Making pikelets.

Room 8 celebrated the end of term four and a very busy week with a cooking competition.

The class was split into 2 teams and assigned jobs - measuring and mixing/cooking/cleaning/setting the tables. Teams were given points for their jobs and each team sent a sample up to Val in the office who was the judge.

It was great to see the teams working together to use their reading and maths skills (this required some concentration since we were doubling the recipe) and it was lovely to sit down and enjoy food together.

One of the teams got baking powder and flour mixed up...but luckily realised their mistake and scooped out 1 cup of baking powder just in time! They did end up with the fluffiest (or as Jerald said 'chubbiest') pikelets.

Nice work Room 8!
 

Buddy Time!

 WOW!!! look at room 8 and their buddy class room 13.  Don't we look like great role models?
 

  Can you spot what our friends here are reading?   

Take a good look at these amazing students!!! Don't they look nice and peaceful  together?

We enjoy spending time with our buddies!

By Tarita

It's almost show time....!

Here is room 8 painting hibiscus flowers. Don't they look so beautiful? The reason why we are painting flowers is for our culture festival and so we can decorate the hall and it can stand out when we're performing.  

By Nevaeh

Persuasive Writing - Litter in our community

On the way to the pools last week, we were sad and disappointed to see rubbish everywhere.
After all of our learning this year about the effects of littering, we sadly know where this litter could end up!

 As part of our learning about persuasive writing, we have written to our fellow citizens of Otara. We are asking people to consider the effects littering is having on our community and world. 
Check them out and tell us what you think!

Tarita

Carlito

Nevaeh

Kaz

Daffodils

Room 8 enjoying the sun on the way back from swimming today.  We think Spring might be just around the corner!

In Room 8 we are trying to send less of our rubbish to landfill. We are looking at ways we can recycle more of our rubbish at school. 

Last week Mrs McAree asked if we could put together the compost bin she bought for school. 

Carlito, Jerald, Tarita, Augustina and Savannah worked brilliantly as a team to quickly assemble it. It is now placed in our garden area and we think it would be a perfect place to put our fruit scraps. Nice work Room 8!

 

Swimming!

    Room 8's first swimming lesson!

Room 8 had their first swimming  lesson and it turned out to be BRILLIANT!!! 

 Here's  two buddies having fun together in the pool.Look at the smiles on their faces don't they look so cute together?

 WOW!!! Check out the two friends. Look at their faces! Don't they just look adorable together. They look like they are having a lot of fun.

WOW!!! Look at the waves splashing. We had to keep or legs straight and together.

Here we are trying to hold our breath under water.Guess the top 3 people who stayed down the longest? Of  course it had to be

LJ, Savannah and Jena. Keep checking out our blog if you want to see all the champions in room 8.
By Tarita, Augustina and Nevaeh