ANZAC Biscuits

A  couple of days ago we made yummy ANZAC biscuits and today we are going to write about them.
Jasmine, Agnes, Cael and Mrs Trolle made them.  The ingredients were golden syrup, flour, sugar, butter, rolled oats, coconut and baking soda. Here's a picture of these delicous treats. They were so good!

ANZAC biscuits were made to send to soldiers at war.  They needed to last a 2 month journey on a ship, so no eggs were put in the recipe (as they would go off).  They would have made a nice treat instead of the hard tack army biscuits which the soldiers were usually given.  Some soldiers broke their teeth on hard tack!

If you want to make them at home we wish you luck. We hope you do not burn them.

By Maisie and Cael

Ronan and Lucas' War Stories

Ronan's dad was training to be a medic in the army. He left before they had to go to another war.
This was their first war. I can imagine why Ronan's dad would want to leave . . . the training would be pretty hard !

Lucas' great great grandfather TOM MORGAN went to Gallipoli in WW1. He looked after the horse carriages. He came home to his wife Edith Morgan and his kids and he died of old age.

Written by Maisie and Cael

Holidays

Hi Kotuku class!

I hope you all enjoyed Easter with your families and are relaxing in your school holidays :)

I look forward to seeing you all again Week 1 Term 2.  We will be having a special ANZAC day remembrance service on the Friday of week 1.

From Mrs Trolle :)

Kotuku Cup

Well done Maisie!  Maisie won our last Kotuku Cup for term 1.  She deserves it for being such an amazing helper to people in our class and for her responsible attitude towards her learning.  Maisie completes her work to a high standard and is reliable and organised.

Poppies

For art last week we painted fields of poppies.  This was related to our current topic, "ANZACs and Us".  We read the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae and found out why the poppy has become a special symbol in New Zealand and Australia to remember people who died in the war.

Quiz Night Help

Dear Parents

FOSPs need parents to approach a business to ask for sponsorship for our major fundraiser for the year, the Quiz Night.

If you are able to approach a business below please see Mrs Trolle for a copy of the letter.  If you have any other suggestions of businesses to contact please email Louise Trench trenchclan@xtra.co.nz.

Paper Plus Richmond

Cafe on Oxford

Curves Stoke

Ambrosia

Couplands Bakery

Raeward Fresh

The Body Shop

Baby on the Move

Ewing Poultry

Jacks Tyres

About Beauty on Monaco

Hoglund Art Glass Studio

Lavina Hair Boutique

Pomeroys Coffee

O2B Healthy

Jellicoe Art

Kotuku Cup

Well done to Lucy for winning this week's Kotuku Cup!  Lucy uses her initiative in class, is helpful to her class mates and likes to take on leadership roles.  Keep up the great work Lucy :)