A big SPLASH!

Hi, on Friday we went to swimming sports.  I was excited as I was racing against my friends in 2 races.  When we got to the pool there was a lot of noise, excitement and nerves.  I mostly felt nervous.  The first races were the freestyle races and I was in the 25m freestyle.  When I got into the pool for my race I had butterflies doing summersoults in my tummy.  As soon as I heard the whistle go I was off, powering myself through the water.  Once my hand touched the wall at the end I looked up and was excited to see I had come third.  When I got out of the pool my friend Hannah was there with my towel and my friends and I all celebrated our successes.  The second race I was in was the 25m backstroke.  I came second in this and was really proud of myself.

When my friend Hannahs race was on my friends and I screamed as loudly as we could and were soooooo excited when she won her freestyle race.

The bus trip back was noisy and we were pleased it was all over.

Do you like swwimming?

Buy them all now before they all run out or spinout

By them all now before they all run out or spinout


 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 knew what we were doing and we fixed the mistakes that we did in the first challenge.

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. 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 a colour spinner it was easy to make once we had found out what materials were best for making the spiner spin.

 The hardest part was colouring it in because it took a long time and my hands keep getting sore. Here's a picture of what we made and sold at the market.
 Reflection My highlight from this PBL was making them and selling them.

Next time I would make more because they sold out really fast.

My Big Show

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 are from, food, clothes and religions. 
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 The Battle of the Mountains and Maui and the Sun I have written my own legend called The legend of Water and Fire.

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 to choreograph all of the dances I was in.

I think the show might impact on others by teaching them what The Battle of the Mountains.

What I learned about working with others was that everyone can do a variety of dances.

The importance of story telling

In my reading workshop we have been learning about maori cultural stories here is a google drawing I did about sharing cultural stories hope you enjoy.

That was my google drawing what can you do to tell maori stories?

A crazy name for a math startgy

Hi and welcome back to my blog.  Today I am going to be showing you my math evedince.  2 weeks ago on a monday we got to chose between a poster , screencastify or a google drawing .  I chose a poster.  Then we  had to chose a math startgy that we had learnt.  I chose algorithms becouse it is my favourite startgy.  We worked on our math evidence for Monday Tuesday and Thursday.




That was my poster hope you liked it and please leave a coment.

Project Based Learning

Hello my name is Isabella welcome to my blog. Our learning focus for project based learning this term is about culture stories. I think it is pretty cool and so far pretty fun. My Mum is half Greek and my Dad is from France and Samoa so I have lots of culture. I am mostly Greek . One of our traditions is name day. In Greece children are named after Saints or gods . If you have a name after a Saint then you celebrate your Saints day as your name day. For example my name is Isabella Eleftheria Vaiese and I got baptised Eleftheria so I celebrate Saint Eleftherios name day on December 15th each year. My family says to me ‘Xronia Polla” which means happy name day. In Greece it is tradition to name your child after their grandparents. I am named after my Paupau (grand father) Eleftherios. I have the female equivalent Eleftheria. In Greece all people are the same religion, Greek Orthodox. I am baptised Greek Orthodox. There are some interesting things in Orthodox religion. It is a very old religion. Jesus is the head of the church, not the pope and we celebrate Easter more than Christmas. These are some photos of greek religion.

At my Christening I was fully submerged in a font, the priest took some of my hair and I was washed and slathered in olive oil. My Godmother is my Aunty Elene. She gave me a beautiful cross and special outfit. Another tradition is that women in Greece wear their wedding band on their right hand not their left as in NZ. This is because Jesus worked his miracles with his right hand. When a child is born in Greece their parents pin a evil eye on the child’s clothes to warn off bad spirits or evil. Greek homes also have icons to pray to, and we light candles to remember a loved Paupau who sadly passed away. At our house we eat Greek food. For example olives, keftedes, tiropita, feta cheese, greek salad and my Mum cooks with lots of lemons and oregano which is special because lemon and oregano is used lots in greek food. In Wellington we love going to the greek cafe and getting tiropita and greek chocolate. It is very yummy. Family is very important to us and I love spending time with my Yiayia. I got to spend 6 weeks in Greece with my Yiayia when I was little. Our family is loud when we get together. Greek homes often have doilies and I have some that my Mums Yiayia made. We also have a greek vase that is an example of a vase found in a greek ruin. That is my culture what is yours?

PBL presentation

This is my PBL presentation .
The driving question was- how can we use our head, heart and hands to create a healthier me.
The question we chose (I worked with a buddy) was -
How come we think some food is heathy when it's not. 
Hope you enjoy.