Baking

Today me and my mum did baking. We made Vanilla cupcakes and Bacon and egg pies. We made the vanilla cupcakes out of a pre-mix. First we added two eggs, 125 ml milk and 4 table spoons of butter and then we mixed it. After we mixed for 2 minutes we put it in the oven for about 20 minutes. When they were cool we iced them. 

We then made Bacon and Egg pies. First we greased the trays, cut pastry into circles, then we added eggs, cut up bacon, milk and a little bit of salt and pepper and then painted the pastry with the egg mix so it goes nice and brown. Then we baked them on low for 20 minutes. 

Here are what they look like

  

What I did today in Lock down

Today is the 7th day of Lock down and it was a pretty busy day for me. First I got up and had online school, When it finished I started to read one of my books. After that I was looking for some paper in my closet for me to draw with and I ended up finding a lot of arts and crafts stuff that I forgot about. I also found about 12 pencil cases with lots of pens and pencils inside of them, I found my silly scent pens in one of them that I have been looking for quite a while now. I then helped my mum clean the pantry and defrost the freezer ready to go shopping tomorrow. Then it was time to feed my axolotls, I give them 6 pellets each per day. Later on it cleared up and there was a nice sunset so I went outside and looked at the sunset.

Tech

Every 2 weeks the year 7 & 8's go to Greymouth High School for tech. My classes are science and sewing. When we first get inside we are usually the first people there. We then wait for the other schools and we go to our classes. Yesterday in science we made things float and my new friend and I did it together. The first thing we did was we got some baking paper and we could draw on it if we wanted. Next we glued it together and then we got a piece of wire and put a cotton ball on it. We then taped the wire onto the baking paper and we then went outside to see if they would float. Me and Abbie went and we put this purple stuff on the cotton ball and we got a lighter and lit it. Ours was starting to catch on fire. We then went back inside and we tried I think beeswax and we put it on a cloth and we tested it before actually doing it. After we tested it worked really well so then we did it. Next we made a parachute out of a cup, string and things like coloured plastic bags and we tested it with an egg outside. Then it was lunch. At lunch me and Johanna went on Chromebooks and we just did things on them. After lunch we went to sewing class and we made these bags. First we could choose a pattern we wanted. Then we ironed the two long sides of fabric and we went to our sewing machines. We sewed the long side bits and next we folded the bottom and the top and sewed it. Next we folded it half way and sewed that bit. We then got to choose a string to go on the inside of the bag to open and close. Then we had a bag we could close and open. Then we tidied the room and we went in lines in our school and we then went in the van and went back to school.

Summer learning journey

Day 1: Explorers. 

Activity one: Setting sail.

For the summer learning journey I have to write about 10 food items I would take on a boat.

1: Pizza

2: Water

3: Fruit

4: Vegetables

5: Bread

6: Pretzels

7: Ice blocks

8: Fish & chips

9: Sandwiches

10: Cupcakes

Pohutukawa the native Christmas tree

 

My poor cousin has a broken leg.

My cousin Emma has a broken leg. She broke her leg because her "friends" told her to jump off a tower at her school. Emma is 8 years old and she is in a wheelchair now. I hope she gets better.

Helping my cousins move

On saturday my cousins were moving stuff to their new house in Hokitika. I really like their new house. My favourite room is the bathroom because it looks so nice and it has a big mirrer. We then got boxes and stuff inside the house, We were there for about 1 hour. I then went to go home for a bit and then a few hours later I went back to their house for a bit. The next day we went to their old house and cleaned it up.