Thursday, June 25, 2015

Weekly Round Up

Red Hat - Emotions
It was exciting doing the Kapahaka performance - Arabella
I was excited because Kapahaka learnt a new song - Frank
I'm happy about the maths work I am doing - Ella
I feeling confident about my learning - Holly

Blue Hat - What have we been thinking about?
We've been thinking about our playground designs - Libby
We've been thinking about our Suess-tastic display - Sid

Black Hat - What do we need to change or work on for next week?
We need to work on being quiet when we get back to class - Matthew
Don't talk when the teacher is talking - Brody
We have to be quiet for Whaia Timeka when we go in to Kapahaka - Louie
Be sensible on the mat - Tyla

Yellow Hat - What good things have been happening next week?
I'm happy about my playground design - Jessica
Making our Suesstastic display - Arabella
I think we've been doing well making our models - Frank
We are doing well getting our pictures done - Holly

White Hat - The Facts
We've started the Truffala trees - Brody
We've finished our leaf art - Summer D
We had a visit from a netball coach and played some games - Zidane

Green Hat - New ideas - what's coming up?
Getting ready for our class assembly next Friday - Jessica
Getting ready for the school holidays - Summa J
Student led conferences are next Wednesday - Chloe



Thursday, June 11, 2015

Thinking using our 6 Thinking Hats

Yellow Hat - What good things have happened this week?
We did some really good art using indian ink - Holly
We came up with ideas about the new playground equipment we are designing - Louie
Our writing about the Dr Suess characters - James
Our class novel "The Pencil of Doom" - Libby

White Hat - What are the facts?  What have we done this week?
We worked on problem solving for Maths - Holly
Fact Finding for reading - Libby
We have been reading Dr Suess stories - Summa J
We have played maths games - Summer D
We learnt a new spelling game called "Spellzaaaaaar!" - Sidney

Black Hat - What do we need to improve?  What should we work on next week?
Wearing our uniform properly - Ciara
Knowing how to login to our google accounts - Cyprus
Don't make annoying sounds - Frank
Lining up outside quietly - Arabella
Make sure we have a black pen to write with - Natalia

Green Hat - What new ideas or activities have we done?
Doing indian ink on our art was new for most of us - James
We are coming up with new designs for the playground - Arabella
We used similes in our writing at Writing Rockets - Cyprus


Blue Hat - What thinking have we been doing?
We have been thinking about how to keep our equipment safe and not spilling the dye! - Libby
We have been thinking about the play spaces at our school and what is missing. - Josh O
We have been thinking about playing nicely on the playground. - Archie

Red Hat - What feelings or emotions have we had this week?
I'm proud of my first go at Kapahaka - James
I'm proud of myself because I got the answer right in maths problem solving two times - Poppy
I'm happy about my learning, I am learning more - Natalia
I felt good about learning what a description was - Matthew
I'm happy that I got into the senior Kapahaka group - Arabella
I feel sad about not being with my sister - Summer D