The BIG BANG Concert

We went to the Big Bang Concert today. When we came back to school we used our thinking hats to reflect on the facts (White Hat), the good points (Yellow Hat) and things that could be improved (Green Hat).

Here are our some of our thoughts.....

WHITE HAT
There were people playing instruments.
We went on the bus to the Town Hall.
We saw violins, drums, cymbols, flutes and trumpets.
The wizard told us when to clap and when to stop.
The music was quite loud.

YELLOW HAT
I liked the music it made me want to dance.
I liked how the music was slow at times.
They all played nicely together.
They all watched the conductor Holly.
The magic spell was cool.
I liked being a conductor like Holly.
The streamers were cool at the end!. They looked like fireworks. They looked liked a rainbow rain!

GREEN HAT
There could have had songs that we could sing to.
They could have let us dance to the music.
They could have had coloured lights.
WE could have played instruments too.

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Gymnastics Reflection

Over the past 2 weeks we have been going to the School of Gymnastics. The children participated in many challenging activities to develop their balance, co-ordination and flexibility. It was great to see them improve in each session. We talked about how we could use our school playground to build up our muscles especially when hanging! Since gymnastics has finished we have been practicing our heel toe balancing by walking along the lines on the courts. Some of us are still finding this a challenge!!
These are some of the things that we particularly enjoyed about gym.

"I loved going in the pit and I could do a safe landing." Georgiana
"Jumping in the pit was cool! I loved the feeling of the foam." Ruby
"I liked to help people if they were finding things hard to do." Eunseo
"I like to help people that makes me a great team player." Ben
"I found the hanging on the rings hard." Benjamin
"Jumping on the trampoline was my favourite." Milly, Reuben, Abby
"The beam was cool to walk down. I liked the high one the best" Maggie, Ruby, Harrison

Space Day Photos

Space Day Reflections

Today we became astronauts. In the first block we had to find out what is would be like to be an astronaut. Astronauts need to be fit and plan out their meals before they go into space. Did you know there is no sound in space?
It is really hard to do things with the astronaut clothes on because they are so big. It was really hard to pick up things with Miss Smith!
Astronauts have different jobs too. Some are scientists (people who discover new things), engineers( they fix and build things like the International Space Station) and there is always a doctor too in case someone gets sick!
After morning tea we BLASTED around the solar system to learn more about the planets.

We reflected on some of the facts we have learned using our White Thinking Hat.

Today I discovered that....
"You can only eat dried food in space," Eunseo.
"Bananas are not found out in space. They would get rotten!" Harrison.
"We discovered that you can't have fresh foods in space because they would get mouldy," Reilly. "You can't have bananas in space because they would get rotten," Zoey.
"Astronauts eat dried foods like died rice," Georgiana.
"I found out that you have to get a bag and put your drink in it and then drink it with a straw. Else, the drink would float about!" Ruby.
"Saturn has rings around it. They are made out of sand, dust and ice," Ben Bone.
"The sun is really, really hot. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun," Toby.
"Mercury is the smallest planet and it has craters," Benjamin.
"I found out that planet Saturn is dusty," Maggie.
"Astronauts have different jobs. They fix things and are called engineers," Milly.
"Space is really cold. Mercury is really cold when there is no sun on it," Bing Da.
"Venus goes around the sun faster than the Earth," Abby.
"Earth is the only place to have snow, grass and water," Hayley.
"Saturn has rings around it. Mercury is like the moon," Alex.

We had a very busy day! Talk to your child about other things they ahve found out and remember to use the links on our blog for cool websites.