Making play dough

by Shila Shrestha

Today we are trying to make play dough. This is my first time though others have done it before. First we watched some videos on YouTube and Pallav sir taught us how to make play dough.

 

Then we went to the kitchen. We discussed what to do with each other. Anita didi brought all the things that we need together. Pallav sir put warm water into the bowl and he also put flour into the bowl.

 

We also talked about the words flour, dough, and knead.

We mixed the dough turn by turn. We added some flour and some salt and oil. Pallav sir cut four pieces and he gave each of our groups one piece each.

 

Anita didi was the lead for Sama’s Serpents and they got one piece of dough. Sanket dada was the lead of the Extreme Van Goghs and they got one piece of dough. I am the lead of Da Vinci Dynamites and I had one piece of dough. Today Utu dada was absent so he could not lead Devkota’s Eagles. We took the kids in his group into ours so there was no Devkota’s Eagles group today.

 

We had a choice of four food colors to use for the play dough: there were Red, Green, Yellow and Brown. We did an Inky, Minky Ponky game and Sama’s Serpents got green, Extreme Van Goghs got yellow, Devkota’s Eagles got brown (maybe they will get to make the brown play dough when Utu dada is back) and my group Da Vinci Dynamites had red color.

 

We make deep hole in the middle of the dough that was given to us and we put food color inside. Because we had four pieces of the dough, we left one white.

 

It was quite hard to make the color mix well. First it was just white and a colored spot and then it would not mix well.

 

After kneading and kneading, we had a great balance in color. Because we did not want the play dough to dry out, we put the dough in plastic bags and made them air tight.

 

I felt that making play dough for the first time was really nice. Pallav sir said, “Great work,” to us and Anita didi took very nice photos.

We tried out the play dough, it was very good play dough. We made a bridge and I also made a baby’s milk bottle. Anita didi made a pig that was very nice. We want to make many things with the play dough this winter holiday at Spiny Babbler Evolution.

 

Cleaning our school

21 December 2018, Friday

by Anita Bhattarai

Day before yesterday Sanket dada and I took a cleaning class for my friends, brothers and sisters. In our school I teach many things. After I taught them how to clean, we watched cleaning videos on YouTube.

 

Then we all started cleaning our school. We have cleaned our rooms, bathrooms, classrooms, and gardens many times before this. We regularly watch how to clean, how to cook, and how to live a good life.

We like our school to look clean and tidy so we always clean our school once a week, usually on Sunday. Af us know how to clean now, practice makes perfect. So this time everybody did very well. I took lots of picture. Chuntu is just three years old but she also cleaned classroom’s wall. She did very well.

Amulya and Aarambha cleaned our school’s signboard. They did it very gently. Other friends cleaned the doors, tables, whiteboards and other things. Last time we cleaned outside and we also took out lots of grass. 

Utkristha and Shila cleaned with a broom and Utu sprinkled water outside the gate while Amulya and I picked all plastic pieces. Palistha ma’am helped us.

 

This work is very easy to do for us and we feel good. In our school we have to learn this work and do it regularly rather than just on “environment day” or something like that because this is very important for our health and life.

We are learning lot of things from our lovely school Spiny Babbler Evolution. I love my school very much.

साइकलमा काठमाडाै बाट सिन्धुलीगढी हुदै जनकपूर

अारम्भ ढकाल

A cycling trip with my mother and father to Sindhuli. 

गत हप्ता म मेराे बाबा र अामा सगै एउटा साइकल यात्रामा गएकाे थिए । याे चार दिनकाे यात्रामा म चाहि बसमा बसेर हेर्न बिचार गरेकाे थिए । मेराे बाबा चाहि साइकलमा नै जाने तयारी गर्नु भएकाे थियाे ।

पहिलाे दिन यात्राकाे लागि हामी सवैजाना पशूपतिमा जम्मा भएम । पशूपतीमा अरु साइकल यात्रीहरु जम्मा भैरहेका थिए । याे यात्रकाे नाम ‘राइड टु सिन्धुलीगढी–२०१८’ हाे ।  साइकलयात्रामा म भन्दा २ बर्ष जेठाे  यात्री सुयोगमान बस्नेत र ५ बर्ष जेठाे  एक्सएल क्षेत्री पनि हुनुहुन्थ्याे । २ जना दादाहरु देखेर म धेरै खुशी भएकाे थिए।

पशुपतीबाट साइकल यात्री अधिअधि हामी बसमा पछि पछि थिएम । हामीलाइ भक्तपूर र पातले गाउमा स्वागत भयाे । त्यसपछिकाे बाटाे अाेरालै अाराेलाे थियाे । मंगलटारमा हामीलाइ फेरी स्वागत भयाे । मंगलटार पछि राेशी खाेलाकाे किनारै किनार हामी दुम्जा पूगेम । दुम्जामा राेशी र सुनकाेशी नदि मिसिन्छ । यहा कुशेश्वर महादेवकाे मन्दिर पनि छ ।  हामीलाइ दुम्जामा टिका लगाएर स्वागत भयाे अनी खाना पनि त्यहि खाएम । दुम्जाबाट मेन राेड छाेडेर गाउकाे बाटाे साइकल मुलकाेट पूग्याे । हामी सडकै सडक गाडीमा मुलकाेट अाइपूगेम । मुलकाेटमा नाचगान तथा स्वागत भयाे । मुलकाेटमा फुड फेस्टिभल पनि भएकाे थियाे । मैले दुइबटा ससेज खाए । अनी खाना खाएर सुते ।

