Winter Sports 2019 eagles

2019 eagles

In winter sports you can choose the sports of soccer, Rugby, Hockey, and netball. If you choose one of the sports you also need to pick a different sport if you don't get into your first choice. You then need to trial for the sport. The person running the sport will grade you and put you into a team. If  he/she puts you in an A team you will compete with better school if you are put in the B or C team you will be versing slightly average teams. The rugby team has only one team and that is  the A team  so if you are put in that team, you can compete in tournaments. The C and B teams can't compete in tournaments. The skill level in the Eagles team, my team is about a seven. The people in our team are Kyro, Daniel, Willem, Ebony, Areil, Sid, Wiliem, Jade, Alexis and me (Matias). All the games we played were at Hagley park. The Eagles team hasn't won a lot of games. We only won three games out of 20  and one game we had a bye (a bye is when you win by default) If you are in the C or B team in any sport (on the list) and if you work hard enough, you can get up to the A or B team. The thing I want to improve on, is my passing and communication.And that is the end of my sports blog.

If you could play a winter sport what would it be?

cycle saftey

cycle safety

cycle safety is a group of people that go from school to school teaching people about being safe on the road when they came to our school it was on Tuesday for Group one on Wednesday it was for group two on Wednesday we had to go on the road it was a nightmare because we had to cross roads with cars speeding down the T intersection on Friday it was group two again and we were on the road all day first we had to practice right hand signals then we went around intersection the we went back to school for lunch then we went back to the road again and did more right turns then twenty minutes later it was all over. I hope you enjoyed my cycle saftey blog.  

if you had to do cycle safety what would you do?

Tumu hub pbl

Our hubs PB this term is about innovation and how it can it can help and improve our lives. I think innovation can help our lives by improving and evolving things that need to be evolved like cars and bikes and parks. Being innovative can help the world by evolving and we can evolve to stop global warming and climate change I hope I have gotten you to be innovative.

How can innovation improve your life?

How to save the earth from climate change

The new ideas I have now since I have read this text are: How we can save the earth, How to conserve electricity, How to help the earth by recycling phones.
    This term in reading we have been reading about the environment. I have enjoyed the ways to help save the earth
For reading this week, my group read this book: Not your typical book about the environment.

                                       


                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
I have learnt that saving the earth from climate change is important
Question: What would you do to save the earth from climate change?

putting kindness into action

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 put it into action by deciding on the one of twelve ideas that we had. We decided by finding out which action was better and which one would work more efficiently.

Reflection:
For our final product our group made the kindness cards printed and laminated them and handed them out at the gate but i couldn't get there on time.  

How did our action build a sense of community in the school? By letting all the students be more caring and kind.

I contributed by helping make the kindness quotes and cutting them out.

I think the PBL might impact on others by giving someone a cheerful quote if they were having a bad day.

What I learned about working with others was that it is easier to work with someone then without.

Do you think it would be easier to work with or without a group?

our totally tubular Tuesday

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 the mnms weight was lighter

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

Reflection 

My highlight from this PBL was that we sold out in half an hour

Next time I would lower the price of the bath bombs so more people would buy them

have you ever wanted a bath to look like a rainbow?

here is a link to the Technology doc

our pbl tumu performance

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. tradition, where you
are from, food type and special occasions.

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 how the giraffe got its long neck  I have written my own legend called how the Lion
got its mane i retold the legend of how the lion got its mane 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 organizing 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 being a musician. I was playing the percussion and the sound effects. 



I think the show might impact on others by teaching others about battle of the mountains.



What I learned about working with others was that you need to be confident about what your doing.