Room 16 Masterchefs!

Sous Chef Eva

Late last week the Kids can Cook Kitchen came to Upper Harbour Primary School.  Eva was choosen to be the sous chef who is the person that helps the master chef.  We learnt how to make yummy silverbeet and apple crepes.

First the masterchef talked about the food we were going to make.  Then we walked outside to our own amazing vegetable garden to choose some ingredients.  We collected some dark green silverbeet, then went back inside and made the crepes.

After cooking we all had a chance to taste the crepes.  We put the crepes in our mouth, rubbed our chins and our tummies while making an expression like a masterchef.  Most of us loved the food.  It was really yummy.

Room 16's Amazing Sustainable ideas.

Room 16 have been learning about POPLETS and sustainability.  To create our poplet we first watched some youtube clips about sustainability and discussed ways we could be sustainable.  Then we thought about some BIG creative crazy ways we could become sustainable.  We had some great ideas, but could only choose four to be on our POPLET.  We hope you like our ideas!

A Helicopter Visits UHPS!

On Monday the whole class went to the courts for a surprise.  We were waiting on the courts for a long time when suddenly a huge silver helicopter thundered out of the sky and started going around and around the school.  Then it landed on the school field!  The helicopter was a Navy helicopter and it had cameras and a rocket.

After a while the helicopter started its engine and the water flew off the rotors like a waterfall.  It then took off noisily and shook the trees as it flew away.

Room 16 Rainforest Poster

This is Room 16's sustainability rainforest.  Our rainforests are important because they provide a home for many different kinds of animals.  Rainforests are also extremely important because they have millions of leaves which produce oxygen for us to breathe.  To make the rainforest poster we first drew a forest using sharpie on white paper.  We then divided it into 24 pieces and we each had a piece to colour in.  Then we put it back together like a jigsaw puzzle.  After that we each drew a rainforest animal and put it in the forest.  See how many rainforest animals you can spot in the forest.

Skyscrapers Zoo Trip

On Wednesday the Skyscrapers went to the zoo!  We went there to learn about sustainability and how we can protect the rainforest and other habitats of animals.

When we first entered the zoo we had morning tea and then we went to see the tigers habitat.  Surprise!  We saw a huge stripy tiger pacing along the rock wall listening to the zookeepers working on the other side of the wall. 

Then we went to the zoo classroom.  In the classroom we sat on beanbag logs and we saw Santos the cute Tamarin who lives next to the classroom.  Santos is a tiny monkey who can jump up to 5 metres!  Sue the teacher let us look at animal skulls, spiders, and she showed us an amazing youtube movie of a Sumatran tiger climbing an enormous pole.  There are not many tigers left in the wild and we need to protect their environment.

Finally we were able to explore the zoo........

Here is a hippo coming up to breath.  Hippo's stay in the water to keep cool and because most of their food is underwater.

Some seals were sleeping in the sun, but these ones were swimming underwater.  Seals fold their fins and whiskers against their body to streamline underwater and glide a long way.

Burma the Elephant was right in front of us!  He was eating his lunch with his trunk.

A trip to the zoo wouldnt be complete without a play on the dragon.

Room 16 on the huge yellow lizard at the zoo entrance.

Here is Sue from the Zoo teaching us how some animals use their tails to balance.

Sue from the zoo also told us how we can build Critter hotels in the bush for animals to use.