Whitebaiting

On the 10th of September 2014the awesome senior room went to go Whitebaiting. We caught around 50 Whitebait and on Friday we ate them, but not just any old way,  we ate them in fritters with made them Whitebait fritters! And they where delicious! By the blogger of the week Liam Thorne

Ski Camp Fun!

Sleeping

The beds were hard, uncomfortable and squeaky!  Bedtime was at 8pm and lights out at 8.30pm.  Helen tells us to brush our teeth and go to the toilet. 

Annoying Sam is getting hyper throwing lollies everywhere. Me and Sumon looked at each other and said together, lets eat all the lollies! But josh what are we going to do with the evidence? Chuck them in the rubbish bin of course!  When we finally got to sleep it was 10 o’clock! By Josh Penno

Whitestar 

  Getting on the chairlift was god fun.  When we got off it was cool.  We went down the Whitestar.  Sumon got too much speed so he fell over.  But Whitestar was pretty hard, not easy.  On the chair lift, it had the best view.  A snow boarder hit me and my ski came off but I put it back on and went back up the chairlift.  The Whitestar chairlift was way faster and I could not stop, and I went flying down the mountain and then I finally stopped.  I had to wait for Sumon and he took forever.  But it was OK because Mark said “You can go down by yourself, just wait for me at the lift”

  Mark came flying down and he past me.  Then we had to find Sumo.  Louis asked if he could come with us and we said yes.  We went over jumps, it was cool!  We fell over trying to turn the corner and then a snow boarder came and helped me up.  He was so nice and I said thank you. 

  Me and Louis grabbed some poles but they were lame so we went to the café and Helen said to be back in one hour.  I said OK and had another turn on the chairlift. By Sam Davies

Food Glorious Food!
 At ski camp we were put in groups, so every morning one group would have to get up really early to prepare breakfast.  Then when breakfast was done, the next group would clean up, then the next group would prepare lunch so that we could make our sandwiches ready for lunch at the ski field.  Another group would clean up the lunch things.  Once we had gone skiing and come back and put our everyday clothes back on, we had a play and the first group would prepare dinner.  The second group would clean up… and that went on for four days! By Brook Holt

blogger of the week

from brook holt (Blogger of the week) In the senior room we made bread.It was really good.After we made it we had to write some instructions on how to make them.It was really fun!

HOW TO MAKE SOUR DOUGH BREAD.

INGREDIENTS 4c flour sourdough starter 1t salt 1T yeast 2c cold water 2c boiling water oil METHOD 1.wash your hands 2.put the flower,yeast,salt and sour dough starter in the bowl 3.put 2c cold water then 2c hot water into your bowl 4.mix well 5.then cover and leave to rise in a warm place 6.oil 2 bread tins and half fill with dough 7.once it has doubled in size, cook it 8.set your oven to the highest temp 9.once it is hot enough put it in and cook until your loaf sounds hollow 10.let it cool slice and eat! By:Brook holt (bloger of the week)

Adult ukelele!

Fridays 3:15-3:45 come and join in! You don't need to know anything about the uke- ukelele's are provided,. first session is free and will be FUN! please let Nic know.

We are listening to ..

this week at maths we are listening to... a series called "times table rap" witch are songs that help you practice the times tables from 2x to 12x .

Totara estate and Clarck's mill visit

on tuesday last week we went to Totara Estate and Clarck's mill just north of Oamaru, it ties in with our topic "from paddock to plate" here are some recounts we did afterwards The swag hut is disgusting and is small. It has a small little bath. Their bath day was Sunday. The stinky Dad got to go first. But did you know they all went in the same water? And, if you’re wondering what a swagman is – it is a man going around the neighbourhood asking people for jobs in exchange for food and a bed. Harlan At Totara Estate we all learned to do washing. In the olden days they didn’t have washing machines, but they did have buckets and a special thing called a washboard. We hung up our washing and we beat the rugs with a broom and Gus broke one broom. Bella We arrived at Totara Estate. Everyone who worked there came out to greet us and they introduced themselves. We saw that they were wearing old fashioned clothes! We saw beautiful Oamaru stone buildings. Josh When the school went on a trip we made butter. We were shaking one jar and then the other one was going around. With the other one, it whisked. When it came around the second time, it got harder and harder to turn because the cream got thicker and thicker and then you add salt and put it in cold water and strain it and you have butter! B’Kay