusa was banished, she was never to see a human again, not until her passing. Medusa was sent to an isolated island. Her story ends with the men who once sought her out for beauty pursued her for another reason. To kill her.

Medusa’s story shows us that if something looks displeasing doesn’t mean it was, it  tells us to respect people's wishes as it could have great consequences for them.

Wananga - Summer Learning Journey.

 Miss Bancroft had the class go onto the Summer Learning Journey site and pick one or more pictures in the 'Art Colouring Book' or 'Art Colouring Book - NASA Edition' and colour them. I went to the Art Book and picked these two:

And in the NASA Edition I picked this one:

This is the Finished Product:

My best one would have to be the one I did first, which was the Watermelon.

Fairy Tales and Fables - Final Project p2

The next retelling in my story is The Fall of Icarus.

The Fall of Icarus

The start of this story does not start with Icarus, we must start with Daedalus, the father of Icarus, to understand his story more. Daedalus was a craftsman in Athens, Daedalus had a craftsman, his name was Talus. Although Talus showed a lot of potential, enough to overpower Daedalus. But being jealous, Daedalus pushed Talus off a cliff, but he never died. Athena turned Talus into a bird and Daedalus was sent to trial for murder. He was forced to move to Crete. 

All of this happened before the birth of Icarus, if this incident never occurred, Icarus wouldn’t have been born as it was the move who allowed Daedalus to find his lover. While building his new life he fell in love with Naucrate, a servant for the king. Together Daedalus and Naucrate had Icarus. While this was happening, Daedalus had been building a Labyrinth, a massive maze located under the Court of the King Minos. 

The Labyrinth held a Minotar, a Half Human, Half Bull. After entering the Labyrinth, there was no leaving. To keep the Labyrinth and the Minotar a secret, Minos had imprisoned Icarus, Naucrate and Daedalus inside a tower, located above his castle.

Daedalus created an escape plan for himself and his family, this of course led to the doom of Icarus, but that’s off topic. He realized they could escape by air, so he collected feathers, and bound them together with beeswax. Made one for himself and the other for his son. Daedalus warned Icarus that flying too close to the sun would cause his wings to melt.

Once they escaped, they flew. Icarus, who had forgotten his fathers warning, flew to the seas near an Island called Ikaria, the sun began to melt his wings and he fell to the seas beneath him, drowning.

In some ways, this story tells us to be careful of who to trust, but tells us to listen to what we’ve been told because consequences are endless, even if it’s simply telling us to watch our step.

 

Fairy Tales and Fables - Final Project

In Fairy Tales and Fables we have to re-write a retelling and then create something with that retelling, for example, retelling the story of Hansel and Gretel. 

I've chosen to make a small story-book with the retellings of three greek mythology stories. The story of Pandoras Box, was my first story, it's the story I'll be sharing. The Fall of Icarus and the Story of Medusa are two other stories.

PANDORA’S BOX

To start out the story of Pandora's Box, we'll need to start with Zeus, Prometheus and Epimetheus. Prometheus and Epimetheus, two loyal titan brothers to Zeus, Prometheus who was born with the power to see the future (a prophecy gift) saw that Zeus would defeat the titans, he decided to tell Zeus, who was proud of the brothers loyalty.

Showing his proudness, Zeus deemed it fit to allow the brothers to create the first things to live on the planet Earth. Epimetheus created animals, giving them the power to live on earth. He gave each a special ability and form of protection.Prometheus spent his time creating mankind, but when he finished, no protection was left over as Epimetheus had given it all away. Prometheus wanted men to have protection but as none was left over, he asked Zeus to allow humans to have fire, despite fire being for Gods only. Giving it no second thought, Zeus denied permission of men having fire. But Prometheus didn’t listen. He gave mankind fire to protect themselves.

For his ignorance and disobedience, Zeus punished him, sending him far away to the Caucasus Mountains. Chaining him up to a large rock, hidden away from everyone, Zeus also sent an eagle to feast on Prometheus’ liver, which regrew each day. This was a form of tourture, until Heracles found him, killing the eagle and freeing Prometheus. Zeus wasn’t pleased with just tourture. He wanted to punish man for taking fire from Prometheus, so. 

