Winter Sports Tournament

I am using Dr. Edward De Bono's hats to write about the recent winter sports that Totara Syndicate was involved in:

White Hat: facts and information
On Tuesday the 24th of August some of our school participated in the winter sports tournament. The sports that you could play were hockey, netball, soccer, rugby, miniball and volleyball.
Blue Hat : the big picture
I choose netball because I really enjoy playing Goal Defence. We played five games of twelve minutes throughout the day.
Yellow Hat: positives
It was a great sunny day and we won all of our games. I loved the fact that I was in a team with my friends.
Black Hat: negatives
We had too many people in the team so I had to go off for a game.
Green Hat: new ideas
I think it would have been cool to have more games and longer games. Perhaps we could have some different sports.
Red Hat: feelings and emotions
I thought the whole thing was a great idea and the whole netball team was excited and enthusiastic about playing as some of them hadn't played much before. It was also really fun going on the bus to get there.

Mice Story

Last week our class got mice as pets. Here is a story about their first few minutes in our classroom.

"Dave's here", yelled Evie.

"I know you're kidding," I called from around the corner.

"Right," said Dave.

He was here, with the mice!!!

Before they came Ella, Evie, Isi, Joey and I were in the classroom writing names on the chalkboard for the mice.

"Aww, they are so cute!" I cried.

The mice were adorable; they made my day.

In the cage there were three mice: a plain brown female, a white and black spotted female and a white and brown spotted male.

I lifted a female out of the cage; it's tiny foot gently touched my hand then both feet scrambled around me. It felt as though a pair of angel wings were fluttering around my hands.

It then slowly started wondering up my sleeve.

"Come here, c'mon," I called.

I could feel the mice swishing past my arm, going up and down but not coming out.

"Ah, there you are," I said as it popped its little head out as if to say 'Come in with me.'

Making Lemonade

Today we made lemonade; not the lemonade from the supermarket but natural lemonade.

If you want to make it here is the recipe:

• A clean, 1.5 litre plastic bottle, with a screw-on cap
• three lemons
• a cup of sugar
• a little bit of granulated yeast
• a jug for pouring
• a bowl

1. Get three lemons and squeeze them in to a bowl.
2. Put 1 cup of sugar in the jug and fill it with boiling water up to 2.5cups. Stir it till the sugar has dissolved, then add water until you reach 4 cups.
3. Pour the sugar mixture into the bottle then pour the lemon mixture into the bottle.
4. Add a quarter of a teaspoon of yeast in your bottle.
5. Fill the rest of your bottle with cold water, but remember to leave 5cm at the top.
6. The lemonade needs to become fizzy, so leave it in a mild place for about four days.
7. Before you open it leave it in the fridge for a few hours.

VOILA!!

YOU HAVE MADE LEMONADE!!

I really enjoyed making this lemonade in the school staffroom. We put all the ingredients in and we left it to become fizzy. I can't wait for Monday to come because we can have some lemonade and I love lemonade!!