Tane Mahuta

Today we went to the back of the school and picked some plums so we can make plum jam. After that we started to clean the compost area which is next to the plum tree. We raked the leaves and picked up rubbish "Garden waste" We are planning to build a vegetable garden and bring back some of the native birds. We actually saw some of them today when we were picking plums. Here is a photo of us cleaning the compost.



This is some of us planning what we are going to do with the space we have, thats how we came up with the native plants and vegetable garden.

Scones

Today in Science we made scones. 

Aim: How different ingredients react in scones.

Process

Step 1: Get a plate and bowl to mix your ingredients.

Step 2: Get your ingredients and mix them.

Step 3: Mix till its turns into a dough.

Step 4: Mold your dough into a scone shape.

Step 5: Put them Into the oven and wait till they cook.
Step 6: Then see how they taste.

Here are the recipes we used for each scone.

1. 1/2 cup Edmonds standard flour

• 1 tsp Edmonds baking powder
• 1/4 cup milk                                              
• 2 tsp butter

2.

• 1/2 cup Edmonds standard flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp butter
• 1/4 cup milk

3.

• 1/2 cup Edmonds standard flour
• 1 tsp Edmonds baking powder
• 2 tsp butter
• Approximately or 1/4 cup lemonade

materials 

• Butter
• Flour
• Milk
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Tray
• Measuring cup
• Plate
• Spoon
  
  

  COLOUR	TASTE	HEIGHT (MM)
  1. NORMAL	This scone was definitely the best it was crispy and light brown it was crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.	68mm is the height of the normal scone.
  2. WITH LEMONADE	This scone was DISGUSTING I never knew scones could taste so bad it was literally as hard as a rock.	45mm is the height of the lemonade scone.
  3. WITH BAKING POWDER	This one also was so GROSS it was the worst. It was a dark brown golden type colour and it was very bitter and dry.	42mm is the height of the baking soda scone.

Conclusion:

The normal Scone was the crispest and it had a light brown colour. The Scone with lemonade was disgusting it was as hard as a Rock. Scone with baking powder was very disgusting. It had a dark brown colour and it was really bitter and dry.

All of the scones were baked at 200 degrees Celsius. Also they were all baked for 10 minutes.

Dirty water expirement

Today in Science we did the dirty water experiment. If you don't know what the dirty water experiment is, its basically where you have to make a filter and see how well it cleans the water or if it does or not. 

I was working with Shontelle and Addyson and our Filter didn't go so well. Here are some photos.

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials.

Water Filtration Plant

What is filtration?

Filtration is separating solids from liquids by adding a medium through which only the liquid can pass. 

Examples are:

1. Filter in a swimming pool
2. Kidneys are the filter to the human body
3. A Water jug
4. Coffee bean Plunger

Materials

1.Bottle

2.Filter paper

3.Sand

4.Pebbles/stones

5.Dirty water

6.Scissors 

Steps

1. Get a bottle then cut it in half, so you now have a funnel and a container.

2. Get some filter paper and fold it in half then fold it in half again.

3. Put some sand and pack it into the cone made out of filter paper, then place it into the funnel.

4. Get the pebbles/stones and put some into the funnel on top of the sand.

5. Now you can get some dirty water and pour it into the funnel.

6. Now see if your water is clean or not.

As soon as we poured the dirty water into the filter it just flowed right through the pebbles, sand and filter paper and the water just stayed the same. I think it was a fail because there wasn't enough sand in the filter paper and it just went right through it.

Stop Motion

The past 2 weeks, our class 7/8Al and 7/8Wh has Art modules every Monday and Thursday. In Art we have to make a 20 second long Stop Motion. There were 3 topics we got to choose from on how to make our stop motion. The topics are White board, Lego and Clay. My group decided to mix things up and do clay and Lego together. 

The classes were inspired by Roald Dahl and the illustrator Quentin Blake. When we start to make these films we need it least 1 character from one of Roald Dahl's books. The character we used is Jack from Jack and the beanstalk. Our Story's don't need to be the same but we needed a character from one of Roald Dahl's book.

Our Story is about Jack getting bullied by Hurculey's and Nick, Then he meets a new Friend named Leo. If you don't know what a stop motion is, it is a video but taken by a lot of photos so it can be a film. Next week we get to start filming and putting our creations together. 

In 6 weeks our films will be ready to share so come back to my blog then and you'll see how our film went.

