Fair trade?

Kia ora koutou!

It's Creative here. I have been a lucky little monkey today.... I joined the International Club, one of Borough School's Friday afternoon enrichment options. The students got to experience what international trade can be like.

I was given the very important task of helping operate the Bank for an activity. I paid the students for the things they produced.

The students producing lollies got a lot more money than the sugar cane farmers who had to work really hard and with fewer resources. I felt a bit bad about that actually, especially when the sugar cane farmers complained that it wasn't fair. I agree with them actually, it wasn't fair, but what can you do?

The students looked rather glum after investigating the consequences for those who don't get paid fairly for the work they do. And even more so when they found out how much of the money their parents pay for a bag of sugar actually gets to the farmers.

Thankfully they learned about the possibility of buying fair trade goods and ended on a high note by sharing some Singaporian treats... I liked the little green pancakes the most. YUM! Almost as good as fair trade bananas!

George assisting with a science challenge. Room10

George learnt how infectious diseases can spread quickly when people share body fluids.Tiny organisms are carried when sneezing or coughing.Our body tries to protect us either with acid in our stomach,mucus in our lungs or scabs on our skin.If the microbes get past our natural barriers Our body uses white blood cells to attack the infection.It's a good idea to imunise non-infected people and/or quarantine infected people.

Making Hay While The Sunshines (ABS)

During one of the rare fine moments this week Year 7 and 8 decided to sneak out for a game of Sneak and make the most of the sunshine. Creative was a little confused to begin with but quickly got to grasp with the complicated rules and soon joined in. He had a lot of fun and tried to stay out of the mud.

Where in the world is Curious george?

Could this be our Curious George stealing bird food in some tropical paradise? And if so, what has he done with his rugby ball?

Still Life at Lauriston!

The George Brothers got right amongst it when the year 3 & 4 class were doing their Still Life painting last week. The banana had a lucky escape - you can see Curious reaching out for it. Creative was more interested in creating than eating, thank goodness! What beautiful paintings.

Cooking with the year 3 & 4 class. (Lauriston)

Mmmm! Making yummy baked potatoes and potato soup with potatoes from our school gardens. Creative and Curious can't wait to try the soup but they don't want to burn their tongues.

Monkeys love to play (Lauriston).

I'm swingin' in the trees like my wild monkey cousins

And I'm scoring all the goals, yes dozens and dozens.

I'm ridin' on a rabbit and I'm hangin' on tight

And I'm being really nice so he doesn't get a fright.

Yeeha! Woohoo! Monkeys love to play,

We play all night and we play all day.

Swing it! Kick it! Hang on tight!

Playing at Lauriston is simply out of sight!

Lunchtime kapahaka at Lauriston.

Two helpful wee monkeys making poi with the kapahaka group.

The George Brothers at Lauriston School

Our theme this term is food and how it is necessary for our survival. Creative George shares a healthy, energy boosting banana at fruit-break time. "Don't eat the skin, Creative! That goes in our worm farms." Next week the years 3, 4, 5 & 6 students are having a famine sleepover at school to find out just how important food is to us, and to raise money to help children living in places where food and clean water are not always available.We don't think The George Brothers would handle it -they're always sneaking into our lunch boxes looking for bananas!

Curious & Creative having fun with photobooth and the year 5&6 students.

The year 5 & 6 students run 'Action Projects' throughout the year. Curious George is helping the Hen House group decide what their next step is. He is checking out the netting to make sure the hens won't escape until they are ready to be free-ranging. The group has until next Friday to put on a door and build nesting boxes and a perch, because the first two hens are arriving on that day. Will they make the deadline?? We'll keep you posted.

Creative George at ABS

CREATIVE George looks like he is having lots of fun without his brother CURIOUS at Ashburton Borough School. Hopefully neither are suffering from an identity crisis and are looking forward to being reunited...soon?