Coleslaw Day

Today my class walked outside to our Edible Garden to get some vegetables for our coleslaw lunch. For our coleslaw we are going to have cabbage, carrots, cheese, mayo and corn but we are going to pick our corn tomorrow because it might be a bit sweeter. We pulled out all the butter beans and we are going to dry them out so we can plant them next spring. Some kids cut the parsley seeds so we can dry them too.

After my class and I harvested our corn (and some other things) we washed our hands and went to the hall to make our coleslaw. It was good because Jasmyn's mum, Jo, came to help us make our special lunch. While Judi and Jo set up, everyone else was reading a book, then we chose a job to do and I chose to cut the herbs and the parsley. I cut a lot of parsley and herbs, but in half an hour Jasmyn wanted to swap jobs with me, so I did. When I was cutting the carrot I was cutting it too fast and before you knew it I had grated an enormous pile of carrot. We tossed everything together. We poured some mayo over it and it was ready.

My coleslaw was called confetti slaw and the other coleslaw was apple coleslaw. I liked the apple best. The other one had peanuts in it. Everyone had bowl of coleslaw to try. Only Adam wouldn't try it. By Samantha

Canon and Vincent demonstrate their

skills on the Pump Track.

Children are able to

use it at playtime and lunchtime.

The track is available to

anyone out of school time. Lots of families visit at the weekends.

Cicada's Song

The air is full of cicadas song. When the heat goes up the sound goes on. The maori word for cicada is Kihikihi Wawa and it means roaring like heavy rain. Only the males sing. You can tell the difference between them because the females have a long line at the rear end. The males have an upside down v at the back. Predators eat cicadas, like spiders and sparrows.

When you go under the trees it's deafening. The clapping cicadas make the most noise.

By Jack Thompson.

Cicadas

The air is full of Cicada's song. In New Zealand Cicada's live underground for 2 to 5 yeas. When it gets warmer the cicada's start singing to attract female cicadas to mate with them. Maoris call cicadas kihkihi wawa. When cicadas come out from underground, they crawl up and live on trees. Cicadas are normally eaten by birds or caught in spiders webs. Cicadas suck the sap from plants and trees. They only live for the summer and when autumn comes they are all dead. by Jasmyn Paine.

Pump Track

On the pump track I do awesome jumps. You can go so fast with out peddling. We have to use the track carefully and not damage it. It took two years to get the money to build the track. The pump track is a really really cool place to bike at our school. by Vincent.

Children at Auckland Point School are able to bring their bikes to school each day to use our Pump Track. Children are regularly using the track at lunchtime and playtime. Many thanks to Damien, Kelly and Mariam for organising, planning and completing this great asset for us.

New School Year.....2011

Jazmyn and Whaitiri check out our pumpkin patch in the Edible

Gardens. Our gardens survived the summer heat. Mark and Kim

(Jazmin's parents) noticed the weeds, and spent hours in the

scorching sun pulling and grubbing. Well done and thank you.

Corbin and his family have sailed

away on Tank Girl. They hope to

sail on up to Fiji in the near future.

Zykiel and his friends pose for

the camera. Zykiel's family are

moving to Stoke. We will miss Zykiel, Aaron and Jahzin.

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Our class cricketers practise

their bowling on the field.

Zykiel and Vincent share a book in the library corner.