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 M n Ms for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because we worked more as a team and got things done much quicker.

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 AMAZING STRESS BALLS!

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was… working as a team, always being on work, personally I think that we did a decent job! Actually a WONDERFUL JOB! At the end we were working as hard as we could, and as fast as we could. On market day we did a great job on selling ALL of our project. And in the end, it was really fun seeing a lot of things that people made, and seeing how much they accomplished.

Next time I would change how much we made. Cause in the end, people still wanted some. It was pretty said how we said no to all of them. I would keep the poster the same… just because it was a lot of work (It wasn’t that much work)

What PROJECT did you make?

Project Based Learning (PBL)

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;
what is my culture?

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 Family stories, where
you are from and holidays that you celebrate

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 that battle of the mountains, Maui and the fire God, and how Maui caught the
Giant fish. I have written my own legend called/I retold the legend of "Joo u no spek engrish" in my own words.

Then 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.

Photo:

Reflection:

For our production I contributed by acting as the mountain called “Tongariro” I am a mountain
who fights Taraniki, Putuaki and Tauhara for the love of Pihanga.
But in the end Tongariro the mighty champion finally won through.
There are also lots of music and actions through out the play.

I think the show might impact on others by making my family really proud of me. Also people will
remember what happened in the story "The battle of the mountains" and how it was made.

What I learned about working with others was always try your best, work your hardest and
encourage others.

Craig's creative writing workshop

Hi guys. Welcome back to another blog post, and today we are going to talk about creative writing. Stop sit back, relax, and enjoy the post.

creative writing was about how to be creative to what you are going to publish (Author and other things) like do you know what you are actually writing about, make sure it makes sense. Like the little things. We were writing about the things we need to know like, "Writing comes first. Not inspiration" and got rhyme words.

We also got to hear one of his best selling songs, "Wonky donkey" and his other ones, like "My daddy ate an apple" And "The scariest thing in the garden"

Anyway's, that is the end my post and I hoped you all enjoyed!!

"I was walking down the road and then I saw a donkey- wait! Hey you guys can go now!" "Hmm hm, hm, hm"

Battle of the mountains quiz

Battle of the mountains

Recently in my Reading Workshops I have been learning to ask good quality questions. I have created a quiz using google docs to use with the Maori legend called Battle of the Mountains that we have been reading.

What is the female mountain called?

What is the female mountain partner called?

What are the kids called?

What is the main enemy called?

What is a Piki Kaiarero?

Answers:

#1 Pihanga

#2 Tongariro

#3 Ruapehu,Ngauruhoe

#4 Taranaki

#5 A beautiful white flower.

Did YOU get all the answers right?

My speech (Why do we have dreams/nightmares when we sleep)

Hey everybody!! It's ya boi trendy guy here doing all the trendy things... Neru is not here (Yes I am!) No he's not (FINE! I'm not) You will are about to see some of my speech (Actually it's mine) Oh yea... totally forgot. You know what? Just sit back, relax, and enjoy my- (MINE) Neru's speech... totally forgot again!

WHY, HELLO there!! I didn’t suspect to have guests this early, weren't you supposed to .5come a little later. Nevermind that. My name is Neru collins and I am going to tell a little bit about dreams Cause I have a meeting I have to attend to. It’s very important... so here goe- WAIT! FIrst try count how many times I said dreams. NOW GO!!	2. IF! I’m saying IF! You're weird enough not to know what dreams are I’m gonna explain it… Nah jokes I’m not. (I am...) Dreams are basically stories and images, our minds create while we sleep… Dreams can occur ANYTIME during sleep. But most vivid dreams. occur during deep sleep when the brain is most active. How do I know this? Well there something called googl- I mean… aaaa…  smartness- Yeah! My mind :)
3.Dreams Some experts say we dream AT LEAST four to six times per night. They are often similar to life, or a strange way. Dreams can seem so real while they happen that the person might think that they are awake when actually they are asleep. Sometimes a person realizes during a dream that they are dreaming, but keeps having the dream. This is called a lucid dream. This happens very little for most people, but for some people it happens often.	4. Nightmares Nightmares are dreams which scare or shock people. Nightmares are usually based around that person's everyday fears, like spiders or dark places, but even a dream that's not about those things can feel unpleasant. Nightmares are caused by many different things: being uncomfortable or in pain while sleeping, sickness, stress, or even eating right before sleeping.
5. Theories There are many different theories about why people dream and what their dreams mean. Every person has different dreams. Some psychologists believe that dreams reflect what is happening in the unconscious mind (the part of the mind that works by itself). Others think that people, places, and objects in dreams are symbols for other things in the dreamer's real life.	6. History Throughout history people have tried to make sense of dreams to learn things from them, and have often used them for divination or fortune-telling. Today there are still many books and websites devoted to making sense of dreams.
7. Daydreaming People were less happy when daydreaming than when they were focused on the task at hand. Other studies indicate a wandering mind is more common when our mood is low, and that it can enhance feelings of depression, it may sound sad but it’s true. Also people often daydream OR look into space.	8. I guess I will add staring into space If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked. Like this: He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space. It happens randomly and all you do is just stare without actually paying attention to anything else...
Anyways that has been my speech and all hoped you enjoyed! (I REALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE MEETING	Also did you know how many times I said dream if not, I said like: 25 or 26… BYEE!

Math Eviedence

Hello everybody!! Welcome back to another blog!! And today I am going to telling you how to choose a good strategy!! So sit back and relax and enjoy!!

Subtraction using place value

1. First. Make the 389, into 300, so (752 - 300). Minus that, to get, 452

2. Next, make the 89 into 80, then minus that with, 452 (452 - 80) to make, 372

3. Lastly, take the 9 and minus that to the 372 (372 - 9) to make, 363

4. Have fun with this strategy and hopefully it will improve your learning

What Iv'e been doing!

Hello people! NERU COLLINS here and I'm about to tell you what Iv'e have been working on. If you did not see my last post I kinda Recommend that you should check it out, it was about me coming back to go on my CHROMEBOOK to do stuff like- WAIT...! I TOLD YOU TO GO READ MY OTHER POST (which you probably haven't done) TO SEE THE STUFF I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS GONE SO GO READ THAT POST! Now let's see the things we did... (Or I did)

So I will be telling you about my PBL (Or copying and pasting all my PBL work onto this blog)
What was this you ask? (You probably didn't ask but... that's fine) Well... it was our (OR I) AMAZING ART! (

Oh... and the love art is from this website: Word art) So what we did for word art (The love heart) is that we had to go in word art (Again! Link here: I know this link AGAIN!) that we had to put some word into word art and click visualise so It will create this!:
                                                           (Below this)

Now it's time for the water bottle what we did is we went on google drawings (Link here: Google Drawings