Saturday, 30 November 2013
Structures
Just as bees build their honeycomb structure to live in, with the playground as inspiration, we thought we would build our own:
We love fireworks!
We are learning about Guy Fawkes. He tried to blow up Parliament buildings in England because he was unhappy with the King. In the UK Guy Fawkes night is also known as Bonfire night. Find out more here:
Bonfire night
Diwali activities
During the week we coloured in rangoli patterns and decorated them with glitter glue. We learned all about the diva lamps filled with oil that are lit during Diwali time. We heard about the massive fireworks that are set off on the 5th day of Diwali and this year it coincided with our Guy Fawkes.
Rangoli Mandala Watch this amazing Rangoli Mandala.
Mrs Makani had a go at making burfi out of ricotta cheese, butter, milk powder and sugar. It was like a milk fudge. You might have to ask the kids how that went!
Rangoli Mandala Watch this amazing Rangoli Mandala.
Mrs Makani had a go at making burfi out of ricotta cheese, butter, milk powder and sugar. It was like a milk fudge. You might have to ask the kids how that went!
Happy Diwali - Saal Mubarak
This month we celebrated Diwali - the Indian Festival of Lights that heralds the Hindu New Year. We listened to stories about Sita and Ram. Nishita visited us from Room 3 to share her Diwali greeting card. She brought in a Salwar Kameesz and put it on so we could see what her fancy clothes looked like. She told us about the 5 days of Diwali celebrations. Olive tried on Clio's Salwar Kameezs. Ariana's sister Zara had a very pretty dress on for her visit to Diwali celebrations. Several children from our class had Mhendi patterns on their hands. Ria's Mum even made some burfi for us to eat, yum! What a fun and colourful time.
Dancing at the disco
We had a fantastic time at the bee theme disco though some of us enjoyed the food and drink more than the bee boogie. There were prizes and amazing costumes. I even saw some old school limbo going on.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
November
It has been a really busy month and I will update the blog soon. In the meantime there is a trip planned for 12 December 2013 to MOTAT. It will be really great!
28 November 2013
Dear Parents/Caregivers
School
Trip: Motat ~ 805 Great North Road, Western Springs
Thursday
12 December 2013
During our Bee Power topic
this term we had a focus on the beehive where we looked at the structure of beehives
and honeycombs. As part of our learning this term, Rooms 13 and 23 will be
visiting MOTAT to take part in a ‘Simple Mechanisms’ workshop. This workshop
will require the children to apply their technology knowledge to solve a simple
practical technology problem.
The children will be
travelling to and from MOTAT by bus. There will be a cost of $9.00/$10.00 for
entry and to cover the cost of travel. Accompanying parents will be free and
will need to take their own transport and meet us on Stadium Road, Gate C. If you can be a parent helper and need a ride,
please let us know so we can arrange car pooling. We will leave school approximately
9:00am and arrive back at school 2:30pm.
Children will need appropriate
footwear, a packed lunch and water. Applying sunblock at home would also be
helpful.
If you are able to support
us with parent help, we ask that pre-schoolers are not brought along. This is to
ensure safety and that numbers are kept to a minimum.
Thank you
Tania
Makani, Lisa Thompson, Trisha O’Connell
I do / do not give
permission for my child _____________________ to attend
o I enclose $9.00
and my Loyalty card number is:- ________
o I enclose
$10.00
o I am able to
come on the trip. Yes / No
o I can provide
transport for other parents. Yes / No
Phone Number:
________________ Signed:
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