best three camp experiences

On camp my best three experiences was kayaking with the dolphins while the were jumping out of the water and one of the dolphins going under my kayak. Going on the byrman trail in the dark while blindfolded and while you had to keep hold of a rope while the parents tried to scare you by saying BOO! and making noises  
and touching your shoulders lots of people screamed but I didn't scream because it wasn't scary. my last and final thing was drum role please....... Playing spotlight in the dark while lying on my tummy in the  while one of the parents

Shark!!

"Shark" was the only thing I was thinking about when I saw the six fins in the water. I was in a kayak at Mistletoe Bay at that very time.My heart was racing as fast as a v8 super car, then I heard someone at the wharf yelling out "dolphin", that put my heart rate back to normal. there were 5 other people in the kayaks wit me. When the dolphins came into the Bay everyone was getting in the water to swim with them. Shimya and I stuck together because she was freaking out. They went under me when I was in the kayak  I could see there shadow swimming swiftly below me.I could see there tails going hard out under the water. At the start thy were jumping up and down showing off to everyone.Andy was on the jet ski trying to keep them in the bay so we could keep swimming with them. People were getting towed on the biscuits by Sheryl she was swimming along holding the biscuit rope.What a great experience to happen to me on my first time kayaking!

mistletoe bay

the biscuit oh no hope it ain,t scary or anything cause I don't wont to drown today. oh no the coldness of the water was so cold. burrrrr so freezing. oh no here we go ah going so fast on the jet ski at mistletoe bay. oh dam slipping slipping ah I fell off dam everyone was laughing at me I thought it was kind of funny. and  the water tasted really gross and all salty and then the water went right up my nose and it was like eww.

year six camp

on the 4 day of camp we were swimming in the water and we saw dolphins so we went swimming  with them
and we got to touch them and it was awesome they came to mistletoe bay because there was killer wales at picton  so they came in it was the best day we also did a burmer trail i went first and i had to freak everyone out with a fake screm it was so funny.

the great year 6 camp

the great year 6 camp we did lots of stuff. we went biscuiting it was cool  we did the amazing race group 4 won it was cool we went on a long walk and i had no water on the walk and i got to see the glow worms they were amazing but at knight lots of people keep talking the end.

Year 6 Camp 2012

Last week  year 6 student  went on camp for 5 days  they went swimming  and biscuiting .we had this big/long/days walk up a hill.  And same of the year 6 student  went swimming with the sparkly /amazing  dolphins they did do any tricks . but we are lucky that we get to go swimming  with the dolphins   

Well it all started when everyone was down at the walf with the water jet ski but mum and I because I was sick that day. A few boys came and said there are dolphins, so mum and I went and 

YEAR 6 CAMP BURMA TRAIL!

oh no its my turn i thought as i was blindfolded and led up to the forest i had never done a burma trail and i was freaked out to make it worse i heard what sounded like GUN SHOTS (it was just a adult chucking stones at iron) coming from the forest were going to do the burma trail. when we were walking up the "gun shots" started up and Mr Logan said '' oh no GUN" and ran off  so me and Nikayla were left hugging each other screaming but then he came back and we were led up  the stairs TO BE CONTINUED.

BURMA TRAIL

                                                                 BURMA TRAIL

it was a cold night on the thursday of i dont know and we done a burma trail it was dark and i heard screaming and then it was my turn i started then someone poked me i ripped a bush out of someones hand and then they grabbed my hoodie and pulled it over my head and i was warm then someone pulled me down and i kneed them in the guts real hard then i got up and and punched someone then i finished the end

THE BISCUIT AND SHARK

                                           THE  BISCUIT    

                    for our year six camp we got to go biscuit it was so much fun until  i maid the mistake of going of saying go fast it was so much fun but it hurt when the water hit me on the face i felt liking saying stop. as we hit a bump we all hit the water like a rock i had some pain but it was all good at one stage he could not get me off so he maid the biscuit lean to my side and the two girls on with me knocked me off they fell off as well as we were towed to the jetie  i thought i saw a shark again i looked it was a dolpin

year 6 2012 camp

I just came back from being sick and now Im standing here on the edge of the wharf. finally it was my turn on the biscuit, I fell of 2 times and I got a turn on the back of the jet ski, it smelt horrible.

