Food Tech

Last week the year 7s went down to Tamaki collage to have tech, I was in food tech. We had to line up in front of Mrs Hieka our teacher. After we came in we had to wash our hands and put on an apron. We also had to put the things that were in our hands away in a cabby hole, then she told us the rules. I was really excited because I love baking. I always bake with my mum. First we had to find a bench in the kitchen. Mrs Heka wanted to write our names on a peace of paper so she knows our name by heart.


Mrs Heka told us to get into groups of 3 or four and sort out who is going to wash, dry and pack away the dishes. The person who is washing had to get the trolley that had eqiupments on it, I decied to be a washer and Caroline my partner decied to be a dryer and pack away. So I went up and got a trolley on the it had bowls, measuring cups and other things that we were going to need. Then Mrs Heka put what we are going to use on the white screen, she said “If you are the washer you would need to get out all the measuring bowls, measuring cups and also the wooden spoon.


The dryer had to get out the white chopping board and the purple sharp knife, after getting our eqiupments out. Mrs Heka put all the ingredients up and I had to get one measuring cup out and the medium bowll I had to put Plan flower and Self raising flower. In the measuring cup I put in oil and took it all back to my kitchen. Then Mrs Heka told all the kids that were drying to go and get the tray for our cookies.
Caroline was the washer so she had to go and get it after that we had to put baking paper on top of the tray so the cookies don’t stick to it. After that Mrs Heka said “can all the pack awayers crack the egg into the medium measuring bowl” Caroline cracked the egg and put it in the bowl after 2 minutes of mixing it all the dough was very stickyand it wasn’t supposed to look like that. Caroline put her hand up to tell Mrs Heka and Mrs Heka came to us and told us what is wrong She said “you forgot something put in self raising flower” and then I said “oh yes”.
Then Mrs Heka put in plan flower and we started mixing again and it finally worked, Caroline and I were the last ones to put our cookies in the oven. When every one was cleaning there mess we were rolling out our cookies onto the tray and when we were finished we gave them to Mrs heka then she put them in the oven. Caroline and I cleaned our mess. And by about half an hour Mrs Heka said “come and get your cookies with two oven clove’s.” I got me and Caroline’s cookies out of the oven and then I walked and took our cookies back to our kitchen. After that
Caroline got a spachelor and then got our cookies off the tray into the bag to take back to school and eat. We all said “BYE” to Mrs Heka but we are going back to food tech next week.

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AFL

Last week was my first time going to Kiwikick. After lunch we packed up and got ready to go. When we walked over I saw that there were cones and balls set out for us. This man who’s name was Sam, came up to us and told us to sit down and listen. Well obviously he had to introduce himself first and then we got started.

Samwhich which was his nickname told us to get in fours, so we all got up and got into groups. My group was Caroline, Mary I, Shoal, Brooklyn and I, we had five people in my group because there were lot’s of people here on Thursday. After that Samwich told us that we are going to play a game of cat and mouse Sam told us the instruction how to play, then we were off.

So we got into a circle and Brooklyn was the cat and Shoal was the mouse we had to make sure that the cat doesn’t get to the mouse. When we finished warming up we came and sat down on the ground again and then he told us to get into two’s and my partner was MaryI. Then we waited till everyone was ready and then my partner went and got our ball and started passing.

My partner and I keeped dropping the ball on the ground, and I went to go catch the ball and then the ball hit my finger and it was so sore I nearly cried. But luckly I did’nt because I would of made a full out of me. I was looking at everyone play and it looked fun so I just got over the soreness and started passing again but it was really painful.

After doing all that, we played a game called octopus but we had to hit the ball as if we were scooping an ice cream. The first round I didn’t get out but on the secound round I did because Samwich got me on the back. I had to get a ball and hop in the middle and try and get someone but I got no one. I thought it was hard trying to get people because I’m not use to passing a ball like that.

We had our last game of octopus and I did’nt get out on any of the rounds I kept on waiting for the teachers and some of the kids to drop the ball then I ran. Then Samwich told us “time to go back to class because it is nearly home time” so the people with the balls had to put them away and line up. We said our byes and thank yous then headed off back to class.

Over all I felt very happy knowing some more skills about AFL and the way aussies play. I can’t wait for next week. If we play octopus again I will try to stay out of the way and be the last one standing.

