At the end of last term, Sally’s Lower Intermediate General English class had a pavlova decorating competition. Pavlova is a traditional New Zealand dessert. In the competition, there were four teams. Their teacher Sally gave each team half a pavlova, cream, kiwifruit, strawberries, and some chocolate buttons. Their job was to make their pavlova look the best. No one was allowed to look at another group’s work until they were all finished. Everyone worked well in their teams and got lots of speaking practice through achieving the task together.

Sally says, “It was too hard to judge! They were all amazing. We enjoyed eating the pavlova. It didn’t last long!!”

It sounds like a great way to learn English while having fun!

Here are the students hard at work

Auckland New Zealand Pavlova decorating competition Team 1
Team 1: Sumika, Fernanda and Mint

Auckland New Zealand Pavlova decorating competition Team 2
Team 2: Victoria and Wawa

Auckland New Zealand pavlova competition Team 3
Team 3: Dream, Masami and Eleanora

Auckland New Zealand pavlova competition Team 4
Team 4: Takumi, Ivan and Roy

Here are the students’ creations

New Zealand Pavlova decorated by English language students
New Zealand Pavlova decorated by English language students
New Zealand Pavlova decorated by English language students
New Zealand Pavlova decorated by English language students

Masami enjoyed her slice

English and pavlova in Auckland, New Zealand