This term, our Project Based Learning (PBL) started with the teachers putting us into groups. In these groups we had to work collaboratively to create Jolly Jars for the school fair. This task helped us to begin exploring our PBL question for the term - How can we build community through our actions? We had to research ideas, be creative with our product, experiment with our materials and write instructions that could be followed by others.
I learnt that instructions need to have materials, numbers of steps and pictures if needed.
Reflection on PBL:
For our Jolly Jar my group did origami animals. We thought about doing New Zealand animals but there were no instructions on how to make it.
I contributed to my group by helping others with ideas and giving them feedback on their instructions.
Our Jolly Jar was creative because our logo had a origami bird and our name was Origami Supreme.
What I learned about working with others was that working together with others makes a better achievement because working alone you don’t do a lot but working together you get more done.
How did we build community through our actions? By helping each other and working together as a team we helped to build community by raising money for the school’s bike track.
