Sunday, July 7, 2013

World War Two Mini Inquiry

Over the last couple of weeks you have been finding out about the events of World War Two.





What have you found out so far?  What do you want to find out more about?

Monday, July 1, 2013

Documentary making

At the beginning of term 2 we went to see the film "I am eleven".  It was an awesome film that inspired us all.  Since then students have been working on their own documentaries, see the posts below for the results.

Hopefully you'll be impressed as I was, enjoy!

Producer's Doco

This doco looks at the support staff behind TIS.  It was made by Emma, Kate, Josef & Liv.

Writer's Doco - Life at TIS

This doco is inspired by the "I am eleven" doco we saw at the cinema at the beginning of the term.  It was made by Ben, Tyreek, Scott, Soana and Nathan.

Editor's Doco - '2012'

The editor's doco looks back at memories from 2012.  It was made by Eden, David, Jesse, Sefh, Christian and Rebecca.

 and Rebecca

Director's Doco - 'Technology'

This doco looks at the influence of technology in our lives.

It was made by Bernice, Chris, Anna, Mehara and Henry.

Film Crew's Doco - 'Huia'

This doco interviews the people who make up Huia syndicate.  It was made by Becca, Harrison, Charlotte, Thomas, Josh & Kate.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Thursday's storm

Woah, the storm on Thursday night was INSANE!  What was it like at your house? How did it make you feel?  What storm damage have you seen? How was your family affected? 

Here are a couple of pics of 2 fallen trees either side of my house.  
Heston thought it was very exciting, look how big he is! :) 


       


Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Matariki




Matariki starts this week.

What is Matariki?  

Add a comment sharing something you know about the Matariki celebrations.  Then use the internet to find out more.

Don't forget that you can comment on each others comments.  

Footie in Thailand



We watched this video in class this week.

What interested you about it?

Is it a good example of a documentary? Why or why not?

Who has visted our site?