Phoenix House trip to the Zoo

In extension to our current interest within the room of Animals/The Zoo we had a K.C.C centre visit to the Auckland Zoo where we had a fantastic time looking at all the different animals and of course playing on the big adventure playground.

As you can see a lot of the children were exhausted on their bus ride home from their fun filled day at the Zoo.

A big Thank-you to all the parent help who came along on the day to help make today such a success :)

Animal Party

On July 20th The Phoenix House had an Animal Party to tie in with our current interest of Animals/The Zoo. We all came along dressed up as our FAVOURITE animals. We had a day filled with fun and games such as : Face painting, Pass the Parcel, Musical Statues, Bowling, Bean Bag toss and plenty more!

I wonder what animals we might see at our K.C.C trip to the Zoo next week?

Check out some of the fun we had on the day with the photos below :)

Matariki Library trip

On Friday the 1st of July the Phoenix House walked up to the Howick Library where we enjoyed listening to some Matariki stories and sung some songs with the librarian  Abby.

We were able to walk through a big tent filled with lights to represent the twinkling stars we also got to peep into the special Matariki tent as well to see the special light display that was inside.

Overall we had an enjoyable morning at the Howick Library and we look forward to visiting again soon :)

 

Rewena Bread

In continuation with our Matariki celebrations we decided to make some traditional Rewena Bread. Rewena bread is a traditional Maori bread with a very simular taste and texture to sour dough bread.
The Phoenix House children took turns adding, mixing and kneading the ingredients and dough together.

We made this delicious bread to go with the scrumptious vegetaable soup we made the previous day with Alisha with the left over vegetables from our 'Hangi basket'

At lunchtime the children all sat down nicely alongside their peers and tried the Rewena bread and vegetable soup they made. Perfect on a cold winters day like today :)

Phoenix House Hangi

Today the Phoenix House children showed off their culinary skills as they prepared vegetables and stuffing for our Hangi today for lunch. They helped to peel, chop and cut the vegetables as well as pulling apart the bread into small pieces for our stuffing. They each took turns for adding and mixing the ingredients together.

The children discussed at the table how they help their mums and dads at  home when making dinner and mentioned what their favourite meals  are at home to make and eat.

As the food was added to the 'Multi Kai Cooker and placed outside for the children to watch. As lunchtime approached the room filled with the smell of delicious food. We all sat down together and tried some of this mouth watering hangi. Some children even went up for seconds....and thirds! It went down an absolute treat!
This was a great learning experience for the children to be actively involved in and to taste food from a different culture and cooked in a unique way.

Phoenix House Zoo Corner

Check out our Phoenix House Zoo! - we have transformed our family play area into our very own zoo to foster the children's interest in zoo animals :)

Be sure to come read some of the stories and see some of the activities provided in our zoo enclosure!~