He created Pandora, she was sculpted to look like Aphrodite, a beautiful Goddess, he designed her for Epimetheus. She received the gifts, wisdom, beauty, kindness, peace, generosity, and health from the gods. Bringing Pandora to earth, she was to be Epimetheus’ wife, his brother tried to warn him of Zeus’ trickery, but Epimetheus was blinded by her beauty and chose to marry her anyway. Pandora was given a jar (box) as a wedding gift.

Pandora being curious ignored Zeus’ warning to not open it. So as she opened it horrible things filled the world. Envy, War, Hunger, Hatred, Anger, Disease, Death, Poverty, Greed, and Pain. Lifes miserys had been released, but Pandora slammed the jar shut. Leaving Hope sancuned there. 

Since that day, Humans have been able to hold onto hope while surviving the world’s terrors.

This created the meaning of Pandora’s Box,

it meant things best left untouched,

for fear of what might happen.

Home Economics - Smoothies

 This week in Home Economics we had a fun foods lesson. We made Smoothies, except it was more a taste test and writing our opinions down.

There were 10 different smoothies / ice cream type things to try. Three store brought smoothies, one being up and two being simply squeezed smoothies.

My least favourite had to be the Basic Fuit smoothie, I didn't have more than a kitten lick worthy taste but it was sweet yet soggy fruit taste. 

Our group (Charlize, Evan and myself) made Banana smoothies. We used Banana (obviously), Milk,Yogurt, Honey, Vinilla Esscence, and Ice cubes.

Connected Creativites - Forensics A

Impressions - 
An impression is the marks left at or near the crime scene by the perpetrator*, vitim or suspects*.

Impressions can be bite marks, tire tracks, ballistics*, tool marks, fingerprints and so on. 
Some impressions could be faded and hard to see, but they are still vital to the crime scene and can help a great deal.

Footprint Analysis - 

Footprint analysis is the analysis of impressions left by shoes or feet. We can discover the shoe type and brand, the age, the height and walking style with this. Different types of shoe prints can be Line and Circle tracks that had dureability to them, the toe arched up. This generally means the wearer is on their toes and has probably worn them a good deal of times.

Everyone's feet are different, they could have flat feet, a high arch or normal arch, the marks could be smudged (possibly meaning the have a limp of sorts). 

Casting a footprint means carefully pouring casting mixture on the impression, waiting for it to dry before gently washing it off with water, revealing the full mark to then study it.

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Perpetrator - A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

Suspects - Someone who may have caused the crime, or is thought to have had connections to it.

Ballistics - The study of bullets, their line of projectory.

Connected Creativites - Fairy tales and fables

Drawing to the end of Week One our class learnt more about Fairy Tales and Fables, doing that we learnt about The Brothers Grimm.

Quick Information- The Brothers Grimm are German Folklorists.

Home Economics - Fruit Crumble

 Fruit Crumble                             Serves  4   

½ c Flour                                                           

½ t Cinnamon                                              

½ c Brown Sugar (not packed)

65 g cold Butter (cut into small cubes)                                                                           

½ c Rolled Oats (Wholegrain oats)

1 – 2 medium sized Apples (preprepared)

1 D White Sugar                                

1 T Water

Method    

     * Preheat oven to Fan Bake 180°C).

1. Put flour, cinnamon and brown sugar into a medium bowl.

2. Rub butter lightly into the flour mixture.

3. Add rolled oats and mix with a fork.

4. Peel and quarter the apples. Cut core out and slice each quarter  into thin slices. (we used prepear apples)

5. Place into a greased pie dish.

6. Sprinkle with white sugar and water.

7. Spoon this mixture evenly over the apples to cover them.

8. Bake on Fan bake for 10 -15 min or until the edge is going brown.

Remember to prepare the crumble topping first before preparing the apples. 

Work quickly to lightly rub in butter so the mixture stays as cool as possible.

Place prepared apples in cold lightly salted water to stop it going brown. Drain well before putting the apple into the pie dish.

You can use other fruit: pears, fresh or frozen berries, peaches, cooked rhubarb etc.

