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.