WAL about the Six Thinking Hats

On Thursday, we went to Tabloid Sports.  We used four of the Thinking Hats to reflect on this experience.  Here is our thinking:


White Hat = Information:

• The tabloid sports were at Our Lady of Lourdes School
• We did exercises to start with in the Hall
• There were lots of choldren there, from St Mary's, St Joseph's St James', and Our lady of Lourdes.
• The big children from St Peter's showed us what to do.
• We went in the bus.

Yellow Hat = Good points:

• We did lots of fun activities.
• the sunshine came!
• We joined in with lots of schools.
• The teams had children from all the schools in them.
• The St Peter's children showed us what to do.
• We got to play on the Our Lady of Lourdes playgrounds.

Red Hat = Feelings:

• "I felt excited because Mum came to watch and help".
• "I felt nervous when I got off the bus because I thought I might mess up in the games.  But then I saw it was fun".
• " I felt happy because a friend from playgroup was in the same team as me".
• "I felt happy to see chioldren from St Petrer's who my dad teaches".
• " I felt nervous about children pushing".
• "I felt happy and amazed that I knew some of the St Peter's leaders".
• "I felt scared on the big playground".

Green Hat = new Ideas:

• There could be some different activities like a bike activity; swimming or pool activities; running races; bat and ball activities like hockey
• We could have our morning tea break earlier because we got quite hungry and thirsty!

WAL about 6 Hat Thinking

On Friday at Assembly, we shared our thinking about Assembly!  We used four of the Thinking Hats, and made hats with newspaper to match our ideas.

Ciaran - Assembly happens on Fridays at 2 o'clock in the Hall.
Jacob - The whole school goes to Assembly.
Monet - We use the microphone.
Holly - We sing and pray.
Isabella - Some family members and visitors come.
Samuel - Classes share their learning.

Emily - We learn new things from other learners.
Linnea - It is a chance to share our learning with the school and our families.
Sofia - We get to sing fun songs.
Bradley - We get a chance to sit up the front.
Darius - It's a time to talk to God together as a school.
Rachel - The whole school gets together.

Stevie - I feel happy to know we will have a turn to share at Assembly.
Isabelle - I feel nervous because I might forget what to do or say.
Gihara - I feel excited because I can see what other learners are doing.
Ella - I feel nervous up the front.
William - I feel happy to share my learning up the front.
Zachary - I feel happy because it is exciting.

Ani - We could decorate the Hall.
Jasmine - We could have music playing while people arrive.
Luke - Assembly could start earlier or be after morning tea.
Kiwa - The class who is presenting could sit on chairs.
Tyrah - We could have welcomers at the door.

We might try some of our Green Hat creative thinking ideas next time we share at Assembly!

WAL about invitations and 6 Hat Thinking

We invited our buddies to COME and eat with us, just like Jesus invited people to COME AND FOLLOW.
We decided to sit under the big blue shade sail. We shared our eating time together.

After lunch, we used the yellow and red hats to think about this experience.
Zachary said "We invited our Room 5 buddies, and they said "Yes"!"
Gihara said "They came to the blue shade and ate lunch with us"
Ella said "We enjoyed sharing eating time with them".

Jacob said "We felt happy and excited when we knew they were coming!"
Ani said " Our buddies felt excited because we got to eat together"
Samuel said "I felt very happy when my buddy shared what he was doing and when he answered my questions".

What do you think is good about this posting?
What do you feel about this learning we have been doing in Room 8?

WAL soccer skills

Today the Amazing Eights went to the hall to practise soccer skills with Mr Shane Rufer.  He taught us how to dribble the ball with the inside and the outside of our feet.  He taught us how to bounce the ball on our thighs and then kick it and catch it. We had to kick the ball backwards and stop it with our feet.  We had to see how many times we could kick the soccer ball on our feet without stopping.  We are really looking forward to practising and then showing Mr Rufer how much better we are when he comes back.

We showed great Perseverance, especially when it was hard."Keep trying. You can do it!"  "Give it a go or you'll never know!"

WAL about Lent

We went on the bus to the cathedral on Wednesday.  It was Ash Wednesday.  We got a cross on our foreheads.  It was black and it was the ash.  We got the ash from burning the palms.  We did this in the hall on Monday.  Room 8 is learning about Lent. Lent means we are waiting for Easter.  We are going to try to make some changes during Lent so we can be more like Jesus.  We are going to try to be generous and give money to Caritas.  We are going to try really hard to follow our SUPER Gospel values. 

Pesto making

This morning at Discovery Time, we made pesto with Mrs Edwards. We mixed walnuts, cheese, special oil, lots of basil leaves, garlic and salt in a blender. We discovered that:
"First it smelled a bit yuck, but then it got nicer." Stevie
"We tried the pesto on different crackers, and it tasted different on each cracker". Gihara
"The salt was letting the flavour come out so we can taste it". Kiwa
We are selling the pesto so we can buy more plants and equipment for our garden.
Next week we are making vegetable juice. If you would like some, send a gold coin on Monday!!

WAL about pigs

We were very excited when we went to the pig farm on Friday. Poppa Lyon showed us around his farm. We saw:
some ugly poo - Jacob
a sheep with big curly horns - Jasmine
a tree with yummy apples - Darius
a donkey with a cross on its back - Luke
a dead hen - Gihara
a pig with a curly question mark tail - Monet
some white cows - Ani
a pig with a maori-pattern tail - Ciaran
a pig with food all over its face - Stevie
a hen pecking an apple - Isabelle
a pig with a big fat bum - Tyrah
a spotty egg - Samuel
three pig houses - Bradley
two orange eggs - Kiwa
some wool on the ground - Emily
a greeny-blue egg - Rachel
a black pig with a hairy back - Ella
lots of colourful chickens - Isabella
a big sloppy mud puddle - Van
sharp prickly chestnuts - Zac
a hen with gumboots - Mrs Barnett

I heard
a sheep who baaaed a lot - Holly