Cultural shared lunch with friends, teachers and family.

To finish off term 3 we had a shared lunch.
Everyone bought a plate of food that is typical of their culture.
We invited parents, teachers and a few friends to join us.
Before we ate, each student presented a poster about their culture that we had made in class.
For some students it was the very FIRST time they had spoken in English in front of a large group.
Everyone did so well - We were very proud of each other!

Around the world - Countries and Cultures

This term we are learning about countries and cultures. We have studied all the countries that our students come from.

Brazil, China, Korea, India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Japan, Jordan and of course New Zealand.

We have published some information about the countries and are all working on our own cultural posters. We will share these at the end of the term with our classmates and families as well as enjoying a cultural shared lunch.

Sri Lanka by Andy Zeng

     Sri Lanka

Sir Lanka is in Asia, there are 21 million people in

Sir Lanka. They speak many languages including Sinhala, they like to eat curry, rice and roti.

Sir Lankan people like to play cricket.

There are snakes, lions, lizards and elephants too. The capital City is Colombo.

They hold their palms together in front of their chest to great each other.

Sir Lanka is the world’s largest tea exporter.

Their flag is the one of the oldest flags in the world.

By Andy Zeng 10 year old

The Phillippines by Aabid and Sehyeok.

The Philippines

The Philippines is part of Asia.

85 million people live in the Philippines.

They mostly speak Filipino.

They like to eat rice, mango, bananas and coconut.

They like to play soccer and basketball and go sailing.

You might see a turtle in the Philippines.

The capital city is Manila.

You can say Kumusta for hello.

There are lots of volcanoes and islands.

Kyle, Stephen and Vivien come from the Philippines. 

By Sehyeok and Aabid.

Japan by Catherine Gu

JAPAN

Japan is in Asia, Japan’s nearest neighbours are Korea, Russia, China and the Philippines.

The capital city is Tokyo. In 1997 the population of Japan reached 125 million people.Japan’s main language is Japanese. Japan’s national people are Japanese.  Japanese people love to play basketball, baseball, skipping and marbles.

Japan is an archipelago of over 3000 islands.Japanese people love to eat sushi, fish, vegetables and rice. Japan is special because it has hot springs and underground trains.

*Archipelago means: a sea or stretch of water having many islands.

                                By Catherine Gu From Esol

Poetry

We have been writing some free verse poems about BIG CATS,
Pumas, lions, tigers, jaguars, cheetahs and leopards.
We included similes and alliteration in our poems.
We have published some below.

Rabbits visit our ESOL class...

Thomas in Room 12 brought his pet rabbits Lettuce and Daisy in to visit us.
Some of us held the rabbits.  They felt soft and fluffy.
Thomas told us they were "molting" which means they are losing their fur.
We had to shake our jumpers outside after touching them.
Youngheen discovered that rabbits have sharp claws! ouch!
Thanks to Thomas for sharing with us.