Wharekai food blog for the 25th March

 

Thank you whanau for visiting us

 

Welcome back to Wharekai 2021

  

SSHEEWHOO!

Welcome Back to Wharekai 2021.

Let’s give a huge Yendarra welcome back to our amazing volunteers  Mrs Powell and Mrs Mercer. We hope you both had a safe and wonderful summer holiday.   Today, we had the pleasure of having Mrs Powell and Mrs Mercer teach the Year 5 and 6 students the importance of having safe knife skills and how to be safe in the Wharekai this year.

Students learnt how to hold and use a chef’s knife safely and correctly. They demonstrated two types of knife skills first, ‘cross-chop’ then, ‘tap-chop.’ Tamariki understand that if you practice your knife skills you will get faster at cutting food more efficiently and safely. 

Matthew (Room 13) receiving the chef’s knife from Mrs Mercer. Do you notice how Mrs Mercer is holding the knife? That’s right! She’s holding it from the blunt side when passing the knife safely to Matthew.

Imelda and DJ (Room 16) using their cross-chop technique to chop up otaota (rosemary). Meitaki Imelda. DJ remember to open your hand and keep your fingers straight!

Milly (Room 14) slicing otaota (rosemary) by using her ‘cross-chop’ technique. Notice how Milly has created a cross with her chef’s knife and her left hand over the top. Ka pai!

Riche and Maranatha (Room 16) chopping apples and silverbeet by using their ‘tap-chop’ technique. Remember to tuck your fingers in when slicing a piece of fruit or vegetable. ‘Tap-chop’ requires more focus and concentration.

Leighton (Room 14). Today was Leighton’s first time to chop rosemary, apple and taro leaves. KA RAWE!

Once again, nga mihi, fa’afetai lava and malo aupito Mrs Powell and Mrs Mercer for a marvellous knife skills safety lesson today. We promise to use them safely everytime we visit Wharekai. The Year 5 and 6 Senior Whanau are so… excited! We can’t wait to cook in the Wharekai and harvest in the Mara (garden) next week Thursday.

Ka pai Room 14

 

It is wonderful to welcome back our tamariki to learning and to see the healthy kai their whanau have provided for them to 'fuel their brains and bodies' for the day ahead.

Meitaki ma'ata to our tamariki and their whanau. 

Thank you our Year 6 Rangatira

 

An amazing end to 2020 with Room 10

White Water Rafting!

 

Thank you to Find Your Field Of Dreams for making dreams come true for a group of student rangatira in our school. Today was an opportunity to learn how to be safe around moving water, currents and rapids along with experiencing white water rafting. For all of our tamariki it was their first time so there has been much excitement today. To the instructors and staff at Wero in Manukau we thank you also for being passionate instructors making the experience a lot of fun for our tamariki. We are very grateful and know that our tamariki and their whanau are feeling blessed by the generosity of another. Kia pai taea tatou tamariki - Always be the BEST you can!