Gingerbread Recipe

As a finale to all the measurement activities with gingerbread men. Mrs Dakers went into production and baked some, so that the children in Kindle 1 and 2 could decorate them at Discovery Time on Friday.
125g butter
½  cup brown sugar
½  cup golden syrup
1 egg yolk
Sift the dry ingredients
2 ½ - 3 cups of flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
The first 3 ingredients were heated in a pot on low,  the dry ingredients were added, then the mixture was kneaded on a board and rolled out. The gingerbread men were cut out with a special cutter, then baked.

 The children decorated them and ate them for morning tea on Friday. Yum!

A bridge for the gingerbread man

Maybe if the gingerbread man had found a bridge when he needed to cross the river, he wouldn't have had to ask the fox and then he wouldn't have been eaten. The children in Kindle 2 spent some time designing and making a bridge for the gingerbread man that was long enough to go across the river. Here are the results:

Measurement

Today we used Gingerbread Men to do some measuring in the classroom.
These things are taller than a gingerbread man.

These things are shorter than a gingerbread man.

Swimming

The children from Kindle 2 have just finished 8 days of swimming at Dunedin North Intermediate school pool. We walked to swimming every day with the help of a lot of parents and grandparents. Thank you for all the help, we couldn't have done it without you. The biscuits, dried fruit, marshmellows and pikelets were really appreciated. We were very lucky with the weather. All of the children in Kindle 2 made great progress over the 8 days thanks to the teachers from the Jill Clarke Swim School :)

Maths

In Kindle 2, we have been talking about measurement. Here we are lined up in order of height.

Road Safety

Mr Somerfield came to talk to Kindle 1 and 2 on Thursday and Friday about Road Safety. He told us to Stop, Look, Listen and Link before crossing the street. He said that when we are on the footpath we should walk on the safe side, not the road side. He talked about safe seats in the car.

  

 Mr Somerfield showed us the bright clothing he wears when he is helping at rugby games or when it is cold and wet.

  

Mr Somerfield had to wear a dust mask when he worked in Christchurch after the earthquake.

 

 This is Mr Somerfield's patrol car.

 

Mr Somerfield is putting on his police vest. The orange triangle means danger.

 

Mr Somerfield has a first aid kit in the boot of his car.

Welcome to Kindle 2 for 2013

Look at these fantastic Kindle 2 children. We have just finished 2 weeks at school and everyone is settling in nicely. It was quite difficult to get everyone looking at the camera at the same time for these photos though!

One of the serious photos

One of the not so serious photos