We got new furniture!

We got new chairs, a new bookshelf, new tables and new tote trays.

Working with Erin from Project Energize

Today Erin showed us how to throw and catch small balls like tennis balls.
We had to keep our eye on the ball and on the target.

The Harvest Festival

We went to the Harvest Festival. We had it in the hall because of the weather.

We tasted all the different foods.

Our favourite foods were the vegetable kebabs, the pizza, the kumara, the grapes and our potatoes.

Baking our Potatoes

We went to the Cool Kids Kitchen to bake our potatoes.
Sharon helped us wash, chop and prepare the potatoes.
They were really tasty.
We got them ready to share at the Harvest Festival.

We also made crunchy potato balls.

Here is the recipe:

Potato Balls

2 cups of very stiff mashed potatoes
1 cup of grated cheddar cheese
1 egg (beaten)
salt & pepper (to taste)
2 tbsp flour
1-3/4 cup crushed cornflakes

1. In a bowl, combine the potatoes, cheese, egg, salt, pepper and enough flour to make a 
   stiff mixture. Chill.
2. Shape into 1 inch balls and roll in cornflakes and place on a greased baking tray.
3. Bake at 300* for 25-30 minutes. - makes about 4 dozen. Eat while warm.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/crunchy-potato-balls

Wow - what an exciting day we had today - balloons and butterflies.

Today was 'Balloon Day'. We were so excited about going to see the hot air balloon. 
Then we saw that our butterfly had hatched out of its chrysalis - that was so amazing. 
We had been looking at the chrysalis every day.

After morning tea we walked up to Marion School. 

We watched them unpack the balloon and the basket. Then they inflated the balloon - it was really, really big!

  

Going on a 'Potato Hunt'.

Today we went to the Kitchen garden to dig up our potatoes. We are getting ready for the Harvest Festival next week. It was fun finding the potatoes in the garden. Some were big 
and some were small. 
 

Safety in the Water with our instructors from the Hillcrest Swim Club.

We practised being rescued by our buddies.

 

We put on life jackets and practised how to stay safe and warm in the water.

 

We had lots of fun learning how to keep ourselves safe in the water.

 

Our Potato Garden - we checked our potato plants to see how they were growing. We are excited about the Harvest Festival on the 23rd of March.

We enjoyed our visit to the school kitchen garden.
We hope there are lots of potatoes hiding underground.
We will find out next week how many potatoes there are in our garden.