22 Budding Pasta Cooks

The children in Room 5 astounded themselves and Mr Rankin, their Head Chef, when they produced a variety of most delicious vegetarian ravioli pasta! They started from scratch, making the special dough out of flour, water and eggs. Then with the help of Mr V and Mrs K, our wonderful parent helpers, they used machines to roll the dough out thinly. Then they used square and circular cutters to cut the dough out.

Next they got on with getting all the filings ready - capsicum, spinach, cheese and carrot. With Grace's mum, Nicole's dad and Iris' mum on hand to help, they piled some fillings on one piece of dough and then sandwiched another piece together with water to get them to stick. This resulted in a great big pile of pasta that awaited Mr Rankin to cook the ravioli in boiling water.

Once the delicious pasta was all cooked we sat outside in the sunshine, eating our most delicious food!! We all agree that this was the most tasty ravioli - much better than store bought! We are surprised we managed to make it ourselves!!

After lunch, under the watchful eyes of Mrs K, Mr V, Mrs C and Kayla and Bella's grandfather, Mr Rankin conducted another food science experiment. He used cabbage and beetroot to colour some noodles. Then, using lemon juice (an acid) and (an alkaline) he showed us how three piles of purple noodles reacted. The pile that was soaked in acid liquid turned pink, the pile that was left untouched remained purple and the alkaline pile turned slightly green.

Thank you for a fantastic day of learning to be chefs today, Mr Rankin. It was a brilliant day!!

Diwali

We enjoyed learning about Diwali this week. As part of our learning we painted rangoli patterns and made diva lamps out of clay. Here is a story Bella wrote to explain what people do to celebrate Diwali. Scroll down to see us holding the divas that we made.

Diwali

Diwali is a celebration of light and everyone in India celebrates Diwali. People get to do lots of fun things like making rangoli patterns made out of chalk dust.

The saris shops make lots of saris so girls can buy them for Diwali. Divas are like lanterns, but they sit on the ground and they’re a bit smaller. Fireworks twinkle as well as divas. Fireworks are for lighting up the midnight sky.

Ram and Sita is a story and that’s the reason they started the festival of light. The treats are made by the mums and the children deliver them.

Goodbye, dear Mrs Naicker

Mrs Naicker is sadly leaving Room 5 to work as a Learning Assistant in Room 32 next term. We have so appreciated her and have enjoyed everything Mrs Naidoo has done for us. Every morning she arrives earlier than usual so that she can help some of our students before school. She always has a lovely smile and her kind, gentle nature is so supportive of the children's learning. She has worked with the children in their reading, writing and maths groups and always encourages and praises them. Each child developed a special relationship with Mrs Naicker and we will all miss her very much!! Enjoy working with the new entrant children now, Mrs Naicker! Thanks for everything you did for us!