What a SPECIAL visitor!

Mrs Budd and her lovely Samuel came to visit us yesterday.  Samuel was very entertaining so the children decided to write about him.  Enjoy reading about our special visitors.

Baby Samuel came to our awesome Kiwi class.  He is so cute.  Samuel is deaf.  He is so noisy!  He says  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.  He was really tired so he only stayed for a minute.  He came with beautiful Mrs Budd.  She had a lot of questions for us. 

WOW!  What a pleasant surprise.  Mrs Budd and her baby Samuel visited our class today.  Samuel is 8 months old.  Samuel is very funny because he made fart noises and he clapped.  He is very cute and adorable.  He was born on the 27th July.

Samuel made different noises like  ew-ew-ew-ew-ew and             da-da-da-da-da.  He can not hear.  He waved and cried.  Mrs Budd had a star on one of the things on his head.  They are called a cochlear implants.  

Samuel is a baby and he is deaf.  He blew raspberries at the Kiwi class.  I loved Mrs Budd coming.  I felt happy that Mrs Budd visited with Samuel.  He is 8 months old.

Samuel is a baby boy.  He was clapping his hands.  He is deaf.  His birthday is on the 27th July.  He is adorable.  He was making raspberry noises.   I felt that it was a great surprise for Kiwi class.

Kiwi Project

Lots of children are interested in making projects in our class after seeing the amazing Stick Insect project.  Here is a great one sharing lots of information known about Kiwi.

Tree Climbers

Wow, we have great tree climbers in Kiwi.  Take a look at these photos.

One hundred points if you spot the two climbers in this image.

April Discovery Photos

The finished Stick Insect Poster

Take a look at the amazing, informative research poster our talented Kiwi have created.

 

A Stunning Visitor in Kiwi!

This little critter was found in one of our cubbyholes early one morning.  We don't come across stick insects very often so we were all very interested.  Some of us were brave enough to carefully hold it and even let it wander along our arm and onto our back, neck, head and even our FACE!  

We were very intrigued with watching it walk and stand still, camouflaging like a stick.  We have recently learn about 'habitats' so several children brainstormed what a stick insect habitat may look like, then created it in a plastic box. 

Two additional children wanted to know what the stick insect ate so used the iPad then the computer to conduct further research.  They are currently putting the results of their research onto a poster to share with us.  Watch this space for the finished product!

Hotcross Bun making

A group of children made hot cross buns with the supervision of Mrs Benge during discovery time.

They read the recipe and helped measure in the ingredients.

This picture was taken after the warm milk, water, some of the sugar and all of the yeast were left in a warm place for half an hour.  The mixture doubled in size and bubbles were seen in it.

The recipe asked for barely melted butter which we did in the microwave.  We mixed this with an egg, various spices, dried fruit, salt and the remaining sugar.

All children present then took turns stirring this mixture into the yeast mixture with the remaining flour.

Once it was combined to a soft dough it was put in a mixer and dough hooks did the task of kneading for 10 minutes.  When the ball of dough sprung back when lightly pressed it was ready to form into balls.  The children pushed a bit of dough through the opening formed by touching their forefinger and thumb together to make a smooth surface on the bun.

Then the balls were left in a warm place for an hour to double in size.  The above photo was 15 minutes in.

Doubled in size and ready to cook.

Once cooked the hotcross buns were glazed with a syrup of honey, golden syrup and water.

Taste testing the final product then began.  

Many children wrote about hotcross buns during their writing that day, here are some of their stories.

I was spreading the golden syrip over the hotcross buns. It was yum.  

The hotcross bun was yum.  The bun was whte.  

I  had  the hot cross buns because they are yummy.

I like hot cross buns.  I tasted the hot cross buns.  They are yummy.

The hot cross buns had raisins in and it tastes like golden syrup.

Mrs Benge gave me a piece of the dough and I pushedt he dough in my fingers.  The hot cros buns taste like honey.  

The hotcross buns are very very nice and very very fat.  

Hot cross buns. Hot cross buns. One a penny two a penny hot cross buns.

I like the hotcross buns.  I helped Karlene make them. I spread the syrup. It was fun. I tried it. It was yummy.  

I didn’t like the hotcross buns.  It was yuk.  I had a try but I didn’t like it so I said I don’t like it and put it in a plastic bag and I didn’t have one  It was yuk.