End of Year France Party - Bastille Day 14 July

We have some new students in our school  who speak French as well as English, so as a way to get to know and understand them and their culture their mum came and did a presentation about France.

Our class made decorations and we had a food tasting.

 We had a red blue and white themed mufti day.

 Some people painted their tops with the french flag.

 Recipes - they are DELICIOUS We had Quiche Lorraine, Nesquik tartines and hot chocolate made with milk. Click the link above and try the recipes they are delicious. The slide shows were really awesome as Vee explained and talked about each slide. We learnt a lot about the French culture, artists, houses, castles, traditions and we learnt some French. We hope that Tara and Tane feel welcome in our school and it is good to know about their heritage.

Runanga School Show

Runanga School wrote and presented a show about how people whisper, gossip and how many times it isn't true. Our school caught a bus and were on it for about 15 mins to get there. The school has a small hall and they had made some raised up seats that we could sit on. this meant that even the little kids could get to see past the people on the chairs. We loved their costumes and music. The little kids were all wearing onesies and and danced to 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. The students did the sound and the lights so that meant everyone in the school took part in the show. Our school were really impressed and we all enjoyed it. the message was a good one and we all need to remember that gossiping is hurtful and shouldn't happen for any reason.

 Three Ingredient Banana Oat Cookies

As part of our writing we watched a YouTube presentation on how to make these cookies. We then had to write the recipe correctly making sure we had the procedure right and all the materials listed. (it was way harder than we thought and it ended up taking us two days before we could cook).When we had it correct we were each allowed to make a batch of cookies each.   The teacher aide made some to share with the other classes and we were allowed to take ours home to our family.They were YUMMY especially if you like chocolate.  Some of us decided that when we make them at home we might put less chocolate and maybe put some dried fruit or some nuts.

  Here is the link with the recipe       ,Banana Oat Cookies

 We recommend you HAVE A GO as they are soooosooooo easy and soooooooo YUM

Duffy Books - Careers - Election 

We got our Duffy books  this week. It is Government book week and they were handed out to us by Maureen Pugh. She is our local Member Of Parliament (for National).

She talked to us about her Career (we are always looking at Careers so that when we get older we might have heard someone talk about their job and think "wow" I want to do that.

We are also going to study the election and vote when it is election time so it was interesting to have her here. The teacher reminds us that we have to make our own choices about who to vote for so we have lots of listening and reading to do about it when it gets nearer. Our vote will be private but we need to say why we are voting for who we choose.

 We Love getting our Duffy Books and even if we are reading something else most of us drop that and start our Duffy Book straight away.

El Gregoe

We had a visit from the magician Elgregoe the magician. He did his 'You've got the Power' show. It is about  'No Bully'. and how you can be a HERO at school. HERO stands for Helping, Encouraging, Respectful, Opportunities. We  learnt what to do in bullying situations with a big focus on seeking help and letting people know. Only when we are aware of what is going on can we make a difference and change a situation. The Show is sponsored by Trust Power but our PTF (Parent, Teacher, Friends committee sponsored us a little more which made it $3 for each of us. We recommend that you go if you get a chance. We loved all the birds and also that some of us got to go up and be part of his show. 

WIG DAY

We did some fundraising for child cancer. Everyone in the school was allowed to wear a wig, if you didn't have one you were allowed to decorate your hair. It was a gold coin donation to participate. The teachers also wore wigs and matched their clothes to their wig. It was a fun day and it was great that we can make money to help other children who are having problems.