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It's our way. The Ultimate It's kids say. THe newsletter run bY Green school stuDents FAll Issue 2011 December 9, 2011 Our First Issue Is Born Edisi Pertama GS NEWS kami Sudah terbit Dear Green School students, The First teachers and parents, We’ve finally made it!! Annual The Ultimate Bamboo Post is Holiday our first student operated Green School newsletter. It offers the Extravaganza latest GS NEWS. You can find Pameran Besar students’ poems, stories and menjelang liburan artwork in KIDS’ VOICE. We also have a debate forum I Say U Say covering special topics. Animal COrner, has all the animals you are interested in. KNOWING yOU features people in the Green School community. We also have contests, polls, l festive recipes, fun facts, trivia, o T T i art & crafts and book reviews are e V A included. Dont forget we offer a n w i Classified-ad section so if you have j c k anything you want to advertise, ( g 6 please place it in our Dropbox in ) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK the warung or send to Anak Baru Disekolah Kita [email protected] A copy of the bamboo post will I guess lots of you already know, but for those who don’t, six be posted in the Heart of School litte baby goats joined our farm! and a digital version will be sent to Three of the adult goats gave birth during the assembly on rol Mierzejewskithe parents’ emails as well as on the Ka Friday, 18/11 and Saturday, 19/11. Green School homepage. The baby goats are really cute. Have you visited them Share your viewS, Send yet? They are in front of the marimba studio, next zy; widi; A uS your work! to the cows and the pigs. —By Bl A AnaÏs Treadwell From the G6 newsletter team! anaÏs, anneleen, anjali, Brooklyn, ellie, Agnieszk Gayatri, Maya.C, Lottie & ibu Cece Aileen TreAdwell (g1) Bali Starling Drawing Contest Kontes Menggambar Burung Jalak Bali we want to thank all the people who participated in Junior the Bali starling section drawing contest and congratulations to 1st: eMMunAH the four winners zAgata- here. To continue JacoBson (g2A) 8) g your support for l ( A the Bali starling conservation Project, please go to Herfind 2nd: deMiAn A http://www. ill BrAynin (g1) indiegogo.com/Bali- Cam Starlings KNoWing you By AnaÏs Treadwell Dr. Ating 1st: NatasHA Dr. Ating is the doctor of Green School. He comes from West Java. ÅHMAn (g6) Now he is living in Bali. Before that he lived for a long time in Senior Papua New Guinea. section Guinea? Q: Why did you choose to go to Papua 2nd: James jenour New Guinea? A: Papua, sulawesi, lombok, Bali. (g5) A: Because it is adventurous and there Q: Why did you choose to come to is still a lot of rainforest. Green School? Q: What did you do in Papua? A: Because it’s a combination of A: Medical service. education and environment. Q: How long did you live in Papua? Q: What is the most serious injury A: 12 years. somebody has had? A: once a kid from grade 3 fell on Q: What diseases did you help to cure? some pointy rocks and ended up with A: Malaria, but people have a strong a hole in the back of his head. He immune system and can live with it, had a trauma and we sent him to the even though they aren’t fully protected. hospital. Q: Who did you work for? Q: What do you want to do that you A: i worked for an indonesian and haven't accomplished? American Missionary. A: i want to be an ecologist. Q: What do people look like there? Q: How long do you plan to stay at A: frizzy black hair, dark skin; people Green School? A l A often wore grass skirts or went naked. i n A y n A: As long as i can. A d r A Q: Where did you live? e n i n i ls l en if you want to know more about A: i lived in a house in central Papua l ( A g i 5 new guinea. dr.Ating, take a look on his website: n ) e ( www.dratingfoundation.com g 1 Q: Where did you go after Papua New ) ) 7 Gika in grade (g HA er rr PP GS booK ieT cro 11. Her hair is t terpanjang of rEcordS Student 109cm long wit ambu Youngest student h longes Pelajar termuda M u dengan r H r A a M j t M a Sofie Vaughn h l A air Pe d k in Pre-k-Prep is i M B A jAAP de r l ui only 2 years 8 l Te ( r g (g 5 4) months old, her ) birthday is on e Mi d ko Ao rT n 15 April, 2009 (g 4 ) Emanuel Zagata-JacoBson (g1) Have A Very Christmas! Kiat Merayakan Natal Hijau By Maya clarke (G6) Did you know that Christmas uses the most resources and energy out of all the holidays? And that is because many presents are being made, bought and wrapped using lots of packaging and plastic. Many people travel on airplanes creating pollution and Christmas lights are kept on all night. More food and candies are eaten and the wrappings end up in the landfill. So, here are some ways you can be greener during Christmas! Buy a good tree! recycled and/or scrap paper. buy a Christmas tree with roots so you can re-plant - reuse your wrapping paper for next year or for it! plastic trees are not good, although you can keep crafts if it's not torn! re-using them. plastic trees have to go through - recycle your received wrapping paper so it doesn’t manufacturing and transportation and will one day end up in the landfill! end up in the landfill. Decoration and lighting Red Velvet Whoopie Pie! Presents and cards Christmas lights are pretty but use a lot of By Anjali Dalmia (G6) It is best to buy presents that have less packaging or electricity! Don’t leave them on when you’re make your own! Cards can also be made which saves sleeping at night or in the day when it is already the expense and uses your creativity! bright and not necessary. buy Christmas lights ingredienTs: that use the least energy! You can make your own Reduce, reuse, recycle! 2 cups all-purpose flour decorations and get ideas from our craft corner! use as little wrapping paper as possible or use 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring PaWS for 1/2 cup buttermilk or some yogurt thouGhtS blended with a little bit of water 2 tablespoons red food coloring (optional) Tigers Roar filling (see recipe below) No More direcTions: Harimau Tidak Lagi 1. Preheat oven to 375° f (190°c). line Mengaum a baking sheet or tray with parchment or aluminum; set aside. in a medium bowl By Anjali Dalmia and combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, Gayatri Nilsen (G6) and salt; set aside. Tigers are amazing animals and 2. in a large mixing bowl beat butter on are the largest cat species. They medium to high for 30 seconds. Beat in brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the can grow up to a body length of egg and vanilla flavoring. Alternatively add metres and weigh up to 3.3 306 flour mixture and buttermilk or yogurt mix, kg. They have a beautiful pattern open grasslands and tropical beating after each addition until combined. of dark vertical stripes on reddish- mangrove swamps. These six tiger generally solitary creatures, often Make sure the mix is not too thin. it tends orange fur which makes them very species have been classified as requiring large areas of habitat that to spread out a lot. stir in food coloring attractive. Did you know that no endangered. The total population support their prey requirements. (optional). two tigers have the same pattern? of tigers in the wild is estimated This has caused significant 3. spoon batter in 1 or 2-inch diameter Their teeth are very stout, and their at ranging from 3,062 to 5,066. conflicts with humans. rounds, about 1/2-inch high on prepared canines are the longest amongst Major reasons for the decline in After searching and reading baking sheets or tray, allowing 1 inch the big cats, with a crown height of population are habitat destruction about tigers, we think they play between each round. up to 74.5 mm. Tigers are found in and poaching. The area occupied a crucial role in maintaining a 4. Bake 7 to 9 minutes for 1-inch cookies or two colors, white and golden tabby. by tigers is estimated at less than healthy food web and should be 9 to 11 minutes for 2-inch cookies, or until Tigers once lived widely across 1,184,911 kmµ. preserved for the future. After all, tops are set. cool completely on baking Asia, from Turkey in the west to Tigers are territorial and they are amazing, aren’t they? sheets or tray. remove cooled cookies from the eastern coast of russia. over baking sheets or tray. the past 100 years, they have lost 5. To fill, dollopw hoopie Pie filling on flat 93% of their range, and have been THere Were 9 DiffereNT kiNDS of TiGerS iN THe WilD, sides of half the cookies.