Evaluation for our burger design-Home Economics-20/11/18

What worked?
Our idea was smart and good. We experimented with ingredients and flavours.

What needed changing?
The whole patty, flavour and everything.

Where was the flavour coming from?
The patty because of all of the seasonings, The sweet chilli sauce.

What offered texture?
Brioche bun when it was toasted, iceberg lettuce to add crunch.

Paragraph about hurricane Katrina-Social Studies-14/11/18

An extreme storm with very strong winds and heavy rainfall may be a hurricane. Usually hurricanes occur when the temperature of the ocean is very warm(26.5 degrees celsius down to 50 metres). There are lots of reasons why hurricanes are dangerous, for example, they can bring storm surge and storm tides and heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding. People's homes and businesses either get damaged or destroyed. More importantly people lost their lives.

What makes a home earthquake proof?-26/10/18

What makes a home earthquake proof?

Research
There is no structure that is fully earthquake proof but concrete walls with steel bars in them can reduce movement. Hollow concrete bricks designed to cause minimal damage if they fall in another earthquake.

Equipment

• 4 pieces of paper
• 4 cotton buds
• 6 thin sticks
• 6 Popsicle sticks
• 3 small + large cork
• 2 plastic cups
• scissors + tape

Results

• Was it the tallest? No
• Did it look the best? YES
• Was it earthquake proof? Yes
• Was it successful? Yes Why? Because it lasted a long time on the table
• What do architects do to make super tall buildings safe? I don't know

OUR BUILDING

A REALLY TALL BUILDING

Tsunami natural event reflection

!7/10
What went well today?
Our teamwork.

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
Knowing what to write about and Mrs Handley and Selena.

What didn't go well today?
I wanted to finish my paragraph but i didn't.

18/10
What went well today?
I started my diagram

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
No

What didn't go well today?
Selena wasn't here

19/10
What went well today?
Nothing

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
No

What didn't go well today?
Selena wasn't here

25/10
What went well today?
Nothing

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
Mrs Handley could help us if she was actually in the classroom

What didn't go well today?
Everything

1/11
What went well today?
Everything

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
Everything and everyone

What didn't go well today?
Everything

2/11
What went well today?
Everything

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you?
No and nothing

What didn't go well today?
Nothing

Chicken Curry-Home ec-25/9/18

Wardah and I's Chicken Curry-(FOR TWO PEOPLE)

INGREDIENTS

1 can of chopped tomatoes

1/2 red onion

1 clove of garlic

1/2 T of ginger

1/4 Cup of cream

1/4 tsp of turmeric

1/4 tsp of mixed spices

1 T of oil

1 1/2 cups of rice

200g of boneless chicken

1 cup of water

METHOD

1.Put the pan on the stove on a low heat.

2.Pour in oil and wait for it to warm up.

3.When it's warm cook the onion until golden brown.

4.Add garlic, ginger, turmeric and mixed spice and mix together.

5.Add the chicken and stir for 5 minutes.

6.Add in tomatoes and stir for 5 minutes.

7.Put in cream and water and wait for it to boil. When it starts boiling it's ready to eat.

Final result:

Graphing-Social Studies-18/9/18

Observing Convection currents-Science-14/9/18

AIM:To observe a convection in a liquid
EQUIPMENT: 200mL beaker, tweezers, potassium permaganate ice cube with wire attached, Bunsen burner, tripod, heat mat, straw, gauze mat.
STEP 1: Set up a Bunsen burner on a heatproof mat. Put the gauze mat on the tripod but leave it to one side of the Bunsen
STEP 2:Fill a 200mL beaker with 150mL of cold water.
STEP 3:Place the beaker on top of the tripod and allow it to settle for a few minutes.
STEP 4:Carefully insert a straw down one side of the beaker, make sure it is touching the bottom. Do not disturb the water too much.
STEP 5:Using tweezers, drop a crystal in the straw. Wait for the crystal to settle at the bottom.
STEP 6:Remove the straw.
STEP 7: Light the Bunsen and move the tripod over. Observe.

Questions to answer about the class essay writing-English-7/9/18

Questions to answer about the class essay writing

What did I learn?

How to properly write an essay.

Why did we do it as a class?

So Mr Aitken could teach us to write an essay properly.

What will I do better next time?

 Input my ideas or at least give my opinion.

What questions do I still have?

I don't have any.

Hornby High Heist-Art-27/8/18

My task in Art is to pretend like my lino-cut has been stolen and I have to describe it to you all.

