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.

Reading Plus progress report

 Hello Readers!

Today it didn't go well for me I let all the distractions distract me and I didn't even get 80 percent on one story. Next time I will try to not let anyone distract me and get to the next level. Thank you for reading this blogpost.

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	Nothing
What I found difficult today:	Focusing
What my goal is for next time:	Get another combo.

Reading Plus progress report

 Hello Readers!! 

Today for reading plus I tried my best to focus and at the end of the lesson I almost finished a story with a good score but I didn't have enough time to finish it. Today at the start of the lesson I got 82 but then I got 76 so at the moment I'm going up and down. My goal by the end of the next week is to finish level G. 

Here is my report:

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

Here are my scores:

Reading Plus report

Hello Readers!

Today for reading plus I think I did pretty good apart from the part I got into support mode. In today's lesson I had to go into support mode but surprisingly I got out pretty fast because I read stories I enjoy.  I started to read another story and my goal by next week is to get to the next level.

Here is my report:

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

A Healthy menu for a week ⚕️

 Kia Ora Readers!

This week in health we have been learning what a healthy meal is and what is in a healthy meal. We watched a video about a lady explain how most teenagers in Australia aren't eating healthy meals.  I learnt that eating un healthy young may lead to problems in the future. So my teacher set us a task to create a healthy menu for a week. This task was very fun to do because I love making slideshows and sharing my ideas. The hardest part was finding out what is healthy to eat, nutritious and delicious. My favourite part was making the slideshow unique to me.

What would a healthy meal look like to you??

Red Cabbage Indicator 🎨

 Aim: I want to find out how red cabbage can tell if liquid is an acid or a base.

Research: 

Method:

Equipment:

• Acid - Hydrochloric acid
• Base - Sodium Hydroxide
• Red Cabbage
• Water
• Cup/Beaker
• Test tube
• Dropper

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands.
2. Get all of your equipment required.
3. Add water to your cup/beaker.
4. Break the cabbage into small pieces.
5. Mix the red cabbage and water together with the dropper until it starts to turn dark purple. ( The darker the water the better the colours will be)
6.  With the dropper add three drops of the purple water to each test tube.
7. For the first time just add the acid to one of the test tubes and base to another.
8. Gradually add the base and acid to each test tube. 
9. Add as many drops of acid and base to create colours. (Make sure you don't get any of the acid or base on your hands).
10.  Maybe even try to layer the colours on top of each other.

Results:

Discussion: 

Q1 : What is an Acid and a Base?

  A1 :  Acid is a substance that gives hydrogen ion and donates to a substance. When the acid is added to the cabbage water it creates a pigment and changes the colour. Base is a substance that takes the acid. 

 

                    

 Q2 : What do chemical indicators do?

 

  A2: The Chemical indicators creates the chemical reaction. Which makes the colour appear when the acid and base is included in the cabbage water. 

Making sherbet🍬

 Aim:

 I want to find out how to make sherbet.

Research: 

                                                             How to make sherbet:

The science of sherbet:

Method:

Equipment:

• Citric acid/tartaric acid
• Popsicle stick
• Raro
• Baking soda
• Paper or plate

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands thoroughly with water and soap.
2. Get all of your equipment required.
3. Put the paper/plate on your table. 
4. Get a pile of all of the three powders. 
5. Using your popsicle start mixing some of each powder together. 
6. Taste the sherbet.
7. If there is too much Baking soda, add more Citric Acid.
8. If there is too much Citric Acid, add more Baking soda.
9. To improve the flavor, add more Raro.

Results:

 

 

                                                 My sherbet tasted very sour and bitter. 

Discussion:

Why did the sherbet not foam on the paper but it did in my mouth?

• When an acid is mixed with a carbon carbonate they react to from carbon dioxide gas, water and salt the bubbles on your tongue are carbon dioxide and the reaction is sped up because the mixture dissolves the saliva. The breakdown of citric acid into carbon dioxide is a very important process inside your body and it's called carboxylic. 
  
  

What was the chemical reaction in the sherbet?

• The chemical reaction is made from citric acid and sodium bicarbonate. A reaction is caused by bubbles of carbon dioxide when dry ingredients get wet from saliva. 

What type of chemical is it?

• Neutralisation 

Clowns 🤡

 Kia Ora Readers!

