Happy Mothers Day

To all our wonderful Mums, Happy Mothers Day. We hope you're having the best day! 

Haiku

Today we learnt about a new type of poem. A Haiki. 

These are 3 line poems written with 17 syllables. We wrote one together as a class and then we wrote one with our table group. Have a read of our fantastic Haiku's our teacher was very impressed!!

Dragons - 

Electric eels 

Always sparking at something 

Spark electrocutes

Eagles - 

Orange Goldfish swim 

Goldfish swim everywhere nice 

Splash! the Shark ate it

Kiwi Kids - 

Goldfish are golden 

Goldfish swim in the water

Boom! they get eaten 

The Cool Group - 

Birds flying in the sky 

Birds flying high in the rain 

Lightning strikes the bird 

The Glitter Gold Group- 

Swans white and orange 

Swans Swimming in a huge lake 

then it has babies 

Cinquain Poem

Today in class we were learning how to write a poem called a Cinquain. Since Mothers day is coming up we decided to write a poem about Mums have a read of it below:

Have a go of writing your own Cinquain at home, remember:

Line 1 - Title 

Line 2 - 2 words describing the title 

Line 3 - 3 words expressing action 

Line 4 - 4 words expressing feeling 

Line 5 - a synonym for the title 

Picasso Portraits

This term for art we have created portraits inspired by Picasso's paintings. We have had loads of fun creating our pictures and using lots of different colours when painting them. 

Here are some of the pictures we were inspired by. These paintings were done by kids around our age, 

Here are some of our portraits in the making:

If you want to have a go at home, here is a fun website where you can create your own Picasso head:

http://www.picassohead.com/create.html

Alliterations

Today in class we were learning about alliterations. This is when 2 words start with the same letter or the same sound. For example; Happy Hippos, Rich Reshmi, Jumping Jenna, Super Stars.

Can you think of an alliteration for your name? Leave your alliteration in the comment box below. 

Fudge!!

Here is a easy recipe for Fudge. We need Fudge to sell at the gala if you can could you please make some and send it to school on Friday. 

Thank you!  

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

25g butter

1/2 cup milk

1 tablespoon cocoa

1/8 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:

1. Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan except vanilla essence.

2. Gently bring to a light boil and stir occasionally

3. After approx 20 minutes start testing the fudge by dropping a little into a glass of cold water. If it forms a soft ball then it is ready.

4. Remove from the heat, add vanilla and beat until thick. Pour into dish and leave to set. Cut once set with a knife heated under the hot tap.

Gala Day Helpers Needed!!

We need helpers at Arahoe's Gala Day on April 13th. Even if you can only help out for a few hours it would be greatly appreciated. Come in and let me know if you can help out!