Daffodil day 2021

 Happy Daffodil day everyone!

Today is daffodil day, the annual fundraiser for the cancer society. To acknowledge the day Georgia arrived at our Goole Zoom meet dressed up entirely in yellow and orange!  You are a star Georgia for remembering this important day and bringing fun to our meeting. 

Later in the day, Georgia and her Mum Tara, made some truly impressive 'Daffodil lockdown art'. They used corrugated iron, an angle grinder and spray paint to create this enormous daffodil, proudly standing at the end of their driveway.  Incredible effort Georgia and Tara.

I picked a big bunch of daffodils to remember all the loved ones in my life that have been effected by cancer.

Passion projects - William Pike challenge

 This time at home is an excellent opportunity for Room 4 students to spend time on their individual passion projects.  Todays post is a shout out to James Redpath who has completed his passion project hours. I am super proud of the work James has spent on his project; he is a passionate young farmer who decided to dedicate his hours, training a young heading dog. 

James instigated some help from a local woman, Sam Shaw,  who is an accomplished dog trialist.  He spent two sessions working with her getting valuable tips on working a young dog, giving clear demands and getting good firm control.  He has been helping out with yard work and mustering on his farm, taking what he learnt into his training hours.   Amazing work James.

Other room 4 students are chipping away at their projects learning some amazing life skills such as welding, butchering, gaining confidence with horse riding, crutching sheep, fencing, wood work, carving, learning sign language, training pets, growing native seedlings, knitting and cooking.

Keep up the awesome mahi Room 4.

Matariki celebrations

This week room 4 celebrated Matariki by dedicating our week to hands on activities involving plants.  We know traditionally Matariki was a time for harvesting and planting so we planted garlic to hopefully use in our Food Tech room.  We also explored weaving with harakeke and revisited the rules and protocols associated with harvesting and working with harakeke.  To top off our awsome week students boogied the night away at our Matariki disco.

Muffin making

 Todays Tech from home involved cooking muffins from scratch using a base recipe.  Students were encouraged to create their own flavours depending on what ingredients they had on hand at home.  So far I know Rylee made a delicious batch of blueberry muffins, Sophie baked chocolate chip muffins and Duncan and Georgia made double choc chip.  I whipped some some chocolate raspberry muffins to feed my hungry family! I'm sure we will have more photos to share as they come in but for now...Ta Da!!

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William Pike Challenge 2021

 The William Pike challenge is well underway in Room 4 with our first outdoor education trip and community service work.

Last week our class cycled 50km of rugged back country roads. Gnarly hills and rough terrain, challenged our students to persevere, set goals and work hard. Camping overnight beside the McLachlans woolshed provided rest and excitement with a bonfire, spot light and a swim in their dam (for those brave enough!)

A real highlight for me was watching the determination of our students as they pushed hard to get to the top of our 4km climb. It was neat to share our highlights around the campfire and hear that for many this was the most rewarding part of their day.