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Wednesday 2 December 2020

The old trunk: 

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The old trunk:


1. Where is the old trunk located?

a) at a colourful place b) in the hall

c) outside Pt England d) at Glen McDonald’s house


2. Who’s possessions were held inside the trunk?

a) Glen McDonald’s artwork b) penguin’s lunch

c) Jill McDonald’s artwork d) the magic rabbit


3.  What did Jilly enjoy most at school? 

a) She loved reading books b) designed houses 

c) drawing d) fishing



4.What is the title of the first book Jill worked alongside Margaret Mahy?

a) Stuffy Cat b) School Journal

c) Charlie & the chocolate factory d) A Lion in the Meadow


5. What medium forms did Jill use?

a) pens, pencils, crayons, stencils, inks b) collages (pictures made from different materials)

c) Cut up printed words and pictures c) illustrated digitally using a mouse & ipad


6. True or False: Jill’s favourite subject to draw is food ?

a) True b) False



7. What year did Jilly and her family move to London? 

  1. 2020 b) 1965

  2. 1927 d) 1982


8.What happened to Jill’s treasure chest when she passed away?

a) sold for charity b) Sent to Glen McDonald

c) Digged & hidden underground d) With Quentin Blake


9. True or False:  Jill McDonald designed the puffin icon for the company

  1. True b) False





 

Monday 16 November 2020

 

 

Hawaiian History

 Hawaiian History: 

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About Hawaii:


1. Hawaii has eight main islands - which one is not part of Hawaii?

a) Niʻihau b) Kauaʻi

c) OÊ»ahu d) Savai’i


2. What is the capital of Hawaii?

a) Wellington b) Maui

c) Honolulu d)  Moloka’i


3. Native Hawaii before and after European contact produces?

a) petroglyphs b) wood and stone carvings 

c) siapo d) kapa



4. The designed feather cape or helmet is solely for?

a) teachers b) alii

c) kings d) chiefs


5. Kia manu would collect incredible --------------------?

a) 20,000 birds b) feathers

c) hair d) chicken feet


6. True or False: Kapa is made from colourful dyes ?

a) True b) False



7. By using wauke or paper mulberry plant they ---------- to form a Kapa? 

  1. clean b) buy

  2. beat d) hammer


8. Sculpting in Hawaii they use ------------?

a) bone b) stone

c) wood d) teeth


9. A hand-tapping needle piercing the skin is used for traditional Hawaiian Tattoo?

a) True b) False




Thursday 12 November 2020

research

 

 Cook Islands - Michel Tuffery

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  1. Michel Tuffery created a bull made out of ?

  1. 300 Cotton wool b) 300 corned beef tins

c) 300 tooth picks d) 300 metres of tin

2. Michel’s ideas for his fighting bulls came from?

a) the movie “Cocoa” b) stories from his grandfather

c) stories from his mother d) Christmas in Samoa


3. His creation for Sydney Olympic Games 2000 were?

a) raging bull with fireworks b) tuna fins

c) moving giant fish and turtles d) Olympic uniforms


4. Who is Tiare?

a) a princess crown b) his daughter

c) his mother d) name of his art piece


5. What languages does Michel speak ?

  1. Art and english b) art and cook island

c) art and russian d) art and egyptian



8.What are Michel’s love in his live?

  1. Loves MacDonalds & KFC b) Loves rugby and art

     c) loves reading d) loves sailing







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Wednesday 11 November 2020

cook islands

 

Cook Islands - staff god

 Cook Islands - staff god

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Atua Rakau:


  1. What is a staff god?

  1. Name for our kitchen b) a stick in form of a god

c) Movie on netflix d) a religion

2.  What material is the staff god made from?

a) ice b) wood

c) diamonds d) iron


3. What does elaborately mean?

a) intricate b) tiny

c) disgusting d) detailed



4. How did the European missionaries view staff gods?

a) secular b) American idol

c) idols d) demonic



5. How long is the surviving staff god ?

  1. 6 metres b) 2 metres

c) one third of the length d) 19 metres


7.  Which best describes this staff god?Staff-god (detail), late 18th-early 19th century, wood, paper mulberry bark, feather, 396 cm, Rarotonga, Cook Islands © Trustees of the British Museum

  1. Smooth green eyes with stylised head, mouth, ears; a curved back with notches on the ear side

  2. Smooth eyes with stylised ears; a curved ankle with notches on the shoulder sides

  3. Smooth head with stylised ankles, mouth, noese; a curved neck with notches on the back sides

  4. Smooth head with stylised eyes, mouth, ears; a curved neck with notches on the back sides


8. How did William Ellis described the staff gods?

=>Many staff gods were destroyed when the people of Rarotonga embraced Christianity in the nineteenth century.



9. When was Christianity introduced to Cook Islands?

  1. 2020 b) 19th Century

      c) 2019 d) 1900