Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Happy Birthday



Today Ysabella turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.


Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Tapa Cloth



As part of our Caritas focus on the Pacific we learnt a little bit about Tapa Cloth, which is a special bark cloth made in Tonga and Fiji among other Pacific countries. Tapa cloth is made from the bark of mulberry trees and takes a long time to make. Plants are used to make dyes to paint the tapa cloth.
We made out own tapa cloth using paper and crayon and a template to create a pattern.

Gluing and creating the template:


Creating the pattern on the paper by rubbing crayon over the paper and template:


The finished tapa cloth:




Friday, 7 April 2017

Term 1 Week 10 and Happy Birthday


Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' to Emily S and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

Congratulations to Hannah and Matthew who received certificates at the School Assembly.
Ka pai.


Term 1 Week 8

Congratulations to Ryan and Madde who received certificates at the School Assembly on 24 March.