Reflecting on my tapa cloth by Alazay

Reflecting on my Tapa Cloth

1. Are you pleased with your Tapa Cloth? why / why not?
I am really happy with my tapa cloth because it took a lot of hard work to do it

2. What did you find easy when you were creating your Tapa?
I found doing my pattern really easy

3. What did you find tricky when you were creating your Tapa?
ruling up my grids


4. If you made another Tapa, what would you change and why?
I would change the middle because I want my middle to be different from other peoples.


5. Who / What has helped you in creating your Tapa?
using a ruler and using Mrs Walter’s photos.

6. Did you use any of your own cultural patterns in your own Tapa? Which ones? What do they mean? If you didn’t use your cultural patterns, what did patterns did you use? Where did they come from?

I used every sort Maori, Tongan and Samoan Patterns.


7. What geometric elements does your Tapa Cloth show? Reflection, Rotation, Translation.
I have used reflection

My day at Eastern Beach

Wow what a beautiful day!!! The birds were chirping and the waves were splashing at Eastern Beach. When the whole school went out to the driveway and the buses weren’t there we had to wait. We waited about 10 -15 minutes for the buses and then the buses came. We hopped on the buses and went to Eastern Beach. On the bus all the girls sang songs. When we got there it looked like an island paradise. We played on the sand and built a mermaid, until Mr Johnston said “It is time for Room 5’s ‘turn for the life jacket lesson”. We all started to swim on our backs and on our tummies. Next we had to take the life jackets off and went swimming without the life jackets. When it was time for lunch I had donut’s, cookies, chicken, cheerios, fruit and juice. Next I played on my iPod and listened to music, until it was time to pack up and go back to school.