America's Cup Hysteria

Room 32 have caught the New Zealand wide America's Cup excitement illness!! We have eaten a delicious breakfast at school for the past few days, while eagerly watching the America's Cup races. This morning at 8 o'clock the whole hall was filled with chattering children who wanted to watch the America's Cup races 12 and 13. Many early birds got to the higher seats and many late kids and parents got the lower seats or the free space on the floor. After lots of confusion we realised that the second race was postponed.  While the Year 5 and 6's waited for the reporters to explain to us what was happening to the race, we all joined in a game of Splat!  Later, in the class again, we noticed that everyone had disappointed faces on and they were not as cheerful as before. Sadly, we have lost our chance of winning the glorious trophy today.
By Stella and Emily

Eating breakfast and watching the race on Thursday

In the hall on Friday...hoping to win our final race

Wow look at the turn out

Garden to Table Week 7

At Garden to Table on Wednesday the 19th of June 2013, Room 32 divided into their groups and started their learning.  Groups 4,5,6 did gardening and the rest did cooking, Group 1 baked Crunchy Coconut Cardamom Cookies, and a delicious runny Lemon Syrup for the juicy fruit salad.  Group 2 made Jerusalem Artichoke Gratin and prepared onions to go with it.Yum yum yum!!! Group 3 made a nice fruit salad that included the unusual Yakon vege in it and creamy Creme Caramels.

Meanwhile the gardeners created signs and little smelling Lemon Verbina bags.

Chopping up the fruit salad!!

Delicious Creme Caramels!

Crunchy Coconut Cardamom Cookies!

Juicy fruit salad!

Environmentally- friendly smelling bags!

Thanks for taking a look at some things that we have been doing this term!

By Stella and Reece



Room 32 Garden 2 Table

At Garden to Table today Room 32 cooked a delicious soup, croutons, a scrumptious salad with sorrel, and also a few batches of sweet little pumpkin pies.
Group 6 baked the sweet pumpkin pies, Group 5 cooked the soup and hot stock, and Group 4 made a delicious salad with parmesan croutons.
It was organised fabulously.

These are the most important steps for how to make Pumpkin Pies:

1. You make the pumpkin filling and pour it into the pastry that is in the tin.

2. Then you bake it for about 15 minutes.

3.  Now you have some scrumptious Pumpkin Pies!!

4. Serve on a beautiful plate and enjoy!

Back in the garden, Group 1 weeded a tiny part of the garden and the path, then dug out and replanted the Angelica Plants into pots.

                                                Mrs Masters explaining about the sorrel.

                                                     

By Stella