Winter Learning Journey 2017

Summer Learning Journey - 2016-2017

Tech @ Tamaki - Cooking // Hangi

Today we went to Tech @ Tamaki College. I cooked with Kurtas, the meal we made was 'Hangi'.

These are the ingredients we used:

• onion
• carrot
• cabbage
• orange kumara
• potato
• pumpkin
• chicken

The first thing we had to do was dice up all the vegetables. After that we had to add the chicken to a cooking tray. After that we had to add in our vegetables on top. After that we added some seasoning to it. We then covered it with foil and put it in the oven. After that we had our finished product.

Maths - New Scooter

WALT:  Work on solution in logical, step by step order.

Task Description:
For this task I had to complete the tasks in this presentation. This presentation is based on the maths work we did last week. After I completed these tasks I had to post it on my blog. I hope you enjoy.

Tech @ Tamaki - Chocolate Cake

Today at Tech we made Chocolate Cake, and I cooked with Kurtas.

The ingredients we had were:

• Flour
• Sugar
• Cocoa
• Eggs
• Oil
• Milk
• Vanilla Essence
• Hot Water

The first thing we did was preheat our oven to 180 degrees. Then we had to collect all our dry ingredients and combine them very well. After that we had to combine all the wet ingredients. Once our ingredients were combined we had to combine the wet and dry together and mix them together thoroughly. After that we had to add a cup of hot water and mix again. After that our batter was ready and so we transferred our batter into a cake tin, then we cooked it for about 30 mins. After that we had our finished product, it was so tasty and delicious.

Tech @ Tamaki - Mince Gravy with Rice

Today the Year 8's went to Tech, for our rotations. Me and my group went to cooking/food tech. When we got there Miss Tuipolotu told us we were making 'Mince Gravy with Rice'. We got into our groups and started our cooking, I was with Maree and Angel.

Our Ingredients were:

• Onions
• Mixed vegetables
• Mince
• Tomatoes

The first thing we had to do was dice up our onions to put in our pan. After that we had to get some oil from Miss Tuipolotu so we could cook our onions. Once our onions were semi cooked we added in some Mixed vegetables, we had to cook our veges till they were soft. After that we had to fry our Mince till it was cooked and then add in our tomatoes and mix everything together. After that we let it simmer a little bit. Once we were done we had our finished product, so we got to serve it with some pre-made rice. While I was eating it I found it very tasty and it was a quick and simple way to make a yummy meal.

Writing - Text Response

In 'The Sniper' the author had a very unique way of conveying the theme in the opening paragraph. For example the author used many words that related to darkness, so that we'd have a very dark image of Dublin in our minds. For example he wrote "Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey", and with this sentence he described the scene very well. This also tells us that this story will consist of a tragedy or something around those lines.