Cooking times can sometimes vary from 15 -20+ minutes.

Allow the cooked Apple Crumble to sit for about 5-10 minutes before serving.

Serve with custard, yoghurt or ice cream. 

The uncooked crumble topping freezes well in a bag for later use.

Remember you can use stewed, tinned or frozen fruits.

Connected Creativites - Forensic Sciences (Group A)

 For all of this week we've been learning about Forensic Science and the scientists, the evidence they collect and so on.

After doing this research we had to made a DLO or some other form of presentation about this.

One thing I'm excited about learning about in this class is learning techniques to discover things, like brushing powder over fingerptints.

This is my DLO about Forensic Science (about what we've learned so far.

Connected Creativities - Fairytales and Fables

In fairy tales and fables we spent our first lesson learning about Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales and fables, and what the difference between them is.

A fable is a short story about morals, it has talking animals and inanimate objects, for example in the fable of the wolf and the Sheep, a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing was able to infiltrate the sheep's paddock. (Moral of the story is that appearances can be deceiving.)

Fairy tales are children's stories, a story with magical things like dragons, princesses, fae (another name for fairy) and centaurs (half horse and half human normally). Brothers Grimm story 'Cinderella' a fairy tale published in 1967, is a good example.

Legends are over exaggerated stories in short, they may carry the truth but still have falseness to them. Stories like the Lochness Monster, the Yeti, Bigfoot, and King Arthur are examples.

Myths are known as folklore genre, they concern the early history of the world, Greek Mythology is an example.

Wananga (late blog post)

In term three we had a Mental Health awareness week. Miss Bancroft set up a few tasks each week that we had to do. At least two a week. On day one I did the 'Reconnect with someone: Find a picture of someone and share a happy memory.' With that task I featured my best friend of 5/6 years. 

 

Home Economics : Rice Paper Rolls

In Home Economics this week we made Rice Paper Rolls! It's basically fresh spring rolls, in my opinion the Rice Paper was salty, sticky and the texture was like eating a balloon but sticky.

 (I don't have preparation photos sadly)

Ingredients

 

Carrots 

Capsicum 

2 Rice paper sheet per person

Cucumber

Lettuce

Parsley 

Method

1. Dip the rice paper sheets in cold water and lay out on a clean bench top and let them soften for a minute

2. Place your selection of fillings in the middle of the softened sheet

3. Fold two sides of the sheet towards the middle

4. Roll into a cylinder shape

5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

Things to remember when making these spring rolls

• You don’t need to soak the rice paper sheets, just wet them, they will soften after a minute

• Use predominantly vegetables and herbs as fillings

• Try to use a combination of ingredients that balance flavour, texture and nutrients

• You can use any combination of ingredients for filling so just use what you like and have available

Gym / PE - Gymnastics

For the past few weeks we've been doing Gymnastics in PE, using the beam, mini tramp, trampoline, horizontal and parallel bars, as well as doing things on the floor.

One challenge of mine was using the mini tramp, it wasn't easy, I managed to do a straight jump and jump full turn, I'm now able to do a Dive Roll as of Thursday (our last lesson)

My achievement was climbing to the top on the high ropes when they got out, it was fun but sort of scary.

PARALLEL BARS Lower arm walk Swing Back Dismount Forward Dismount Forward roll	MINI TRAMP Straight Jump Jump Full turn Tuck Jump Dive Roll Somersault to land on feet	FLOOR Forward roll Backward roll Headstand Handstand Cartwheel Bridge
BEAM Side Mount Jump over Cone  Forward roll Straddle Dismount	HORIZONTAL BAR Toe Shoot B/wd Hip Circle B/wd Hip Circle Mount	TRAMPOLINE  Controlled bounce  Straddle jump  Full Turn  Seat Drop  Front drop

English

 Martha example:

Martha shows hope, proof of this is

-thinks about her sister coming back
-that scott can contact her
-that scott will be her friend
-that scott would see the sign on the fence.

Scott:

Scott shows Creative, he shows that by thinking outside the box multipul times to help Martha.
He shows Perserverance, by never giving up even when things got hard.

