How to make a fun Saint Patrick playdough!

On a fantastic Saint Patrick Day my class and I made Play Dough. I was so excited to make play dough with my friends. In this activity we made edible GREEN play dough. But don't worry because no one ate it.

First we mixed all the dry ingredients. Once that was all finished we added boiling water to it to form a dough. Then the best part came when we added green food colouring. After we had finished mixing all the ingredients it was time to create the pretty green dough. Our playdough was a bit sticky, so we kept on adding flour, and it worked.

Once our playdough was ready to play with, our teacher came with some shiny, beautiful green glitter. Now our playdough looked even prettier than before. When all the glitter was mixed in well, my group and I went in with our hands and played with it. The playdough was so soft and so stretchy.

Then it was time to play a game with the playdough. Everyone was told to create a large spiral. We split the playdough so that everyone could roll a long thick strip. Once the playdough was extended enough we connected all the long green glittery snake strips to create our spiral. Our teacher came around with foam balls and straws. The activity was the first person to blow their foam ball using the straw into the middle wins. It was so fun competing with my friends. It got a bit boring so we divided the playdough and started to make our own obstacle course. We kept recreating our obstacle course so that it could be continually even more challenging.

Now it was time to pack up. I had fun creating and playing with playdough. It was so fun making playdough with my group.

The Remarkable Reti!

From my Journal I found out that Mohaka is a place where people go and learn how to fish with a reti. Over the years people have travelled to Mohaka to learn more about the reti and how it works.

WALT: To search for clues within the text to understand the hidden meaning not directly.

The fantastic flying books of Morris Lessmore

We used Narrative Devices to analyse the movie of the book by William Joyce.

Learning Intention: To look at a variety of Narrative Devices to understand visual meaning can be conveyed.

All About Me!

Hello my name is Mary. I attend Saint Patrick's School. I am a year 8 student and my teacher's name is Ms George. I am from a country called Tonga. In my family there is a total of 7 because I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers. I am interested in animals such as tigers and lions.

My goals for this year are to graduate intermediate and move on to college. I would like to be a nurse just like my mum when I grow up. So I will have to study hard. I have enjoyed learning new things this year such as learning how to say God in Samoan and Filipino. My challenge for this year is to work hard and become like my mum and dad because they have been there for me every since I was little.

I also enjoy listening to music and playing sports. My favourite song right now is called ''How great thou art'', and my favourite sport is rippa rugby. This year I am trying to improve my writing and my reading. Adidas is my number one favourite brand.

My Mum and my cousins are my inspiration because they helped me through life. My favourite thing to do is eat, such as chocolate and KFC. I go to a church called Dominion Methodist Church. I have been there ever since I was a little girl and I was also baptised there as well. I love playing video games. My favourite video game is called PUBG.

What I'm looking forward for my achievement is to achieve better in my maths and my writing. This year I am reading a special book called ''The Impossible Quest."

On my blog you will probably see new things you've never experienced in your life. So what I'm saying is we should work together and enjoy reading about my learning journey.

How can we get rid of bacteria that may cause disease?

It's important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria which can spread to our bodies causing sickness and disease.

Washing your hands is important because if we don't wash our hands then the germs from our hands will spread to others. Washing your hands after you go to toilet, change a nappies, picking up rubbish etc is the most important thing to do because if you touch your eye, your nose or your mouth you could get infected.

Bacteria can also spread to other people by your own dirty hands. When you touch your friend or something that belongs to your friend they can become infected too. Pinworm eggs can also be transferred from animals to human hands and then ingested. The eggs hatch into worms which lay

more eggs. Pinworms can make you, hungry, tired and very sick.

It is important to wash your hands to eliminate bacteria and germs or eggs from our skin. By doing this we help stop spreading sickness to all those around us. 

Euphrasie Barbier!

Euphrasie Barbier is the founder of the Mission Sisters. She was raised in Caen, 

France. She worked as a laundry at the age of 13 and when she was 17 she opened her 

own laundry place at her own house. She was the child of Louis-Desire Barbier and 

Jenne Adele Le Clar. Her father worked as a shoe maker and her mother worked as a 

laundress. On January 18 1893 Euphrasie Barbier passed away. 

She was a helpful person because she helped others in need around the world. 

Euphrasie Barbier was a strong leader teaching other Sisters to help all those in need 

especially women and children.

Euphrasie Barbier was a great nun to the Catholic Faith. 

Everyone in this world should look up to her because without her we wouldn't have a 

special leader who cared and loved those around her.

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