Author: James

In the summer holidays I went to Whoa! Studios (That’s in Auckland) and I saw a play called Custard of the Caribbean.  After they showed us how they made the play Daniel and I got a photo with some of the puppets and got an ice cream.

At my swimming school I made a Duplo obstacle course based on this TV show called Wipeout.

The last 2 photos are me and my brother, Daniel, at East End beach.  We played at Paris Plage and had fish and chips in the evening.

If you want to see my brothers website, click here

This is me when I was six months old at the Burj Khalifa with my dad.

I was flying from London to New Zealand to meet my Grandad, Nan, Poppa and Nanna in 2009.  I flew on an Airbus A380 which is the worlds largest passenger aircraft!!!

This is my Op 2 #2 song on the piano that I made using Guitar Pro. I wrote it for Amanda my piano teacher.  I will be able to play it when I am older.  Press the play button to play the song and listen to it. It took 1 day to make.

My Piano Composition

In term 2 of my piano lessons I moved up to level 1. It is a good time because I am learning new songs to play and learning new notes on the piano like treble A,C,E and learning FACE on the treble lines in unit 2.

I have been learning some songs to play when I do not even need to practice and I have been showing Amanda, my piano teacher, that I can play the songs that I do not need to practice . Amanda was so proud that I could play the hard songs. It has been going well for my piano this term.

This is part of my minuet project for my music teacher, Amanda.  I coded my minuet from my music book in Sonic Pi.  Dad did one too.  His does the teachers part too.  You can see it here.

Click the play button below to hear the Minuet.

crotchet = 1
minim = 2
dotted_minim = 3

use_synth :piano
use_synth_defaults attack: 0.0125, release: 10

use_bpm 120

# Bar 1
play :c4
sleep crotchet
play :c4
sleep crotchet
play :b3
sleep crotchet

# Bar 2
play :c4
sleep minim
play :d4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 3
2.times do
  play :e4
  sleep crotchet
end
play :d4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 4
play :e4
sleep minim
play :f4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 5
2.times do
  play :g4
  sleep crotchet
end
play :c4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 6
play :b3
sleep minim
play :c4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 7
play :f4
sleep crotchet
play :e4
sleep crotchet
play :d4
sleep crotchet

# Bar 8
play :c4
sleep dotted_minim

These are our new kittens.  They are Tonkinese and born on December 19 2016 and are 5 months old.  The one at the top is my kitten called Silky because she has soft silky fur and the one curled up is my brothers one and it is called Chloe because she was adventurous like Chloe on The Secret Life of Pets.  They are also twins.

A few weeks ago I was keen to have a go at playing the piano. My piano teacher is Amanda. I have been doing piano for 7 weeks.  And I have finished piano for the term.  I am really sad that the piano is finished for the term.  At my last session I made my own song to play to Amanda.  I liked playing the piano and I like Amanda.  My favourite song was Ode To Joy.  Next term I will be way happier because I get to play the piano again.

Click on the button on the bottom left of my music to turn the page.

My First Piano Song

To view the map of where I cycled on the Methanex Family Bike Ride 2017, click on this link