The Treaty of Waitangi

This this week in class we started to do some activities. Our choices were The treaty of Waitangi, Waitangi Day and who was Hone Heke, I picked the treaty of Waitangi.

The treaty was signed by the British leaders and the Maori Tribal in 1840. The Maori Tribal and British leaders had a misunderstanding because they both signed the same treaty but they don't celebrate it together. 

The Treaty was signed in the bay of islands on February 6 so that's Waitangi Day. There were two different versions of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi treaty that was signed, one in Maori and another in English. 

When the Maori iwi (tribes) were signing the treaty they didn't realise the they were agreeing for the British to have rule over them. 

Since 1974 February 6, New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day. Waitangi Day is celebrated in so much different ways. Many people travel to Waitangi for the official treaty commemorations, while others see it as a day to celebrate being a New Zealander.

SLJ

For cyber smart we had to pick a country that we want to go to. I picked Australia, I actually have been to Australia and I would love to go again.

We have some questions to answer about the country we want to go to.

The Capital of Australia is Canberra.

In 2011 the population of Canberra was 403,468 but now it has dropped to about 390,000

January is the hottest month in Canberra.

 It has a average of temperature of 69°F (21°C) The coldest month is in July 42°F (6°C)

Canberra is located at the northern Australia capital.

Canberra people don't speak a different language they just speak English.

So me and my Family just got to Australia and we went to sleep then we woke up and wanted something to eat.

Normally in Australia they have Cereal, Toast or a Coffee, or is they want something hot they would have Bacon, Eggs, Sausages and Fried Tomato.

In stead of Waitangi day Australia has Australia day which is 26 of January.

Then we had to go back home to NZ.

Unicorn vs Men

Over the last few weeks we have written a piece of narrative writing. I am going to share with you my piece of writing.

Unicorns Vs Men:

One warm sunny day a herd of Unicorns were discovered by a group of men. Their names were Alexander, Jack, Brad and Derek. 1827 is the date the Unicorns were discovered. Alexander, Jack, Brad and Derek discovered the Unicorns in the middle of South West Rain Forest. They then took the Unicorns they discovered back to their campground that they were staying at.

They then began to find out more information about them. They found out their names, which is Vivion, Penelope, Mia and Livie. They instantly knew that they were going to adopt the Unicorns. They were thinking about it and made their decision.

So Brad and Derek made their own cabin in the woods. While Alexander and Jack went back to their house in Transylvania and gathered all their stuff and went back to their modern wood cabin. Their cabin looked like it was professionally made, It was amazing.

They then decided to sort out everything tomorrow so they could have some food. Lucky Alexander and Jack got all the food so they could cook up some meals. They went upstairs to cook some mac and cheese and cheese pizza, It was delicious.

The next day…

So the men started to wake up, they didn’t realize where their Unicorns were. Derek had gotten up and gone outside to see if there was any sign of them. Derek went so far down the path he couldn’t see the cabin, all he could see was the fog going further and further. The pathway had ended and there was still no sign of the Unicorns. Derek went further and further, there was no ground left to walk on. Derek was thinking they couldn’t have gone this far. So Derek just went back to the cabin.

He informed his brothers that he did not know where they were. “ I went so far down the path still no sign of them,” Derek said. Everybody Instantly went looking for them. They looked everywhere, Inside and out. Still no sign of them. Little did they know the Unicorns actually made their own cabin with their magical corn powers.

Vivion, Penelope, Mia and Livie made like one of the best cabins that could ever be seen in the Rainforest. It had Blue, Purple and Pink wood. It had these amazing LED lights that were engraved into the wood. They Unicorns went back to the original cabin and they started up a huge fight with the men. The Unicorns started to use their magical corn powers to struct them down to the ground. The men couldn’t get up again they tried so had to fight back but nothing, they couldn’t do anything. The Unicorns just left to go back to their own cabin and just left the men there lying on the ground.

5 Weeks later….

Alexander, Jack, Brad and Derek finally reached out to some people and got the help they needed. Then they finally recovered and left the Rain Forest to go back to their original home in Transylvania. The Unicorns took over the Rain Forest and made it their own place for magical creatures. They made some new friends like Kermit the Frog, Gary the fast snail, Fantastico the Peanut, Tissue the ghost and Plankton the Green leaf. They all had heaps of fun being around each other and never saw sight of a human ever again. They lived their own lives in the South West Rain forest.

The End

I hope my story makes senses to you and you like it :D

Bye!