Back to school 2019

Welcome back to my blog.
We are back to school!
I am with my favourite teacher in the whole school Miss Hansen!
I am so exited for this year I have made new friends and I am so happy with this school year so far!

Question:

How is your school year going so far?

This is the link to the video

This is the maker of the video: Gin-chan's Odd Jobs万事屋銀ちゃん

Marvelous market day

Market day!!!

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 we were more experienced with the challenge and we worked as more of a team.

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 mini rockets and we sold out in about the first 2-3 hours


My highlight from this PBL was working in a team and being able to put on our own market and have fun.

Next time I would, have a over head stand with our poster so no one could cover it by standing in front of it.

The bike track

Welcome back to my blog.

Today I will tell you about the bike track.

In our school there has been around 15 students picked for designing a bike track for our school.

I am one of the ones that have been chosen.

At the moment we have just shared our ideas but we have a ruff idea of what it's going to look like.

having a slow route, medium rote and a fast route was common in our talk and also having a ramp was common.

We are working with a guy called Danny and his is a landscape designer.

When we have a more solid idea about it I'll blog about it!

Question: 

Have you ever designed something for your school?

I hope you enjoyed my blog post!

Beautiful Book Character Day

Kia Ora

Welcome Back To My Blog

Today I will be sharing with you what book character day and week was all about.

On Monday It was just normal and then on Tuesday it was book character day.

We all dressed up in a costume that we made or brought and had a parade in the hall, we had a lot of fun.

I dressed up as Ray from Star Wars, there is books if you were wondering.

On Wednesday we did a couple of activities but on Thursday we did these activity's that I will leave a link for

The last two we just did there is no link.

Create a corner book mark

Madlib or make your own madlib

Make your own comic in style of Amulet, or Smile

Bookmark Ideas

Sketchnote

Reader’s Cafe

On Friday It is just normal but the week was really fun!

Question: Have you ever had a Book Character day?

Neat and Nifty Narrative Writing

Hello you are welcome to come and read the greatest Neat and Nifty Narrative Writing Post EVER!

Narrative Writing Introduction

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Conclusion

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Elaboration

The magical fruit

A long time ago there was a King with a magical palace, in the magical palace the King has a wizard that brewed up a magical fruit that granted him the power all mighty. ⅔’s of the world was under his command! He started growing bitter and cruel he wanted only to be richest man with know one in his life, just complete control over the world. So many slaves would make his money and they would all live in the dungeon nothing would cost anything and he would have anything he wants!

It was just a dream he thought, but was it? 

A year went past, then another, then another

And then he was crowned king of the whole world that's 6.885/6.885 people, the whole world i'm telling you, the whole world!

People came more poor and the world couldn't handle so as we all know China makes all of our stuff so they made a bomb only an inch smaller than the world! 

"What a lovely bomb."

"Yes Yes it is amazing probable our best work yet."

"Ahh." The Sargent sighed with amazement

"Well its time to blow it and the world up."

And then they blew it up.

The end!

The Craig Smith Show!!!

Kia ora

Welcome back to my blog

today I'm going to tell you about the show that Craig Smith did for us.

Craig Smith Is the author of 

The Wonky Donkey

Willbee the bumble bee

My daddy ate an apple

Square eyes

And

The scariest thing in the garden

Craig Smith is a great Author he is my favorite 

Author of children's story books along with Aaron Babley. 

Here is a link to the lady that can't stop laughing while she is reading the Wonky donkey.

Funny Link  

It was a great experience listening to an Author live and not just on a video.

What is your favorite story of his? 

Production reveiw

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 Like Where do we 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 Maui and the sun and Maui and the big fish. I have written my own legend called How the white horse turned into a Zebra.
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.

I'm the one that is leaning back 

Reflection: 
For our production I contributed by helping to make up four dances.

I think the show might impact on others by sharing a Maori story they might not know about.

What I learned about working with others was that everyone has to Contribute to make the show great.



Do you know many Maori legends?