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Thursday, 30 October 2014
Thursday, 23 October 2014
The Fantastic Concert
Outing to the Concert
Yesterday we went to the Kiwi kapers Concert in Auckland. When we got there the people showed us where to sit before the show started.
The MC was dressed up as a duck and he sounded like a duck.It was funny and we all started to laugh. The concert was about the orchestra playing and the Firebird Dance.
I enjoyed it very much.
Aidan
Today we went to the Aotea Centre to watch the Kiwi Kapers
Concert. First we found our seats. Before the concert started there were questions on a screen about the orchestra. The orchestra played some songs in front of the stage about a bee, insects and also a song from Harry Potter. Then there were students performing the Firebird dance on the stage. It was so cool when the girls lifted the boy in the air. My favourite act was when the students were dancing and the orchestra were playing at the same time and my favourite instrument was the violin. It was fun.
Yesterday we went to the Kiwi kapers Concert in Auckland. When we got there the people showed us where to sit before the show started.
The MC was dressed up as a duck and he sounded like a duck.It was funny and we all started to laugh. The concert was about the orchestra playing and the Firebird Dance.
I enjoyed it very much.
Aidan
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
A Fiery Performance.
Yesterday, we went to the Aotea Centre in Auckland. While we were there we watched the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra perform for the Kiwi Kapers Concert.
When we arrived and took our seats inside the building, we saw a slideshow at the front of the theater. The slideshow showed a variety of questions relating to music. Whenever the slideshow gave the correct answer to the question that was shown, everyone in the audience would start shouting because they got the answer right.
As soon as the show started, we listened to the Orchestra play a couple pieces of music. One of my favourite pieces of music was called Hedwig’s Flight, not only because it was the Harry Potter theme, but it also had a very nostalgic feel to it, combined with the uplifting music.
One of my favourite instruments was the violin, because it is one of the main instruments in the orchestra. When a number of people gently play the violin, the sound is a bit muffled, but it still holds a beautiful tone.
There was also a major performance at the end of the show called The Firebird. It consisted of many people from different schools dancing to the music.
Some of the music at the end of the performance was so beautiful that I nearly cried tears of joy.
Overall, it was a very awesome experience at the Aotea Centre. I would love to go listen to the orchestra again, if it is going to be on next year.
When we arrived and took our seats inside the building, we saw a slideshow at the front of the theater. The slideshow showed a variety of questions relating to music. Whenever the slideshow gave the correct answer to the question that was shown, everyone in the audience would start shouting because they got the answer right.
As soon as the show started, we listened to the Orchestra play a couple pieces of music. One of my favourite pieces of music was called Hedwig’s Flight, not only because it was the Harry Potter theme, but it also had a very nostalgic feel to it, combined with the uplifting music.
One of my favourite instruments was the violin, because it is one of the main instruments in the orchestra. When a number of people gently play the violin, the sound is a bit muffled, but it still holds a beautiful tone.
There was also a major performance at the end of the show called The Firebird. It consisted of many people from different schools dancing to the music.
Some of the music at the end of the performance was so beautiful that I nearly cried tears of joy.
Overall, it was a very awesome experience at the Aotea Centre. I would love to go listen to the orchestra again, if it is going to be on next year.
Posted by Bradley at 10:45
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
The Firebird Concert
Today we went to the Firebird Concert at Aotea Centre.The music was good and the part I liked most was the Flight of the Bumble Bee.I liked it when the dance people came out.The dance was long and beautiful.My favourite instrument was the violin.
Posted by Brennan at 10:23
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
Fun at the concert
Yesterday we went to the Kiwi Kapers Concert the Aotea Centre in Auckland city before we went to the concert we had morning tea in the Aotea Square.Then we went inside to listen to the wonderful music. I really liked the dancing and the orchestra, it was really pretty. In some parts of the concert it started to get a bit funny and the big drum near the end of the concert made me jump. We also saw lots of kids shouting at the start of the concert. I think I know why the were shouting. It was because they had a screen of all of the orchester instruments on it. I really enjoyed the concert and I would really like to go again.
Posted by Allan at 10:23
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
Happy Music
Today we went to the city. When we got there we had morning tea. After morning tea we went inside and we tried to look for door C. We found it. A man came and took us to our seats. I sat down and I was waiting until it started. When the show started I was happy and I started clapping. The piano was beautiful I really liked it. The duck came, he was so funny and I was laughing. My favorite was the Harry Potter music. I was thinking about Harry Potter. I was getting tired, but the drums woke me up because it gave me a fright and it was loud. The people who were dancing were cool, it must be hard to dance. The dance was long. After the dance the concert was finished. We went outside and I was stretching. We went to the van and we went back to school.
Posted by Vikki at 12:33
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2014
Cool Concert
22.10.14
Today we went to the Aotea Centre to watch the Kiwi Kapers
Concert. First we found our seats. Before the concert started there were questions on a screen about the orchestra. The orchestra played some songs in front of the stage about a bee, insects and also a song from Harry Potter. Then there were students performing the Firebird dance on the stage. It was so cool when the girls lifted the boy in the air. My favourite act was when the students were dancing and the orchestra were playing at the same time and my favourite instrument was the violin. It was fun.
