Epic swimming

My swimming instructor talking to me

Me trying back stroke

All classes in Pt England are taking swimming lessons. I thought that it was going to be a long and exhausting walk but it was quite refreshing. Swimming lessons are important for safety of young children.

We were half way walking towards the pools, Until we had to wait for the snails to catch up to the cheetahs. As we walked past the green swampy creek a disgusting stench ambushed my nose a bombardment of disgust struck my delicate nose hairs I wasn’t happy that sewage water ruining my morning.

As soon as we got to the pools everyone could smell the strong chlorine. At least it got rid of that other bad smell. We got told to go to the changing rooms to get ready in our togs for our swimming assessment. An assessment is when you get tested and get put a group swimming assessment.


The first part of our assessment was swimming with rocket arms. I got put in group two its not the worst and it’s not the best group but it is just right for my level. I’m not so good at freestyle and backstroke. The good thing is that I’m learning that’s why I am in the medium group.



Our swimming instructors name is Natalia. She is good at her job which is instructing swimming classes. We get half an hour with our swimming teacher. during our time the instructor helps us with our swimming like backstroke, rocket arms, freestyle and our breathing position.


As we walked back I was feeling tired and exhausted but....... I was just exaggerating. I just needed some water. After I had water I felt better I was as healthy as a horse.

Starry starry night

Starry night was Created in Saint-Rémy, France in June, 1889 By Vincent Van Gogh.73 by 90 cm.


All of the colours contrast  between  happy and sad. Different colours are good but blue and yellow grab the most attention because he has put in more effort. But the small details still counted and are used in the buildings. The buildings are amazing with the 3 dimensional structures and the dimmed lights coming out the windows.


The sky is colourful with the bright yellow crescent moon and all the stars. The shapes of the stars are cool especially the waving swirling wind. That tall tree is called a cypress tree. It looks black but if you look at it properly it’s actually got strokes of green.


My favourite part of the piece of art is the orange and yellow sunset with the streaks of thick paint. In a way it looks real and in some way its looks a bit exaggerated is well.

compensation strategy

Vincent Van Gogh's life

We are learning about art Our topic is art alive.

Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853-1890. He also has a little brother called Theo. Theo would send money to Vincent and would encourage him to keep on painting.


Most of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings are sad and depressing it must represent his feelings of all the depression he was going through. He was so sad he cut a piece of his ear
Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853-1890.



Vincent got lead poisoning from nibbling at his oil paint.Most of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings are sad and depressing  it must represent his feelings of all the depression he was going through. He was so sad he cut a piece of his ear off.


My favourite paintings are






Cafe Terrace, night at Rhone and sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh's sunflowers

Well do you have enough money to buy this work of art? It was sold for 40 000 000$ in an auction in 1987. I wonder what it would be worth now? The famous artist Vincent van Gogh used oil paint for his great paintings including sunflowers. The size of the magnificent sunflower painting was 73x90.



This painting must feel like a real sunflower because he just the slapped heaps of paint. It is so thick and bumpy. He must of wasted his money buying the paint because he just soars threw it he would even go without food to buy the paint. He slaps on the paint to the canvas and then he creates a master-piece.


There are not so many colours as I thought there would be. I wish it would be bright and happy and colourful with bright yellow, orange and red



Dark and Bright contrasts Dark Death and Bright Life. What do you think about sunflowers? are they as bright and happy as you think they are. Someone could send you old and dying sunflowers are they trying to send you a message? Or they could send fresh and nice sunflowers.


Most of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings are sad and depressing it must represent his feelings of all the depression he was going through. He was so sad he cut a piece of his ear.

Sunflowers by Jacob

sunflowers