to make a jolly jar you have to go really far!

This term, our Project Based Learning (PBL) started with the teachers putting us into groups. In these groups we had to work collaboratively to create Jolly Jars for the school fair. This task helped us to begin exploring our PBL question for the term - How can we build community through our actions? We had to research ideas, be creative with our product, experiment with our materials and write instructions that could be followed by others.  

Here is a link to my instructions.

Instruction1 Instruction2

I learnt that instructions need to be specific, the instructions have to be in order and really bossy. 

Reflection on PBL:

For our Jolly Jar my group made origami for the school fair.  

I contributed to my group by helping to make a logo and helping debate which product to do.

Our Jolly Jar was creative because though a decent amount of people did origami our group did a unique piece. It was creative because my group made paper whales, rabbits, dogs -- etc.

What I learned about working with others was that not everyone has the same opinion. And that it helps you to connect with people you don’t usually interact with.

How did we build community through our actions? 

By making jolly jars for the school fair. The school used the jolly jars I made to sell at the fair to raise money for the bike track that’s being built.

me and my group.

PBL float your boat

Making a boat out of only: Tape, 4 plastic cups, 4 paper and a strip of tin foil is really hard.

My group stuck two cups together and two straws at the bottom with some tin foil in the middle. We cut up straws and made a border on the top of it. It was coming together really well! Then Jasmine made a nest which the marbles were going to go into. For ours we used all the material we had to make it. It was hard because we had to share the tape. 

Question: 

Do you ever do anything like this at your school, or even at home?

THE END.

Museum Trip

On Tuesday the 17 of September the year 5 and 6 went to the Museum. First we saw the Patupaiarehe which are people that use weapons and tools from green stone and he only feared one thing and it was sandstone because sandstone was the only thing that could cut through him one day they were chasing each other then eventually stopped the man made out of green stone curled up in a rock and slept in the morning he got woken up by the sound of someone walking in the ocean he thought it was kirikiri but he looked and it was a woman and he immediately fell in love with her so he kidnapped her when her husband found out that his wife was missing so he got his spear and threw it up in the air and it pointed itself to where she was freezing cold and depressed and begged him to take her back to her husband he swam to a river and left her in the cold and tried to hunt down her husband. So he swam back to the woman and thought of a plan. There's more but I think it will be a bit boring. Next we saw other tools the olden day Maori used, then we went to: 'The Playground' It's where you try out what the olden Maori used to use tools. Then we lunch, played in a gigantic tree and had some free time in the museum. Then we left! The end. 

Ferrymead trip

Ferrymead Trip 

On Wednesday my hub went to ferrymead park, when we arrived the bus this man called Robert greeted us, told us the rules and after that we had to change into old school clothing and do all these cool and old school activities. We also got to watch this movie about cooking and school in the olden days.

It was a great day. 

Top Team

Top Team
22.11.19

On the 22nd of November (Friday) the year 5, 6, 7 and 8's had the opportunity to do Top Team. And let me explain what it is, Top Team has all these very fun activities, for example, there were these two water activities that got me soaked. The rest was okay and a little too hard too explain, so I drew these (My top three)

Memory Pad

 

Use the catapult to throw it at your teammates so they can catch it!

Cover  the holes so water doesn't go through them

Letter Writing Week 5.

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning to write formal and informal letters. Here is an example of a letter I wrote about a political event in New Zealand. 

Natalie Tobeza

123 whatever STREET

Christchurch, New Zealand, ST 123

(123) 000-0000

natalietobeza@what.ever

18th November 1931

Government

Mr. President, Government

123 who knows? St 

Wellington, New Zealand, ST 12345

Dear Government,

This protest is getting out of hand! Tonnes and tons of people are unemployed and irritated, sure, I may not be there to see this horrific protest but it is still making me frustrated! Please give back our jobs and let there be no more protests! 

Sincerely,

Natalie T.

Letter Writing

Letter Writing.

Genre - The Trenches. 

July 30 1914

123 Whatever RD.

Dear Madam Mary,

I don’t know how much longer I can take this. I’m getting sick of this! Blood splattering everywhere, I can barely sleep, the other soldiers stink like a skunk. Lice, ticks, and another redundant animals are roaming around; everywhere I step I get memories of fallen or injured soldiers. Yes, I am truly honored to have this opportunity to fight for my country but this is a little more than I can handle.

  

Kind Regards

Natalie T.