Activity 1 - Painting
When you walk into the local gallery, the first piece of artwork that you see is a painting by Wassily Kandinsky called ‘Swinging.’ While I am looking at it, a staff member at the gallery comes up to me and asks me for my opinion of the painting.
What do I think of it? I have been asked to answer these questions on what I think about it: What do you think of this painting? - I think the painting is very open minded. Do you like it? - Not really, I don't really see any meaning. If you could buy it and give it to someone, who would you choose? - I would choose my Grandmother. I think she would really like it because she has heaps of paintings in her house.
Activity 2 - Kids 100 years ago
Bonus - The battle
In Te papa museum in Wellington is a huge exhibition. It is called Gallipoli The scale of our war. I have been asked to tell you 3 things I learned about the battle.
1. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
2. Every ANZAC day some people remember the soldiers by wearing a red poppy.
3. The ANZAC solider landed on Gallipoli in 1915.
Thanks for reading
By Mitchell M.
16/01/17
What do I think of it? I have been asked to answer these questions on what I think about it: What do you think of this painting? - I think the painting is very open minded. Do you like it? - Not really, I don't really see any meaning. If you could buy it and give it to someone, who would you choose? - I would choose my Grandmother. I think she would really like it because she has heaps of paintings in her house.
Activity 2 - Kids 100 years ago
After exploring the gallery you decide to walk across the street to the national museum. It is an amazing place! There is so much information about the history of the country in this museum. It’s hard to know where to start!
After pwalking for a little while you come across a display with pictures of children that were taken in 1901 (over 100 years ago)! In this picture, the children are working on a local farm, milking cows. They are not going to school. Back in those days, children usually went to school until they reached the age of 12 or 13. They then left school and went to work. Imagine that you were alive 100 years ago. How would you feel if you had to leave school at the age of 12? Would you be happy or sad? On your blog, tell us how you would feel. If I had to leave school at the age of 12 I would be Sad. I would be sad because people won't learn anymore for the future. That would be very sad. Bonus - The battle
In Te papa museum in Wellington is a huge exhibition. It is called Gallipoli The scale of our war. I have been asked to tell you 3 things I learned about the battle.
1. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
2. Every ANZAC day some people remember the soldiers by wearing a red poppy.
3. The ANZAC solider landed on Gallipoli in 1915.
Thanks for reading
By Mitchell M.
16/01/17
