Inquiry and where it is leading us to

Yesterday we watched a powerful youtube clip that demonstrated to Ruma Weka "We never know who is watching and what they might choose to do with information". We also learnt about the importance of being selfless and how doing random acts of kindness can have a huge impact on others days and lives.
We are now challenging ourselves and you to do more random acts of kindness such as...

Please watch the clip below and let us know what you think of it....

Buddy Class Baking

Week 9

Wow we are now 3/4 through term one already!! Time is really moving quickly! We were a little bit spoilt on Friday as we were invited to have a baking date with our buddy class (Ruma Piwakawaka). We made'Vintage Chocolate Chip Cookies' and iced them with green icing and some sprinkles. These looked and tasted amazing! I will attach the recipe so you can try these at home. If you do bake the cookies or another baking at home please take a photo and send it through and we will put it on the blog. I will also add some photos once I find the camera.

Vintage chocolate chip cookies
Ingredients

150g salted butter, softened
80g light brown muscovado sugar
80g granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
225g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
200g plain chocolate chips or chunks

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2. Put the butter and sugars into a bowl and beat until creamy. Beat in the vanilla extract and egg. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt over the mixture and mix in with a wooden spoon. Add the chocolate chips and stir well.
3. Using a teaspoon, place small mounds of the mixture well apart on the baking trays. Bake in the oven for 8–10 mins until light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre.
4. Leave on the tray for a couple of minutes to firm up and then transfer to a cooling rack.


Some reminders...
Our mathletics trial has now finished so students will no longer be able to access their accounts. I will update you about this once I have more information.
I will be sending the first lot of Camp DVD's home tomorrow afternoon. Please keep the orders coming in. If you would like to purchase one they are $10.00

There will also be some writing added tomorrow, so please have a look and leave a comment.

Some Camp Memories

Don't forget to order a DVD... Over a 1000 photos and some upbeat music to go along with our friendship theme

Welcome to week 8

Wow where has the time gone? This term in just flying by!
This week is going to be another busy one. We have been doing lots of learning around friendship so we are creating some powerful friendship descriptions which will be added to the blog before the end of the week.
If you would like to order a Camp Raglan DVD please send your orders in ASAP. Ruma Weka have been lucky as they have had a sneak peak and had some influence on the sound track that will be playing.
Please check out the 'Author of the Week' Logan, William and Kendra will be featuring this week. Please leave a comment.

Have a great week

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Week 6

What an amazing camp we had last week.I would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents that took time out of their busy schedules to help us out. The teachers and the students really appreciate it. There will definitely be some amazing writing and art that that will be created to help share our Camp Raglan experience with everyone.

For all the year 3/4 campers and parents out there, please leave a comment on our wishing wall which s located below.
This week we will be back into the swing of things with homework going home Monday afternoon. Please remember to fill in the spelling, reading and math sections each night.
We will also be completing our PAT tests this week, so please don't be alarmed if you see our class layout looking a little different.

I hope you are all ready for an exciting week.