Swimming Sports

Swimming Sports

Last week on Friday at Jelly park we did our swimming sports the events that were an option to us were ...

Freestyle 25 meters or 50 meters
Backstroke 25 meters or 50 meters
Breaststroke 25 meters or 50 meters
Butterfly 50 meters

but you can only get into zones if you entered the 50 meter events so that's why I did 50 freestyle I came 3rd in , 50 backstroke witch I came 4th in and 50 meter breast stroke witch I also came 4th in so I just missed out on going to zones for 50 meters freestyle but that's OK because I did my best and at least i can cheer all my friends on at swimming sports zones

PBL

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 had more supplies and it was book character day so we had
fun while making it.

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.Link

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… We made Crystal Sets where you can make and grow your own Crystals.

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was… When a lot of people came to our stall and we
sold out in the first 20 minutes. We also had a lot of fun making the poster and
painting containers.

Next time I would… Make more crystal sets because they sold out really fast and more
people wanted to buy them.

Battle of the mountains.

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 where you ,come from, What traditions you celebrate and traditional foods.

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 Battle of the mountains I retold the story 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 organising the music and others
took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.

For our production I contributed by helping with the music by beating on the bongo drums.

I think the show might impact on others by Telling them a little bit about the story.

What I learned about working with others was they don’t always do what you want to do.

Why we shouldn't play fortnite

In reading this week we read an article from Kiwi kids News about Fortnite. We had to identify key words from the text and combine these keywords with prior knowledge to help with understanding of the text. This is my follow up task:

Do you think we should play fortnite or is it to much of violent game for kids???

The Importance about Maori storeys

In reading we have been learning about the Maori culture and why there storeys are so special.
The Maori storeys are so important because they have been passed down from generation to generation please feel free to comment down below if I have missed something.

• The Maori storeys can only be told if they have successfully been passed down from generations.
• The most important stories are the ones with Maui and ones about New Zealand.
• The Maori The storeys mostly take place in Mountains and lakes

My Fanntastic Football Speech

Introduction
The whistle blows and from the centre the ball is kicked. The kick off begins a series of passes, dribbles,
free kicks, throw-ins, tackles, headers, and finally Goal!!

Hi my name is Jack and I’m going to share with you all my 3 favourite football players, who until recently,
played together for my favourite team in the La liga league in Spain by the name of Real Madrid also because
they won this year's champions league and also because heaps of star players play for that team.

Awesome Player Number 1: Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world in fact he is the goat of football which mean he is the
greatest of all time. Ronaldo is 33 years of age born in Portugal 1985 and has already won five Ballon d'ors
and just to let you know a Ballon d'or is an award that is announced every year to the best player in the world.
Ronaldo is currently playing for his country Portugal as well as his club team Juventus, which is an Italian club
and he is getting paid 30 million Euros a year...that’s close to $52 million New Zealand dollars, over 50 times
more than New Zealand’s highest paid rugby player, Kieran Read...and just a little more than your average
school teacher!

Awesome Player Number 2: Marcelo Vieira

Marcelo is also one of my favourite players. Marcelo is an attacking defender and is number 12
he is 30 years old and was born in Rio De Janeiro 1988 unlike Ronaldo Marcelo hasn’t won any Ballon d'or
but has done some amazing things in his career like getting the ball off the opposition and then scoring a goal.
Marcelo plays for my favourite club Real Madrid and for his country he plays for Brazil.

Awesome Player Number 3: Sergio Ramos Garcia

Sergio Ramos Is my favourite Defender he plays beside Marcelo, Sergio Ramos is number 4 in footballbecause he is a centre back. Sergio Ramos is 32 years old and born in Spain 1986 and plays For Real Madrid and for his country he plays for Spain like Marcelo he has done some amazing things like stealing the ball and kicking it all the way down the field for someone to score.

Conclusion:

So there we have it...three of my favourite players who are superstars in the number one played sport on the planet. They have achieved huge success for their club and country and who knows what else they can still achieve in the years ahead.

The goal has been scored it is now the other teams ball they pass back to there defender Sergio Ramos who boots it down the field to Marcelo,  Marcelo skills the opposition easy and passes centre to Ronaldo he shoots he scores!!!It is now a tied game with only minutes of the match remaining. The pressure is on...what will happen next???

My Culture in NZ

Our Learning Focus for project base learning this term is about cultural stories.



Food - Fish and chips,kiwifruit and Pavlova


Clothing- warm clothing


Celebrations/Traditions- Christmas,Easter and birthdays



My culture is kiwi and in my culture we eat fish and chips, takeaways and for fruit we eat kiwifruit and Because it is always cold in New Zealand/Christchurch we were warm clothes so we don't get a cold especially in winter it is very cold. In my culture we Celebrate Christmas Easter and peoples birthday these are all fun Celebrations that I celebrate with my family for birthdays the family comes round for lunch or tea and we give presents their birthday, for Easter we go to church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and for Christmas we get up in the morning and look under the Christmas tree to see whats there  and then the family once again comes over for lunch or dinner so yeah that's my culture for you.