Stoke school year six camp 2012

Swimming with dolphins

On our camp this year we were lucky enough to swim with dolphins.
they came into mistletoe bay because apparently there were orchas (A.K.A killer whales)
Some people were out kayaking at that time and the dolphins swam right underneath them, THEY WERE SO LUCKY. Then our teacher had a suggestion to go swimming with them. I was so excited.
I jumped in as fast as I could. One swam right underneath them. Two of my friends were lucky enough to touch them. the jet ski was in the water so two kids got to go on with Andy and a another parent.

Anna

Story of my life

I'm Hannah I have a younger sister she can be a pain in the but.
I have a dog he chased my poor cat away poor thing.The poor pussy cat only comes in at 12 am to 1 am
in the morning mum is always in a grumpy mood dad is grumpy after work.

school athletics

sigh, once again school athletics has come. yay athletics I said in a unenthusiastic way. its the 21st of november and out of no where athletics.

hi my name is kiana and i am going to tall you about the gala our class
was doing jail it was on th 10th of november to put someone in jail  it would cost
50cents or 1doular or more i got put in jail 1time from shane and if you where a police thay can even put the poliec in jail i was in kapa haka and i missed it me and tanykah!!!

Nikita and her class jail

Saturday the 10th of November Stoke School had a gala. Every class had a stall. Room 11 (my class) had a jail for our stall. People would pay the sheriff (my teacher) to get the person they want in jail. You could pay the sheriff like 50 cents to get someone in jail for 5 minutes. I got put in jail for 30 minutes because a boy in my class put me in for 10 minutes then my uncle put me in for another 20 minutes when I was still in jail but apparently he paid for me to get out at the some time but no one told me that. But oh well. We had the school band, choir, guitar and kapa haka performed. I was in choir and guitar. 

Yay hot chips. mmmmm delicious. thanks for the drink Mark. on Sunday Caleb, Mark, Mandy, Liam, Finn, Will, their nan and I went to the a and p show  we went and saw the chickens and we saw Jontee and his chickens that won heaps of firsts, seconds and thirds.

Athletics

Zara  26/11/2012
On Wednesday the 21 of November we had athletics. There were alot of different activity. Some of the activitys were Long jump, High jump, Oppsticail course, and Discus. It was a great day and after the sprint racers we all got ice blocks to cool down.

Great books to read

Have you finished an awesome book and need a new one? heres a couple suggestions that you might like...

FANTASY= the stolen by Sherly Corlett this book is about a girl named Tori who has always felt a strong connection to her dead aunt joy and when joy asks her to find her dead husband they get pulled into a dark place call The afterworld i give it a four out of five.

FANTASY= Inna Furey by Isabel Waiti-Mulholland this book is about a girl named leanne who comes to to know the mysterious new girl, Inna Furey. But when she goes missing nobody knows why or how Leanne does but she cant tell. i give it a four and a half out of five.

COMEDY= the diary of a wimpy kid series by Jeff Kinney a funny cartoon book about Greg and his Best friend Rowly who have wild and wacky adventures i give it a three and a half out of five

FAMILY= The suitcase kid by Jaqueline Wilson a moving tale Andys parents have spilt up that means one week at dads and one at mums poor Andy basicly lives out of a suitcase i give it a four out of five 

hope you enjoy 

Sophie 26.11.11  

harry potter puppet pals

This video involves a range of puppets all from the harry potter movies.
such as: Harry potter, Hermione Granger and Voldermort the wickedest villain in the world.
the mysterious ticking noise is my favourite one to watch:
The Mysterious Ticking Noise!!!
Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it.
Please comment

Anna
26.11.12

poetry
im room 11 we have been  doing poetry and the topic is i am mine is about anzac day here is mine
I am a gril who nice and who likes poetry
i wish that angnostan will stop having war with new zeland
I dream that thier will be no war for life
i will be herad about my coments in any way
BY ELLA

Werid sunday

on a hot sunny day getting  bored and so hot i begged to go to the river and  you  wouldn't feel how hot it was outside. Are we there yet no BORING!. it would of been best if we went to the amp show but no we had to go to the river and was taking for ages. 20 minutes later yeah we were there thank god for that i couldn't  stand being in that hot car i was sweating in there. When i jumped out of the car i ran and jumped into the river and it was good and i felt i was melting into the river and i was just like a big blob. i liked it. by Toria

Athletics

The hot sun shining on my back while I wait for my event to be called out on the speaker. Sunday was a new athletics competition.you could only do three events, 1 jump, 1 throw and 1 run. There weren't  many people there because the amp show was on at the same time but it was still fun. My first event was at 10:30 it was discus I did ok in it I came 2nd in my age group. My second event was at 11:00 it was 100 metres I don't know where I came in it but all I know is that its was a fast race. My last event was at 2:30 it was long jump.

