Tuesday Bee Keeper Visit

Oliver McCurdy came to school to talk to us about his work and show us his gear and equipment. The absolute highlight of his visit was a beehive with around 50 000 bees inside, scurrying frantically to continue the work of the hive. Room 23 wanted Oliver to open up the hive and take out a bee to look at, but Oliver thought that probably wasn't a good idea. We saw his protective gear and his smoker that makes the bees less active. We held some beeswax that gets scraped off the frames inside the hive and we even saw the spray that is used to get rid of the Varroa bee mite.

Monday flower finding

Bees need the pollen and nectar in flowers and flowers need bees for pollination so they can produce lots more flowers. To make sure the bees have food in our school, we went looking for flowers they might like. We trotted over to the red Manuka bush by the hall that had many tiny pretty flowers and what do you know? There were bees collecting nectar. I was not fast or tall enough to get photos of the bees but look at the flowers we have in and around the school. On some of them you may even see the pollen.

Friday Honey Tasting Day

Rewarewa tree in flower

These are the 4 honeys we tried on Friday. The first is Vipers Bugloss Honey from Airborne Honey. Airborne Honey sent our Syndicate different samples of honey and we tried this one on our toast. It is very light in colour and is runny. It was delicious. Vipers Bugloss is another name for Blue Borage. Find out more here- Vipers Bugloss Honey.

We ran out of bread for toasting but that didn't stop us.We tried Rewarewa honey next. It was firmer, darker and had a richer flavour. Yum! Rewarewa is also known as the NZ honeysuckle.  

We had to dig into the Bush honey. It is like Manuka, only it has nectar from other bush flowers as well. Also nicely flavoured. 2 and 3 were mainly the favourites.

Cinnamon was either loved or hated. Some children liked it because it tasted like doughnuts and others thought it was just plain wrong! Feel free to have a taste when you are next in.                                                        

What's On..*News flash* Mufti day now Thursday

Monday

Music with Mrs Sadgrove 2nd block.
Sports Photos/Make up photos

Tuesday

Morning - Visiting Play: The Big Sad Wolf

Afternoon - Visiting Beekeeper 

Evening - Arahoe Movie: Walk This Way

Wednesday

Evening - Arahoe Movie: Walk This Way

Thursday

Mufti

Assembly

Evening - Arahoe Movie: Walk This Way

Friday

Possible Syndicate Assembly & Jump Jam outside Room 21 if not raining due to Hearing and Vision Testing in the hall.

The Scholastic Order forms went out last week and are due shortly if you want to order.

Forgot to Take Photos of Honey Tasting on Friday - Look at the bubbles instead...

We made our bubble mix and wands in the last week of Term 3 and had a bubble day!!!It was fantastic fun forming floaty bubbles in, around, over and under each other.

Bee Power

If you have a look on our Teina Page you will see that we are studying bees! If you have any bee  knowledge we would love to hear from you.

Welcome to Term 4 Room 23

Well the big news for this term is the MOVIE! Yes, it's finally here. 'Walk this way' will screen at the Hollywood Theatre, next week. Tuesday 22, Wed 23 & Thursday 24 October. Tickets are $10 adults and $5 children. You can buy them in the morning at the office or put some money in an envelope for me with a note saying how many tickets you want. They are only available THIS week.

Thanks from Mrs Makani

Congratulations to Anushka

For great progress in Reading and Writing. Well done Anushka!