Ballet Review

Ballet Review / Hansel and Gretel

Today I went to the Hansel and Gretel  Ballet.
It was really fun but if I were to rate it I give it
10/10. I really liked the special effects and the dance. The
costumes and the setup was impressive. You can tell they
took a lot of time planning the whole thing. 

I also really liked the lighting and backdrops.
The backdrops were spirals and when the worst

moments came they made them dark. When the
happy moments came they would make them pink
or white. They also had scary backdrops like forests or
eyes. The night time moon and stars had dead trees. 

There was two things I didn't like, were the schools around me
and the chairs. The chairs were really annoying because they were
itchy and the girls kept on talking. 

I really like the performance and I hope that next time it will be
better.

The difference between the YouTube
clip and the performance was that in ballet the
mother was the biological mum in the clip the
mother was a step parent.  The step mother was mean. The
ballet had additional characters compared to the original story. 

They also had added an actor called the Boogie Man
, the king and queen of the forest and  Mr.Sand man.
They all helped their parents find hansel and gretel.
Except for the Boogie Man he stole Hansel’s toy bunny rabbit .
He left it in the woods. When the parents found it they got really
sad and they thought that Hansel and Gretel had been kidnapped
or were dead in the woods. They did not give up and at the end

they found them. The best part of the show was that I thought
it looked  real. I liked it when the witch made smoke. We
could not see anything within the audience. 

There was another actress under the table who
was the bad witch. The good witch and the bad
witch switched places to make it look like they quickly
switched personalities. At first I thought that it was real but then
I realised it was magic. They spent a lot of time with all the setup. I hope to go to the ballet again as I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Lorde

                                                                                   this my drive on Lorde a famous NZ singer 

Dear Miss Jeslin

Thank you for teaching me the Indian dance.

You have been an inspiring person- the type of person

who can do anything.

I would like to thank you for the opportunities you have given us .

When I came into the hall to dance, I saw a lot of people.

I first got nervous and didn’t want to do the dance. I wanted

to make you proud

wanted to tell you I did not want to do it but I wanted
to make you proud of everybody dancing and because you took a lot of time taking

care of my brother and setting up the dance.

Thank you for making me not feel shy dancing around other people.

By Juliana Diaz

Turfulls Recount

Turfull making

It was a nice day as we were going to

make Truffles. I was excited but I did

not know what they were. It was fun learning something

new. It turned out they were little balls which

had a lot of flavour. My group’s flavour

was cranberry. Miss Paton my Teacher gave us

a big bowl.

First we had minced the cranberries with the food processor

.  We added cocount and condensed milk to the

cranberries. We rolled them into little balls which

we would refrigerate. Our hands were so sticky

and it kind of looked like vomit. I knew they would

taste good. It was such a great lesson until nearly

all the girls used the sink in the toilets. We did not realise

that the coconut from our hands would block the sink. It wasn’t anyone’s fault, because it was a build up.  A couple days of days later we got to cover our truffles in melted chocolate. I am looking forward to sharing my truffles

with my mum and my little brother. 

Passion Project

this is my passion project

Chocolate making

Juliana Chocolate Making

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

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This is my book that I made on the website Book Creator.

Dance showcase

Dance Showcase.. 

The day had come the day where we had to show our cultural dance.

I was in the Mollywood group and my teacher was Miss
Jeslyn and Miss Teresa for my dance. Also some mothers
came for support.

I got changed in my black clothes and Esha’s mother Tara did
my makeup. My Teacher Miss Jeslyn did my hair. I was so excited.
I had practiced every lunch and morning tea time in the school library.
Miss Jeslin and Miss Teressa put me on a lovely Bollywood dress.
I really did not want to  ruin my look so I sat down. My friend Athena
who is in my class with Miss Paton sat next to me. We took some
photos for memories. We talked and my other friend Rosina joined
who is in another class joined us. The little kids looked absolutely
adorable.

I told my friend Rosina that I had never danced with
a lot of
people looking at me and turned out she
never did as well. At least we shared the same
feelings. I thought oh no I needed to face my
fears. The Teachers took a quick picture before we went.

First, we needed to wait on the stairs
. I was relieved, I thought
to myself. Then I saw  my mother
coming and she said “Hi”.
I don't really remember what else she said. She
said that her and my brother were going to wait in the hall .
After awhile it was officially time to go and show our dance. We
waited outside for the group before us to finish their dance.

Then the teacher told us to come in. My heart was going really
fast. I really wanted to tell my Mother and Miss Jeslin I did not
want to do it. I wanted to feel proud of myself and make my
mother and teacher proud. When the music started,

I was scared that people would laugh at me. I tried to
smile as much as possible. I think the hardest part was
looking at the people looking at me. I tried to also look at
them and

smile but after awhile I got used to it. I really enjoyed
the dance and who knew facing your fears was so fun.