The final step is here for our PBL Journey

For our PBL we are in the last fail part. Myself and Blake have have been on a long journey for our invention. For people who can not hold your cards we have made the thing for you it is the card holder we call it TCC for the card holder. We have to share our card holder it on the 25 of September. In your group you can have up to 5 people and you got to pick them. Many people have got different ideas like one is you know how you have to carry your folaty up the water slide they have made a puller it is only a prototype tho but still is a good idea. Our group used to have lot's other people but then they went with another group so it is me and Blake know but that is alright because we have used our PBl time very well. I think that me and Blake's PBL has been very well because some groups could not think of   an idea. On the other hand me and Blake went home and ask people what they problems was and me and Blake only got to pick one so we went with the easy one and the one that cloud help some one life or could really help them so we pick the card holder. We did not know how we were going to start but with the help of some teachers and mum and dad we got the idea and we started building it. Once we had build it we got to paint it we painted it red and black for the casino and that is where we are know so I hope you have enjoyed this blog for this week.
                                             
Have you made an innovation? what was it?

court theatre

On the 27th the court theatre came to our school to do a play. The play was about Maori and Samoan Gods. They used drums and music to begin and the play came alive to hook us in and it worked. There was 2 boys and 1 girl. the play it was about how Maui wanted to be a god but he had to kill the tuna that lived in the sea but Maui did not know how big it was. But he had the the shed and a sword he had him he did not know if he was going to kill him he was going to be the god or he can rest in peace but he let him rest in peace. They was very kind that was the play it was very fun to watch that made funny and it had lot's of jokes in there.

 have you watched a play and want one?   

My Marble Run

On the 20th of August we got to did another PBL challenge and it was the Marble run. We got to have four people in our group but we had three. my group was Alice, Blake and I. We had 5 newspapers and a meter of tape. We had one test with the Marble the Marble had to hit a can that was two meter away. If you hit the can you get 5 points and the team with the most points won. We had half an hour to do it. We went to go strong we folded the newspaper to create a circle so the Marble can fit in the hole. We did that four times. we taped it  together so it made it long And then another two went under it for some support. Its was our go.  The Marble went. it was so close to the can but it did not make it. We came 2nd it was lot's of fun.

my super Math broads

At are school we do maths boards, if you don't know what a math board is i will show you. Every week my teacher puts a question up on a slide and we have to do them on our maths boards. On the maths board it says to solve it numerically that means you solve it just like normal e.g 2x2=4 just like that. And then it says Write a word problem, that means you write a word problem. Then we have to give a visual solution, this is my favourite, so you can get a picture to solve it. And the picture can be a car or a truck want ever you want, so that is very fun. Solve it another way is the last one to do, so you just solve it a another way so you do the some question but you do it another way so you can take a look at this maths board I have done. Why don't you try to do a maths board?

what are we doing in are PBL?

For our PBL our driving question is: 'How can innovation improve our lives?" What do you think helps our lives?. We had to make a boat that had to float and see how much marbles can it hold till water gets in our boat. In my group there was me, Max, Benjamin and Blake. We only have straws, paper, tape and some  cups so we got some straws and warped it around with strap around it so it will float. So we put some cups on the top of the straws. We tried to get so bits from the cup on the side of boat to make it even on each side. But we did not do it in time so we had to to that we called it shh fish in the sink Blake did it. We looked at the other boats that looked good. It was our turn. My heart was pumping we put one marble in it was above the water and one more some it was under the water it took 7 to make the beast sink. The best boat got 64 marbles. We come 2nd to last that was better than last.

Are you going to do the challenge?

     

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what are we reading about this term

This term in reading we have been reading about the environment. I have enjoyed how as kids we can look after the earth. For reading this week, my group read this article: Conservation. Conservation is about caring for our earth and animals.

The new ideas I have now since I have read this text are:

• we need to stop deforestation because it is destroying some animals habitats
• we need to stop cutting off rhino horns because that is how they protect themselves
• we need to act know to save the planet because we don't want to live in rubbish
• there is always ways we can help, like - picking up rubbish, helping animals, protecting our forests and banning hunting endangered animals

           
I have learned that our earth is dying  because of us we need to stop. Here is my poster

Do you want to live in rubbish?

Our super winter sport

Hi my name is Mostyn  and I have played rugby for this seasons winter sports competition. I have improved on my kicking and on the 2nd of last game I was the kicker! My fitness have got a lot more better during the season and I have played all the games, but one. My team captain was me and the team coach was Steve. A big thanks to  Steve as he has given me lot's of tips and tricks. We had a great season. My team have improved  in everything we did since the first game to the last. 

                             Tell me about  the  winter sport you play?