Official Blog of the MiPod
Take a look at what’s happening behind the scenes of our Cultural Festa projects… What a great example of our kids 6 C attributes! All of the Mi-Pod kids and teachers are super dooper excited for what is coming! Keep an eye out for more updates… Save the date – Thursday 8th December from 10am-4.30pm.
By Zarah & Imogen Recently the Mipod students have been cooking two beautiful recipes named Apple Crumble & Zucchini and Carrot Croquettes by using our wonderful Stephanie Alexander Program. Some people liked the Croquettes because of the crunchiness and the textures. To top off the Croquettes, we made delicious homemade Apple Crumble for dessert. Most people … Continue reading Zucchini and Carrot Croquettes & Apple and Rhubarb Crumble
The reason why Grovedale West planted the Gallipoli oak tree is so that people can remember the ANZAC’s and appreciate what they did for us. A long time ago William Winter Cooke was fighting at war in Gallipoli. He got acorns from a Gallipoli oak tree and he sent them back to his uncle who … Continue reading Why do we have a Gallipoli Oak tree at GWPS?
During term three, we have been working up to our cultural project. We have been researching and will begin writing an information report on our country and culture of choice. As a model for what our information reports should look like, we have created shared texts about Australia in our home group writing sessions. For … Continue reading Writing and Publishing an Information Report
By Maya & Jasmine Recently the Grade 3 & 4 students have made a delicious Asian Coleslaw with their very own tortillas using Stephanie Alexander’s recipe. The 3 & 4 students had to cut up beetroot, ½ a cabbage and red onion. We also had carrots and the students grated them. As well as cutting … Continue reading Asian Coleslaw & Wheat Tortillas
On Thursday 28th of July MIB did cooking. We created a dish called pumpkin gnocchi. It is an Italian dish and did you know, the name comes from the Italian word for knuckle because gnocchi are a similar shape. We cut up the pumpkin and then put it in a pot. We let the pumpkin … Continue reading Cooking – Pumpkin Gnocchi
National Tree Day! On Thursday the 28th of July, the wind was blowing, it started spitting at times, we got all muddy and dirty but we kept gardening! It was national Tree day. It is a special day to plant trees and discuss the importance of trees in our world. We had had problems at … Continue reading National Tree Day 2016
STOP POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS!!! Our waterways have been getting polluted from rubbish. This must stop! So if you see some rubbish put it in the bin!! The waterways are where we get our drinking water from, so who would want to drink dirty water? Well, if you don’t want that, stop polluting it. Don’t forget, there are animals in our waterways, so … Continue reading STOP POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS!!! By Chloe
Well, it’s finally here, the long awaited, life changing, digital revolution that is the MiPod blog! This is your one stop shop for all things MiPod at Grovedale West Primary School. You will find learning updates, important reminders, newsletters, photos, videos and of course, the students’ amazing work all here on this site.
