Hoola Hoop Hell

Grrrr at Enrich the morning was cold but despite the weather, inside the building, the heat was on..... every group filled with frustration determined to beat the Hoola Hoop Hell !! It seemed so easy just to hop into a hoop, but no way could we make it. We tried every tactic we could think of then I paused and saw every other group doing the same thing....one person at the front, and two at the back. Aha! Eureka! Hallelujah! We gave it a go but man did we stuff that up. My whole group crashed and burned in a tired heap. Maybe we would never escape Hoola Hoop Hell.

Last day of the year

Wow last Enrich day of the year  where did the year go . Today I played Nathan W at chess and got a stale mate. I tried to take his rook but he tricked me into losing my Queen and finished 15 th on the leader board . We also played All or Nothing. At one point it was a three way tie in the end Darryn's team won 21 - 19 -19 . My year has been magnificent my favourite part was learning the meaning of what being gifted really means. This is my last post of the year.

Animal rights

 Today at Enrich I did the Animals rights P4C must do with Katie. First we wrote down what rights us humans have in our life and then we wrote down what rights do animals have. I came up with T.L.C, food, water and to be treated fairly. Katie read a short story on a an abused dog whose owner made him jump through a hoop which he set on fire. He also didn't feed him for two days . Then we watched two short clips from the movie Babe . Heres a question . Do you think animals have rights ?

Today

Today at Enrich we did the thinkers keys. Darryn did the brainstorming key, Katie did the ridiculous key, and Alana did the variation key. We had to think of what would suit the topic. We also played hula hoop amoeba - its easy in a hard way. You get in to groups of three - it was fun!

Week 5 at Enrich

Hola. Today at Enrich I played Othlleo. You have to place double sided counters in a slot and flip some as you I won one 56 -7  and lost the other 7-3. We also played a game Two Orange, Two Green. You have to have each bean bag in a colour sequence and a ball before you can sit down. It was fun. Then I  did something on Hurricane Sandy - we used six thinking hats to talk about it. Then we did scamper with Alana - We did the Warehouse.

Waihopai planting day

Another exciting day at Enrich! Today at Enrich we went to the Waihopai River to plant flax and ToiToi. These plants hold back the mud and keep it away from the river. We planted 250 plants  in 2 hours. These plants were planted in a small hole with some felt around them and sticks  to hold a plastic guard around them to protect them from rabbits pukekos and other pests .

Week 2 Term 4

Howdy

Today at Enrich we started the day with a game of "all or nothing" Its like bullseye but you take all or nothing! We also played chess I won one of my games and lost one. Today I did Afective Domain we talked about Adora Svitaki and  we watched a video on her . She talked about a variaty of things one of them was that  you don't let your age hold you back and kids have great ideas (sometimes!) Last of all we designed a garden it was a pick  from the must do's and picks.