DESCRIPTION

It is a selfie lino-cut print of myself, it is a full face print of me facing forwards. I am wearing my hair out. I was smiling and you would've been able to see my teeth but I didn't cut them I just cut out a big oval in instead. The filter I used made it look like is was wearing glasses and I had circular ears. The print is the size of an A4 piece of paper. My head takes up most of the middle of the paper. On the top half of the background it has black and white stripes and on the bottom half it is just plain white. I cut around the outside of everything and I used cross-hatching around my eyes and in my hair.

ANALYSIS
In my print it looks as it is half black and half white. But overall there is more black because my hair and face are black. 

PHOTOGRAPH
Here is my lino cut print

What I learnt about Japan today-Home Ec-28/8/18

What I learnt about Japan:I have learnt that they used to ferment their fish and rice, that they like to make their dishes look very nice and pretty.

How does the presentation from the Japanese compare to how NZ present it:The presentation is different to NZ because they put different things on different plates and we put all of the food on one plate each, we don't care how it looks and they care very much about the presentation.

Questions for the readers to answer:
1) What sort of rice do they use to make sushi?
2) How do they ferment the rice?
3) What are 3 types of rice used in Japan?

Creative writing

Plan

Push Factors

• Cramped housing
• Shared toilet
• No heating
• Working children
• Same bath with family
• Diseases
• No backyard
• Houses close together
• Child labour

Pull factors

• No diseases
• Open land
• Lots of room
• A chance to start a new life
• Less pollution
• A better life

My Story

As a young woman living in London in 1847, it was disgusting, it was dirty and there were diseases going around everywhere. I have just recently lost some of my closest friends to a disease called Scarlet fever, I just hope I didn’t catch it off of them. The other day I was reading in the paper about a far away land, New Zealand. I heard people saying that there is a boat heading there in a couple of days and I’m thinking of buying a ticket.

So I’m on the boat now, I've been on here for about 10 minutes and I already feel sick. I feel like I’m going to vomit everywhere, this is not going to be a good trip. The only thing good about it is looking out onto the ocean and watching the dolphins jumping around, it is beautiful. I’m walking into my room and I see that there are two bunk beds in it and I realise that I’m sharing a little, cramped room with three other people. I put all one of my bags on my bed and decide to take a nap. I’m going to stop writing now but i’ll start again when I get to New Zealand.

Ok so I’m at New Zealand now and it is nothing like I had expected. It’s so different from London, there aren’t even any buildings or many people. I’m so happy to start my life again.

Persuasive writing-English-24/8/18

Sportsmen/women should not get paid to play sport.

• It’s their job so they should
• They spend all of their time doing it
• They will stop playing it

I believe that sports people should get paid for playing a sport especially if you are famous because of it. Like it's their job therefore they should get paid for it, there is no reason for the rest of us to get paid for doing our jobs if they aren't.

For example actors like Jennifer Lawrence or Brad Pitt they are getting paid to entertain us right? So how is that any different from what the all blacks or the silver ferns are doing, don’t they entertain you?

If you stop paying them they will eventually stop playing and then we won’t get to watch the sport, no one will be playing it because they want to get paid for it. Athletes spend all of their time either playing or training for whatever sport they play, so don’t you think that if they put so much time, money and effort into it they should be getting paid.

Persuasive writing-English-20/8/18

Scientists should not be allowed to test drugs, chemicals or cosmetics
on animals.

• It’s torture to animals

• It could kill them

• They could end up with diseases

• The animals don’t want to do it

Honestly I think that people shouldn't be testing things on animals because
it’s basically torture and animal abuse. Do you think they want to be tested
on? No.

For example testing new chemicals is very dangerous it can make them sick,
give them diseases or even kill them! Like I get why we are testing them on
animals, it’s so we don’t kill any humans, but still it’s unfair on them.

The voyage-Social Studies-20/8/18

Science-Land racer-17/8/18

AIM-To make my land racer go the fastest and furthest.

EQUIPMENT-Wooden trolley, tape, metal pole, A4 paper, scissors

METHOD-
1.Get everything I need out.
2.Put on the pole.
3.Attach the paper.
4.Decorate.
5.Race.
6.And win.

RESULTS

Our land racer went a distance of 1 meter, had a time of like 5 seconds and a speed of 2 km.

MY SIMPLE SHOW-SOCIAL STUDIES-13/8/18

There are many reasons why people move away to different countries.

