Media

Today my class had to learn and do media stuff . Mrs Minerhan set up a slide show that we made a copy of and worked on. Slide 1 was a video saying what we have to do on each slide slide 2 was a chart set up where we could mark if we finished each slide. Slide 3 was a chart listing on witch stuff is on witch slide slide 4 this is where we started doing stuff. We had to watch a video about ads and look closely to see what they did to make people want to buy the things there advertising. On slide 5 we had 2 pictures and a buddy to answer questions about the add picture. Slide six was my favourite slide because we got to make our own add for coco crunch and that's all my class did. Here's. a picture of my add.

Being on TV

 Me and my friends at school heard that the TV show What Now was coming to Kumara at the fish n chip shop so we went there played games, ate chips and had drinks. Everyone was on the bean bags when the TV show arrived. When I got home I went to sleep, waiting for tomorrow morning so  could see everyone on TV. At the TV show we had to act for the camera and point the way to Shantytown because that's where they were going next. In the morning me and mum waited until i was on TV. When I was on mum recorded the whole thing on her phone (go to William's blog, he's done a blog about the TV show too).

fudge-a-lecious

This recipe is simple and the title of the website says 3 minutes to do all the baking and making but its takes longer than 3 minutes but it only has 3 ingredients here's the ingredients and instructions:-

1 can of Sweetened condensed milk.

2 cups chocolate chips.

1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

1. Spread butter on a square pan and line with parchment paper for easy removal of set fudge.
2. In a microwave safe heat the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk, on high for 1 minute. Remove from microwave. Let it sit for 1 minute, then stir to combine. If needed, heat an additional 30 seconds. Stir until chips are completely melted and chocolate is smooth.
3. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour fudge into prepared pan. Let fudge cool completely before cutting into 1 inch squares. (you can place in the refrigerator for 1 hour to speed up the process.)
4. Store in an airtight container. Fudge does not need to be kept refrigerated.

That's all of the ingredients and instructions to make the fudge.

Today my class had to group up in pairs and then our chromebook teacher made one person from the partnership direct our other partner where to place shapes in  the correct order on your screen. It was a lot of fun. At the end we could make our own thing with shapes and tell our partners how to make it. We were not allowed to show or partners anything, only direct and tell our partners where to put the shapes. These are my favourite ones i did:

The Beach

The Beach.

A while ago me and my friends went to Serpentine Beach.  We crossed the river and went to the wooden hut me and my friends built.We also made a bridge across the river that surprisingly worked. My mum didn't come because she was too busy but my friends mum got to come. Maybe one day you might want to go to Serpentine Beach. Serpentine Beach is named Serpentine Beach because there's loads of serpentine on the beach you can also find greenstone on the beach if you're 'lucky. I kept on sinking in the sand when I was playing. Here's a picture of Serpentine Beach.

The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs.

Today I'm going to tell you a big project my class has been working on for a bit so my class has been working on making a new story of the true story of the 3 little pigs. Of course everyone knows the true story of the 3 little pigs but do you know the true story of 3 little pigs you can see the true story on youtube. Anyways my class made a remake of the true story but not much of a difference but some people made a big difference to the story. Soon my class made them into little booklets Would you like to see mine? Sadly I can't show you the writing I did but here's the front cover picture of the book I made

Baked Scotch Eggs

INGREDIENTS.

1 lb pork sausage or the meat from 6 sausages.
4 hard-cooked eggs, peeled.
Flour.
3/4 cup of bread crumbs.
1 egg, beaten.

Now its time to cook it with the method and step's

1. Heat oven to 180c.  Shape mixture into 4 equal patties.

2. Roll each hard-cooked egg in flour to coat; place on sausage patty and shape sausage around egg. Dip each into beaten egg; coat with bread crumbs to cover completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

• 3. Bake for 35 minutes until baked through.
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• You can deep fry the scotch eggs but they are healthier if you oven cook them. 
• You can also add herbs to the meat or breadcrumb mixture if you like.
• That's all I have for todays post except for the picture of course-

Pita Garlic Bread

INGREDIENTS

2 to 3 pita bread rounds.

A spoon of butter.

3 to 4 cloves of garlic, smashed.  

Salt.

Now it's time for the method already-

1. Preheat the oven to 180c. While the oven is heating slice the pita breads in half.

2. Combine smashed garlic and butter, then spread over the pita breads.

3. Place the pita bread on a baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the bread is nice and crispy.

This recipe is a nice and easy one and I have it all the time for snacks.

Yum Yum Pancakes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup plain flour.
1 tsp baking powder.
1/4 tsp salt.
1 egg.
1/4 cup white sugar.
3/4 cup milk (approx).

Now its time for the method-

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.

