BREAD MAKING

Yummy......  Bread making was easy and, unlike the hokey pokey, Mrs Kenyon didn't burn it.  Delicious!

  

MAKING SCONES!

Today a group of us opted in Mrs Lunn's Scone workshop.  

First we put 2 Cups of self-raising flour into the bowl...

The we added 3/4 of a cup of Lemonade (not diet or the scones will taste funny)...

Then add 1/2 a cup of cream...

Stir the ingredients together and then kneed.

Put into an 18-20cm round on baking paper and cut into 8 wedges.

Bake at 220 degrees for 15-20cm

Delicious!

While we were cooking we also learnt about equivalent fractions.  We don't have a measuring cup for 3/4 of a cup and so we realised that if we used the 1/4 measuring cup we would just need to fill it 3 times!

Then when it came to measuring the cream Mrs Lunn asked us how we could measure the cream without using the 1/2cup.  We said we could use the 1/4 cup and fill it twice because we know that two quarters is the same as 1 half!  Mrs Lunn was impressed - we know equivalent fractions!  That is super big kid maths!  Go us!!!

Coloured Milk

Mr Waterland, a Chemist Lecturer from Massey University, came and visited Piako Rua today.  Some of us worked with him making Coloured Milk.

We put food colouring in the milk and then put in a small drop of dish washing liquid.  Look at what happened to the colours.  It was amazing.

 

 

Liquid Fireworks

  

Mr Waterland, a Chemist Lecturer from Massey University, came and visited Piako Rua today.  Some of us worked with him making Liquid Fireworks.

We put food colouring into oil to see what would happen.  Then we the oil and food colouring with water.  We couldn't believe what we saw.  "It's just sitting there" (Jayden).

We had a great afternoon!

Big Book activity

Today we read a big book called

It was a really fun text to read with lots of onomatopoeia.

There was a family that wanted to go to the beach but 4 things went wrong with their car.

First the tyre blew up. Fortunately they had packed a beach ball which replaced the tyre! How did they stick it to the car? Chocolate marshmallow fudge delight of course!

Second the floor of the car fell out! Luckily they had packed a surfboard that took its place stuck onto the car by... Chocolate marshmallow fudge delight! Next the petrol tank fell off which thankfully the thermos of a very special Fizz helped fix, held onto the car with... Chocolate marshmallow fudge delight and lastly the whole engine fell off. The baby had brought a boat which when stuck in place with the Chocolate marshmallow fudge delight helped them finally get to the beach!

Can you see the car's improvements on these diagrams?

And then we designed our very own recipes for the extremely versatile...

Chocolate marshmallow fudge delight! 

Some of us did it together and some on our own!

(AND some had SECRET ingredients!)

We were so impressed with the details included in the directions of how to make the recipe as well as all the ingredients! You have learned lots from all the cooking experiences this term! Look out all the local chefs!!!

   We think we might have to try these recipes out and see just how yummy and sticky they are.

Thank you LC14 for letting us use your awesome big book. 

Chocolate Cake

Both of this weeks chocolate cakes turned out beautiful.  It must be Mrs Lunn's amazing recipe.

  

Lemon Toast

What do you think would happen if you squeezed lemon juice on bread and put it in the toaster?  Check this out.

  

Hokey Pokey

Mrs Kenyon helped us make hokey pokey today.  The first batch was a burnt disaster which made our entire class smell BUT the second batch was perfect.  Yummy!  

                    

OUR MEASURING AFTERNOON

Some of us made pikelets!  

Yum - thanks Mrs Ruawai. 

Jayden and Tasman weighed Lambchop on the scales...

Conner and Jesse used the weighing machine to measure how heavy a maraca was.

MAKING LOLLY LOG

Some of us got to make lolly log with Mrs Kenyon today.  We had to crush biscuits, measure butter and do lots of stirring.  It was yummy......

   

      

  

PIAKO RUA PIZZA MAKING

First the dry yeast and sugar

PIAKO RUA PIZZA MAKING!!!

The warm water made the yeast and sugar bubble

...then more bubbles after being left for 15 mins in the warm cupboard

After pouring the yeast into the 'well' in the flour and leaving in the cupboard for 40 mins to double in size...

...Pizza making!

Look at all the toppings!

  YAY! They are done...

   

we cut them in half...

                                    Half now...

                         



                                                       Half for later...


LOOK OUT DOMINOES!!!!!