Banana Pikelets With Berry Sauce

Yesterday for week 2 of tech we made Banana Pikelets with some berry sauce and ice cream. We were paired up with someone from St. Pius X so that we would learn to be more open to other people not in our school, my partner was Akesa and honestly we did good.

Our first pikelet burnt a bit but Mrs Hamers said "its normal for it to burn on the first try". As we kept on going it started looking more decent. Since we made a lot Akesa and I decided to give some to Mrs Hamers and she loved it!

In my opinion the pikelets weren't bad, but I just dislike bananas. Overall I would rate it a 8.5 out of 10.

Duffy Show !!

Today we had our first ever Duffy Show for 2020! It was performed by three people, CJ who played Bex's mum and the coggen, Josh who played Duffy, courier and Aaron the guy who sells the coggen and Falepa who played Bex.

The coggen story was about a hybrid animal that was part dog, part cat and part chicken. The hybrid animal was always disobedient and stressed out the owners Bex and her mum.

We sang the Duffy song before the show started and finished off with Madiysn our head prefect giving them a thank you on behalf of our school!

Fruit Cups !!

For the first lesson of food tech some of the year 7 and 8's made fruit cups.  In my group was Frank and Texas. All of us took turns and had a chance to cut the different fruits.

The fruit we had were blueberries, watermelon, grapes and kiwifruit with some yogurt, if you wanted you could add some apples. I decided to stack the fruit nicely for good presentation in my cup. It took some time but it inspired Texas and Frank to start over again and not rush the artwork. After adding the yogurt I put some extra blueberries on top, it looked spectacular

Kiwi Filmmaker Wins Oscar

Taika Waititi, a New Zealander has won an Oscar in film making, it was for one of his films called Jojo Rabbit. This award was handed out on the 92nd Academy awards. This annual event is held in Hollywood.

As the ceremony started Janelle Monae performed one of her numbers "Come Alive" that made the audience hype and dance in the aisles. Taika Waititi won his award at the start of the show, he gave a speech that was very heartwarming, thanking people like his mum and dedicating his award to kids around the world.

Flooding In South Islands

Quite a few days ago a flood started to rise in the South Island.  For three days straight rain kept pouring and pouring until the water got high. 

The Civil Defense notified the people to pack some bags just in case they need to evacuate all of a sudden. The people living down in Mataura and Gore have been told to evacuate their homes due to the flooding.

Mayor of Gore Tracy Hicks, said  "some of the houses that are closer to the river were getting sandbagged for protection". A sandbag basically is a bag filled with sand used to build walls to protect houses from a flood. Another thing she said was that there has never been a time where it has rained so bad like those three days, she says that because she's lived in Gore for quite a while.

Summary On Woodwork

In my last class of Tech I made a box. I had some other decisions to choose from but the box is what  I wanted to make, I have to admit this project turned out really impressive for my first time.

The box took a few long weeks to make. I went from ruling lines, sawing, chiseling to assembling. The way everything happened felt really slow but I was one of the first ones to finish. If I didn't make the box I probably would've made a mirror.

Without Mr Grundy's help I don't think that I would've been able to make my box. He showed us how to use the tools and how to assemble everything together.

Air NZ Offering In Flight Exercises

Air New Zealand have teamed up with a fitness company to create some in flight exercises. This means that while the plane is in the air you will be able to work out. 

Around the beginning of this month, all Air New Zealand international passengers will have access to the stretchers, exercises and meditation. The passengers will be able to view the content in the planes entertainment. It has been selected so that passengers are able to have a good experience. 

In one of the statements from Les Mills ( fitness company ) they said "it's not about doing burpees and tuck jumps in the aisle but being able to do relaxation and stretching techniques in their seats".

In my opinion I think it's a great idea because it allows all passengers to be able to work out in mid air for free. It can also keep you fit instead of you just sitting down for hours.