Wearable Arts

We completed our 'Wonderings' about 'Wearable Arts'. We have a booklet to complete as we work through our Technology unit on this theme'. We also watched some You Tube videos & pictures of wearable art creations

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Today the Tipuranga Pod had a guest speaker; Simon from Wastebusters.  We learnt a lot and were shocked to see the damage that waste is doing to our environment!

Here are some questions (wonderings) that Room 16 thought of after Simon's visit.  See if you find any information or answers to these!

 

• If we continue to create this amount of waste, what will New Zealand look like in one hundred years?
• What will New Zealand do once there is no more space left at the landfills? 
• What do other countries do with their waste?
• Can we make paper out of other resources? (so that we don’t have to harm our trees!)
• How much oil does New Zealand use in a day/year?
• Is there rubbish in space and what problems does it cause?
• How does waste harm animals?
• How does waste harm us?
• How does silica sand turn into glass?
• Where is silica sand found?

First Finished!

Technology - Painting Mummies and Constructing the Sarcophagus

Making the Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus Making During Technology

Measuring and Cutting the Side of the Sarcophagus

Bread Recipe (by popular request)

Easy Bread Recipe For Kids 

 To make one large loaf of bread you will need: 
4 cups / 500g strong white bread flour
1 1/2 cups /300ml warm water
1 sachet (8g or 1 1/2 teaspoons) fast action dried yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil

To make your loaf:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius.
2.  Measure out all the ingredients into a large bowl and combine them together using 30 kneading movements.
3. Leave for 10 minutes then knead again using 30 movements.
4. Leave for another 10 minutes then knead again using 30 movements.
5. Leave the dough in a warm place for 30 minutes, with a clean cloth covering the top of the bowl.
6. Knead lightly and shape the dough into a round.
7. Place it on a greased baking tray.
8. Leave for another 30 minutes in a warm place
9. Bake the bread for 20-25 minutes.

Baking Our Bread (Food Technology & Science)

Baking Bread on PhotoPeach

Bridges

Bridges

We began building our bridges today and some of us found it more difficult than we thought it would be.  We have had to come up with some good problem-solving skills.