Advertising Videos

On Thursday we made up 30 second advertisements in groups of 3 or 4 to sell a product of our choice. We had to plan the advertisement to meet the success criteria. Most groups enjoyed the acting and videoing of the ads. One group was successful in achieving an ad that was clear to hear and was to the point in advertising a product - the rest were more like skits with a humour component. Joseph, Jack L, and Deon had the best ad for the first attempt. Well done boys.
Mrs McDonald

Creative Writer for Advertising

Today Ryan came to talk to the Kahikatea Syndicate about his job as a creative writer for t.v. advertising. He discussed the purpose of t.v. advertising and the ways advertisers try to get the message across to consumers. He showed us the successful advertisement he made for Kent County Council to get the message across not to drink and drive. You can see the advertisement on www.kentroadsafety.info
He showed us the process of how the ad was made - first with the storyboard with images for each shot, the mimes of the actor and then the filming and editing. He discussed why the ad was silent. In the Kent area five people usually die over the Christmas period from drinking and driving. After the successful ad campaign four less people died over the holiday period.

Visit to School by Creative Writer for Advertising

Room 11 Book Award Stars!

New Zealand Post Book Awards

On Tuesday Grace,Hayley,Jaime and Rhiannon from Room 11 were in the Mastermind heats for the NZ Post Book Awards. They got 30 out of 75 and the highest score was 52. Of the Tuesday heats they came second and got third out of Kapiti,Te Horo and Otaki.
They had to read as many books out of the finalist books as they could, and be prepared to answer questions. The hardest questions were the ones that didn't say what book they were from, for example Riley Mitchel was bullied by what big kid? The easiest questions were from the most interesting books because you could remember what it was about. The books most recommended are Legs on Everest, Enemy at the Gate and Payback. Books least recommended, Juicy Writing and Old Drumble.

Puppetry of the Foot

We were making foot puppets for a class play. We made villians, heroes and my friend made toe puppets. There had to be a story line that had to have a villian, a boat and a song. It was alot of fun! We had 5 minutes to do the scripts and 10 minutes to make our foot puppets. After the time is up we sit behind chairs and do our play. It was easy to make our foot puppets but moving was the hard bit! We were stepping on our puppets but I hopped.
By Jack Coulston

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puppetry of the foot

Homework Term 2 Week 4 Due 25th May

For this weeks homework you don't have the usual homework sheet. You don't have to do spelling or reading but of course you are encouraged to read heaps at home! Instead you are asked to watch t.v. ads this week. All the details of what you have to look for are written on the sheet you will find on the homework link on the right hand side of the blog. Remember to choose one ad and view it as many times as you can to get the necessary information. You can ask a parent or other family members to help you and give their opinions. Happy watching.