Farewell to Milly and Bicky

Farewell to Milly and Bicky our international students who are returning to Korea today. They have been a great part of our classroom and were spectacular at their leaving assembly. Good luck and keep in touch.

Potato planting

On the 24th of September 2010 Room 5 planted some jersey benne potatoes.
First we poured compost into tyres and then repeated the step on top of the other one.








Then we added another tyre but did not add soil to it.

        Then we dug a ten centre metre hole on one side and repeated it on the other side and added the potatoes and covered the potatoes up.










Tip.
Hold the potatoes very carefully as they are very squishy and you can damage the sprout.

To find out how to grow potatoes click here.

by Jonty.

Earthquake

Room 5 Parents and Caregivers,

I hope this blog post finds you all fit, healthy and safe.

As you will know school is closed until Monday. For updates please go to the Wairakei School's website at http://www.wairakeichch.school.nz/syndeo/ . Any queries you may contact me at my school email. 

There is some excellent information on the Ministry of Education website for parents regards incidents like this. I went to a seminar this morning with the Education Trauma team which was excellent, and, parents, you will find some of their information at the bottom of the link .
The staff have met and discussed some changes to the term, including the moving of the production to the middle of next term. 

Keep safe and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mr Lynch. 

Parvana

Mr Newton,our student teacher,  is reading us Parvana. This is an interesting look at the life of a girl in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Read the blurb below:

Based closely on real life, this is the exciting and inspiring story of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan, as she struggles to make a life for herself and her family under the harsh rule of the Taliban.

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There are many types of battle in Afghanistan.

Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. This is the life of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan under the control of an extreme religious military group.

When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city.

By turns exciting and touching, Parvana is a story of courage in the face of overwhelming fear and repression.