Amazing Wednesdays

Every Wednesday Kea class has Variation Thinker’s Key. It is when we think of many different ideas about something. Variation stands for different or changed. We try to get a new high score each time. This week we thought of things that always go round. Most of them were about planets, but also second clock hands and the asteroid belt.

Last week we did how many different ways we can say a greeting. 

Our highest score is 44. We all thought it great fun and an exciting learning experience.

Thinker's Key

Every Wednesday Kea class does Thinker’s Key. The one we are doing is the Disadvantages Thinker’s Key. What we do is Mrs Bryant chooses a subject then we think of some problems and solutions to the problems. I try hard at getting lots of problems and solutions. I always participate.
We all try to participate in the Thinker’s Key. It helps me a lot in reading, writing and maths. The last subject we did was about a factory close to your home. We thought up 18 problems and got lots of solutions. Mrs Bryant said “It unlocks your thinking and makes you think faster”. I think she’s right about it all.
It is very interesting. I always look forward to Wednesdays.
Imogen

Class weaving

Last week we did paper weaving. We used long strips of paper to go over and under. Maori used this technique to make clothes, bags and mats.

The colours used were green, blue and yellow.

I was surprised how well I did it. I felt proud of our paper weaving. It was so much fun to do. I think the whole class liked weaving. I was star struck. It was amazing.

At the end it looked like checker boards on the wall.  Visit our classroom to see what it’s like.

Growing lettuces

It was a sunny day when we planted the lettuces. We used a trowel to dig the hole and then put compost in the hole to improve the soil. We put plastic tubes around the plants to stop the birds eating our lettuces.

We watered the plants lightly.

We had to pull the weeds out of the ground.

It was lots of fun looking after the plants.