Jolly Jars

This term, our Project Based Learning (PBL) started with us having to form groups and collaboratively 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. instruction

I learnt that instructions need to be specific so that people can read them easily and follow them. They also need


Reflection on PBL:
For our Jolly Jar my group did sock puppets.

I contributed to my group by working with them and listening to their ideas.

Our Jolly Jar was creative because we put different things on the jars and noone else made sock puppets.

What I learned about working with others was hard because I was not working with my friends. Because of this I had to work with others that I am not used to.

How did we build community through our actions? Doing something for the community.
Jolly jars are a good idea because you can put stuff in it instead of carrying all the stuff. There were old toys that we donated to other kids. They would like to give it a go. My brother bought a jar and created the snowglobe and I had to help him do it because he can’t read the instructions. Mine was a lot different to him. I had a bit smaller writing than his. You need to have an inspiring title so people don't think your jar is boring.  You follow the steps to get an inspiring jar.

My date of Birth!

The date of my birth is April the 28 and it is going to be on a school day. On a Tuesday after school I would like to  go to the movies with my BFF's like Gab, Arielle, Lilly, Amelia, Jaydin, and Tu. I hope my Mum gets me a Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle birthday cake. There is this blue box I really want with a lot of stuff like dolls in it and my mum said if it goes on special she can buy it for me YAY! I will be opening my gift after school. I Get to choose what is for tea, and the place is called American Diner 66. I love the curly fries with the fried chicken. The pudding is really good with the milkshakes, especially the strawberry ones. I can't wait for my birthday!
 What is your date of birth and what are you doing for your birthday?

UK

My Great  great  great grandma and Grandad lived in the UK they came on a ship to NEW Zealand they where very brave to do that was 200 years a go. 

SPCA

The SPCA is a charity for sick or hurt animals. They have them in cages, there are 5 in each cage, cats ,dogs ,hamsters and Ginny pigs. They are really special animals  in are culture. I have 5 of them, I have 2 cats 1 axolotl and 2 birds, that's how much I love animals.

How is compost made?

Compost is a magical dirt that can help your garden grow. You can make it easily at home following some simple steps.

First, you get a black bin. You put food scraps into the compost bin. For example a banana, carrot and potato peelings. Don’t put meat in it or animals will come and eat it. Smell will come out the next time you open it. No animal droppings.

Next you put leaves and water in the compost bin to keep it alive. All the mouldy stuff goes in there. Everything gets mixed in together. Then it turns soft  in a week or two. If you don’t feed your compost bin it will get hungry and it will dry out. Next you put it on your garden and you see what has happened. Do you have a compost bin at home?

• Make  the compost bin. This is what you need to make a compost bin.
• food scraps 
• water 
• air
• leaves 

Top team!

On Friday we had top team at school. Some of the activities were sack races, tic tack toe, a type of mini golf and water activities and I forgot my spare clothes and towel. My team won every game I felt like. Have you ever done top team at your school? It was such a great day!

Ferrymead

First we jumped on the bus. When we arrived we got told all the rules we went and got changed in some old fashion clothes.The girls wore a dress, a apron and a hat. We looked like maids. We got a kiwiana. We had to write an apple a day keep the doctor away and he said dismiss. When a boy was talking the teacher said horrid child and there were single seats and 3 to a seat. I was 3 to a seat we sat in silence till he said go all of you and never come back.