Sahara

All about kittens and cats

SOME REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS 

If you think you are going to get a kitten/cat make sure you have all these things!

1 Do you have a back yard? cats need exercise so you need some place for them to go.

2 Do you live in a safe neighbourhood? Maybe you live by a busy road kittens and cats could be hit by passing cars.

3 Will your cat be a inside or outside cat? if the kitten is a outdoor you will need a cat flap if the kitten is inside it would need a litter box

4 Do you have enough money for your kitten? It cost lots of money to get a kitten you need a litter box toys cat flap if the cat is a outside cat maybe vaccinations

4 Do you have enough money? It costs a lot of money to buy a kitten toys, litter box, food, cat bowls, a bed.  

5 Is there someone to take care of your kitten when you are away? 

6 Do you have new furniture in your house? KITTENS HAVE VERY SHARP CLAWS they use them to scratch anything in the house 

7 do you have other pets living in your house? make sure the get along with your kitten before the get in a fight 

by Lilly 

jewels disgusting and delicious food experience

“Great’ “the blindfold went over my head. does it have to be me, I said. OWW, to tight… Ahhh that’s better’. It was the 12 of September, which was definitely not your average Monday. I heard Travis in the back round, “Dog poop  Dog poop  he said repeating it over and over, I sighed… surprisingly I was well, calm. I heard a cap open. “Dog poop ” he said again. “BE QUIET TRAVIS!”

Oh no the taste testing had started. My eyes closed in fright. My doubly covered eyes stung like mad. “EEK” I screamed in my head. Something hard and bumpy plopped in my head. It was a freak out a silent panic then BAM I ate it… crunchy, hmm yum it was a new me, delicious “mm, mm, mm” I said… “Anchovies” said Mr. Logan I wish he would have never said that. Felt like spewing.

OK this time im gonna give payback. Firstly to get Travis, “its stringy cat poo really popular in Asia” he probably hates me now he knows what it really is. But im pretty sure he'd rather cat dun than dried squid. At least I liked it I thought Mr. Logan said that those are foods we haven’t tasted yet. Anyway whatever it was I wasn't ready for what was next.

Well im back with my other enemy (which isn't Anna) the blindfold

Well its round I decided to bite into it, that was definitely not the best idea “AHHH HOT, HOT AHHH  I said, I grabbed my drink bottle, I was ready to jump off a cliff onto ice tongue first, just to cool the spice down. “Wasabi peas” said Mr. Logan, “WASABI” my eyes were red with fury. Before I could have shouted the next round started.

“Wow” I said “That’s not Asian” I said that’s umm? … I really didn't know.

I took a bite out of it “YUM” I said in my head, it was harder than a stick but delicious it was filled of nuts. Mr. Logan said it a muesli  bar but it’s more of a treat to me.

“OK” I said we’re almost there, almost to the tastiest.  For that particular test we’re doing, the blindfold was my friend. I felt the object, “EW” it was all squishy. I tried it and it tasted horrible. I thought it was grapes but no it was dried banana. I thought dried banana was crunchy I guest it was a different type (evil music playing in the background)

I knew that if I ate that one the next would be the best. “HA” I said Nikitas got the blind fold I chanted in my head for a long time.

There were 3 packets and inside were 2 foot shaped crackers. I tried them, chicken. It was dusty but yum it’s the best one yet but inside I knew the next one would be best of all or so I thought…

The blind fold went over my head for the last time. It was a win win competition. I took the cap off the container. My lip failed to reach it but soon I did “OW” I had cut my lip. I ate it whole… lychee, rambutan it was one, “JELLY” I said I knew it lychee jelly.

