This week you have two options…

Option 1:

If you went Ice Skating last week tell us all about it! What happened? How was the Events Centre set up? What was the ice made out of? How well did you do?

Option 2:

The Field Days...what are the Field Days all about? Where are they held? Why are they held? Tell us about them.

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When the Ice Skating rink was up and running I went there with my Dad and my other siblings after school. I didn’t go at school because I wanted to skate with my Dad and my siblings. At first ,I was really bad and fell over all of the time but as I kept on practising I got better and better until I didn’t fall over at all! The event centre was set up with buntings over the rink with inflatable sides to lean on. The ice was like a plastic fibreglass kind of thing. I got blisters from the skates I did wear socks but the boots were quite high. I enjoyed skating,my Dad had a go and he fell over heaps and I skated with him and all the other adults were laughing at him.(I am going to write about both things)The Field days is a big day when lots of people come. My Dad,Mum and family come to the Field days. My Dad likes to have a look at all of the farm materials and tools.(And he always chats so that gives me and Sophie time to go and find something to do.)The NZ National Agricultural Fieldays is held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, 125 Mystery Creek Road, Hamilton, in the North Island of New Zealand. The New Zealand National Field days is a not-for-profit organisation  that relies heavily on volunteer contribution. I think that the Field days are held because they want to get everyone together and can show off all the machinery and tools that are there.

This term you have all created (or are creating) a piece of string art. Please write a reflection about your art. Explain why and how you came up with your design and then the process that you went through to create your art.

String art

This term’s first piece of art has been string art. String art has been a piece of art that gets done in the afternoon rotations. It was hard to find a template for my art, I couldn't find a template so I just went with a plain L. It was challenging for me because every time I tried to put the string around the nails it kept on falling off and I had to start all  over again. I did white string on my L and found it hard to find a color that would look nice. It was nice to see everyone’s different templates and choices. I like the way my art turned out and I am so excited to find out what our next art will be!

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NZ celebrates the Queen’s birthday because we are a part of the Commonwealth that is why we have the Union Jack on our national flag. The Queen’s actual birthday is on the 21st of April but is celebrated as a public holiday on the first Monday of June.

The Queen is 90 years old and was crowned to be Queen on the 2nd of June 1953. The Queen’s birthday is celebrated on different dates in different places in the world. For the Queen’s birthday weekend I do not know if my family and I are going anywhere to celebrate the Queen’s birthday.