Fried bread Matariki

For Matariki we made fried bread. Fried bread is a sweet dough that you get in a pan. All the children wanted seconds! 

Fractions

Thank you parents for bringing in the fruit for maths today. All the children loved the hands on learning experience, we now know what half, whole and quarters are. 

Lock down practise

Good afternoon parents,

Just letting you know this afternoon we had a lock down practise throughout the whole school. A lockdown practise is when three bells sound and each class  has to come together in a safe, unseen part of the classroom. We sat in silence and then afterwards talked about the importance of having to practise lock downs encase a "lion" came into school. Any questions or concerns please let us know.

Week 11 update

This week we have lots of fun things planned to help celebrate Matariki. Each day the children will be coming home with their poem books, it will either be a poem or song about matariki. No readers this week. All songs have a YouTube or website link if you would like to sing along to it with music. On Wednesday we have a kiwi themed mufti day, on Thursday we are having a cultural shared lunch. Please check notebooks for more details. 

Certificate winner

Well done Liam 

Our special visitor

Look who came to school today... Miss Pollocks dog Boo! 

Ramadan

One of the students in our class brought in a traditional musim treat that is eaten during Ramadan. Lulu explained how she made the date balls and that her parents eat them when it's dark out side to break their fast. We loved trying the dates they were delicious. Ramadan is on the 9th month of the Islamic calender and begins on a different date each year, the Islamic calender is lunar so it begins when the moon is in a crescent shape. People who celebrate Ramadan eat only when it's dark outside and don't eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset. Ramadan is a month of giving and caring, room 18 was very thankful to receive such a special cultural treat from Lulus family.

Room 18 turned into a restaurant

Today we turned the classroom into a kitchen and then a restaurant. The children had an absolute blast making vegetable soup then gobbling it up this afternoon. A huge thank you to all the parents who brought in all the different ingredients needed to make the soup and also to Joan and Karen for staying to help chop vegetables! By each child bringing something in it gave them a sense of ownership and pride while taking part in today's activity. When we were at the " restaurant" we had three girls take on the roll of chef, serving the soup and bread to their peers and two waitresses bringing up the customers! It was delightful to hear the children take part in the role play! 

Learning with marshmallows

On Tuesday we made constellations with marshmallows and sticks, the children were very proud to be able to make the constellation for Orion. Big thank you to the parents who brought in marshmallows and the sticks! 

We made galaxy dough

Huge thank you to three families for  bringing in the flour. We had a blast today making galaxy dough. The learning around what a galaxy was and the solar system vocabulary used by the children while they were playing was delightful . Tomorrow we are making soup! Reminder to bring in a bowl, spoon plastic bag and what was on your child's list!