Home Economics : Crispy Chicken Tacos

In home economics we made 'Crispy Chicken tacos execpt we used tortilla shells not taco shells, but they turned out good either way.

 Ingredients:

500g Chicken breast sliced 

2 T oil

1 packet Crispy Chicken Spice mix

8 mini Tortillas (2 per person)

Lettuce -shredded

Carrot - grated

Cheese -grated

Red Onion - sliced

Avocado - sliced

Sour Cream

Salsa

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 ℃

2. Slice chicken into strips 4 cm wide. These may be cut into 6 cm lengths.

3. Place chicken into a bowl.

4. Drizzle with oil and mix to cover all chicken surfaces.

5. Add Crispy Chicken Spice mix and stir to coat chicken evenly.

6. Place coated chicken on an oven tray lined with baking paper.

7. Bake for 10 - 12 min until crispy and golden.

8. Warm tortillas in microwave for 30 sec.

9. Build your taco with chicken, lettuce, carrot, cheese, avocado, red onion, and top with sour cream and salsa.

Social Studies : Maori Land March 'Mapping'

Last term our social studies class did minor work around the Maori Land March. To redo part of that work the class had a mapping task, which was using Google Earth and mark the places that everyone in the Land March Stayed in, Auckland and Palmerston North were used twice (The day apon arival and a rest day) Before departing again.

The Land March started on the 14 of sepetember 1975 and finished on the 13 of October 1975.

It was pretty easy to use google earth to make a list of the places they stayed at.
If I were to do this again I don't think I'd do anything differently.

Lockdown : Number of the day

NUMBER OF THE DAY :

422

1. In Words = four hundred and twenty two

2. 10 less = 412
3. 15 more = 467 * 437 (Don't ask how I got it wrong) 
4. Add 115 = 537 
5. Round to nearest 100 =400
6. Odd or even? = even
7. Complete the pattern. Add 8: 422, = 430, 438, 446
8. List some factors = 1, 2, 211, 422
9. Divisible by 3? = No
10. Find one tenth = 42.2

9/10 
My mistake (no. 3) would be due to the fact I am tired while doing this task.

Lockdown Daily Challenge

 For one of my Wananga tasks Miss Bancroft had a daily challenge. Todays challenge was:

I saw it and instantly had a spark of inspiration, so i whiped out my drawing app on my phone and got arty.

About 50 minutes later I finished.

I used a Warm and Cool colour wheel and started out with the face of a cat in black, I then started sectioning out areas and used the sunset themed colours for the warm, and the cool colours consisted of colours of the sky with green and pinks/purples for details. It looked kind of bland after that so I added in some black and white details. The final piece looks amazing and I'm proud of what I've made.

Home Economics : Chicken Stir Fry

In Home Economics on Thursday we made a Chicken Stir Fry, it was in groups of 3-4. I worked with Charlize and Lily (Steel). Final Product below. Images of the process at the end.

Chicken Stir Fry

1 Chicken Breast

1 Carrot - julienne strip

1 Onion - diced

3-4 pieces of Broccoli - small florets

Other Vegetables - capsicum, mushrooms, peas, corn, celery, chilli etc 

2 Table Spoons of Sesame oil

1 packet of 2 min Noodles

Large/Deep Frying pan

Chopping boards to cut the chicken and vegetables

Pot for the noodles

Strainer to Strain the noodles

Table Spoon

Knives

Wood spoons for mixing the food

Method

1. Cut the chicken into strips.

2. Mix the chicken with the sesame oil.

3. Prepare vegetables.

4. Saute chicken and onions together. This means to cook the two ingredients quickly and until brown.

5. Add broccoli and carrots and cook for five minutes.

6. Add remaining vegetables of your choice and cook for a further 5 min.

7. Bring a pot of water to a boil.

8. Add the broken noddles into the pot and cook for two minutes

9. Drain noodles in a colander and add to the vegetable and chicken mixture. Mix together lightly.

10.  Serve.

.The meal was spicy but still pretty good, I didn't have much of it as it was given to a family member, the nutrients provided in this meal would be: 
Proteins, due to the meat.
Carbohydrates, from the noodles.
Fats, from the meats.
Vitamins and Minerals, from the food.