This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big question was: How can we build community through our actions?
First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include kindness and build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were organised into groups where we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we considered how we could spread community and kindness through our entire school community. We decided that we would offer something that was free and would make others happy.
We created an action plan and our group brainstormed lots of stuff to vote on what we like and what we should do and other stuff like that.
Reflection:
For our final product our group decided to play some sports games with the kakano hub. The games we played were rob the nest, nonstop tag, ball illumination, capture the flag and dodge ball. the days we did it on were Monday and Friday except on Friday it was raining so unfortunately we couldn't do it. I could definitely do it again.
How did our action build a sense of community in the school? We showed the kakano hub how to play games and we got to know them better. I think the kids really enjoyed it and I think they will remember that day for quite some time.
I contributed by guarding the lollipops. I was guarding the lollipops because the little kids were touching them and trying to open them so I had to sit with them! it was really funny when we had to tell the little kids NOT to touch them.
I think the PBL might impact on others by getting them to know others sportsmanship and show them that they really care. It could show them about being kind and knowing to be caring.
What I learned about working with others was that you get more stuff done and also 'the more the merrier'. I learned that it's way easier to do stuff when you are in a group.
