What do you do?

A lot of people ask us….."What do you do in the Afternoon Programme?"

Well here we go…this is our week.

Monday….Holiday for the Queens  Birthday…we hope you enjoyed it.

Tuesday…We had a visitor for the afternoon... .
She watched us as we make toast, have weekend news and paint blocks of wood that will remind us of our Maori colours.

Wednesday…Science time.

Paul came in  to make butter with us.
He looked very different so we had heaps of questions to ask him!!

Paul is making butter at home so he came to show us how it is done.

The equipment...

Oh no…it didn't work…hey that's  okay Paul scientists keep on trying...

So lets try with cream….

shake, shake, shake, shake…. for three minutes….

Now to wash the butter…. but not with detergent!!

Hey look what is happening...

Yeah… its butter!!!

Now for the test….

The butter is very soft...

The buyer is very creamy….

It is just the best! So much better than the butter we have at home. It is too good!!!!!

We made some connections between the two experiments…..
Both were liquids
They both came out of a bottle
They were both white
They both come from cows….
BUT only the cream worked.

Thursday……Baking day!
This week we made gluten free cheese scones and boy were they delicious.

Measuring the flour...

Mixing...

Cutting the butter...

Grating the cheese...

Mixing the butter with the flour...

Keep mixing...

Whoops this photo is in the wrong place …this is the end result!

Cutting the mixture into pieces…

We sat and ate our scrummy  cheese scones while Rachel read us another chapter of our book.

And then… a surprise visit…….

Welcome Lottie… we have heard so much about you...

I just love her…..

 Thanks Mark for bringing in Lottie to visit us… we all thought that she was just gorgeous and we hope that we can have another visit from her soon as we hear so much about her. We know that Gabby just loves her to bits!!!!!!

Well… thats our week…. it has been a good one.
We hope that you have enjoyed seeing what we have done.