So click here if you want to know:HERE PEOPLE

Air plane throwing competition-Science-9/8/18

AIM:To win

EQUIPMENT: 2xA4 paper, 1 straw, 30cm tape

METHOD:Link 

Making a paper Helicopter-Science

AIM
Make a helicopter that will stay in the air for a long time.

METHOD
Cut out and assemble four helicopters shown on the opposite page. Attach the paper clip to one of helicopters.

One members of your group holds the helicopter at a height of 2 metres.

On the count of three, the person helicopter drops it, while another member of your group times how long it takes for the helicopter to hit the floor.

Record your results in the table below.

Repeat each drop three times.

Repeat steps 2-5 using the helicopter models.

School is the best place to make mistakes-English-30/7/18

Australians/Australia are better that New Zealand/New Zealanders

My Screencastify for The Power of one-English

Emily's Screencastify for The Power of One

Watching television is making New Zealand / Aotearoa an unhealthy nation.-English-3/7/18

Science-Making a circuit-27/6/18

Number 1 was brighter because it didn't have to share the volts with number 2. Number 3 was brighter than number 2 because it's the same as number one it doesn't have to share the voltage either. Number 1 and number 3 were the same because they didn't have to share the voltage.

English-Country living is good for young people-26/6/18

English-My curiosity Topic-22/6/18

Does everyone have a Doppelganger?

What I found from the website I found out that the chances of finding two people with eight of the exact same facial metric traits were less than one in a trillion. Which means, though it’s statistically almost impossible to find someone who is an exact match in terms of facial measurements, there’s a far higher likelihood of finding two people who look identical at first glance. So, while Sara and Shannon may not be exact physical replicas, they’re similar enough to be mistaken for twins.

English-Is success in sport is all about winning?

Nail rusting-Science-1/6/18

AIM

To investigate the factors that cause rusting an iron.

EQUIPMENT

6 test tubes, test tube rack,a bung, 6 iron nails, boil water, tap water, oil, calcium chloride, magnesium ribbon, nail polish.

Method: 
1.Label four test tubes A-D and place in a test tube rack.
2. Test tube contents A= Iron Nail and tap water
B= Iron nail and salty water 
C= Iron nail, boiled water, oil
D= Iron nail and calcium chloride. sealed with a bung.
3. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days

My curiosity question-English-31/6/18

I wonder why do we have daylight savings?

From the website Why do we have daylight savings?, I found out that DST(daylight saving time) is a seasonal time change measure where clocks are set ahead of standard time during part of the year, usually by 1 hour. As DST starts, the Sun rises and sets later, on the clock, than the day before.

DST is now used in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over 1 billion people every year. 

Science-Making Hokey Pokey

Making Hokey Pokey

Equipment

50g of sugar

1 teaspoon of water 

1 table spoon of goledn syrup

1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

METHOD

• Put all of the ingredients except the  bicarbonate of soda into a saucepan and place on a low heat.
• Stir until all the sugar has dissolve. Raise the heat slightly so that it bubbles, and stir occasionally until you cannot feel any sugar at the bottom of the pan.
• Take off the heat
• Add baking soda and stir
• Watch what happens it should froth up
• Pour into your tinfoil sheet
  Allow to cool

Science-Testing for Carbon Dioxide Gas

AIM

To show that Carbon Dioxide gas is produced when a metal carbonate reacts with acid.

EQUIPMENT 

Two boiling tubes, delivery tube and bung, Bunsen Burner, test tube rack, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, small amount of metal carbonate, test tube tongs, safety glasses.

METHOD

1.Light your Bunsen burner.

2.Add a pea-sized amount of the metal carbonate into one of the boiling tubes 

3.Place this boiling tube into the test tube rack.

4.Add 5mL of acid to the boiling tube and quickly insert the bung and delivery tube into the mouth of the boiling tube.

5.Holding the other boiling tube with your tongs, capture the gas produced as shown in the diagram below 

6.when your think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.

7.Carefully remove the boiling tube from under the delivery tube, taking care to keep it facing upright 

8.Insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube

OBSERVATION 

The flame got extinguished due to the Carbon Dioxide present. We discovered that Carbon Dioxide was present.

We also tested the experiment in Lime Water.

OBSERVATION

Solution turned from colourless to a cloudy colour. We discovered that Carbon Dioxide was present.

Science-Burning Metals

OBSERVATION

Today in science we burnt the metals Magnesium, Copper and Iron. With the Magnesium it first was a Metallic Lustre then when we burnt it made a bright white light and then turned into ash. With the Iron it was first a Metallic Lustre then we burnt it and made the flame go from blue to Orange. With the Copper first it was bronze and when we burnt it it stopped the flame from going any higher.

