Our Sustainability Field Trip

On Monday, 30th September, we went on a trip to Carlucciland, the landfill and Te Papa to learn about reusing, reducing, recycling, rethinking and repairing.

CARLUCCILAND

We ate our lunch at Carlucciland.

We gave mini-golf a go!

So so heavy!!

LANDFILL

We saw what happens to the rubbish when it gets to the tip.

All the parent helpers and teachers had to wear orange vests.

We went into the recycling centre, which is called Second Treasures - this is where people can buy things that other people have thrown out. That means they are reusing old things. Some things need to be repaired.

Donna told us that you can put old clothes in the clothing bins even if they have holes in them. They get recycled and turn into rags, or if they are good enough, they get sold on so that someone else can reuse them.

Opinions, Opinions, Opinions

In class we have been learning about expositions/persuasions/arguments. We have learnt about the structure of persuasive writing, how to ask rhetorical questions and how to really sell an idea or thing to our audience.

Today we talked about what an opinion is and we thought of a whole lot of different topics and had to decide what our OWN opinion was. Our opinion is what we think about something.

In this clip we are giving our reasons why we think children should or should not have to go to school.

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

Last week was Maori Language Week.

On Wednesday we swapped classrooms to do different activities.

Dominic, Nasser, Kent and Hannah A went to Room 5. They listened to a Maori legend about a kiwi. Then they made beautiful kiwi pictures with glitter and real feathers.

Lauren, Tomin, Charlotte and Owen went to Room 6 where they made Maori patterns out of red, white and black card.

Kaleb, Michelle, James, Elaizo and Hannah R spent the morning in Room 3 where they practised their weaving skills.

Hepzibah and Jayden went to Room 1. They wrote and decorated Maori proverbs using ICT.

Connor went to Room 2 with Paul and Suvin where they learnt how to perform with rakau.

Ellie went on her own to Room 7 to sing beautiful waiata.

Matthew, John and Miharo stayed in Room 4 to practise poi and haka.

The Long Weekend

Normally Monday is our first day of school for the week. This week our first day is today (Tuesday). Some thoughts from Room 4...

Latrell: "It was good to have an extra day off."
Charlotte: "It was the Queen's birthday."
Hepzibah: "It was all a fake."
Suvin: "It wasn't the Queen's real birthday."
Elaizo: "The weekend's weather was a little bit good and a little bit bad."
Miharo: "I went to my Grandad's house."
Dominic: "I got to play on my Play Station all day long."
Michelle: "I went to Strike."
Lauren: "We made pikelets."
Latrell: "Is the Queen called Queen Elizabeth?"
James: "Yes, that is her name."
Matthew: "We got a day off
Paul: "It was the Queen's Birthday, so there were sales on all over the place on the weekend."
Fraser: "I spent the weekend packing to go to Canada."
Miharo: "My sister Lucy lives near the Queen."
Hepzibah: "So she lives in England?"
Hannah A: "On the Queen's Birthday, I went swimming and saw my friends."
Latrell: "I watched TV for the whole day and ate and ate."
Jayden: "The Queen had a wonderful day."
John: "I got to play in the mud all day."
Owen: "The Queen gets the most giant cake."
Kaleb: "I liked having a sleep-in."
Hannah R: "I got to have both Mum and Dad at home for the whole day."
Tomin: "I went to Church on the weekend."

Te Reo Maori

This week in class, we have been playing a game that helps us to learn the names of different things in the classroom. We already know the names of the equipment in English, but we want to learn them in Maori.


The leader stands up the front of the class, holding up a piece of equipment. They ask the rest of the class the question:


"He aha tenei?" which means "What is this?"


If we think we know the answer, we put up our hands and say:


"He ________ tena" which means "That's a ________"

We really enjoy playing this game and like to learn te reo Maori.











Elaizo: "He aha tenei?"
James: "He pukapuka tena."

Suvin: "He aha tenei?"
Kaleb: "He kutikuti tena."

Catholic School's Day

Last Wednesday it was Catholic School's Day. This is a day when we celebrate being a part of a Catholic school. We went on a bus with Room 7 to St Brigid's School in Johnsonville. When we got there we lined up and put our bags away in the library. After that, we followed the other schools to the church. During the day, we played all sorts of fun games and did different activities. Six of us enjoyed the "Soccer and Connect-Four Championship" best. We made pirate hats too and four of us thought that was absolutely awesome. We made towers using newspaper, string, sellotape and scissors. Five of us think that constructing towers was our favourite part of the day. The final activity was to draw a self-portrait on a huge poster and nine of us liked that activity best. After that we ate our lunch inside because it was bucketing down with rain. Back at our own school Miss Wooles was celebrating her birthday all on her own!! We had a marvellous day and we hope that Miss Wooles did too!

Following Procedures

In class we are learning about procedures. We are learning to read and follow procedures (instructions) and write our very own! Today we made chocolate chip cookies, using a special recipe created by Alison, Matthew's mum. She writes a lot of recipes that are safe for Matthew to eat. Because of Matthew's allergies, he eats food that is nut, egg and dairy-free. We were so happy to have Alison join us and help us to bake these delicious bicuits.


We thought we would share the recipe with you. We doubled this and it made enough to feed all 24 of us plus some lucky teachers.
.




Choc Chip Cookies


(Dairy, Soy , Nut, and Egg Free)

Cooking Time and Temperature:
12-15 Minutes at 180°C (Fan bake)


Ingredients:
100g Olivani (room temperature)
¾ cups Sugar
2 tsp Egg Sub mixed with 2 Tbsp water
1 ½ cups plain wheat flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
½ cup chocolate chips (dairy & nut free)

Method:
1. Cream olivani, sugar and egg sub mixture thoroughly in a large bowl.
2. Sift and combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
3. Blend dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
4. Scoop 1 inch balls of dough, roll and squash with a fork on to cooking sheet.
5. Bake on fan bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.
6. Remove from oven, cool for 1 minute on cooking sheet then move to wire rack to cool completely.