Tech Reflection - Rock Cakes

Today was our fifth session cooking with Mrs Tuipolotu and we made rock cakes. As my partner Ofa is away I was baking by myself. The rock cakes are all different sizes and to me they looked like baked pancakes. I enjoyed cooking this week but I can not wait until we start cooking savoury food. The three most important things we will learn after this orientation is to listen to instructions, measure ingredients correctly, and have the ability to read instruction. If we do this again I will make my rock cakes a bit smaller and more even. Here are the ingredients for rock cakes:

1 1/2 cup with S.R. flour

chocolate chips

 1/2 cup of sugar

1/2 cup of cream

1/4 cup of oil

1 egg

pre heat oven to 180 degrees

NYLD - National Young Leaders Day

This term we had the opportunity to help build our leadership skills by attending the national young leaders day. People like Riley Hathaway and Lisa Tamati. They discussed how they overcame obstacles and how they got to the place they have been able to get to. I found all of them inspiring but Lisa Tamati stood out for me. Her run through death valley and climbing a mountain which was on fire absolutely blew me away. Her story will really help me grow my skills in areas such as leadership and determination. This was an amazing experience which helped me greatly.

M&M's Facts

                   

M&M's is one of the most popular chocolates in the world and is sold in most countries around the world. This week our teachers, Mrs Anderson and Ms Kirkpatrick have flown to the United States to learn from the speakers at the ISTE conference so Mr Johnston has been our substitute teacher. For maths Mr Johnston has given us some information about what the ratio is for the colours of the m&m's found in a packet. We have learnt many things about M&M's but the most interesting thing to find out about was the facts. They were very surprising and helped me learn about something I did not know before. The picture above is a photo of the images you will find on my groups presentation. Today my group and I have presented our M&M's DLO to the class. It was a bit less organised than I wanted but I felt confident and my group sounded confident. The most nervous situation we had to deal with was being first but our grouped worked very well and we all contributed to the slides. When we presented our findings and estimations we talked about the amount of M&M's we found in our packet and what colours are more plentiful than others. We also read the history about M&M's and facts we found out about the famous confectionery brand. Did you know that orange replaced red when scientists thought that red dye played a role in the increase of peoples chances of getting cancer?

Preparation for School Assembly - Attitude

 

 Panmure bridge has an assembly every Friday so that Mr Johnston (principal) and the student leaders can discuss what is happening in our school and how our learning benefits our future endeavours. Like every formal event it is always organised beforehand and is always rehearsed. When it is practise time I help the presenters and who ever is presenting the tidy kiwi to be confident and to strive for excellence. Practising will help build their confidence and will hopefully benefit them in the future. Confidence is a great quality as it will help you overcome social barriers, criticism by others, and it will help you to interact with others.

Food Technology - Chocolate Chip Muffins

Today was our fifth session of food tech with Mrs Tuipolotu (cooking teacher). We were really excited because this was our second time cooking it and we know how delicious the muffins are. We followed the 3 instructions that were compulsory which is follow the instructions, correctly measure the ingredients and being able to read the ingredients properly. I worked with Ofa to cook 12 chocolate chip muffins and we enjoyed cooking together. The most important thing we learnt today is to not under mix or over mix the mixture. If you over mix it the air in the mixture will diminish and your cupcakes will not rise. if you under mix it flour will be visible in the baking and the mixture will be very dense and not pleasant to eat.  

Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe:

Step 1 - 1, 1/2 cup of Sugar.Flour

Step 2 - 1/2 cup of sugar

Step 3 - 1/2 cup of oil, 1/2 cup of milk

Step 4 - 1/4 cup of cocoa, chocolate chips

Step 5 - 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Step 6 - 1 egg

Step 7 - Mix all ingredients and scoop 1 teaspoons each muffin into muffin tray

Step 8 - Bake 180 degrees for 15 minutes

HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training

As we are partaking in a study, we have been doing a circuit of different exercise and the one thing they all have in common is that they all help improve one essential thing that will help you have a great workout session. This week we will be focusing on the core muscle and our strength by doing three sets of squats, pull ups, and push ups. These are physically challenging but I enjoyed it because it boosted my sense of focus and determination to strive for excellence. We were in a group of six doing this orientation and our partners were there helping us improve our techniques and were there supporting us when we felt like giving up..

Tech Reflection - Food Technology

Today was our first time cooking a savoury dish with Mrs Tuipolotu. Today Ofa and I made twelve ham and cheese quiche. Firstly we cut the pastry into twelve and put them into a muffin tray, then  we diced the ham finely and added the grated cheese and the ham into our pastry. After that we whisked the eggs and milk then poured the liquid mixture over all the quiches. Lastly we set the temperature of the oven to 180 degrees and cooked it for 15 minutes. I really enjoyed cooking today because we are now cooking a variety of different cooking techniques and dishes. The ingredients are:

A slice of ham
Cheese (grated)
4 eggs
1/2 cup of milk