Science-Metals and acids

AIM 

To show that hydrogen gas is produced when a metal reacts with acid

EQUIPMENT

A test tube, a boiling tube, Bunsen burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, a price of metal, safety glasses.

METHOD

•Light your Bunsen burner

•Add your sample of metal to your test tube. Add 2mL of acid

•Carefully invert the boiling tube above the test tube containing the metal and acid

•Hold the test tubes above for a few minutes, leaving time for the inverted boiling tube to fill with gas

•When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint

•Carefully, but Quickly, tilt th boiling tube of gas upwards and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube

English-Plastic bags

Making salts-Science-10/5/18

Making salts

AIM-To produce sodium chloride salt by carrying out a neutralisation reaction.

METHOD-

• Using the measuring cylinder measure 10mL of HCI an pour it into your 50mL beaker. Add dilute NaOH a w drops at a time while stirring with a glass rod.
• Every 10-15 drops stop adding the NaOH an use the glass stirring rod to transfer a drop of the solution to a spotting tile. Test its pH using Universal Indicator.
• Keep adding NaOH and testing the solution by repeating step 2. As you get closer to neutral you may need to test the solution after every drop.
• Pour the neutral solution into an evaporating basin an evaporate the water out of the water of the solution using the equipment set up shown above.

Testing pH levels-Science-3/5/18

Testing pH levels

AIM-to test the pH of range of household chemicals.

EQUIPMENT-a variety of household chemicals, spotting tile, red litmus paper, blue litmus paper, universal indicator solution, safety glasses.

METHOD-

• Add a few drops of each chemical to a spot on your spotting tiles. if a substance is solid or powdered you will need to mix it with a few drops of water before mixing.
• Test the chemicals with litmus papers.
• Test each chemical with a few drops of universal indicator.

Science-My periodic table-8/4/18

This is my periodic table I made in science. We had to put the symbol of the chemicals
on it and the number of the protons and neutrons. Then we needed to put the atomic arrangement
on it. I think I did a good job except not on time.

Social Studies-Harriet Tubman-9/3/18

In this block of learning I have learnt...

• That Harriet Tubman freed the slaves
• Who Harriet Tubman is
• What she did

Formal writing-English-9/3/18

Have you ever thought of what it would be like to be a monkey?

Well neither have I but I am today and this is why i'm writing 

about it. I think that a Monkey would be the best animal to be because 

they are the smartest, most intelligent animal alive. For example the an eat a banana

 with their FEET(I know disgusting right? But that's just the beauty of being a monkey).

Perishable and non-perishable definitions-Home EC

Perishable

• Foods that unless stored correctly will go bad quickly

Non- perishable

• Foods that do not rapidly go rancid

And generally three storage spaces in which our food is kept

• Fridge
• Freezer
• Cupboard

13/3/18-Quiz questions

What is a perishable food? Where should it be stored?

• Fridge
• Freezer
• Air-tight spaces
• 2-4 degrees

What is a non-perishable food? Where should it be stored?

• Cupboard
• Fridge 
• Freezer

What is the "Danger zone" temperature?

• 5-60 degrees Celsius
• Exactly 7 degrees celsius

At what temperature bacteria slow down growth?

• Below 4 degrees will slow down growth but not stop it completely

At what temperature do bacteria begin to die?

• If the temperature is above 75 degrees Celsius the bacteria will die off

Art-Collage-28/02/18

Here is my collage I made in art today...                                           Compositions I will use:
                                                                            :Paint
                                                                                           :Leading lines
                                                                            :Grids

 My teacher told everyone to cut 10 pictures out of magazines and books to make four collages, this is the one I chose.

Reflections-Home Economics-27/02/18

Chicken and rice patties-27/02/18

Positives

:We used the scrap bin

:We cleaned up our mess as we made it

:We did our dishes after we used them

Negatives

:We had to stay after school

:I cut the chicken wrong

Next time we need to

:Read through the instructions

Burgers-6/03/18

Positives

:They tasted alright

:The patties were cooked properly

:We finished on time

Negatives

:People weren't doing the same amount of work 

:The patties were a little bland

 Recipe for burgers

Pancakes-13/3/18

Positives

:They tasted nice

:We managed our time

Negatives

:We didn't follow the recipe

:We didn't manage the heat properly