2 stars and a wish term 3

This term has been a great term! We've had heaps of fun making those documentaries and I think we did a great job! This is my reflection on this term; 2 stars and a wish:

Star 1: I got to work with 2 of my friends and we made a great documentary!

star 2:We finished our documentary at only 4 minutes out of 5!

Wish: My wish is for next term to have a workshop on Skype.

Thanks for reading.

Phoenix.

Documentary

YAY! Our documentary is finally finished! All that hard work really paid off. Today we were putting the finishing touches on it like: Background music and special effects. It is called Southland Icons and it has all sorts of things in it like The Water Tower, Southland Museum, Henry the Tuatara and Tim Shadbolt. My favourite part of the documentary process was putting in all the special effects.

Thank's for reading!

Phoenix

Hi Phoenix,

Wow you were really busy all day today with your editing! Your documentary is coming along nicely, with your final day next week I know that your group will put the finishing touches on in order to make it fabulous! Have you added background music yet? I know that will add to the effect you are after.

Alana

Interview with Mayor Tim Shadbolt

This morning at 9:15 Claudia, Kate and I walked over to the Invercargill City Council with Alana. We went there to interview Tim Shadbolt(mayor of Invercargill). Here are a few questions we asked him:

1. Q. Tell us 3 words to describe Southland.

A. Innovative, honest and hardworking.

2. Q. Whats your favourite icon in Southland?

A. My favourite icon is Dan Lavin, Latin Scholar, War hero, Publisher and Writer at Oxford University.

3. Q. If there was one thing you could change about Southland what would it be and why?

A. An International Airport. If we could fly to Perth direct we would be part of a loop rather than the end of a no exit highway.

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Canstruction

Today at Enrich a man called Neil came in to help 6 of us design our canstruction building. Canstruction is a competition where different schools compete by making big models out of cans. We were coming up with different ideas for what our model could be. Including: a heart, a hippo, a tiger, The Water Tower, a burger and a chess piece. In the end we were deciding between a burger and a chess piece. Now we're going to make a burger!

Talent development

For my Talent development this term I am making a documentary with Kate and Claudia for the MADE awards. Our documentary is going to be about Southland icons. Today Kate rang Tim Shadbolt to ask if we could interview him. We are also going to look at things like The Stags and The Big Umbrella, I can't wait to start filming!

Teacher comment

Phoenix you were very organised and motivated to make difference for others through your passion project and through your determination and hard work you have defiantly achieved this. I was very impressed with the way you met each new challenge and found ways to overcome them. It was also great to see you engaging with like minds in a range of other areas on each day.
Darryn