JAPAN

We were lucky to have Kaito's mum come in today and talk to us about live in Japan.  Wow!  There are so many people living in Japan - way more than in NZ.

We saw photos of Yuziki and Kaito dressed up in traditional Japanese clothing and were allowed to try some on.  The girls looked beautiful in the kimono.  The shoes are called geta and are made from wood.

 

  

  

  

We also watched some Sumo wrestling videos.  

The heaviest sumo wrestler is 287kg that's 11.5 Kaito's or 3 Beauden Barrett's).  

 

After that we were given an origami animal and we all had our name written on the back in Japanese.  

  

  

The best part of the visit was getting to try the Japanese food.  We had okonomiyaki (savoury pancake) and sushi.  

 

 

Thank you so much for coming in!  

We loved having you visit to help us celebrate the many cultures at Riverdale School.

SAMOA

To continue with out study about Samoa.  Yesterday Mika's mum Bex came in with some fantastic food from Samoa.  Wow!  

First Mika told us all about how to collects coco in Samoa with his family.

  

Bex mixed it with rice and water and created a beautiful meal for us.  Some of us were not so keen on the strong taste while others went back for seconds.  Can you tell from the photos who liked it?

 

Bex had also made some Sapasui for us.  This was a real hit with most children heading back for seconds.  Lucky for us she had made lots.

  

 

"Yesterday Mika and his mum bought Samoan food because we are learning about Samoa.  She bought Samoan chocolate and rice but my favourite was the noodles and beef".  By Keira

"Thank you for the Samoan food.  I just with I lived in Samoa for my whole life.  Can I tell you something? Can I have more of the food?" By Kaito

"Thank you Bex for letting us try the sapsui and coco.  Can you please tell me the recipe for the sapasui?  Sorry I didn't try the coco.  It didn't smell really good.  I also liked the stuff Mika brought in especially the maui hook". By Oliver H

"Thanks for coming over yesterday  I lived the food.  Yummy.  Those pots were pretty cool.  My favourite was the noodles.  I liked the coco" By Ethan

"Yesterday we had noodles for lunch and something else.  It had coco beans in it.  It was kind of nice but the noodles were nicer. Bex made it". By Harlem

"Thanks for the sapasui.  It was so good.  I loved it but the drink was a little bit bad but i still liked it". By Jacob

Once again a big thank you to Mika's mum.  We loved the experience you created for us.  

Thank you!!!!