Wills Scrumptious Afghan Biscuit Recipe

 Ingredients

200g butter

½ cup sugar

¼ cup cocoa

1 ¼ cup flour

2 cups corn flakes

- Turn oven to 180`C

- Heat 200g of butter in the microwave or saucepan

- Take butter out and put into a mixing bowl

- Add ½ cup of sugar to butter and beat for 4 minutes

- Sieve ¼ cup of cocoa and 1 ¼ cup of flour into the mixing bowl

- Mix them well

- Add 2 cups of cornflake and stir

- Make balls with the mixture and place onto cooking tray

- Use a fork to slightly flatten the balls

- Bake afghans for 15 minutes                                

- Take them out of the oven and let them cool

Tip

Before putting the flakes in have a look and see if the mixture is crumbly. If it is then melt 50g of butter and add to the mixture.

EAT &  ENJOY!

MILK IN SCHOOLS

Hundreds of blue recycling bins are heading to the South Island to be delivered to schools joining the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.

We  are lucky enough to get milk in schools. Milk is packed full of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, vitamins and zinc. Calcium helps our bones grow strong! 

The waste is sent to Thailand and recycled into roof tiles. We have a special way of folding the used milk cartons, so it does not take up too much room in the bins. 

By Zi shen and Thomas 

THE AWESOME TWO WEEKS WITH OUR TWO COLLEGE TEACHERS !!!!!!

                              

For the second and third week we had two awesome collage teachers. Their names Were Miss Norman and Mr Newman. The First thing they taught us was Drama. Mr Newman was so funny. He taught us what he said when he missed his mum. It went like this: ring, ring, ring, ear-hair-low. He taught us how to do a freeze frame, wax works and body shapes. Mrs Norman was great fun too. She taught us how to make a collage out of ripped up magazine and glue. The main thing we were focusing on was blending the colours for effect and lucky for us we didn't have to rip up the magazine! 

The two weeks we were with them were absolutely awesome!!!!  

By Diamonds.         

ELECTIVES!

This term, we have started Electives. 

Electives is when parents and teachers volunteer to teach a small group of children activities that can’t normally be taught in schools. 

Here are the activities.

Art ‘n’ Crafts-Held, The Wardrobe-Held, Current events, Technology Challengers, Uke Group, Orchestral jam, Maths, Science cafe, Science World, NXT Mindstorms, and last but not least, Speaking Spanish!

On behalf of the GSNS pupils, we would like to thank the teachers and parents for taking the time to help with the Electives! We truly appreciate it!

By Cindy & Jordan 

Speech Competition

With speeches coming up we have been preparing by creating some persuasive

writing. Possible topics include, the good and bad points of having siblings and whether or not ipads should be part of school stationary. In week 6 the senior team is holding their speech contest. The  year 4s from our class are competing in the year 5 competition. Good luck everyone!

Lauren

Healthy Choices

This week Room 13 have been talking about making 'healthy choices'. The choices we make now effect our future. 

HEALTH TIPS

 1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.                             
2. Eat the best leave the rest. 

3. Seven days with out exercise makes one weak. 

4. 30 mins of exercise a day. 

5. Drink more water! 

6. Wash your hands before you eat. 

7. Brush your teeth for 2 mins , twice a day.

8. You are what you eat. 

9. Take care of your body and it will take care of you. 

10. 5+A day-fruit and vegetables. 

                          

FACTS

1. Fruit and vegetables are very good for you.

2. Bread and pasta give you energy. 

3. Small amounts of fat, such as cheese are good for you. 

4. Chicken and fish keep your muscles strong. 

5. Vegetables help with digestion. 

6. Fruit is full of goodness

EATING ELEPHANTS !!!!!

You eat about 1 kg of food every day. During your life , you will eat about 30 tonnes of food . Thats the same weight as 6 elephant!

Zishen and Thomas

Term 1

Next week is the last week of Term 1. Everybody including Miss Pereira is looking forward  to a fun and relaxing holiday. 

We have had such an awesome term. Here’s some of  our favorite things that we have been doing in term 1... At the start of the term we made name tags on comic life which was really fun. Then we drew self portraits and they look great! Swimming was next and it was very cool how we got to learn how to swim in a pool that got deeper and deeper even though it didn’t look like it did. On Year 5 Outdoor Adventure Week we went ice skating, rock climbing, to Moana Pool and had a 4 hour walk at Ross Creek. Then next it was International Day on the 28th of March. We dressed up in our national clothes and had a parade in the hall.  We also began mathletics! We all love the activities and competing against our classmates. 

So as you can see we had an awesome term and can’t wait to find out what we’re going to do in term 2!!!

Ava and Lauren