Making Peanut Butter Slice

This week we used our Pic's Peanut Butter to create a delicious slice.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings 16 servings

1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 ¾ cups powdered sugar
10 tablespoons butter room temperature, divided
1 ½ cups peanut butter
1 cup milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Line an 8-inch or 9-inch square pan with aluminium foil (see notes).
In a large bowl, cream 5 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, and powdered sugar until smooth. Stir in peanut butter. Mix well and press into prepared pan.

In a small, microwave-safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and remaining 5 tablespoons butter for 1 minute. Stir carefully and continue to microwave in 30-second increments until smooth, stirring after each increment. Pour over peanut butter crust and spread evenly.
Chill until completely firm, at least 3 hours or overnight. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature before serving. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Today we made Peanut Butter Cookies using our Pic's peanut butter we won from Squawk squad. Six students went with Sharlene to help make these delicious cookies.

The recipe is incredibly easy, with only three ingredients - 1 cup sugar, 1 cup peanut butter and 1 egg.

There were so many cookies, that we were able to share them with the three junior classrooms.

YUM YUM YUM!

Squawk Squad Kaitiakitanga Week

We won!!!

Each week for Squawk Squad we send in a video of our students completing the activities set for us by Squawk Squad.  Every week they choose winners, who have shown high enthusiasm for their learning and sharing their learning with others.

This week, we sent through our class assembly on Squawk Squad and won a months supply of Pic's Peanut Butter for our class.

How exciting!

Thank you Squawk Squad!

Squawk Squad Assembly

Over the past 6 weeks in Squawk Squad, we have learnt some many new things, which we wanted to share with our whanau in the form of a class assembly.

The students chose topics, which were part of Squawk Squad - Predator Free, Native Birds, NZ Bird of Prey, Whio, Kauri Dieback, Marine Conservation and Kaitiakitanga.  Once the students chose which topic they want to focus on, they wrote their own script and decided on how this may look in our assembly.

The students did extremely well to write their own parts, and to decide for themselves how they were going to present their information.

Have a look at our amazing assembly.  (Please excuse the video editing. I have recorded our practice assembly and the real assembly, and tried to mash the two together to get the best out of both.)
 

Squawk Squad Week 2: NZ Birds of Prey

This week we are focusing on New Zealand's birds of prey.

The core adjectives for the week is:

• Learning about the kārearea and the ruru – being able to identify them and why they are significant to Aotearoa.
• Learning about the sustainable forestry industry in Aotearoa - and how responsibly-managed exotic forests can support a range of native biodiversity.
• Understanding that these birds are predators too - however, have evolved naturally with the other flora and fauna of Aotearoa and thus form an important part of our unique ecosystem.

This week our Call to Action involves creating a nesting box for Ruru. The students thoroughly enjoyed completing this hands-on activity.

Finished boxes to come...

Squawk Squad Week 1

This term we are participating in the National Squawk Squad learning journey.

Squawk Squad is running a free 7-week, nation-wide programme starting August 5th, teaching your tamariki to become kaitiaki for Aotearoa. Through fun activities, interactive videos, virtual reality and prizes, you’ll cover exciting topics ranging from Predator Free 2050 to Kaitiakitanga to Climate Change.

Week 1 is looking at predators in New Zealand that are causing a decline in our native bird species.  As a class we looked at which bird species we could name, and seeing if we knew whether they were native to New Zealand or not.

We discussed what might be causing the decline of our native species, and wanted to know which of these predators could be found at our school.  We created our own tracking tunnels to see which predators we could identify.




We used two old milk bottles, removing both ends, and sliding them together to create a longer tunnel. We placed peanut butter inside the tunnel to attract any predators in the area.  The predator had to walk through a small tray of dye before they could get to the peanut butter. Upon exit, they would have to cross a white bit of paper. This is where we would look to see what footprints we would get, and try to identify the predator they would belong to.



We left our tracking tunnels around the school in areas where we thought their might be predators.  We set them on Friday, and looked what we found again on Monday morning. We were very excited to find some foot prints on our papers. The only tracking tunnels that had footprints were located in the front garden by the hall's parking, and under Te Puawai's deck.

Here are some of our papers. It is hard to see the foot prints, but upon close examination, they are clearly there. We suspect mice and rats.