Making Hokey Pokey😋🍬

Hey Readers!

This week we learnt how to make hokey pokey. Here is my blog post:

Aim: I want to find out how to make hokey pokey.

Research:

Method:

Ingredients:

•  5 table spoon of sugar
• 2 table spoon of golden syrup
• Baking soda 1 teaspoon

Equipment:

•  Sauce pan
• Bunsen burner/stove
• Something to mix with.
• Needle
• Cookie cutter
• Non stick paper/baking paper
• Cookie cutter (Optional)
• Gauze mat
• Heat mat

Instructions:

1. Get all equipment required.
2. Wash your hands thoroughly with water.
3.  Set up the bunsen burner.
4. Use a tripod to make the sauce pan balance.
5. Put the sauce pan on top of the tripod.
6. Light the bunsen burner make sure you close the hole. ( Fire before gas)
7. Add 5 tablespoons of sugar to the sauce pan.
8. Melt the sugar.
9. Add 2 tablespoons of golden syrup to the sauce pan. 
10. Mix the mixture together.
11. Turn off the gas and add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the melted mixture. ( The colour should become light brown/golden).
12. Mix together thoroughly.
13. Scrap the hokey pokey onto the non stick paper. 
14. Let it cool for 30 seconds.
15. Press a cookie cutter into the hokey pokey. (Optional)

Results:
  

  

Here is the video :

This video is from my best friend Venice. I did film a video of my own but the file was to big so I had to use Venice's. It's a time lapse so the video won't take to long to watch :)

Here is a photo of one of the hokey pokey blobs:

Discussion:

I noticed when I ate the hokey pokey it was chewy and very sweet. As I watched my class mates pour/scrap the hokey pokey onto the baking paper I felt satisfied. It felt very sticky and felt like sugar. My favourite part of this activity was eating the hokey pokey and mixing the mixture :) (Unfortunately we didn't use cookie cutters 😕 but that's ok).

Thank you for reading this blog post!!

 Hello Readers!!

This week in wananga we have been writing stories. One writing activity was to write a christmas story.  We started off by choosing a inspiration image to write about. I choose to write about a golden retriever.  My story is called "Christmas Miracles." At first the activity was a little bit difficult but in the end I managed to use my imagination and my a unique story. The task was quite easy to do. I hope you enjoy my story. (Don't forget to give me feedback,  to fix something).

Here is my inspiration:

Here is my story:

Christmas Miracles

Reading Plus

 Hi readers!!!

Today for reading plus I almost got a combo. I got out of support mode and got quite good scores. Next time my goal is to make sure I get a combo with 80 percent or over. My goal is to finish this level and improve my reading skills.

Here is my report:

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	I got out of support mode and almost got a proper combo!
What I found difficult today:	Focusing
What my goal is for next time:	Get another combo.

Art Colouring Book - NASA edition

 Hello Readers!

Today I decided I wanted to do the summer learning journey 2021-2022. I decided to do the learning journey to improve my reading and writing. In class I begun my first activity which  was a warm up. This activity was simple, easy and fun! It didn't take me long so I managed to finish it on time. The activity I had to do was to choose a colouring page to colour in and blog. I choose to colour in a astronaut image. ( The theme was NASA)

Thank you for reading my blog post :)

Business & Enterprise 👩‍💼💰

 Hey Readers!

This term for the kete we did business & enterprise. Business & enterprise is where you create a company/business, create products and sell them. We started this kete by going onto banquer and learning how to manage money and learn what you can do with money. After 3 or more weeks of being on banquer we started to get into groups to start our business plans. In the business plan we thought about what we were going to sell and everything about our company and products. 

Each group had four roles CEO, marketing manager, production manager and finance manager. CEO had to write down the progress of each lesson, make sure everything is up to date and write the letter .  The marketing manager made the posters, slide show and the banner. Production manager made sure the products were up to the standard to be able to sell the products. Finally the finance manager's role is to make sure we had enough money to buy stuff to make the products. We also had to stay on a budget of $20 or more if the teacher approves. 

My group was called "Lil Charms," we made charms out of clay and sold them for $2.50. Every single decision was important and payed a big role in our business.  Including what clay we get, how we make the products and when we make the products etc. I believe I did well for my business because I made sure our because was noticed by others. Personally I believe we didn't show all of the school values because we gave up at times and disagreed with each other. 

As a group it took as a while to make a decision because we kept changing our minds. Our first option was jewellery out of beads, stress balls, anime masks and finally clay charms. On the first of December we had a market day and we sold over $30 which I believe is really good. On the market day I brought a poster and 3 charms.

Making ginger Beer 🍺

Kia Ora Readers!

Today in science we learn't how to make ginger beer with ginger. We firstly did the blogpost and then on the next lesson we made the ginger beer. 

 Aim: I want to know how to brew ginger beer.

Research:                 

Method:

Equipment:

• Ginger (source of sugar)
• lemon
• Warm water
• Yeast
• Cup
• Spoon/popsicle stick

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands thoroughly with water and soap.
2. Get all of the equipment required. 
3. Cut up/ mince 1 tablespoon of ginger.
4. Put 1 tablespoon of ginger into the cup.
5. Fill the cup half way with warm water.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of yeast into the cup of ginger and water.
7. Mix the mixture together with a spoon.
8. Leave the ginger beer mixture to ferment for 6 days or as long as you want.
9. After 6 days you can finally drink it and taste test it. 

Results:

Before --------> 

 After ------> 

Disscussion:

Sugar

• Potato = Vodka ( Leave for 3 to 5 days) 
• Rye =  Whiskey ( Leave for 5 to 10 days)
• Apples = Cider ( Leave for 5 to 14 days)
• Grapes =  Wine ( Leave for 3 to 4 weeks)
• Hops = beer ( Leave for 2 to 4 months, 6 to 10 hours hand brewing)

What is fermentation?

 

Fermentation is when yeast eats the sugar and excretes carbon dioxide and alcohol.

What are the best conditions of brewing?

Making sure the alcohol is at a cool temperature by chilling the drink, not shaking the drink so that the surface area doesn't get increased etc.

What is the difference between beer, cider, wine, vodka and whiskey?

Liquor drinks such as vodka, whiskey and brandy are called "distilled alcoholic beverages."  Drinks like these will be more alcoholic proof. The opposite of this is " undistilled alcoholic beverages"  these drinks include less alcohol like beer, champagne, port, sherry and cider.

Tasting the ginger beer:

 My ginger tasted absolutely disgusting. For me it was a big fail. It tasted very watery and tasteless. I think I didn't add enough ginger, lemon and sugar. It lost it sweetness and became gross. It smelt very strong.  

Reading Plus

Greetings Readers :)

Today for reading plus it didn't go well for me once again i'm starting to give up and not focus. I believe this is my fault for giving up and next time I will make sure I get at least 80 percent on the rest of my stories. I hope to be able to level up soon and get good scores again. 

Here is my report :

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	I read two stories but didn’t get good scores.
What I found difficult today:	Focusing
What my goal is for next time:	Get another combo.

Thank you for reading my post.