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!

PBL term 3

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;
What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?

First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas. Culture is were you and you ancestors come from
Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage. I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.
In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we concentrated on Maori legends. I read hatupatu and the bird woman.  I have written my own legend called/I retold the legend of hatupatu and the bird woman in my own words.

We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote the script, some students took on the job of making all the artwork, some worked hard on organising the music and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.


For our production I contributed by being Putauaki [one of the main roles)
I think the show might impact on others by teaching people about a Maori legend that is not that popular

What I learned about working with others was it can be confusing.

super swiming

Hi my name is Alice and today I am going to be talking to you about school swimming. So  for the last two weeks the whole school has gone swimming we went swimming from the third of September to the fourteenth of September. Swimming was so fun I can not wait till next year. I was i  the top group with Harriet,Jack,Luca,Neila and Ruby we used the most equipment we used the thing that you put between you legs and the hand things that help you pull through the water. On the last Wednesday we wore life jackets. the next day we did the boat  and on the last day we wore pj's Sophie's were so heavy.

Alice and Pieta's weard screencastify

In reading this week we read an article from Kiwi kids News about Fortnight. We had to talk about why we thought the author wrote this text. This is our follow up task: To explain to you about why the author   has wrote it. What do you think about fortnight

Alice's mystery math's poster

Hi my name is Alice and today you will be looking at my maths poster. My strategy is doubling and halving the poster will show you how to do double and halving. I hope you enjoy

my magnificent speech

Hi my name is Alice and my speech is about you tube.You can watch my screen cast about YouTube by just clicking on the video hope you enjoyed it . Could you give me a hand by just give me some feedback on my punctuation and presentation. Thanks see you guys next time.

meerkats

In the Tumu hub we’ve been learning about speech marks and apostrophes.

One hot sunny morning the meerkats awoke from there deep sleep after a late night getting dinner. They all had a little bit of dinner but not enough to get them through the whole day so they had to go and get some breakfast. The meerkats Thought that  they would be looking for hours but then, they saw passion fruit of magic. The magic in the passion fruit was that it can make as much food as they want so they went up to get it of course the meerkats sent up the troops to get it the king of the eagles king Elgon and his troops were watching them.

“My troops go and get that fruit so that the meerkats can not get it,” said king Elgon. The meerkats king, King Julian was aware that they were coming so king Julian said “get that passion fruit” so they tried but they did not get there in time

“Chase that eagal” said king Julian.  So all of the meerkats chased and gave each other bost up to try and make a chain to get back the passion fruit, the troops kept chasing the eagles the longer the chain of meerkats the slower the eagles went so the meerkats kept sending their best most awesome troops. The eagles were slowing down suddenly they dropped with exhaustion.

Thank you for reading my story please leave some punctuation suggestions down bellow.