Hot cross buns

We made Hot cross buns. We wrote about what we did.

I put the sugar in the mixture and I like the sugar. I made a basket and I put the hot cross bun in. Shanelle

First we put the milk powder into make hot cross buns to put in a little basket. Michael got to take pictures because he sat up nicely. I liked when I made the basket because it was fun. I liked when we made the hot cross buns. It was fun when we made the cross. I liked when we watched the mixer mix the ingredients go around. Matt

First we put it in the bread maker. I got to put in the ingredients. I got to taste the ingredients. I made my hot cross bun into balls. I made a basket and I made a cross. Ellie

First I put the oil in. I tasted the sugar and it tasted good. Michael took the photos. I made a circle for my hot cross bun. I made a basket for my hot cross bun. I made a cross for my hot cross bun. Imogen

I like sugar and I like vanilla. I like making the balls and it was fun. I put the hot cross buns in the basket. Zack

I liked when I put the water in the pan. I liked when Michael took a picture of me. I made a cross for my hot cross bun and I made a basket. I did make a circle for my hot cross bun. Kaleb

First I put a special thing into the machine. I made crosses and I made a basket to put the hot cross bun in. Michael

I put the flour in the breadmaker. I made a basket to put a hot cross bun in. Laine

I like the smell of the spice. I made the basket and I put hot cross bun in it. Muhammad

First I put the ingredients in the cup and the ingredients mixed together. I made a rabbit basket and a hot cross bun and a cross on it. Emelia

I saw the ball. Patrick

I saw the dough went into the mixture. Bella

We smelt the spice.

Shanelle put the sugar in the pan.

Imogen put the oil in.

I put the warm water in. Emelia

Kaleb tipped in more water.

The bread maker mixed the ingredients into dough.

We made the dough into balls by rolling it in our hands. Kaleb

Then we put the balls on the tray and left them in Mrs Miller's office because they needed to rise in a warm place.

We rolled pastry to make crosses so we could put them on the buns.

Mrs Clark put the hot cross buns into the oven so they could cook.

We made Easter baskets to put our hot cross buns in.
They tasted yummy, delicious, nice and scrumptious!

Room 2's fun with apples

Room 2 were given some apples. We used a special machine that peeled, sliced and cored each apple. This is what we did...
First we put the apple on the spikey bits. (Matt)
Then we turned the handle around. (Zack)
After that the skin came off and the apple was sliced like a spring and the apple core came out. (Michael)
Next we ate it and it was crunchy, juicy, munchy and yummy. (Kaleb, Matt, Imogen, Zack)
Finally we put the cores in the worm bucket for the worms to eat. (Bella)
We wrote about our fun with apples. Here is our writing:-

I can see the apple core and I liked the apple. Michael

I turned the handle and skin came off. Laine

The skin was coming off. Patrick

I liked the apple and when it pulled the apple skin down. Shanelle

I saw the peel come off and I saw a machine. I liked the apples. Zack

When I twisted the handle the core bit moved to the side and the apple came out with the core inside it. Imogen

The apple came out without the core. I liked when I twisted the handle. Matt

I liked the apples because they were yum. The apples went around because when you twist the handle it turns. The machine was cool. Kaleb

I saw a peel come off. I saw a lady peel an apple. I peeled an apple. Ellie

The apple went around and we ate it. Emelia

I saw an apple peel with the skin on. Bella

Learning mandarin with Ella

This is Ella. She is teaching us mandarin. In this picture she is telling us about the Chinese New Year Festival. Here are some of the things we learnt:-
Chinese people put special red pictures on the wall and around the door frame. Michael and Cooper
Red is a lucky colour. Benji
The adults put money in a little red envelope and give it to the children. Kyla
The festival is in Spring. Jesse
They have special lanterns. Sometimes you can put lollies in them. Zack
Sometimes when there is Chinese New Year there is fireworks in the air. Charlotte
Chinese people say "Happy New Year"

Ella has taught us how to say many words in mandarin like hello, thank you, goodbye, and panda.

Road safety with Constable Gordon

Swimming

Room 1 and 2 have been swimming. Here are some of our thoughts about swimming.

Room 2
Emelia-I tried to duck under the water.
Michael- I tried to go under like Cassi.
Kaleb- I tried to sit on the bottom of the swimming pool.
Shanelle- I can swim with a board.
Hamish- I can lie on my back.
Patrick K- I had a broken foot so I couldn't go swimming.
Imogen- I learnt to float on my back like a starfish.
Bella- I can swim under the water.
Ellie- I can float on my back and look at the ceiling.
Matt- I tried to do back stroke.
Zack-I was floating on my back, with a board, looking at the ceiling.
Muhammad- I can swim with a board
Laine- I swam with my head under the water without holding my nose.

Room1
Connor-Next time I will try to do streamline on my back.
Jesse- I can do back stroke and freestyle.
Nikau- I can dive under the water without splashing.
Cooper- I can sit on the bottom of the pool. I go jump, jump, blow bubbles and then I'm on the bottom.
Benji- I like when Cassi let us have free time.
Izzy- I tried to do back stroke in the big pool.
Olivia- I can go in the learner's pool now.
Jeanette- I like blowing bubbles in the pool.
Nirvana- It was hard to do back stroke.
Patrick R- I am a bit scared to go in the biggest pool where adults go.
Stuart- My dad takes me to the big pool. I can jump into the big pool off the blocks.
Kyla-I can go in the big pool and do strokes with arms. I can put the board on my tummy and swim on my back.
Charlotte- Mrs Clark said I hardly need the board to float.

Shared reading with Mrs Gregory

We are listening to a story about "Bad Luck Duck" -Kyla
Some of our learning with Mrs Gregory....
She helps us with reading-Connor and Stuart
She took photos of Matt and Michael and put them on a chart with the "M" words. This helps us learn to write the words and learn the letter sounds.
She helps us get better and better at letter sounds. Zack
She makes charts so we know what the blends make. Cooper
She lets us do our alphabet books. Benji
She listens to me do my reading. Jesse
We have to find full stops and question marks in the big book. Kyla
She lets us go for lunch. Michael and Benji
We have been learning about capital letters and lowercase letters. Ellie

We help Mrs Gregory read the Big Book and sometimes we read it ourselves. Charlotte and Connor
I liked "Haere Atu" because the sandflies got  slapped. Patrick R
I liked "Bad Luck Duck" because the fox came and said "He he he". Olivia
Goose helped Duck get out of the mud. Izzy
I liked when the mouse was trying to help the duck in the ooey gooey mud while the Hen and Rooster were saying "Bad Luck Duck Stuck". Kyla

Week 3

We had to sort the toys. I sorted mine into the same colours. Emelia
I sorted the animals and vehicles. Izzy

I worked with Patrick. Connor

We have made graphs about eye colour, birthdays, and pre-schools.

Yesterday it was the athletics sports.
We had fun running and racing. Nikau and Michael
Some people could get the bean bags into the bucket and some people couldn't. Charlotte
We all tried our best. Nirvana
Nobody beat me in the sprints. I was the fastest girl. Kyla
I was the fastest boy. Connor
One time I was first and the next time I was second. Imogen
I liked running because it was fun. Zack
We did high jump and some people could jump it when it was really high and some people couldn't. Nikau
I liked throwing the bean bags in because I could do it. Ellie

I was jumping high. Shanelle
I got better at jumping. Cooper
I came second in both of the races. Benji
Thank you for coming to watch us do athletics. Room 1 and 2