Persistence in Action

Can we Change Liquid Water into Water Vapour in our Classroom?

You will need:
Tin foil
Wooden sticks
Clothes pegs
candles
cellotape

Persistence

By Nelson

By Rionne

By Jayden

Horton Hatches the Egg!

Horton is our symbol for persistence because:

When he was cold in the winter he stayed on the egg.
He stood up for himself when his friends teased him and he kept going
He looked after the egg and kept his promise
Even when he felt sea-sick he never gave up
He refused to run away even when he was feeling scared
He made it his mission to keep the egg warm
When he saw his egg hatch he felt proud, special and happy.



Maisy is our symbol for what is NOT persistent because

Said she needed a rest and she gave up
She played in the sun
She ate ice-cream instead of doing her job
She went to the circus
She wanted the egg back after someone else had done the hard work

What's happening this week...

This week we are going to investigate the story Horton Hatches The Egg! By Dr. Suess.

We are going to use this story to develop our comprehension skills and our Habits of Mind. This week we are focusing on Persistence.

In Maths we are continuing to focus on Times Tables and Telling the time.

For learning pathways we are heating up our water investigations.

"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent..."

Water Slides - Team Building

Mrs Jorgensen set us a challenge.

We had to construct a miniture water-slide. We tested it with a marble. We had to make sure that the marble made it to the bottom without falling off the side.
We had to use many of our Key Competencies to do this. For example we had to "Manage Ourselves", "Participate and Contribute", Use our "Thinking Skills" and "Relate to Others"