Nino's Bakery!

Thanks Nino for sharing your lockdown learning with us. 

I wish we were all able to test those delicious treats you made too! 

And then there was more!

 

Cooking Time at the Ripata's

Welcome Home St Patrick's

Autumn Leaves

Last week at morning tea time Nicole, Jaeden, Zenalia and I went to the huge Old Oak tree and  we played with the leaves flutterring down slowly on to the ground. 
Nicole, Jaeden and I built a really long wall using leaves with bits of red, orange, yellow, brown and gold. But we didn't like the shape of the enormous big wall so we changed it into a mountain full of leaves. We all liked to jump, dive and swim in the massive pile of leaves. All the dried leaves crunched and crackled when we stepped on them. I tried sleeping on them but Jaeden and Nicole were throwing piles of leaves on me.  The leaves felt really spiky and prickly like a cactus.
When we jumped into it, I noticed that it kind of looked like a pool. Jaeden and Nicole liked the idea so we shifted all the leaves into a shape of a pool. We filled it with all the leaves we could find and we jumped in the leafy pool.

Zenalia had to play alone in her pile but we all still had lots of fun.

Mother's Day

Jamie is very proud of the Mother's Day Card and flowers she created for her mum.

Caring For Our Environment At Home

What could be better... caring for our place and having fun at the same time! Well done Ripata Whanau!

St Patrick's Day

St Patrick, our Patron Saint... 100 prayers per day. From being kidnapped at 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave, to becoming a missionary and bishop who established monasteries, schools and churches throughout Ireland. What an amazing Patron Saint!