A trip to remote Tokelau

                                             A trip to Remote Tokelau

Sitting on a boat, full of excitement and happiness wondering how happy my family would be to see me. I lay down for a while and attempt to take a nap but the excitement was a bit too much for me to sleep. I know my whole family, especially my parents would be very happy to see me after many years I spent studying back in Australia. Getting closer to my village, noticing all the changes and thinking about the even better changes that I can make with all the knowledge that I've gathered from the Australian people.  

Social studies concepts.

Today in Social Studies we learnt about 2 new Social Studies Concepts, one was Migration and Globalisation.

The first concept Migration means moving from one region to another. There are two different migrations the first one being external migration and the other being internal migration. External Migration is when you move from region to region (country to country) while Internal Migration is Moving areas or houses in the same country or region.

The second social studies concept we learnt about was Globalisation. Globalisation is the process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating in other countries and becomes worldwide. For example Facebook which actually started in America but is now worldwide and internationally famous, this is a good example of Globalisation.

What does A.N.Z.A.C Day mean to me?

What does A.N.Z.A.C mean to me.?

To me, A.N.Z.A.C day is a very important day because it has a lot to do with the soldiers and also everyone else that was involved in WW1 in Gallipoli Peninsula.  It is very important because it is a day to appreciate and commemorate the soldiers who passed during the war and also the survivors that returned to their families in relief.

Why is it important to commemorate A.N.Z.A.C day? 

It is important to commemorate Anzac Day because it is a special day or remembering and honouring those who had the courage to fight for their country in the WW1. Also because we will never forget the heroes that fought for us and our country back then so it is important to commemorate them on this special day.

Toro Nagashi

The tradition I chose to do my presentation on is Toro Nagashi which is a Traditional Japanese Ceremony. I chose to research on this tradition is because Japan is a country that I know nothing about and I thought that researching about a Japanese tradition would help me learn much more.

Some interesting aspects about this ceremony/tradition is that they actually use a special type of paper to make the lanterns that they put in the water. Another interesting fact is that the ceremony is actually held on the final night of the Bon festival which is another Japanese tradition/celebration.

Last week I had to present my work to the class. While I was presenting I felt confident but I know I could have done better. I feel I could improve in providing more information in my slides and having more eye contact with the audience. There were some positive aspects during my presentation such as the volume of my voice. I felt like I spoke clear and confidently.

Hot cakes

Today in cooking class we made hotcakes her are the steps to make this.

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups of self rising flour
• ½ cups of sugar
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 egg

Step 1 mix all these ingredients together in a bowl. Mix well. Once well mixed Butter the pan and then fry two cakes at a time and wait until the pancakes are golden brown. Once the bottom bit is golden brown you flip wait again until that side is golden brown. Then sever the finishing product on a plate and make more if you have left overs.

This is what we finished with.

   

Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

Today in Maths we learnt about decimals, fractions and also percentages.

We learnt how to convert and also find the percentages and fractions of a whole number.

Although I already knew all of this it was good to revise the things that I have learnt before and next I would like to learn more challenging things.

Chocolate muffins

Today for food tech we had to make Chocolate muffins. This is how we made it and what our result was.

Dry ingredients:

1 ½ cup of SR flour

½ cup of coco

½ cup of sugar.

Wet ingredients:

1 cup of milk

1 egg

¼ cup of oil

Put all Dry ingredients into a big bowl and put all wet ingredients into a small bowl.

Mix both separately and then combine them together.

Mix them well until dark brown.

Then get out your muffin tray and use a spoon to scoop some of the mixture into the muffin tray.

Then when you’re done filling up every spot of the muffin tray then bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

After it is fully baked then you can eat.

Thank you.