दाेस्राे दिन ।

बिहान उठेर खाजा खायम अनी साइकल यात्रीहरुले साइकल लाइन लगाएर राख्नु भयाे । मुलकाेट पछीकाे बाटाे उकालाे र धुमाउराे थियाे । बाटाे छेउबाट सुनकाेशी बगिरहेकाे थियाे । धेरै साइकल यात्री थाकेर साइकल बस माथि राखेर  बाटाे बाटै हाम्राे बसमा चढनु भयाे ।

तिन वटा उकालाे अनी अाेरालाे कटेर खुर्काेट अाइपूगेम । खुर्काेटमा पनि हामीलाइ स्वागत भयाे । त्यसपछि हामी अर्काे लामाे उकालाे लागेम । याे उकालाे बाटाेमा पर्ने सवैभन्दा लामाे उकालाे हाे । उकालाे कटेर खनियाखर्कमा हामीलाइ जुनारकाे जुस खुवाएर स्वागत भयाे । खनियाखर्कमा सवै साइकल यात्रीहरुलाइ कुरेर हामी संगै गढी भित्र गएम ।

सिन्धुलीगढी २५१ बर्ष पहिले नेपालीले बेलाएति सेनासग लडाइ जितेकाे ठाउ रै छ । गढीमा नेपालकाे  झन्डा भएकाे ठाउमा सवै जानेले फाेटाे खिचेम ।

गढी नजिकै रहेकाे पूरानाे दरवार अगाडी हामीले खाना खाएम । गढीबाट सिन्धुली माढी सम्मकाे बाटाे अाेरालै अाेरालाे थियाे । अाेरालाेमा देवेन्द्र अंकलले एक एक साइकल बिस्तारै जान भन्नु भयाे । अाेरालाे मा बिस्तारै छेउछेउ बाट जान पनि भन्नु भयाे ।

अाेरालाे बाटाेकाे सकिय पछि चियाबारीमा हामी सवै जान जम्मा भएर एकै पटक बजारतिर लागेम ।

अनिहामी सिन्धुलीबजार पूग्दा बजारमा नाचगानले स्वागत भयाे । हामीपनि सिन्धुलीगढी धुमेर हेर्दा भन्ने गितमा नाचेम । राति खाना खाएर सुतेम ।

तेस्राे दिन ।

अाज साइकल यात्राकाे अन्तिम दिन हाे । अाजकाे बाटाे थाेरै उकालाे थाेरै अाेरालाे र धेरै सम्म छ । सिन्धुलीबजारकाे बाटाे हुदै साइकलयात्रा बर्दिवास तिर अधि बढयाे । बजारमा सवैले हाल हल्लायर साइकल यात्रीहरुलाइ बिदाइ गरे ।

हामी माइथान मन्दिर पूगेम । मन्दिर बाटाे भन्दा पर थियाे । हामी झुलुङगे पूल तरेर माइथान मन्दिर गएम । हामीलाइ बाटाेमा ठाउठाउमा पानी दिन धेरै जानाबस्नु भएकाे थियाे । हामी बर्दिवास पूगेर खाना खाएम ।

खाना खाएर सम्मबाटाे बिस्तारै एकै लाइनमा साइकलहरु अधि बढयाे । ढलकेबर धारापानीहुदै धनुषाधाम मन्दिर पूगेम । मन्दिरबाट धुलै धुलाे बाटाे हामी जनकपूर पूगेम । जनकपूरमा माेनास्टिक स्कुलमा स्वागत तथा भाषण र नाचगान भयाे । म र सुयाेग दादा पनि स्टेजमा गएर नाचेम । मलाइ सवैले बाेकेर नाचाए ।

बिहान उठेर हामी जानकीमन्दिर गएम । मन्दिर छेउमा पूरी जेरी र तरकारी खाएम । स्कुलमा फर्किएर सवै जानाले अा अाफनाे साइकल प्याक गर्दै बस माथि राख्नु भयाे । अनी बस चढेर हामी सबै काठमाडाै अाएम ।

याे २ सय ५० किलाेमिटर साइकल यात्रा याे पटकलाइ सकियाे । मलाइ धेरै रमाइलाे लाग्याे । मलाइ अर्काे पटक पनि अाउन मन लागेकाे छ ।

I liked my cycling trip even though I couldn't cycle with my friends and family, I had fun with my father and mother.

Rice planting

by Suprit

In school, we were planning to visit a farm and plant new rice plants.

Since it was the season of planting, we went to Thimi at my grandparents’ farm. My grandparents has a farm land where planting happens in every monsoon season.

We reached at my grandparent’s house. We changed into old clothes for the planting activity. Then we went to the field.

We first took off our shoes and stepped into the mud.

They told us to step and walk all over the grass so that the grass would bury inside the mud. So, we ran and splashed on the grasses.

Then we went to another field and planted the new rice plants.

We then took a break and had lassi.

Then we had a mud fight. There we ran, played, laughed and splashed mud to each other. Anita, Shila and Utu fell in the mud.

It was so fun. It was our first time of such planting.Then we took a shower and went home.