PBL Evidence

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 all about your country, lifestyle and traditions. 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 Maui and the Sun and Battle of the Mountains which were very simple but pleasant stories.

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.

Photo Of Me Having A Xylophone:

Reflection:
For our production I contributed by playing music and also stage effects

I think the show might impact on others by parents being wowed and proud, kids learning a thing or two. It may also inspire others to do the same.

What I learned about working with others was you have to play your part. You can’t just let everybody do the work and give it a go, also you can’t be doing all the work! You have to encourage others to get their fair share.

Swimming Makes It Fun For Everyone! (Not really everyone!)

Swimming Makes It Fun For Everyone! (Not really everyone!)

Hello My Little Followers Or Newcomers, In This Blog Post I Want To Talk About How I Swam For 8 Whole Days At School. The First Week Is Very Blurry As I Don't Recall It, I Went On Fine In The Freezing Cold Pool. Some Things Were A Bit Tricky Such As River Swimming And Breaststroke Kicks, I Also Tried Diving On Wednesday After School. It Didn't Work, I Face Planted Like A Ball Face First. I Missed Pyjama Day When Everyone Got To Wear Their PJ's In The Pool, I Was Sick For Thursday And Friday But I Don't Regret It My PJ's Are Precious. I Had A Very Nice Buddy, I Totally Won't Forget Her This Year And Next Year! It's True I Had Lots Of Fun Learning New Things And Remembering Old Ones Like Freestyle, Backstroke And Lots More But It Was Also Challenging!

The Cool Character Web Of Pai!

 The Cool Character Web Of Pai

Today in reading, I had to make a character web of a girl called Pie Pai. Here is a screenshot of the story!

Also here is my character web!

Do you think I could add more?

My Family Culture

My Family Culture

Before when I was a kid I didn't know anything about my culture or what it even was. But now that I know my culture and what I do, I can write it all here. Our learning focus for Project Based Learning this term is about Cultural Stories.

Food

Roast Pork Or Lechon🍖

Spring Rolls🌺↷

Adobo Or Chicken🍗

Ube Or Purple Yam (Which I Actually Kind Of Find Weird Why It's A Yam) 🍠

Shakoy Or Twisted Donut🍩🐚

Pandesal Or Bread Roll🥖
Rice 🍚
Balut

Clothing 

Barong Tagalog Is The Traditional Dress For The Philippines

A Filipino Uniform Is Plaited With Red And Other Maroon 
Colours While The Primary Colour Is Green.

Another Traditional Dress Is A Filipiniana Dress Which Is White And A Mix Of Yellow Or Gold.

Religion

Most People (Especially In Cebu) Believe In A Little Baby Jesus Santo Nino De Cebu (San Toe Neen You De See Boo) Even Though It's Title Is Roman Catholic


Traditions Or Holidays

Lots Of Filipinos Like Christmas Because It Is Time To Give Thanks And Come Together. We Also Have Masses On Christmas.


Independence Day Is Also Celebrated With Families Bonding And Doing Activities.

Meerkats

Hello, in my hub we have been writing a story about a video using punctuation such as speech marks

and apostrophes. The rules with speech marks is using it for dialogue, which is a character talking in a story. Another rule with apostrophes is to make a whole word shorter such as isn't or don't. This is my piece of work I have come up with in the last few days. 

Meerkats

In their little den, some meerkats were sleeping; a little meerkat awoke first. He would be probably be thinking to himself, “I need to get up now!” but he flopped but to sleep with much satisfaction. Now some more meerkats were popping out of holes, they each looked at each other as the sun grew amongst them. I can somewhat tell they were saying, “good morning” to each other, as they ran outside they took sight something looking pink and soft. They had been looking after pomegranate which was very lush and ripe, the meerkats were dazed into the thought of eating it. But a while before they could have it a vulture swooped onto the branch, not to strike fear into the meerkats but taunt them by stealing their fruit! As two meerkats looked at each other in devastation the vulture was gone! The meerkats were so heartbroken but one stood among the rest and called on war, so they rushed towards the vulture scurrying rapidly. But the vulture was taking off so they clung onto each other like one huge rope, and yelling “weee!” along the way until they were thrown onto the air with the fruit. The vulture looked like he messed up, I could see it in his expression saying “they’ve got the fruit!” together the meerkats passed it to each other when the vulture swooped towards them. But as they hit the ground the vulture had stolen the fruit! As he cackled looking at the poor meerkats he crashed into the canyon, the pomegranate fell into the hands of the meerkats. Being meerkats they tossed around the fruit and across a tree but it smashed into the ground. They face palmed at the meerkat who threw it, even though it wasn’t intentional.

What Do You Think Of My Story? What Punctuation Do You Think I Should Also Use?

Minecraft Skin!

Hello Everyone! Today At Cybersmart, Me And My Friends Got To Make Pixel Art On Google Sheets. I Chose The Youtuber Itsfunneh For My Minecraft Skin, It's Not Really Good But I Hope You Like It. Itsfunneh Fact: Her Birth Sign Is Scorpio

Pbl Presentation.

Hello, My Name Is Samantha Today I Will Share My Pbl. I've Been Very Busy Lately, My Question Was.. Can Mindfulness Affect Our Thinking And Actions. Throughout My Learning I Have Been Making Up Ideas, Plans Even A Diary To Help Me. The Plan In Action Was Challenging But I Was Up To It, The Diary Was Made For Posting My Thoughts And Feelings. Written In It Was 20% Not Calm And 80% Yes, I Feel Focused And Calm. We Had To Present To Adults And Juniors Which I Found Kinda Scary. My Friends' Mothers Came To Look At My Pbl, My Own Mother Reviewed My Friends Too. I Was Happy With All The Work And Effort I Did In My Work, I Even Shared My Blog!

Thank You For Reading My First Short Blog Post! 🧜