In another bowl beat egg and sugar until thick. Add milk to the sifted ingredients. Mix until smooth.

Spoon tablespoon-full amounts onto a hot greased griddle or non-stick frying pan. Turn pancakes over when bubbles start to appear on the surface. Cook until golden. It's a great and yummy recipe.

Nutella Cookies

INGREDIENTS.  

Butter 150g, at room temperature.

Caster sugar 50g.

Some soft light brown sugar 125g.

150g of nutella.

1 large egg.

Vanilla extract or paste, 1 teaspoon.

Plain flour 175g.

Malted milk powder (such as Horlicks) 50g.

Bicarbonate of soda ½ teaspoon.

Sea salt flakes 1 teaspoon, plus extra to serve.

Walnuts 75g, roughly chopped.

Dark chocolate with sea salt 75g, chopped into small chunks.

Now its finally time for the steps.

METHOD.

STEP 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line 2-3 baking sheets with baking paper.

STEP 2 

Put the butter and sugars in a large bowl, and beat with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the Nutella and beat for another minute, then briefly beat in the egg and vanilla. Mix in the flour, malted milk powder, bicarb and salt until smooth. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chunks.

STEP 3

Put tablespoons of the mixture (making sure they’re spaced far apart) on the prepared trays and bake in batches for 12-13 minutes, depending on whether you like soft or crisp cookies. Sprinkle with more salt, if you like.

Now that's all of it except for the picture if you're wondering why the picture looks bad it's because we messed up a bit.

Making Triangle Traffic Light Popsicles.

You can use any fruits that have the three colours of the traffic lights. The colours are red, orange or yellow and green. I used kiwi fruit, apricot and cherries because these are the fruits I had in my freezer. These popsicles are really cool because you can make them out of frozen, fresh, canned or ready made juice. Mum and I tried a whole bunch of different fruit to see which one tastes the best. I liked cherries, pineapple and lime. Mum liked apple, mango and blueberries.

INGREDIENTS
Any green fruit.
Any yellow or orange fruit.
Any red fruit.


EQUIPMENT
Popsicle mould or empty container for freezing.
Blender.
Freezer.

If you are using fresh, tinned or frozen fruit you need to blend it in a blender. I used a Nutri Bullet. If you are using ready made juice you can just pour it into the mould straight away. You need to freeze in between colours. 1st put in the red then freeze that layer. Then pour in orange or yellow and freeze that layer and once you've done that put in the green and freeze. This will give you separate coloured layers otherwise they all mix in together. Here's my one.

Lemonade Scones

INGREDIENTS

1 cup of cream.
1 cup of lemonade.
4 cups of self raising flower.
2 teaspoons of baking powder.
A pinch of salt.

Now it's time for the way to bake the scones.

Preheat your oven to 200c.
Then stir the cream and lemonade together. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.
Finally roll out the wet mixture on a board and cut the mixture into how many pieces you want. Bake the pieces for 11 to 14 minutes on a floured tray.
Do you think it was a easy recipe? I think it is.

Easy Corn Fritters

THE INGREDIENTS

1 can of sweetcorn.  

1 cup all-purpose flour.

1 tablespoon sugar.

1 teaspoon of baking powder.

2 large eggs, lightly beaten.

3/4 cup heavy cream.

Vegetable oil, for frying.

Now you know the Ingredients its time to show you how to make it.

INSTRUCTIONS 

In a large bowl, stir together the corn kernels, flour, sugar, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Stir in the eggs and heavy cream until the batter is well-combined.

Line a plate with paper towels. Coat the bottom of a large frying pan with vegetable oil and place it over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, scoop 2- to 3-tablespoon mounds of the corn batter into the pan, spreading it lightly into a flat, circular shape. Cook the fritters for 2 to 3 minutes, then flip them once and cook them an additional 3 minutes until they’re golden brown and cooked through. Transfer the fritters to the paper towel-lined plate, season them immediately with salt and repeat the cooking process with the remaining batter, adding more oil to the pan as needed.

crumble carmel and choclate bake

Ingredients. 
For the base.
10 dates.
1 cup of oats.
1 cup desiccated coconut.
6 table spoons of coconut oil or butter.

For the caramel Sauce.
3/4 cup of golden or maple syrup.
60g butter
Can of condensed milk.

For the chocolate topping.
1/2 bar Chocolate (we used left over Easter egg).
1 teaspoon of veggie oil.