Posted by Natasha at 10:24
Monday, 20 October 2014
I am a movie star so I will be late home from school on Wednesday 12 November 2014.
Edgewater 3's entry "Brad Choice" has been accepted for the Secondary School section and will be premiered at
Hoyts Sylvia Park Cinema on Wednesday 12 November.
Edgewater 3 Students will be going to the Secondary Schools
2 pm - 3 pm Screening and will be late home from school on Wednesday 12 November.
No afternoon taxi's on this Wednesday.
Teaching Staff will drive students home on this day.
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Sommerville Saturday School
See you this Saturday at the
Sommerville
Sommerville
Sommerville Tamaki Campus - Tripolli Rd
entrance
Saturday 18
October 2014
Starts at
9.30am finishes at 1.30 pm
This is
classed as a school day. Our Edgewater 3 Students will be based in the Tamaki 2
Class. They will share their blogs and show people how to use the Study Ladder learning programme.
InterACT Friday 24 October 2014
InterACT Friday 24 October 2014
Edgewater 3 will also be going to the Interact
Festival at Henderson on Friday 24 October. Bring your lunch, a drink and be
ready to have lots of fun.
Founded in 2011 by festival director Paula Crimmens, InterAct Festival offers an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of disabled people in the arts and creates a pathway forward toward a thriving and vibrant future for Disability Arts in New Zealand. Through live performances, wearable arts parades, drumming, singing, and creative workshops, InterAct fosters the talent of people with disabilities and provides an environment in which everybody can thrive.
InterAct values:
Inclusive and participatory- to promote participation in the arts by disabled people and to highlight the contributions that disabled people can make to the fabric of the local community and the wider Auckland region.
Engaging – to engage the local community in an inclusive arts and social experience that leads to a greater understanding and acceptance of disability.
Quality – to create a well organized festival with participants and content that reflect quality, integrity and ‘shine’.
Kiwi Kapers Concert
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Kiwi Kapers Concert
Wednesday 22 October at the Aotea Centre.
We will be going to the 11.30 performance
Cost per students is $5 (subsidised)
Please bring your money to school now.
Prepare for an uplifting hour of music and dance, which also includes short favourite orchestral works including Flight of the Bumblebee, ‘Hedwig’s Flight’ from Harry Potter and more.
A modern Maori fairytale that fuses the power of live orchestra with the spectacle of dance.
Magical and mythical creatures combine in a contemporary Maori fairytale, inspired by millennia of myth, a Russian ballet, and the possibilities of youth, imagination and friendship.
Danced by a cast of over 150 school students from across Auckland, to Stravinsky’s score for the ballet The Firebird with a full live orchestra and enormous stage set, Te Manu Ahi is presented in just one public performance. It shows what can be created when two of New Zealand’s leading arts companies collaborate to create a brand new work.
Experience this spectacular theatrical event with family, colleagues or friends all in the space of a single lunchtime.
Prepare for an uplifting hour of music and dance, which also includes short favourite orchestral works including Flight of the Bumblebee, ‘Hedwig’s Flight’ from Harry Potter and more.
Te Manu Ahi is a collaboration between Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Atamira Dance Company.
Wednesday is Library day.
Wednesday is Library day.
Nathan got a book called Autos
with attitude. It has pictures of cars.
Aidan got a book called Tintin
America. It has an Indian man holding an axe.
Bradley’s book is called “From
The Two Rivers” it is similar to The Lord of the Rings.
Allan’s book is called Pirate
Attack. It is about people who go sailing and their boat gets taken over by
Pirates.
Natasha got a book called “Rotten School” It sounds funny and is about Joe who has a secret. He is terrified
about ghosts.
Vikki’s book is about a girl
called Emmily. She can’t walk. She is in a wheelchair. No one listens to her.
It looks like a sad story. It is called Without Speech.
Brennan’s book is called The
Robber and the Millionaire. It’s about a robber who robs all the houses in the
town where he lives.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Balloon Car Challenge Ideas
Science
“Balloon Race Car” Team Challenge #3
Make a balloon powered race car to compete against the other science team.
Race cars will be given points for how fast they are, how far they go and how funny they are.
Here are some examples to give you some ideas.
Start collecting materials to make your car.
Make a balloon powered race car to compete against the other science team.
Race cars will be given points for how fast they are, how far they go and how funny they are.
Here are some examples to give you some ideas.
Start collecting materials to make your car.
Monday, 13 October 2014
Make a Hovercraft Science Challenge #2
Cool CD Hovercraft Ideas
Idea #1
or try idea #2
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/hovercraft/
We worked in our Science Teams to construct a hovercraft.
Success!
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Cool Chrome Kids
This term Fiona taught us about having a positive digital footprint.
We also made new blog backgrounds from our artwork.
Check out our blogs!
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