Project Based Learning

This week the teachers chose some people for PBL (Project Based Learning). PBL is when you create a project that can either help the community or just to add to make the school better. My group is Robbie, me and Anroux. Our group name is RAM because it means Robbie, Anroux and Mako.  There are also 4 other groups in PBL. We were chosen because we were self-directed learners. A self-directed learner is a person when can manage themselves and their learning.  For PBL we decided to make bird feeders and birdhouses.

We decided to make bird feeders and bird houses because we have noticed a lot of hungry birds around that have been eating the scraps off the ground and we are making birdhouses because birds need somewhere to perch when they are tired. PBL goes on till week ten! Because of PBL, we don't have to do our Quick Writes and Word Work. We don't have to do those priorities because they take too long and we wouldn't probably have time to do PBL. Also, I will be updating my blog post every week!

Automata

 Hi on Wednesday MLH had some relievers in class. They said we were going to make automatas. The term automata means self acting. A mechanical device which performs function determined instructions.. In and automata there are thing called cams which make the toy move up and down. A cam could be a circle, drop, heart and pair exc. Koka joe gave us some pieces of paper with what we needed to know. Me and Robbie completed the paper so we could build our automata on Wednesday.

Interschool Soccer

 Interschool Soccer

Last week I had Inter School Soccer. When I arrived there were a whole bunch of Schools already there. The Soccer games were 18 minutes long but the Referees sometimes let the games go longer. The first team we were going to face didn't show up so we won our first game. The next game we played was Central they were one of the best teams. We ended up winning by 3 points.

We won 2 more games and then we were in the semi finals. The team we were facing to get in the finals was Manutuke it was a very close game but in the last second we scored a goal and won!We were in the finals! Mangapapa was the team we were facing in the finals. I was the goalie, I had to save lots of goals some went high, some went low, some went left, and some went right. I missed two goals. We had lost against Mangapapa 2-0. Even though we lost we felt pretty good for participating and making it to the finals.

Maths Whizz

This week the teachers in MLH showed us a maths website called Math Whizz. Math Whizz is a math website that helps you with your learning. The website is made to stay at your level. When you get a question wrong or click pass it will give you an easier question. If you get the question right it will give you a slightly harder question. When you finish the math task it will give you credits so you can buy stuff for your avatar. You can also earn crystals and diamonds. I have made 4 progressions and i have 95% pass rate.