Waka Ama Wednesday!! That’s how Saint Patrick’s Yr 7 & 8’s rolled this week at the Manukau Outrigger Canoe Club. We all learnt paddling skills on-land before heading out on to the water. Fair to say we all had a wonderful and can’t wait to test our skills out again in May!
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Our class, Room 8 is reading Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French. One of the activities we did was that we had to choose a critical moment from the book and sculpt it using clay.
My group chose a scene of a dog being euthanised because the owners had to save their rations for themselves.
My group’s rationale for this scene is that we have to sometimes let go of the people or things we love to take care of ourselves first.
It was a critical moment in the story because Georg wanted a dog but they saw that there were some consequences of owning it. For example, with food rationed it is hard to have food and water for both animals and people.
The delicious smell of baked bread is emanating throughout the classroom making stomachs growl!
Good work Year 8’s… you have made me feel hungry!
Students experienced working with yeast, kneading, waiting patiently for the bread to rise and then baking it to finish off the chemical process, while creating a delicious morsel to eat!
Congratulations to Jamie for her wonderful journey over summer traversing the Summer Learning Journey! Not only did she complete all the tasks to a high standard but she also wrote supportive comments on other tamariki’s Blogs!
Well done Jamie… we hope you enjoy all the wonderful prizes you received for all your effort!
