WALT use the Thinking Hats, and to play tennis

Big John came to teach us Grasshopper Tennis.

Yellow Hat Thinking:

Big John knows how to do everything!  Ciaran

We all had turns.  Sofia

It was great that we could learn how to play tennis well.  Jake

We learned lots of different things.  Stevie

White Hat Thinking:

We did tennis on Fridays on the back courts.  Kiwa

Big John was the tennis expert who was our coach.  William

We used real tennis racquets and balls.  Darius

We practised the skills Big John showed us.  Van

Red hat Thinking:

I felt happy at tennis because we met a new person at St James. Zach

I felt excited because I didn’t know what was going to happen each time.  Gihara

I felt happy because I learned new things at tennis.  Ella

I felt excited because we got to play lots of cool games.  Ani

Black Hat Thinking:

Pulling the ball up like an elevator on my foot was hard.  Linnea

It was really hard to throw the ball over your back and catch it.  Isabelle

A hard part was doing new things that were really tricky.  Emily.

Cheese-cutting was really hard.  Isabella

Green Hat Thinking:

Maybe Big John could make a club at school for tennis players.  Samuel

Maybe we could have more sessions.  Luke

Maybe we could have tennis at another time when it’s not so cold. Monet

Maybe Big John could make up some new activities.  Rachel

Maybe Big John could take us to play against some other schools.  Jasmine

We loved our sessions, and hope Big John can come back sometime.



Book Week

Book Week was fantastic, especially Dress Up day.  We dressed up as a character from a book, and did a parade in the hall for our grandparents and other older friends.
Can you guess what characters we are?

WALT write a great recount about Cross Country

Me and my friends went to the Cross Country.  The mums and dads cheered.  I came third.  It was cool and I was very exhausted.  I ran good and my friend Jacob came first.  It was a sunny day at Hokowhitu Park.
Van

Last Tuesday it was Cross Country.  Cross Country is a big, big, race! We have to run as fast as we can.  Lots of people were clapping and cheering. I felt puffed when I finished the race.  Then mummy gave me a drink that me made better very fast.

Samuel

One day ago we walked to Cross Country.  I was so excited because i came first!  My mum and dad were there to support me.  I really tried my best because Tyrah's friend was in the race. And did you know she is a really good runner? Heaps of other people are good as well.  When we had our turn we started walking back to school.  The big kids had to stay there because they had to run around the big lap.  There were big kids to help us and teachers showing us where to go.  Itr was at Hokowhitu Park.  I feel so sad because the Seniors have to do three laps!  They must have been puffed!

Stevie

WALT to be scientists and use the scientific process

We explored fresh water by looking at it, smelling, tasting, and feeling it.  Then we added salt to the water and did the same thing.  Then we compared the fresh water and salt water using a Venn diagram.  The only things that were the same were that they both are liquid and runny and cold!

                                                    



Question:

Then we wondered what would happen if we froze the fresh water and the salt water, so we set up an experiment.

Hypothesis:

12 of us thought the fresh water would freeze first.  12 of us thought the salt water would freeze first!

Experimentation:

We made the test fair because the only thing we changes was salt in one bottle.

We put the bottles into the freezer, and checked them every hour.  We recorded what we saw.

Conclusion:

The fresh water froze first.  We thought this might be because there is nothing extra in the water.

We also discovered that the salt water started to melt very quickly, and that icy condensation formed on the outside of the bottle.  The fresh water condensation was just water. The fresh water took all day to melt.

Come in and see all the photos of our experiment, and our recording in our Connected Curriculum books.