Valerie Adams

Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly known as Valerie Vili), (born 6 October 1984) is a shot putter from New Zealand.

• Valerie attended her first Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, just a month. In the qualifying rounds Valerie finished in ninth place, missing the cut for the final. One of the finalists later failed a drugs test, which brought Valerie into eighth place. Valerie's mum who was Tongan died from cancer when Valerie was 16 years old.

Kirsten Hellier said that Valerie was the perfect natural athlete for shot put because she is a amazingly competitive temperament, also strong and sucessful and the mental ability to perform well.

Buddies

When we go to visit my Grandpa in the cemetery we bring flowers or something else to show how much we miss him. We also bring some extras flowers for 'Graeme Edmund Oldham' who was buried next to my granddad. We don't know him but we thought it would be nice if we brought something for him to show how kind and generous we are. After a few years we called Mr Oldham one of my granddads friends. My granddad doesn't have a stone but some day he will soon. In this picture next to the tree is Graeme's stone then the next one is my granddads cross.

Term 2 Reflection

This Term was one of the best terms in 2012 because there was my PEPA dance performance and also modeling and there were fun activities.This term was fun learning about Art Alive it was cool how we learn about the famous artist and how they became artist. My favourite part of the term is Immersion week because we get to learn about different artist in different classes. My favourite days are Thursday and Friday because I work on Thursday as a Barista which is cool and Friday is my FAVOURITE day because it's the end of school and my dad tells us to get anything we want at Pak N Save which is awesome.

I hope next term is better than this term. I’m going to miss my friends when school finishes.

Special Place Writing

My Grandpa's grave is my special place because he was one of my favourite Grandparents and was a part of my heart. Now he is gone but never forgotten, he will stand next to me whenever I’m down. I was also his favourite grandchild. We always used to eat together. We also mocked my sisters and brothers together and played games which was funny. 
The artist I am choosing is Claude Monet. Monet is one of my favourite artists. His paintings look realistic. The colours I used were bright and dark. The main colours are blue, white and green. I love the details that I did on the grass and how I blended the colours.

My Artwork AKA Granddads Grave

This is my artwork I drew for the Art Gallery, its a painting of my granddads grave. I worked on it for days and it turned out really good. My style of the painting was Claude Monet.

Narrative Feature

Spongebob is a character who is really competitive and loves to go jellyfishing. He is square and is a sponge he has a really imaginative mind. He likes playing with his best friend Patrick and drives Squidward crazy, Squidward does not like Spongebob. Spongebob is a main character on his show Spongebob Squarepants, he works for Mr Krabbs flipping patties. Spongebob has a funny dolphin laugh that makes me giggle.

Static Image

In Room 21 we are learning about a static image, a static image is when it doesn't move. There is all sorts of static images like painting, drawing, posters, newspaper and all other stuff. I chose this photo because I thought this will be a really easy to write and describe but it turned out that it wasn't. 


1. There is a bee that is getting pollen out of the plant to make other flowers grow.
2. The bee that is on the flower is fluffy and the background is nice and bright but is blurry. This makes the bee stand out.
3. Instead of  a far shot the photographer did it in a close up shot so you can see all the details.
4. On the flower there is yellow highlights and orange as the main colour. It makes me think about Summer.
5. The main object in the photo is the flower and bumble bee.