Chinese plates

Today we painted a Chinese plate. We painted branches with white paint. Then we put gold paint in a flower shape. We put dots in the middle of the flower. I enjoyed it because I learnt about another country. Ji Won

Today we painted a Chinese plate. The plate was used for serving guests tea. The plate was red for good luck. I liked painting the branches because of their wiggly shape. So Won

Today has been fun because we painted Chinese plates. We used red paper and white, gold and black paint. We painted the branches with white and the flowers with gold paint. We dipped the back of the brush in black paint to make the circle in the middle. Tomorrow we will draw around the outside with vivid. Stephanie

Planting a Daisy

On Wednesday our ESOL friends planted daisy and hebe plants in the ESOL garden. First we pushed the bark back and we cut the black weed mat with old scissors then we dug a deep hole and carefully put the plant inside. We covered the roots with wet dirt and pressed it down. Next we folded the weed mat. Then we took the daisy out of the plastic pot and put the daisy in the hole. The last thing we did was cover the weed mat with bark. It was fun because my favourite flower is the daisy and the colour is pretty.

The ESOL party

Yesterday our ESOL friends had a party. First we welcomed our parents. Second we split our ESOL friends into two groups and we played games. We played six games and my favourite was the egg and spoon race because our team won and I didn't drop the ball. It was fun. Later we showed our work to our parents but my mum went back to her house when we finished our games. Then we had our morning tea. It was yummy. I ate lollies, chips and rice cake.

Origami things

Last week we made origami. Origami comes from Japan. We made lots of other countries things and learnt about other countries.

Visit to Mairehau First Learners Preschool

Today the Senior and Middle School ESOL students visited Mairehau First Learners preschool. We went there to practice our oral language skills by teaching the young children how to make origami cups.

Here are some of our comments about the trip ...

Ji Won "I enjoyed playing with the children because I made new friends, knowing each others name, age and something they liked. The children did not know how to an origami cup. We helped them."







Yusuke "I thought it was hard to ride the little bikes."






Stephanie "I learnt about speaking louder and using a verb at the start of the sentence."






Natsuko "I had to use a big loud voice. I had to help the children."






So Won "I read a story about pirates and they found some treasure."






Samuel "Playing on the playground with the little kids was fun because I made new friends."






Ryan "Helping the little kids was good because I could teach people. I had to talk loud and help them."

Icing Christmas biscuits

On Tuesday we made biscuits and I put icing on. I made a star and a present. I drew with the icing pens. I used green and blue and pink and purple and yellow. It was fun.

By So Won