In drama this week we had to write a blog post about what clowning is. I believe that clowning can  be someone who is silly and someone who  fools around. A clown is someone who is clumsy and a person who plays tricks on others and fail they can also be someone who is foolish.  There are many different types of clowns but that is my meaning. 

Here is a clown I made up:

My clowns name is Bobo meaning crazy/stupid in Spanish. The type of clown is a mime clown. They walk like a elephant.  Bobo the clown doesn't talk because they are a mime clown. Bobo plays tricks on people making them think that they have stuff in there hands. 

Here is a video of a comedy clown performance:

Reading Plus Progress Report

 Hello Readers!

Sorry I haven't been updating you guys lately it's because I wasn't getting the best scores for weeks. Finally now I got out of support mode and no longer on hold again. I believe I was on hold twice because I choose the wrong stories and I didn't choose ones I like. Next time I will choose a story I find interesting and get a combo. Today was very good for me I got good results and yesterday I levelled up in vocabulary! I'm very proud of myself and I hope that I don't get into support mode or on hold again.

Here is my report:

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

 Thank you for reading my blog post!

Blind Taste Testing 😋🤔

 Aim: I want to find out if food tastes differently when you can't see or smell.

Method:

Research:

    

Equipment:

• Food (Mystery)
• Hands 
• Blindfold
• Popsicle stick

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands thoroughly with water and soap. 
2. Get all of the equipment required.
3. Close your eyes and put your blindfold on.
4. Collect your food and eat it.
5. Block/pinch your nose with a hand and eat the food.
6. Unblock/un-pinch your nose and try to guess the food in your mouth.

Results:

Here are the videos without being blind folded:

This is the first taste test: 

Here is the second video:

Here is the third video:

Here is the Fourth one:

Here are the videos with a blindfold on:

Here is the 5th one:

Here is the 6th one:

I forgot to film the 7th one.

Here is the 8th one:

Here is a spread sheet I filled out:

First taste	Last taste	Food guess
Sweet	Sweet	Salt
Salty	Bland	Salt
Biter	Biter	Icing sugar
Lemon	Sour	Citric Acid
Salty	Pickles	Pickles
Tasteless	Bland	I dont know
Chrunchy	Sweet	Apple
Crunchy	fruity	Pear
Tasteless	Sweet	Burger ring
Stale	Burger ring	Burger ring
Sweet, chewy	Sour	Sour coca cola bottle lolly

Discussion:

How do you taste food?

 

Food is tasted from the taste buds located on your tongue. There are many different types of taste buds and that is how you taste sour, sweet, bitter or salty. When you taste something sweet your taste buds send messages to your brain about what type of food is and what is tastes like. 

What are the different tastes?

There are four main different types of tastes they are : sour, salt, bitter and sweet. The three other tastes are umami which is savoury, astringent and pungent. 

Where are the different taste buds on your tongue?

In the front of your tongue is the sweet taste buds, salty and sour are on the sides of your tongue and bitter is in the back.

Does smell affect your taste?

Yes smell does affect the taste of food. Most of the time people judge food by the smell and that can affect the taste. As well as that about 80% of smell is what is responsible for what food tastes like. 

Performing Arts

Greeting Readers!

This term in drama with Mr Wilkes we have been learning about the performing arts. What is the performing arts you may ask? Well Performing arts is a way of performing art. There are many different ways of doing so. It is a creative activity that can be performed on a stage in front of an audience. 5 different types of performing art are: drama, musical, opera, circus and puppetry.

Here are some videos:

 

Van Goh🖌️🎨

 Kia Ora Readers!

This term in art we have been learning how to do impasto painting. One of our tasks was to research and answer questions about Van Goh. We had to go onto a google doc read the description about Van Goh and go on some websites to find answers to questions. For me it was a little bit tricky to find a answer to the third question because some people had different answers so I was a little confused. But I ended up using my answer I found. I hope you enjoy looking at the answers to the questions!

Answer the following questions and post these to your blog:

1. What does the word impasto mean? Look up the word in lexipedia.com, then type your answer here:

Impasto means the paintings that show paint strokes from pallet knives and brushes.

2. How can an impasto brushstrokes express emotions?

It expresses emotions from the texture and how the art looks.

3. Was Van Gogh one of the first painters to use impasto technique?

No, Van Gogh was not the first painter to use the impasto technique; it was Venetian Renaissance artists Titian and Tintoretto.

4. When you finish these questions use the information to create a post for your blog about these two paintings.

Thank you for reading my blogpost!