Manawatu Digi Awards Finalists

Wahoo! The Inspire Net Manawatu Digi Awards Finalists were announced today and there were lots of GRi11ers amongst the Finalists.

From thousands of entries, each category has three-four finalists from schools across Manawatu.

Congratulations to our talented GRi11ers who are in the finals and will attend the awards evening.

Yr4-6 Digital Photo Finalists:
The theme this year was 'Selfie'

A Piece of Me : Sam L

Unnoticed, Unequal, Unappreciated : Olivia G

Yr4-6 Photo Essay Finalist:

itSUNstoppable : Olivia G

Yr4-6 Graphic Design Finalist:

Lest We Forget : Tiaki P

Yr 4-6 Mini Doco Finalist:
Learning in GRi11: GRi11



Yr 4-6 Short Movie Finalist:
The History Test: Ben H and Sam B

The GRi11 documentary will be uploaded soon! All the best to everyone for the awards evening at the Regent. Go GRi11!!!!!!

Paper Challenge

After the balloon cars testing our ability to work as a team, we are back again! But this time it's a paper challenge. Some it finding easy, others finding hard. We are currently learning about 'The Learning Pit'! As you see below, the learning pit tests how we learn. The picture shows that you do fail and that failing is a good thing! When we went to Mind Lab, we found out that FAIL can stand for First Attempt In Learning. We believe that you have to be in the learning pit to learn. And even if it is extremely hard, we all eventually get out of of the learning pit and have that "EUREKA!!" moment. For example, have you ever been on the trampoline attempting to do a flip for weeks, months and even years and then finally do the flip!? If so, it feels so good, doesn't it? In conclusion, we all enjoy these technology challenges and learning about the learning pit! :)

Balloon Powered Cars

This morning Miss G and Mr R gave us a challenge. This challenge was to make a balloon powered car. We grabbed the instructions and started our work. Our cars look great and hopefully the cars work great as well!

Did you know, in 2028...

Today we watched this video 'Did you know, in 2028...' and recorded what we thought and what we it made us wonder.





These were some of our wonderings...

I wonder...

• How they know this will happen?
• How many jobs will be available?
• Will the world really change that much in the next 13 years?
• What people will do if technology does everything?
• Will we be like robots?
• How much pollution is there going to be?
• If there will be any space left on earth?
• Will there still be computers?
• What jobs we might have?
• Will we use water from Mars? Does it have oxygen in it?
• If we will still have cars?
• How we will earn money?
• Will artificial technology be safe, especially around young children... What if it glitches?
• How we will afford to have houses and buy food if our jobs are replaced with artificial intelligence?
• If 3D printing will take over the need for shops?
• If there will be viruses that effect this kind of life?
• Will Apple still be around?
• What environmental problems there will be?
• Will there still be conversations?
• How will we be learning?

Watch the video and see what questions you have... What do you think the world will be like in 2028?

GRi11 is Back!

GRi11 is back from Holiday break, and although there are some tired faces, we are mostly READY TO ROCK!!! We have had some pretty awesome Holidays, basing on what we've heard, and if YOU want to hear about it, then take a look at some of our individual blogs. We will keep you updated throughout the Term, and we hope you have a great Term!