Monday, 15 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Room 2's Motueka River Poem - our Sense of Place
Motueka River Poem
A
mountain stream, water rushing down it,
Slamming
against rocks, like stags clashing antlers.
Crashing
waves of white water like flying fish skimming.
"Shhhh!”
goes the waterfalls, slamming against the rushing water of the Motueka Gorge.
Underneath
the beach trees rapids run down, water clashing against the bank.
Animals footprints
left behind on the riverbanks.
Water
rushing down the waterfalls.
Birds
singing on the manuka branches as the blue duck hunts for food.
The cows
are drinking from the river, making it brown, muddied.
This
river is too murky for passerby swimmers.
The
farmer chases his herd away, getting ready for another day.
The
river runs through the hops, making them grow strong.
The
river flows on, for the fishermen, for the fish.
Trout
swerving through the crystal clear water.
The
trout pounce and eat the bait off my hook.
I wind it
out of the water.
Out of
the swimming hole, on my hook, swirls a huge trout!
I kill
the fish with my shimmering blade.
Mmm,
it's going to make a nice dinner.
Ahead,
people jump off into freezing water,
Making a
colossal splash, Midwinter Celebration!
Frozen
frost sticks to the Peninsula Bridge, 100 years old this July,
As cars glide
past at snail’s pace, over the bridge,
Passengers
glance, then stare, at the amazingly brave swimmers swimming against the
powerful current,
No buses
and trucks allowed on this single laned bridge.
Swimming
holes all over the valley.
Which
one to select? There’s so many!
Tinpot,
Peninsula, Blue Hole and Jenkins,
They’re
all great swimming holes for the kids to swim in.
Whitebait
swim in unison down to the river mouth.
The
slick silver leaves slide down the rapids.
Grey
gravel pits line the river's edge.
Whitebait
fishers, waiting for their feed.
Seaweed
and driftwood washing up into the out-coming river.
The
trout are stretching back up the river away from the ocean,
As fast
as their tails take them.
Sea life
is greeting the river, weaving over the sandbar.
Water making
its tidal way in and out.
River
water sliding over ocean water.
By Room
2 Ngatimoti Primary School 2013
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Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
1kg of ripe tomatoes
Salt and pepper
IT olive oil
Herbs to taste
Method
1 cut the tomatoes in half and place in roasting dish, cut side up.
2 drizzle oil over tomatoes.
3 sprinkle salt, pepper and herbs for taste.
4 Bake in an oven for 30 minutes until skin browned and crispy on
the bottom.
5 let them cool. Blend until smooth-
6 serve with pasta or as a pizza base. Freezes well.
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