Diwali

On Saturday the 20th of September I performed at Aotea square for Diwali. Our group was called
Dreams on Fire. We had to wait in the lounge  to get our make up on (face paint) When 4 hours was
up it  was time for us to peform.

The dance was ten minutes long, when my teacher was dancing I had to get changed
into this orange red fire costume so did three other girls there names were Nina,
Madie and Rebecca. We had to get changed into different costumes because we did 
a part together.

After the dance the group got some photos it was Me, Rebecca, Nina, Madie, Leam, Holly, 
Rosie, Katelin, kassidy, Emily, Hoilday, Jess and lucky last my teacher were all bunched
up together for six photos.

When everything was packed up my family and I went and got some food.
On our way out, me and my mum saw these girls on really tall stilts and I got a
photo with them.

I had a great time and I got two chocolate bars!!

Art inspired by Warren Pohatu.

We have been reading Mokai Rangatira By Warren Pohatu.

We were really inspired by his beautiful pictures and stories about different animals.

So we made our own using sharpie, water paint, coloured pencils and pastels.

We had to shade, use contrasting colours and use the entire page.

Have a look at the results....

Alliteration By Oliver

Hi my name is Oliver and I'm going to show you how to do alliteration.
This is how you do it.

An armoured armadillo avoiding an angry alligator. See all those letters start with A but occasionally you have to use a little word such as and.
I will do other alliteration sentences.        
                                                                                                                                       
Diabolical dragons daintily devouring delicious delicacies.

RHINOS by Ethan & Wyatt

In the past there were many more kinds of  rhinos then there are today. Instead of just five species,there were hundreds of species.

This is the species of rhinos Wolly bum rhino/ marsh rhino/ big horn rhino/long nose rhino/ twin horned          rhino/ etruscan rhino.

                                        

                                    

    

Kutai

• About Kutai

Kutai have two different names : bivalves and as they are commonly known mussels.


100 million  years ago kutai were 1.5 meters long wow!  

Kutai shells are used for preparing harakeke for weaving. Kutai shells were also used for cutting hair.

• don't open kutai over shellfish bed  
• don't take more kutai than you need for one fest

How to make Kutai fritters

you will need:

1 cup of flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
15-20 kutai
oil and/or butter for frying
lemons  


        method

• Steam the kutai in a large pot until they open.throw away the ones that stay closed.       
• Remove the beards from the kutai. 
• Scoop the orange fish out from the open shell.
• Cut the fish into small chunks. 
• Sieve the dry ingredients into a bowl.
• Add the egg and milk and mix until smooth batter.
• Stir in the chopped kutai.

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• get an adult to help you heat the oil and/or butter in a frying pan.
• put spoon fulls of  mixture into the pan.
• cook until golden on each sides,turning once.
• serve with a wedge of lemon (and salad if you like.)

By Orla & Charlize