Our postcards have arrived!

Get NZ Writing. 

Today we received a SPECIAL package! It was from our buddy class at Paparangi School in Wellington. We had so much fun reading their postcards and giggled at some too. We hope they enjoyed our postcards just as much as we enjoyed theirs. 

BBM Mindfulness with Whaea Leah

Today, during Mindfulness with Whaea Leah we had to work together as a TEAM to get our team members across the river and back again. We had to do it safely.

It was a bit tricky because we had to figure out the best order for us to get our team over. But it was also LOTS and LOTS of FUN!

School Kit - Let's get NZ Writing

Today, we finally got to try on the 3D glasses and read our poem that we wrote together! We even got to have a look outside with our glasses on and the sky looked AMAZING! 

How to make Panipopo - By Ava May

We have been learning about procedural writing and using Samoan dishes to write recipes for. Here is Ava-May's Panipopo writing. Click on the image to take you directly to her Doc.

Samoan Language Week - Panipopo

Today we learnt about a Samoan dessert - PANIPOPO (Coconut Buns)

We watched a video from Coconet tv to help us cook. 

To save time, Mrs Faalili made the dough at home. When it was time to make our pani popo the dough had doubled in size! 

We each worked in groups of 3 to make a tray of panipopo. We got to punch the flour, flatten it, roll it and then cut into pieces. Once it was cut, we put them in our tray. 

For the juice, we used coconut cream, water and sugar. We mixed it together and then poured it over our buns. We saved some so that we could put some on the buns while they were cooking. 

The end product was DELICIOUS! SWEET! JUICY! 

  

Samoan Language Week Learning - UMU TIME

Today, we had a Samoan Umu at school. Mr Faalili and some other men, Mr Malo and Mr Asiata came and set up the umu on our courts. 

They heated up the rocks before cooking any food. 

They cooked taro, green banana, chicken and pig. A WHOLE ENTIRE PIG! Everything was wrapped in tin foil. The layers of the umu are 1. Hot rocks. 2. Tin foiled food. 3. More hot rocks. 4. Wet cardboard. The wet cardboard keeps the heat inside.  

Mrs Faalili and some of the Senior Samoan girls made chopsuey for the whole school. 

After lunch play the whole school met on the courts and watched the umu open. The senior boys helped take the rocks off and the food off the umu. The girs helped serve the food. 

It was DELICIOUS! 

Samoan Language Week - Koko Alaisa

Today we learnt about a traditional Samoan breakfast. KOKO ALAISA. 

We watched a video to help us learn about the samoan dish. This is Veni and he is a vlogger. We watched how he made Koko Alaisa. We then had to write the instructions based on the video. 

Mrs Faalili, Ava-May, Uheina from Room 9 and Moe and Nadal from Room 8 made koko alaisa for the entire syndicate. That's about 70 students altogether. 

Ingredients: Samoan Koko, Rice, Water and sugar to taste. 

It didn't take very long to cook. And by the time it was ready to be served, Mrs Faalili forgot all about the ipad and we missed out on the photos of all of our team enjoying the deliciously hot koko alaisa. 

Lesson with Mr Victor

Today at 11:30, we had a lesson with Mr Victor. We talked about photography, angles and different types of shots. Our task from Mr Victor is to take photos of what we are doing in lockdown. It can be of family or our pets. This is a weird time we are going through and it will be something that we will talk about for a long time - so we're going to capture moments in time.