The great potato competition 2018!!

We have entered in the Clevedon agricultural & pastoral show!! Today with teacher Nikki we planted our potato and we have 90 days to grow our crop.  Prizes are awarded for best looking plant, the heaviest, most interesting shape.  Wish us luck :-)

Space Day!!

With the Respect jar full and everyone in the centre going crazy over the Solar System we decided to have a Super Galactic Space Day!!! A Rocket landed itself downstairs, the stars were out to shine in the book corner and the lights were dimmed with the windows blacked out…. It was just like being in space!

For morning tea we made our own star fairy bread and Rocket fruit kebabs… yum yum! This gave us lots of energy to become real astronauts.

We enjoyed exploring moon sand and making alien headbands. We also made shiny astronaut belts and bubble wrap space boots. With all of this gear on the astronaut play was out full in force!!

We finished space day off with a space Disco where we got a cool space glow bracelet to take home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moon festival

Yesterday was the day of the Moon festival. The tamariki made and hung some red lanterns to mark this celebration here at Uxbridge. We also had Kuan Hai’s Mum, Ping come in with some Moon cakes for us to see and try. She also had brought in some sticky rice that the children could scoop out into a bowl and use chopsticks to eat it with. Some of us had used chopsticks before and for some it was their first time so it was great to be able to eat with these traditional Chinese utensils. Ping also stayed for Mat time where we shared stories about the Moon festival and why it is celebrated. As we have been learning about space, it was interesting to hear how some other cultures incorporate the moon into their celebration’s. 

Making Paratha

Last week the children enjoyed making and eating some yummy Paratha. This is a special Indian cuisine which is a type of Roti bread stuffed with mashed potato. The children helped to cut the coriander and chives and mash up the potatoes. We made the Roti dough from scratch and rolled it out. Once the Roti were stuffed with the potato mash we fried them up and all tried some at lunch time. These went down a treat with many of the children asking for a second piece. It was nice to make and try such a unique cuisine from the Indian Culture. 

How strong is your gravitational pull!

Asteroids!