PBL

At the moment at school we are getting ready for the market day on Tuesday the 4th of December from 10am to 2pm.
We all have steam groups in my group i have Emily,Matthias,kade,Hayun and me Alice. what we all had to do in our come up with a marketable product using steam. my group all wanted to make Xmas cards with milk food dye and dish washing liquid they have a marbled effect.they will cots $1 or our deal is buy 2 get 1 half price.

(they will not have any drawings on them)

the museum trip

This week on Monday my hub went to the museum for a school trip and it was fun!  My favorite part's was when we learnt about the Pakeha/Māori. I liked it because it is the original New Zealand culture. We even got to use the tools that they used. My favorite 2 tools that I used were the canoe hollower/ax and the fire starter. I liked these tools because the fire starter needed a lot of strength and the canoe hollower/ax was crazy because the little bits of wood would fly up and hit you.My other favorite part was when we went  for lunch into the gardens. There was a big climbing tree where we were and we were allowed to climb it. I love to climb things.

have you ever been on a museum trip with your school

kind kid games

PBL - Term 1

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big
question was: How can we build community through our actions?

First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include
kindness and build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were
organised into groups where we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we
considered how we could spread community and kindness through our entire school
community. We decided that we would offer something that was free and would make
others happy.


We created an action plan and talked with the Paiaka teachers. We asked them to look
out for children showing kindness and then give them the tokens that we had made.
The tokens were for rippa rugby/touch, infected and ball elimination. We would then take
\those good children out and play those games. 


For our final product our group decided to do games for the children in Paiaka  Hub 3
times a week. The teachers said yes so we went on from there

How did our action build a sense of community in the school? By getting to know lots
of the Paiaka kids better and not just the people in out hub.

I contributed by playing the teams, helping the younger children who didn’t know how
to play, talking with the teachers in Paiaka Hub, making certificates, putting stickers
on them and organising the gear. 

I think the PBL might impact on others because fitness is fun but it is also important - 
it can be boring unless you look at it with a positive mindset. The Paiaka children had
a good time and enjoyed it.

What I learned about working with others that it is not all about you and that you need
to have a role and that you can’t do everything - you share the workload. 

What is your favorite sport and why?

christmas cards

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because …it was book character day

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made this…our product was christmas cards mas with milk food dye anddishwashing liquid

My highlight from this PBL was selling the cards.
Next time I would not sell the same thing and i would keep the same group because we had a great leader who kept the group on task!