Communities

The Year 1s have had an extremely interesting and informative week with not one, but two, wonderful guest speakers! Our first guest speaker Em Jenkins, daughter of Mrs Jenkins, shared with the students her experience of living in Botswana for six weeks. The students were very interested in learning about the similarities and differences between life and resources in Botswana and Australia, and they were even able to taste a delicious traditionally-inspired stew. Many of the children absolutely loved this stew, so please see the recipe at the end of this post in case you would like to make it at home.

Our second guest speaker was Rev. Claire Dawe from the Chelsea Parish of the Uniting Church. Claire explained the many community services that the parish offers, such as a community breakfast, benevolent society, a food van and a Christmas Appeal, to help members of the community that may not otherwise be able to afford to buy enough food. The children realised that there are often people within our wider community who don't have the resources they need.

Student Led Conferences will take place next Thursday 20th November. Thank you to everyone who has already returned their booking slip for this. Please ensure these are returned by Monday.

For Show & Share in Week 6 we would like each student to explain the factors that influence the community that they belong to. For example, money, weather (for sporting groups), number of people involved, access to facilities and standard of equipment available. Your child will need your support to first discuss this with them. Over the weekend please talk to them about how their community works in preparation for their Show and Share.  

Next week we need each student to bring in a junk mail catalogue for the store that your family does their weekly grocery shopping at (Woolworths, Coles, IGA, Aldi).

For Picnic Day this year we are planning on remaining at school and we are looking for parent helpers to assist us with an exciting Prep & Year 1 activity. If you are available between 9-11am on Tuesday 9th December please let us know.

Enjoy the market and have a wonderful weekend!

BOTSWANA STEW

Ingredients

500g beef mince

2 onions

2 carrots

2 capsicum (green/red)

1 zucchini

2 tomatoes

2 potatoes

2 cloves of garlic-crushed

2 tablespoons curry powder

1 tablespoon turmeric (+any other spices you like)

2 tablespoons hot chili sauce (+tablespoon curry paste if you like)

1 tablespoon Worcestershire  sauce OR 4 tablespoons BBQ sauce

2 tablespoons fruit chutney OR 1 tablespoon apricot jam with a squirt of tomato sauce

1 small tub tomato paste

4 cups of beef stock

4 bay leaves

salt/pepper taste

rice to serve

Method

1.    Fry onion in a little oil-add garlic when just cooked

2.    Brown mince, then add spices and diced vegies

3.    Add stock, tomato paste & sauces/bay leaves

4.    Simmer until veggies are cooked and sauce is thickened – you can thicken with a little cornflour if need be.

5.    Season and serve with rice

6.    ENJOY!!