Create task

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In today's blog I am going to be talking to you about my Create task for this week. Last week in Reading we had to read to articles and have to guess what one was fake ad what one was real. After we had read both of the articles we had to do a Padlet and answer questions about each article and why we thought one was fake and what one was right. Here is what I wrote: 















Have you ever done a Padlet before?
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Athletics

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In today's blog I am going to be talking to you guys about Athletics. Recently my school did Athletics.  For Athletics we competed in 7 events,  High Jump, Long Jump, 60 meter sprints, 100 meter sprint, Long distance, Shot put, Discus.  The first day we did it we had to stop half way because it started raining so we had to continue on another day. if you placed first, second and sometimes third place you would go to zone. Zones is when you compete for you school up against other schools. For Athletics we compete in our age groups.

Do you do athletics at your school?
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Recipes

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In this blog I am going to be sharing my Recipes with you. At the start of the term we picked a country out of a hat and have to find something that they do in that certain country and a type of food that came for that country. The country I picked out of the hat was Argentina. For my Recipe  I choose to do ALFAJORES/Caramel Cookies. Here is the recipe:

What you need 

1. ½ cups (200g) of all purpose flour 
2. 2 ⅛ cups (300g) of cornstarch 
3. 2 teaspoons of baking powder   
4. ½ a teaspoon of baking soda 
5. 1 and ¾ sticks (200g) unsalted butter, at room temperature  
6. ¾ cup (150g) graduated sugar or 1 ¼ cups (150g) of powdered sugar   
7. 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest, Optional 
8. 3 large egg yolks 
9. 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract    
10. 350g (12 oz.) Caramel for filling  
11. ½ cups of unsweetened shredded coconut for rolling

Instructions

1. In a medium sized bowl mix together, flour, cornstarch, baking powder and baking soda and put aside 

2. In a mixer bowl with a paddle attachment, beat butter, sugar and lemon zest on medium speed until it gets light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla extract just until it combindse. Put speed to low in the mixer bowl. Now add the flour mixture and beat just until all combined. Do not over mix it or else the cookies will be tough. 

3. Form the dough into a ball then flatten slightly to form a disc. After wrap with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for 1-2 hours until firm enough to roll.

4. If you don’t want to use the dough right away you can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days or you can freeze it up to a month, then you can put it in your fridge over night. 

5. Take the dough out of the fridge and let it sit for a few minutes so it can soften up a bit so it would be easier to roll. On a bit of floured surface roll the dough into a ⅛ or ¼ inch thickness. Cut out into rounds using a 2 inch round cookie cutter and place the cookies on a baking sheet. 

6. If your dough becomes too warm put it back into the fridge for a few minutes. Re-roll the remaining scraps and repeat. Place a sheet with cookies into the fridge or freezer for at least 15 minutes until firm so that they will be less prone to speeding. 

7. Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until cookies appear golden brown edges. Allow the cookies to cool down in the pan for 10 minutes then gently transferred to wire rack to cool completely down 

8. Spread the Caramel onto the bottom half of the cookie (About a teaspoon). After sandwich together with the remanding cookies pressing down slightly so that the caramel almost comes out of the sides of the cookie, then roll in shredded coconut   

9. Put cookies in room temperature in an airtight container for up to a week or store in freezer for up to 2 months covered or overnight in the fridge.

Have you ever had to right a Recipe at your school?

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Create task

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In this blog I am going to be talking to you guys about my Reading create task. For our create task we got to choose out of four different stories to read: My name is Rez, Something alive, Skiing in Afghanistan and New New Zealand, I chose to read My name is Rez. We also got given questions to answer about the book we chose to read. Here is my questions 

• What are the differences between you and the character  

She got teased for not being able to talk the same language as them at school.

I can talk the same language as most people in our school but I don’t make fun of people who are new because they can’t talk the same language

• What similarities between you and the character

We both live in New Zealand

• What do you think is the main idea of this book

I think the main idea of this book was to stand up for people who make fun of others from being themselves and talking their language (which may or may not be the same as the other kids).

• What do you think the book is trying to tell us?

I think also that it’s telling us that all different countries are different, that they treat all differently. In the story at one part she talked about when she made a mistake at school she would get punished at camp school, but  when she moved to New Zealand she found out that they didn’t get punished.

Do you do reading at your school?, Have you done something similar? 

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Camp Reflection

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For this weeks blog i'm going to tell you about our school camp. It is our first week back from camp. For camp we went to YMCA Wainui camp, we stayed for 3 nights and 4 days. Each day we did 3 different activities. Before we got to camp we did a 3k walk up and over a hill to get to camp. Once we got to the campsite we unpacked all our stuff in our cabins and set up our beds. On the first day we got there we all got to do one activity, we had activity groups so we didn't have everyone doing everything all together. There were 9 activity groups, every group had a number up to 9. My group number was 8. There were 9 activities, Costering, Archery, Search and rescue, Breakout EDU, High ropes, Outdoor living, Orientering, Kayaking and Raft building. We had a couple perint helpers we had Mr Web, Mr Esposito, Mr Chambers, Mr Gavigan, Mrs Stanton, Mrs Vaiese, Mre Harnett and Mr Litten.

On the last night we did a camp reflection, we got given 4 questions Here are mine:

1. I really liked  trying the activities out and giving everything a go. I really liked kayaking, It was so much fun and such a great experience. 

2. I found challenging the high ropes because I'm afraid of heights and the ropes moved a lot when you climbed the rope/obstacle course.  

3. I am grateful for getting this experience to do all the activities and to get to see all the amazing and beautiful places.

4. Something I learnt to give everything a go and to do my best in what I try, I also learnt that it's easier to work in a team. 

Has your school been on school camp yet?
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Instructions

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This week we have been working on introduction. At the start of week 1 we picked out at country from a hat. From there on we have been working on that country that we had pick out from the hat and got given 2 activities. Our first activity was to write instructions for a activity that took place in the county you got. I got argentina for my country. For my activity from my country that I got I choose to do tango here is what I wrote:

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Term 2 PBL

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This Term our PBL question is  "How can I celebrate who I am?" . For this terms PBL everybody is working by themselves so we can celebrate our own culture. I really like this idea for our PBL topic because I get to introduce what I like and where I come from. We have been unpacking a couple of sub questions

• Who am I?
• What is culture? 
• What ways do people celebrate culture?

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