“That’s it” no more, it’s over, “YES” all my feelings put together. No more anchovies, dried squid impishly hating wasabi peas spicy outraging taste of spice. I can't wait to go shopping for the crackers the sweet taste of chicken life of happiness it was all over or so I thought.

holiday walk

legs thumping haert racing why do they call this a holiday its worse than maths. holidays more of  beach flowers tropical type of thing

brownies

What you need:-cake tray
-3 eggs
-1 1/4 cup of sugar
-3/4 cup of self-raising flour
-1/2 cup of sifted cocoa powder
-2 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
-1 tablespoon of milk
-1 cup of sifted powdered sugar

What to do:1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, with a cake tray lined with baking paper in it.
2. Beat 3 eggs and 1 and 1/4 of sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
3. In the same bowl, add and mix 3/4 cup of self-raising flour, 1/2 cup of sifted Cocoa powder and 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract until it is well mixed.
4. Pour it into the cake tray and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through.
6. Leave it to cool down while you make the icing.

For the icing:1. Add 1 tablespoon of milk, 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar into a bowl.
2. Mix until it is smooth and decorate your brownies!

Feeling extra festive? Try cutting your brownies in triangles and arrange in the shape of a tree

marsh mallow marang

What you need: * 100g packet petite vanilla flavoured meringues * 10 pink marshmallows * 2 tablespoons multicoloured sprinkles What to do: 1. Count out 24 meringues. 2. Place marshmallows in a small microwave-safe heatproof bowl. Microwave marshmallows on high (100 per cent) for 20 seconds or until marshmallows double in size and soften. Stir until smooth. 3. Spoon 1 heaped teaspoon of melted marshmallow onto a meringue and sandwich together with another. 4. Place sprinkles on a small plate. Gently roll the kisses in sprinkles until the marshmallow centre is coated. Place the kisses on a tray lined with baking paper for about 30 minutes to allow the marshmallow to set. Jiggly jelly custard tarts What you need: * 12 sweet pastry cases * 1 1/2 cups smooth and creamy vanilla custard * 85g packet raspberry flavoured jelly crystals * Strawberries, to decorate What to do: 1. Place custard in a small saucepan. Stir over medium heat until hot, not boiling. Add jelly crystals and stir over a low heat for about three minutes or until jelly crystals have dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for 20 minutes. 2. Pour custard filling into a pouring jug, and pour into pastry cases. 3. Refrigerate overnight or until filling has set. Just before serving, arrange sliced strawberries prettily over the top of the tarts! Chicken and cucumber sandwiches What you need: * 10 slices white sandwich bread * 1 large Lebanese cucumber * 1/3 cup mayonnaise * 100g shaved cooked chicken breast * 1/2 bunch chives, finely chopped What to do: 1. Using a vegetable peeler, cut thin strips of cucumber by running a peeler from one end of the cucumber to the other, until you come to the seeds in the middle. 2. Spread mayonnaise over one side of each slice of bread. Top with cucumber strips and chicken. Top with remaining slices of bread. 3. Get mum or dad to help you trim the crusts from the sandwiches using a serrated knife. Cut each sandwich into three fingers. 4. Spread a small amount of extra mayonnaise on one long side of each finger and coat in chives.

how to make a hovercraft

WHAT YOU NEED:

- A balloon
- A pop top lid from a drink bottle
- An old CD
- Glue

WHAT TO DO:

1. Take your pop top bottle lid and glue it right over the hole in your old CD.Leave it to dry.
2. Once your lid is securely glued to the CD, blow up your balloon.Pinch the bottom of the balloon so that the air can’t escape and stretch it over the pop top.
3.Place your hovercraft on a smooth surface like a table top and open the pop top lid so that the air from the balloon starts to escape.Let go and watch your hovercraft go!Give it a little push or flick with your finger and watch it glide across your surface.

The Extreme Science behind this:

Usually, if you had a CD sitting on a table top and gave it a push – it would only move as far as your finger pushes it.This is because of friction which is a force that acts between any surfaces that rub together – friction makes it harder for the objects to slide past each other.

In this experiment though, the balloon is letting out air, which escapes out under the CD creating a layer of air between the CD and the table top.This layer of air greatly reduces the amount of friction between the CD and the table top –meaning your CD hovercraft can glide around over the surface when you flick it with your finger!

