Year: 2023

 

On a Very special day of my life, my birthday, my family and I went to the Inflatable world! And all of my friends were coming. But first we had to get the birthday room and sign up my friends for my birthday party once that was out of the way we were setting up the birthday room My parents and I set up the food the cake, Gummies, one of the weirdest Filipino foods were hot dogs and marshmallows on a kebab stick? Well the room was done setting up now we just wait for the guests!

 

First who came up was Zoey. I don’t want to play yet. I wanted to play with more friends. After Zoey it was Jeaden and Jamie then I was playing. After them it was Ion! He came along with Zachary Then Nicole, Graziel and Zuriel, Kean and Sam.

 

It was awesome all my friends were here but we had to eat first. Once we were done eating we rushed to all the bouncy castles but it was really sad because we only had 2 hours but we made the most of it. This was the best day ever!               

 

Today we answered questions for Dragonkeeper, First question was “can Ping trust Danzi?” Second one was “Is Ping, Danzi’s friend?”

My prototec certificate stage 5, it was really hard but at least I got 100 percent I’m proud of myself.

Last Thursday a woman named coach Chelsea taught us how to play some games but they weren’t related to ki o rahi, the game we were meant to play.

At first, we watched a video that told us the story of Rahi and Tiara. It was about a guy stealing Tiara and Rahi who is trying to save her. That is most of it. After the video we went outside and played a tagging game.

There were two teams, Kiowa and Taniwha. The rules were to choose a team then the two teams were back to back and if she shouted Kioma,  then that team would run until the end of the canopy and Taniwha people would try and chase them down. If she shouted Taniwha then that team would do the same thing. We played that for 3 rounds and then we stopped. I was tired after that game and since it was raining we all stopped.

Then we all said bye and that was it. MY HEART WAS POUNDING. It was really fun though.

A YOE poster is an activity for students to do. Our teacher told us to make our own posters so we all took our pencils and a lot of  a3 paper. It took a long time but we got it done here is how it turned out.

In the head it’s what i feel like on the internet, on the right side is what i do not like about the internet and on the left is what i really like about the internet.

                                                =EPRO8 EXPERIENCE=

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                                                             –MONDAY-

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On the 8th of may we had 6 big black boxes that were shaped like coffins in our classroom. The name was EPRO8. Our teacher gave us a challenge and a starter video where we can learn the basics!

 

But first we had to make up our teams. My team was Fe’ao, Alyvia, Ahamani and I. The second team was Laura, Francheska, Wycliffe and Anderaus. Third team was Vaha, Angel, Matalena and Nicole. Fourth team was Justine, Joyla and Grace.

 

Once we were done we had to watch the starter video. We got started straight away with EPRO8. First we made a box out of aluminium pipes that were cubic shaped. There were 700mm ones 400mm 200mm. We made it 700mm tall and 400mm wide. We put it all together with red joiners after that we stabilized it with blue joiners but the tricky part was adding the bolts and nuts. After that we worked on the complicated work of the gears, wheels, pulleys. The day has ended, I am excited for the next day.

 

                                                             –TUESDAY-

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Our next challenge was blowing up a hut, not actually it was a rainy day so we just worked on EPRO8 like the basics. Start with a box then connect with red joiners stabilize with more aluminium pipes and blue joiners. Then we decided to put wheels on it so we could move it easily. 

 

Once the box was done we had to put more aluminium pipes because there was going to be a flood. Not in real life we had to make it 700mm tall for the base. Once we did that we had to stabilize it more. Which was really bad because we nearly ran out of pipes. We decided to remove the stabilizers and conserve the pipes. But we had to take it apart because we were already done. The day had ended.

 

                                                             –WEDNESDAY-

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Next challenge we had to build a truck. With a tray that moves so we got to work we started with the body and the cab. It was very difficult Alyvia was working on the tray but she said it was hard too. So Fe’ao was helping her then we finished, the tray was done now onto the cab and the body of the cab was easy. Now onto the hard parts we had to connect the tray plus make it move just like a truck. We asked our teacher if he could help with it and he said yes! So he told us to follow the instructions very carefully so we watched piece by piece and we finally got it but it wasn’t complete. The day has ended.

 

                                    –THURSDAY- *afternoon*

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The year sevens have just finished tech and were on to more EPRO8 so we continued our trucks took a while but all four teams were done. Our trucks were done. We tested it and they all moved up and down just like a garbage truck. 

 

The sad part was having to take it apart again. But it was the end of EPRO8. We had no more time to do it but it was fun while it lasted. We had to pack up all the things and put them from 1 to 6 boxes. It was great.

 

                                                               -REVIEW-

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EPRO8 was awesome. I really hope I can do this next year. It was really cool experiencing being an architect. One of the hard parts was the gears and wheels, the easiest part was the red and blue joiners. 

 

ANZAC day means to me that we are honoring the soldiers who were in the war. I was very inspired that they were very brave. Plus I wonder if the soldiers are in heaven.

 

 Anzac day is also a day to eat cookies (in my opinion ).

 

ANZAC day means Australian New Zealand Army Corps. The traditional flowers for ANZAC day are poppies. Poppies grew on the battlefields of turkey in WW1 many Australian soldiers  died during the war. The poppy sends a message about remembering people who have died in the wars.

 

On the topic of ANZAC day this is how to make ANZAC biscuits. I got this recipe from  https://www.chelsea.co.nz/browse-recipes/anzac-bisc/                                      ingredients are 

 

1 cup Standard Grade Flour (150g)

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 3/4 cups rolled oats (210g)

1 cup desiccated coconut (100g)

1/2 cup Chelsea White Sugar or Chelsea Raw Sugar (113g)

1/4 cup (firmly packed) Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar (50g)

125g Tararua Butter, cubed

1/4 cup Chelsea Golden Syrup (tin) (90g)

2 Tbsp water

1 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda

 

The method is to Preheat the oven to 150°C bake. Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.

 

In a medium-sized bowl, sift together the flour and cinnamon. Add the rolled oats, coconut and sugars; mix well.

 

Place butter, Chelsea Golden Syrup and water in a small saucepan and stir over low-medium heat until the butter melts and the mixture is well combined (ensure the mixture does not simmer or boil).

 

Remove from heat and stir in the baking soda. Add immediately to the dry ingredients and use a wooden spoon to stir until well combined.

 

Roll 1-2 tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on trays about 5cm apart. Use your fingers to flatten each slightly (until they are about 1 cm thick). Bake for 16 minutes (for a chewy biscuit) or 20 minutes for a crunchie biscuit.

 

Allow to cool on trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.