Picasso & Daniella

Room 21 was asked to write about two famous artists called Picasso and Daniella Hulmes. Picasso’s style of art is Cubism, and Daniella style of art is quite modern. Daniella is famous for drawing pacific island themes with bright colours.

We had to look at ‘The Weeping Woman’ first, done by Picasso. He would always draw weird kind of faces but at the same time it looks amazing. He draws human faces but he would change things around on the face.

Daniella Hulme likes drawing island patterns because her husband is Samoan. 'A lazy Day in Paradise' Daniella would draw a lady holding a basket of fruit or with kids at the back ground. Hulmes always puts the woman’s hair on the right side of the body and her hair covers that woman’s eye. Daniella is always colorful and distinctive too. Daniella uses bright colors in her art, she also makes her people look real.

Daniella’s artwork has bright colors like yellow, pink and bright green but she also used dark colors like really dark blue. Picasso uses weird kind of colors in his artwork, like a different kind of dark green. The similarities between Daniella Hulmes and Picasso is their art is about people.

My final thought is I learnt that Daniella Hulme is a Modern Artist and she draws island themes because her husband is a Samoan as well. What I learnt about Picasso is

Senolita Van Gogh and Matisse

Room 21 was told to look at these 2 famous artist which was Van Gogh and Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse was famous for Fauvism and Van Goghs style of art is Expressionism . Vincent Van Gogh chopped off his ear and sent it to his girlfriend. It sounds really painful.

I was looking at Van Gogh's Sunflower and I saw in his art that he has been uses bright colors and vibrant colors like yellow, green, orange, to brown and some other colors kind of like Henri Matisse.

I also looked at Henri Matisse's art work which was La Musique on his art I saw him use vibrant colors and dark too. I saw a lady singing songs and playing the guitar. In the background there were leaves behind the lady that was singing. I can see that he used lot of vibrant colors.

Van Gogh and Henri Matisse uses the same kind of colors like yellow and brown.

I really enjoyed looking at La Musique because it was really interesting and I can understand it too. I can I tell that she is singing because she has a book on the floor so she can get the music for the guitar.

Room 18
The next day of rotation we were going to Mr Barks class to learn about Picasso. We walked to his class and he told us to find a sit, when we sat down he told some helpers to help him hand out paper.
I was so excited to get started on my art because I tried it in room 16 last year, I thought It was’nt hard at all.

We had a white peace of paper in front of me, Mr Barks put up a video on the board of a guy drawing like Picasso. Picasso was the type of man that like putting eyes different ways, bodys are funny and also different kind of faces. Mr Barks said “watch this video then we can draw” so we watched it.

We had to watch the video because we had to learn how Picasso draw and paint, when I looked at it I thought it was hard but when I drawed it, it was really eazy. The first thing we had to draw was a ovel but I could’nt draw it because it was kind of hard. We had to look at the video carefuly so we know what to do, I will always look at the photo but sometimes it goes fast.

The last thing I had to do before we went back to class to pack up and go home. Was to do the out line, then the bell to go home. So we walked to class and packed up and went home
….....IT WAS COOL......

ROOM 21

Room 22

Last week we did immersion rotations, that means we got to go different classes and do art. First we left to go to Mrs Nua’s class to learn about Van Gogh. Room 21 had to disign a flower, but we had to look at it properly and draw more information inside the flower.

So Mrs Nua gave out the papers to all of us, I was so excited because it looked very eazy but when we got started on the art it started to get hard then harder. When Mrs Nua came around and looked at our work I asked her “Mrs Nua can you please help me” and she said “shore what do you need help with” so I showed her and then she told me what to do. We leanrt that Van Gogh believed that colours had helling powers.

I did what Mrs Nua told me what to draw, after that I finally finished my drawing then Mrs Nua called us to talk about how to paint like Van Gogh. Then Mrs Nua said “Van Gogh chopped off his ear and sent it to his girlfriend.” Then we were allowed to paint and then I was very excited because I love painting.

I tried to make orange but it was not working with me, I said to Mary I “can you help me do the colour orange please” and she said “shore” so we got the red only because I already had yellow from Mrs Nua and put the paint on the palet. I really liked that Van Gogh put more details in his flower so we can see that he is trying to make it more intresting. Then it was time to go back to class because it was the end of the day..... IT WAS AWESOME.......