Now that's done your probably wondering how to make it with these ingredients.
1. Just cover the dates in water and heat for 5 minutes until soft.
2. Mix the oats, dates and desiccated coconut in a bowl then stir in the coconut oil.
3. Spread the mixture in a dish and bake the mixture in the oven for 10 minutes.
4. To make the caramel sauce heat the golden syrup and butter in a pan until the butter melts and finally add the condensed milk.
5. Cover the oat mixture with the caramel sauce and then bake for 10 minutes.
6. Melt the chocolate over boiling water in a bowl.
7. Add 1 teaspoon of veggie oil to the chocolate.
8. Spread the melted chocolate over the baked oat and caramel dish.
9. Put the dish in the fridge for 30 minutes or until hard.
10. Eat it

How do you like the recipe this recipe? It's actually from TV NZ Demand. If you have TV NZ Demand watch Nadia's Comfort Kitchen Episode 5.
Want to see the one mum and me made before we put in the fridge?

making fish cakes

Today mum and I made some fish cakes here's the ingredients;
400g fresh salmon fillets.
400g cooked potato.
50g frozen peas defrosted.
150g fresh breadcrumbs.
4 tea spoons chopped parsley.
2 eggs.
A splash of sunflower oil.
250ml reduced fat mayonnaise.
Grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon.

Equipment
Medium saucepan or frying pan with lid.
4 mixing bowls.
3 metal spoons.
Plate.
Flipper.

Now you know the ingredients you're probably wondering how to make the fish cakes.

1. Place the fish in the pan. Add a little water, and cook for 5-6 minutes. allow to cool, then flake, removing any skin and bones.
2. Boil the potatoes and place the potato, peas and salmon in a bowl. Mix gently until combined and season to taste.
3. Mix the breadcrumbs with the parsley and place on a plate.
4. Place a heaped teaspoon of the salmon mixture in your hands, roll the mixture into a ball, then flatten the mixture. Dip the mixture into the egg, then coat in the breadcrumb mixture.
5. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and shallow fry the fish cakes for 2 to 3 minutes each side until golden.
6. Mix together the mayonnaise with the lemon zest and juice. Transfer to a bowl. serve the fish cakes warm or cold with the dip.

That's all the things you need to do and if you're wondering why my fish cakes look bad its because me and mum messed up a bit. 

book review

My class has been reading a book every day and once we have read the book we write what the book was about. Here do you want to see one of the books I read.

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

The book was made by Judith Kerr

The main characters are Sophie and the other main character is the tiger.
I recommend reading this book. It is a pretty good book. I like how the tiger ate everything.

Sophie decided to have a tea party one day but then someone was knocking on the door. Sophie's mum wandered who it could be. Once Sophie's mum opened the door there was a big tiger who asked if he could have tea with them. The tiger ate all the tea party food but the tiger was still hungry so the tiger ate all the food in the fridge and all the food in the cupboard. Once the tiger ate all of that there was no more food left in the house so Sophie offered the tiger some milk. The tiger ended up drinking all the milk, all the tea in the teapot and all the tap water. When Sophie's dad got back Sophie told her dad all about what happened. Sophie's dad got the idea to eat at the cafe. Tomorrow Sophie and her mum went shopping and they bought a big tin of tiger food just in case the tiger came back but he never did.

Home made pizza for lunch

Today I made a pizza at home. We always use traditional Italian toppings. The most usual toppings in Italian pizzas are: olives, pepperoni and capers. How to make a homemade pizza; first get a tortilla for the base then get a knife and tomato paste. Spread the tomato paste all over the tortilla. Then get some cheese and lay the cheese all over the tomato paste. Finally put any topping on that you want. Then cook it in the oven for 5-10 minutes until it's crispy and bubbly on top. The toppings I used were pepperoni, olives and capers because I like the taste and we had these in the fridge.

baking cupcakes with my mum

To bake these cupcakes you will need 2 eggs, an orange, a cup and a half of flour, 70 grams of lemon curd and 1/3 cup of caster sugar. The recipe is for making a cake but we put our batter into cupcake moulds and made them into cupcakes. Me and mum also changed the recipe a bit because we didn't have all the ingredients in the recipe. We used 2 lemons instead of 1 orange. We made our own flour by blitzing almonds in the blender and the caster sugar was substituted for brown sugar. Now i'm going to tell you the method of making the cake. Begin by placing the whole orange unpeeled in a pan of boiling water - make sure there's enough water to completely cover the orange - and simmer for at least an hour until the fruit is tender and cooked all the way through. Remove from the heat, drain and leave the orange aside until it is cool enough to handle. Grease and flour a 20 cm (8 in) spring form cake tin, lining the bottom with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 170c. Once the orange has cooled cut it into 8 segments, removing any pips. Put the orange skin and all into the cup of your blender and blitz to a pulp. Add the eggs, followed by the ground almonds, lemon curd then the sugar and blitz again until everything is incorporated into a smooth mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. Check the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer - if it comes out clean the cake is done. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.