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__**27/08/08**__ The rest of my homework is on powerpoint and in my homework book.

__**Perspective of the athlete (Rebecca Wardell)**__ This is my 3rd and final high jump attempt.I have to do this, I have to make it, I owe it to my country and myself. Come on come on, jump high jump higher. What was it that Andrew said? Oh yeah, legs up, arms first and get a good run up. Ok, this is it. Go, go go yes - I made it, I made it, I actually made it. I didnt get a medal but at least I beat my higest score.

Rebbeca shows leadership skills by acting in a positive way on and off the track.She sets a good example by not getting aggresive on the field and towards other athletes. She is a good role model for New Zealand.
 * __Leadership skills__**


 * __10/09/08

Leaders and Leadership__** An effective leader is someone who is resilient.This type of leader learns from their mistakes and when things don't go their way they try again and don't give up.

I am an effective leader when I am leading a group because I explain things in a way that everyone can uderstand.


 * __10/09/08

READING__** Toad heaven by Morris Gleitzmen


 * __ 21/10/08 __**

ART HOMEWORK


 * PETER RAOS**

He is a glass artist and has worked in Devonport for the past 26 years. He started his own company called the "Hot Glass Company in 1979.

He melts his own glass and shapes his work while blowing on a steel blowpipe. Most of his work is about nature - like the seascape and the gardens in Devonport. All the decorating pieces of his artwork are made seperately from special coloured glass and then added into his artwork. He is famous around the world for his art glass paperweights, perfume bottles and vases.

I have added a quote from Peter because I liked the way he explained himself as a glass artist.

**"** **I approach glass as a painter would approach painting" he says. "First I capture my ideas as an image on paper, then I try to translate that image or idea and transform it into my medium, glass."**

I like his artwork because it is different, bright and cheerful and it makes me feel happy.



=**__23/11/08__**=

She is an artist who loves to use bright colours in her work. Her art work is creating sculptures using paper and drawing pictures using felt tip pens. She gets her ideas mainly from tiny patterns found in nature eg wormholes, the bottom of the ocean and the edges of the universe. Here are my favourite pieces of her artwork. One is a paper sculpture and the other is a picture where she uses felt tip pens. I like the felt tip picture because there are lots of different patterns and its so bright and colourful. I think its wacky and I LOVE WACKY.       I like this sculpture because the colours are really bright and its so different.
 * Jen Stark **** (born 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA) **



1/12/08
There are four main parts to a camera. Lenses are curved pieces of glass or plastic. Lenses take the beams of light off an object and turn them into an image. The more curved the lens is the bigger the image will be. You can attach different lenses to your camera which allows you to see the object close up or far away
 * __ They are: __**
 * 1. The lens ** - this is the “eye” of the camera and probably the most important part.
 * 2. The aperture -** it is the opening that allows light through the lens and to the film
 * 3. The shutter ** – it covers the film until you are ready to expose it to light.

** 4. The film ** – [|it captures the image by collecting light on its surface which causes chemical reactions on the film.]
**__ How Does A Camera Work? __** //All of these pieces work together to get the final picture//.

1. Light reflects off the object being photographed in all different directions and hits the lens from all different angles. 2. The lens directs these rays of light to a point and forms a real image/picture. 3. The film is now placed at the point where the real image is seen by the person taking the photograph. 4. The shutter moves from in front of the film and allows light to hit the film. 5. Light hits the film causing chemical reactions which "expose" the film. 6. The shutter then closes, and finally the film moves to the next unexposed piece of film and is ready for the next picture.

