Morning Programme Week 8 - Tuesday

Holly's Hokey Pokey Recipe

HOKEY POKEY

5 Tbsp Sugar

2 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 Tsp Baking Soda

Put sugar and golden syrup into saucepan.  Heat gently, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.  Increase the heat and bring to a boil.  Boil for 2 minutes.  Stir occasionally, if necessary, to prevent burning. Remove from heat.  Add baking soda. Stir quickly until mixture froths up. Pour into a buttered tin immediately. Leave until cold and hard. Break into pieces.  


Amy and Koben's Gardening Tips

Amy: Some vegetables become better after a frost, like, Kale, Cabbage, Parsnips, Carrots, and Brussel sprouts.

When transplanting tomatoes cover the stem in soil all the way up to the first set of leaves this will encourage root growth making a stronger and healthier plant.

Over watering is worse than under water it is easier to revive a dry plant then it is to try dry out wet roots.

Koben:

Gardening tip

1.

Take the strain out of lifting large planters and pots by filling the pot one-third to one-half full with packing peanuts.

2.

Sick of creatures munching on your just planted flower bulbs? Keep them out by staking netting over the bed of flowers. Come springtime, simply remove the netting or cut holes in the cloth and let the plants grow through

3.

When planting roses, pruning is crucial to keep the center of the flower open, so sunshine can shine in. Careful pruning will keep the moisture out, and will prevent black spots and other blights from forming.

Sports Activator - Skipping -

This morning we had our final session of Sports Activator for the year. Our focus for the next three weeks of school is skipping. Before we could get the skipping ropes out we practiced our jumping skills through the ladder. We practiced a lot of different jumps such as; two foot, hopping, high knees and own choice jumps. When we got the skipping ropes out we had challenges to see who could jump consistently for the longest. Koben and David were the winners of the two challenges.

Greer has been amazing this year with all the sports and activities she has taught us! We are looking forward to Sports Activator again next year.


~Skipping~ on PhotoPeach

Picture Book

Yay!! We have our first picture book finished!! These are all due on Thursday. I can't wait to read them all, the students have been very busy getting these polished off.

Amy and Lucy with their picture book "The Great Kevin Catastrophe"

Morning Programme Tuesday Week 7

This morning Koben shared a bit of his family history. It was very interesting to see his family tree and he showed us his Grandad's badges that he collected throughout his life.

Holly shared some gardening tips for us to try out

• If you ever want to plant vegetables or fruit, you can use lamb or calf milk powder to give the plants a boost of calcium.

• If you want to grow a strong and healthy plant, add sheep or horse poo. (you have to water the poo down before putting on plant)

• If you want a lovely looking garden, you can put clumps of pasture                          to keep the weeds away.  

Amy had been busy this morning baking caramel slice to share for her recipe. It was delicious and if you want to bake it yourself, see the recipe below.

James made the class some yummy Russian Fudge for us to try. 

 

Passion Projects

Over the past 3 weeks the Senior Room have been very busy on their Passion Projects. Passion Projects are based on the students' interests and what they are passionate about. The only rules were they had to research something, create something and present something all for under $5. 

We have people doing things on hunting, skiing, baking, dancing, drama, music, art, motorbikes, albatrosses and 4 wheel driving. As you can see there is a huge variety of things happening in class and at lunchtimes. 

I am so excited to see what the students present in week 9. 

Here are some photos of the different projects...

Dance Lessons, girls all in time!

Lachie's creation...what could it be??

Drama class looks interesting

Brayden's scope

Alex's remote design

Bree and Ally's smoothie ice blocks

Lucy's drama backdrop!

Morning Programme Wednesday and Thursday Week 6

We have had some yummy baking coming in for Morning Programme this week.

Brayden also shared some family history with us yesterday. We found out that Brayden's Great-great Granddad was in World War 2 and became a prisoner of war for about a year or two.  It was a very interesting talk.

On Wednesday Ally brought in some very tasty marshmallow balls she had made. See her recipe below.

Today Lachie and Bree brought in some baking too. Lachie made Apple (and Pear) slice and Bree made a moist chocolate cake. They were both delicious.



How to make a moist Chocolate cake

You will need:

1 1⁄2  cups flour

1 cup sugar

1⁄3 cup cocoa

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup water

1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoons vinegar

2 teaspoons vanilla

What to do:

1. Mix dry items ingredients in a bowl using a fork.
2. Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl/container.
3. Combine dry and wet ingredients in a bowl mixing together with a fork.
4. Transfer mixture to greased cake pan or cupcake tins.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for approximately 30 minutes. (Bake for approximately 15 minutes if making cupcakes).
6. Set aside to cool before frosting

Morning Programme - Tuesday 15 November

Koben's Recipe - New York Cheesecake



Koben's mum used to make this Cheesecake... doesn't it sound YUMMY!!

Gardening Tips from James

1. Remove salt deposits that form on clay pots. To do this combine white vinegar alcohol and water then put it in sprayable bottle then apply it to the pot after this rub it in with a cloth.

2. Little clay pots make great coaches for protecting young plants from overnight frosts and freezes.

3. If you dig out a thistle and then sprinkle some salt over it it will not grow back.

Lucy's Family History- Lucy made a photo board of family photos and told us about her Great, great Grandad, Archibald Anderson.

Monday 31 October Sports Activator- Cricket

It was a perfect afternoon for some cricket with Greer yesterday. We practiced our passing and catching, our aiming at a target, bowling and batting style and hitting the ball. These skills were great practice for when we played a game of cricket rounders at the end of our session. We had to make sure we kept our cricket bats straight though and not to use them as baseball bats!