Leo's PBL Blog Post

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
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 food, clothes, dancing and celebration.
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 have written my own Legend called the Half Cow Fish and half man (I made it up) 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.

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Reflection: We had a good time doing everything to get the play ready.

For our production I contributed by...playing the music and making the book

I think the show might impact on others by learning about the Battle of the Mountains

What I learned about working with others was that lots of people are good at art

Have you been in a big play before?

the beautiful fantail

The beautiful fantail

Summary: Jojo and Jojo sister Piri have a fantail come through their house. Piri  was trying to get it out and then Jojo and his sister said what are you doing” “trying to get a fantail out because somebody in your family dies. Spoiler alert: It was just a pair of socks on the washing line, but it had the shadow of the bird.  

have you read this book?