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

Introducing...

this year the blogger of the month will be doing a segment called Introducing... it will be about the blogger of the month interviewing a person from the community or from the school and put it here. this month it is Brook holt the star of the week.

the big Re-vamping

the past year this blog has been very inactive. so this year we are going to be doing allot more on this blog. for example our new blogger of the month/week who will be able to do posts more often and parents and caregivers will be able to see the goings on at the school. from the editor :kahlil grocott.

THE RACE

Yesterday Karitane school went up
to Macraes, the bus went languidly along the road.
It took one hour.
But time flew so quickly.
 First race was year ones.
My sister came first place.  I was excited and proud of her.
Next race was year twos.  The third race was year threes
and fours.  I came first.  I liked the run most of all
because I like running more than swimming and biking.
Last race was year five and sixes,  and also big Louis won
and came first place.
After we had a sausage sizzle then we travelled back.
We watched a slide show of the triathlon and we got ICE BLOCKS!
BY SAMUEL HAY

Duathlon

On Friday we were supposed to go to the Macraes triathlon but it ended out we had to stay at school so we had to do the duathlon which is  two sports to participate in.  They were bike and run.  I had to be the official photographer - it was fun until poor Kutlo fell off his bike but he got up and tried again.  It was hard to take photos because everybody wanted a photo.   In the year 1 race at the start Ella fell over but did not cry - just got up again.  Maybe she was last but she just kept going. I think Ella and Kutlo should of come first.   Liam came first, I don't know who came second.  By Dylan - blogger of the week.

Art

  We have looked at a creation myth from Japan and created some card prints from the story.  We used layers of card and other found objects to create texture.  We used layers to create depth in our compositions.  We also put more detail in the foreground and less in the background to help create a sense of space.

The Indian in the Cupboard

We have finished the 'Wind in the Willows' and now we are reading 'The Indian in the Cupboard' by Lynne Reid Banks as our read aloud.  We are about half way through and are absolutely enthralled by the goings-on of Omri, Patrick, Little Bull and Boone.  We just can't wait to see what will happen next.  This week, Mrs P read us a good description of Little Bull and then we drew him from our imaginations.  Some people then shrank their drawings so that he was the actual size in the book - 7 cm!

Here are some of the ways we think of Little Bull...

By Liam Thorne

By Shianne Davies

By Sumon Harris

By Wil McKay