Hayley @ Greymouth High School

Key Competencies: 1. Thinking - I can show thinking in the Art Room by: Think about the art you are making, relevance, creative. 2. Relating to others - I can show relating to others in the Art Room by: Follow instructions carefully, help, friendly. 3. Managing Self - I can show managing self in the Art Room by: being on time, bringing the correct gear, not touching anything I'm not supposed to, manners, look after your artwork. 4. Using language, symbols, and texts - I can show using language, symbols and texts in the Art room by: communicate with friends and people around you, using a blog for art, famous art. 5. Participating and contributing - I can show participating and  contributing  in the Art Room by: drawing even if you find it hard, joining in with discussions. Symbols of Me Favourite Food: Mash Potato and Gravy Favourite Animal: Dolphin Favourite Colour: Aqua Blue Favourite Tv Show: The Big Bang Theory Favourite type of Music: Dark...

I worked with Zara and Nina and made a cardboard house with a lighting system.  P ositive - M inus - I nteresting ` A positive thing about our invention was we got the job done quickly.   A minus thing about our invention was  we didn't really work as a team, we were kinda doing our own thing.  A interesting thing about our invention was  we tried a lot of different ways for everything to work properly.  I think this project was a much better was of assessing our knowledge than doing a test.  Here is the link for some more info about what we did:  Electrical inventions worksheet  Here is a video of our lighting system:

Last week my goals were to  play slower and play in the right time. I think I didn't achieve my goals so this week I am going to try harder and focus on what  I am playing a bit more.

Today in music the techniques I am working on is practising my transitions between chords and trying to find the right chords on the piano. .  I practised both techniques. To try and get my transitions right between changing chords I slowed down so I could find the right chords. The piece of music I was trying to practice was just starting to come together.

Today we learnt some chords. A chord is 2 or more notes played together (normally three). We practised the chords on a piano and played them to a partner, who had to guess what chords we were playing.  We learnt some of these chords: C,F,G Am, F, G G, C, D Em, C, D I also learnt that the MINORS sound more dull and the MAJORS  sound more high pitched.

Today in class we had to make a google slide and include periods of music. We had to find a piece of music from that era and listen to it. We were also learning how to draw a structural chart for music. We did the structural chart so we could learn how to produce / compose music. 

The harpsichord sounds different than the piano because the strings are plucked. And in the piano the strings are struck. The harpsichord and the piano may look the same but they sound quite different.