Technicraft With Mr Grundy

Last week at Tech I started working on my saw cuts so I can start chiseling. I'm creating a mirror! I have to saw and chisel to make joints and connect it to another piece of wood. The process of sawing is quite long, but you get there in the end. I'll have to work a bit faster because we only have a few sessions left and then tech is finished.

Our Trip To The Tamaki Estuary

On Monday 1st July my school and I went and cleaned up the Tamaki Estuary. We split off into groups and cleaned the Estuary. Sadly, we didn't get to pick up all the rubbish we saw but we managed to clean up most of it. All the trash that we found were put into green buckets. When we finished we tipped all the rubbish into bags. We managed to collect three big bags full of rubbish. We then washed and sanitised our hands, had lunch, and as a reward, played on the playground!

Have You Seen The Muffin Man?

Last week at Tech, Joanlisi and I made chocolate muffins. 

It was also our last week at cooking at Tech. 😔 

The muffins consisted of:

1 1/2 c of SRF (self raising flour)

1/2 c of sugar

1/2 c of milk

1/2 c of cooking oil

1 egg

Step 1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

Step 2. Add all ingredients together and mix well.
Step 3. Line your muffin tin with muffin liners and scoop some mixture into each muffin mould.
Step 4. Place in oven and bake for 15 mins.
Step 5. Wait for muffins to cool, add some whipped cream and enjoy!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Today Room 12 participated in a class session called KiwiCan.

First our tutors introduced themselves, their names were: Miss Tuia and Mrs Mac, Mrs Mac was filling in for our other tutor Mr Matt. When we were seated Mrs Tuia talked about our theme and topic. We change our theme every term and topic every three weeks. Our theme and topic for this term was integrity and honesty. We did a few of activities and later asked questions. The games we played were Bang, Changing Seats and GKQ (General Knowledge Questions).

I really enjoyed KiwiCan today, it was super fun. I can't wait to do it again next week Tuesday.

Tech Was Amazing!

Tech was amazing! 

Yesterday Ana and I made sweet and sour pork served with rice!

The ingredients consisted of:
1/2 onion
A chunk of pork
1/2 carrot
1/3 broccoli
1/4 green and red capsicum
Flour, pepper, chilli and salt (sauce)
Rice

I really enjoyed Tech this week, it was exciting to cook a meal that I've never made before. It was delicioso.

Sapasui With Mrs Tuipulotu!

Today Sosiua and I made Sapasui (Chop Suey) at Tech!

The ingredients you will need are:
Vermicelli
1 Carrot
1/2 Broccoli
1 Onion
1 Capsicum
1 piece of steak
Soy sauce
Salt
Minced garlic in a jar
Crushed ginger in a jar.

Method

Step 1. Soak the vermicelli in water, then boil. After the vermicelli has boiled, take the pot off the element and place in sink.
Step 2. Peel the carrot and onion, then slice all the vegetables.
Step 3. Cut the meat into fine strips.
Step 4. Fry the onions and meat in some oil until soft.
Step 5.  Place one portion of the vegetables carefully in the frying pan.
Step 6.  Add all the vegetables eventually and cook until they have softened.
Step 7. Add the vermicelli to the frying pan along with some spices, soy sauce, minced garlic and crushed ginger
Step 8. Mix the soy sauce in by slowly folding the vermicelli with tongs.
Enjoy the sapasui with with some rice or on its own!

Mmmmm!

Fritata With Kumara

Today Joanlisi and I made fritata with kumara at Tech! It turned out so delicious! 

Step 1. Slice and dice 1/2 an onion then add into a frying pan along with oil, wait till they are soft.

Step 2. Peel 1/2 of a kumara and grate with a cheese grater.

Step 3. Obtain a baking tin and transfer your onions into it.

Step 4. Transfer your grated kumara into the baking tin along with 2 eggs.

Step 5. Bake for 20 mins at 180 degrees. 

Master Chef New Zealand Who?

Last week at Tech Ana and I created this magnificent dish called Baked Potato Pockets. They were very easy to make!
First, we sliced and diced onions then put them in a pan with some oil and waited for them to soften.
Next, we sliced and diced some ham.
After that we obtained our bowl of pre-cooked mince and added it to the frying pan along with the ham.
Then we received pre-baked potatoes from Mrs Tuipulotu, we cut them in half and then scooped a little bit of the inside out.
We took the frying pan off of the element, placed the pan on the table and then turned the stove off.
Shortly after that we cautiously distributed some of the meat and onions into the middle of the potato.
Next we sprinkled a small amount of cheese on top, then placed them in the oven.

We took them out of the oven when the cheese was melted.

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