Salt Dough Masterpieces

First we made a dough out of equal quantities of salt and plain flour mixed with water and then we made our sculptures. They were then dried in the oven and when they were dry we painted them. We like what we made. We hope you do too!

Our artists are at work already!

Although the kids' main concern seems to be catching up with their friends from last year they have still had time to display their creativity.

Here we have an octopus called Tommy Ben Benton who is having a ride on the slide, a bookmark and two Lisa Simpsons, a beautiful drawing from a new Prep child and a zoo themed painting.

We are eagerly anticipating their future creations.

Zucchini Slice

There were some very apprehensive faces when the kids arrived yesterday and found they would be eating something called Zucchini Slice. However, a few brave people tried it and the word soon got around that it was delicious.
Here is the recipe for all those people who wanted it given to their mothers!

Zucchini Slice

Grate -
375gm zucchini
125gm tasty cheese

You can also add bacon, onion, mushrooms, corn, carrot as you like.

Add -
5 eggs
1/4 cup oil

And fold in 1 cup self-raising flour.

Spread into tray and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes or until top is a rich golden brown. Serve hot, warm or cold.

Happy New Year

2007 ended for us with a bang as thunder and lightning accompanied the heavy rain on 20th December. However, in the days before the rain we did manage some very attrctive craft.

Wishing you all a very happy new year and looking forward to catching up with you all on 30th January.

Diwali

This week we had our annual celebration of the Hindu festival of Diwali and the culture of Sri Lanka and India. Dharma put in a terrific effort to lead this day. We cooked pappadams, tried on saris and tasted some different foods.

Spooky Day

The second of our two curriculum days was a bit wet and windy so everyone was happy to stay inside.

We made witches and decorated balloons into spooky heads.

The highlight of the day was probably the wrapping of the mummies!

Survivor Island Day

Well the first of our two day Curriculum Day programs was a survivor island challenge day with cubby building, races, tug of war and lots of fun.

We also explored the survivor island rubbish dump where we found lots of things that inspired us to create.