Cricket Tournament

On thursday and almost friday(it got canceled because of rain) of week six the St Francis Fire Birds played a two game of hard ball cricket. First we play St Andrews College and we lost. We played really good and I got a few runs and I bowled quiet well. Our Second game we played really good and a boy called Trent got 65 runs witch is very good if you don't play cricket. We play Breens intermediate and they had some really fast bowlers. One of their bowlers was bowling 105 kph! I faced that bowler and I scored some runs of him. Then I face a good spinner and he got me out by bowling for leg spin to a off spin. This is a good leg spin.

And off spin is when the ball will go the other way.
Do you play cricket? Leave your answers in the comments below.

Swimming Lessons Week 2

After the first week of swimming they started to lower the floor of the pool from 1.4 meters to 2.0 meters. After learning breaststroke last week we started doing full lengths of breaststroke. On the third to last day of swimming we did water safety.

On the bus we had year 1 and 2 buddies so we went with them in the deep pool with life jackets on. It was horrible getting the life jackets on because we reuse the ones that were just used so they were freezing but the little kids just put on the cold ones like they were warm. Then we had to jump in first then the swimming coaches picked up the little kids and gently put them in the water. Then we survival backstroke and swam half of the pool length. Then we linked up by our hands and learnt how to stay warm at sea. Then we swam normal backstroke and normal freestyle for half a length each.

After that we tried to touch the bottom of the pool with our life jackets on and with some help of my friend Christopher, he pushed me down and just touched the bottom with the bottom of my feet. And after that it was time to get out! On thursday and friday I was at a school cricket tournament witch I'll tell you about next time!

Have You ever been on a boat that has flipped?

Swimming lessons week 1

In school for week five and six we are doing swimming lessons at QE2(to be exact Queen Elizabeth the Second) but today I'll tell you about week five swimming. So on the first day we get judged to see what group we would go in for the rest of the time. They put us into our groups and sent us to do some swimming. First we did freestyle then we did backstroke. After that we stared learning the breaststroke kick. It's hard to get your head around the idea. Next we learned breaststroke arms. We did normal kicking but with breaststroke arms. At the end of the the week we were learning normal breaststroke. Now I'm the fastest freestyle swimmer in the group. Here are the strokes we did in the first week.

Freestyle

Backstroke

 

Breaststroke

Do you do swimming? Leave your answer in the comments below!

Elevator Pitch.

In week four we did something called a Elevator Pitch. We did it on who wanted of a list and said why they are great. On the doc we did it on there was a table that said what would go in the box like their accomplishments and their impact on society. Here are some words from mine.

1. I think the Bill Gates is a great person because he doesn't use his money for himself he puts his money towards the largest charitable foundation in the world.

2. Bill Gates has made one of the most notable creations and apps in the world. He is great with tech and other products.

3. He was caring towards people, by using money for good others not for him.

I hope you found this interesting and leave in the comments who do you think is great?

Swimming Sports

On Friday the fifteenth of February we had swimming sports at Jellie park. There were four strokes and we had to pick two of the four. They were Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly. There also was three lengths that we could do. They were width, twenty five meters and fifty meters. I competed in twenty five meters Freestyle and Backstroke. Here are some gifs that will show you how to swim the Styles and what muscles are in use.                 Freestyle

 

Breaststroke

 

Backstroke

 

and Butterfly

 

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Market day again!

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 had experience with making the chair so we knew how to make it balance.
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 christmas cards with milk, food colouring and dishwashing liquid.

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was selling more of our product than we thought because there were  no other groups selling cards.

Next time I would spray the cards with mint scent to get rid of the rotten milk scent but apart from that I would change nothing.

Market Day

Market Day

For the Market day my school is hosting, my group and I have been making Christmas cards with milk, food colouring and dishwashing liquid. First, to make our product we had to think if it was related STEAM.

S-Science 
T-Technology 
E-Engineering
A-The Arts
M-Mathematics 
We are selling them for...
Small cards are $1.00 or $1.50.
Big cards are $2.00 or $2.50.
We are selling them at 370 Innes Rd, St Albans, Christchurch.
This is an example of our product.

Have you ever been to a market Day?
Come back for more soon!