Orange Slice

Orange Slice

WHAT YOU NEED:

- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup self raising flour
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- 125g reduced-fat spread
- 1 egg, separated
- ¾ cup light condensed milk
- 2 oranges, finely grated zest and juice
- 2 tbsp corn flour

WHAT TO DO:

1. Combine the flours and ½ cup sugar in a large bowl.
2. Melt the low fat spread on a low heat for a few minutes and set it aside to cool then add it to the flour mixture.
3. Now add the egg white.
4. Line your slice tin with baking paper.
Then you just have to press it into your tin and bake it for 15 minutes on 180 degrees.
5. Next you need to zest and juice the oranges.
6. Now it’s time to make the delicious orange topping. In a saucepan, combine the egg yolk, light condensed milk, orange zest and juice, corn flour and remaining sugar and whisk the mixture on a medium heat until it comes to the boil and thickens.
7. The final step is to pour the mixture over the top of your slice base

Record Cake

• About

Record Cake

 

WHAT YOU NEED:

- 2 cups of icing sugar
- Knob of melted butter
- Boiling water
- Cocoa (makes it go darker)
- Red and black food colouring
- Sponge cake from the supermarket
- 3 Bowls

WHAT TO DO:

1. Sieve the icing into a bowl, add a small knob of melted butter and about a teaspoon of boiling water and mix well with a knife, keep adding more boiling water 1 teaspoon at a time until it becomes like a paste (Make sure you have an oldie helping with this step).
2. Now you need to make the red icing for the writing, so put a small amount into a separate bowl. Place a few drops of the red food colouring into your plain icing and stir. Repeat this step using the black food colouring - this will make your black icing.
3. You will also need white icing, this is super simple, just the icing sugar and boiling water!
Helpful tip, when spreading on your icing dip your butter knife into hot water, so it spreads like a dream…
4. Spread the black icing on to the sponge cake, leaving the centre bit for the white icing.
5. Now you can start decorate the top, take the licorice twists and tear them into strips, then wrap them around the top of your cake, lightly pressing them into the cake icing! This gives it the shiny vinyl like look!
6. Wrap a strip round the center of your cake, so the colouring doesn’t run into each other… then add the white icing to the center.
7. Then do the same again, to make the vinyl hole… add more black icing! Now you can start writing the name of your record with the red icing!

Caramel Slice

Caramel Slice

 

 WHAT YOU NEED:

Base:
- ½ C firmly packed brown sugar
- 2/3 C desiccated coconut
- 2/3 C self raising flour
- 85g butter, melted

Filling:
- 30g butter
- 2 Tbs golden syrup
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Chocolate topping:
- 150g dark chocolate, melted

WHAT TO DO:

Start by making the base.

1. Stir together brown sugar, coconut and flour in large bowl.
2. Add melted butter. Stir until well combined.
3. Press into lined baking tray using the back of a spoon.
4. Bake in a 180 degree oven for 10-12 mins.

Your next step is making the caramel.

1. Place butter and golden syrup in a pan, stirring occasionally.
2. When butter has melted, add condensed milk.
3. Stir constantly over medium heat for 9-12 minutes until caramel thickens.

Just pour that caramel over the top of your base, and pop back in the oven for 10 minutes until you have lightly browned edges.

Then melt your chocolate in a microwave bowl and pour over caramel. Let it set in the fridge and then you’re done!

Read more: http://www.four.co.nz/Caramel-Slice/tabid/1781/articleID/76780/Default.aspx#ixzz27tsYFrFB

carrot and ginger muffin

INGREDIENTS (Makes 12)

1 cup wholemeal flour
1 tsp ground ginger
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup chia seeds or flaxseeds
½ cup rolled oats, plus extra
to sprinkle
2 packed cups of finely grated carrot (roughly 2 medium carrots)
1 packed cup of grated apple (roughly 1 medium apple)
1 egg
½ cup low-fat natural yoghurt

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin.

2. Sieve flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add sugar, chia seeds (or flaxseeds) and rolled oats. Mix to combine, then add carrot and apple, tossing them in the dry ingredients.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and yoghurt. Make a well in the centre of the flour and carrot mix. Add the egg and yoghurt and stir together until the mixture is just combined (do not over-stir).

4. Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin tin. Sprinkle each with extra rolled oats and place in the oven.

5. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on top and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.

TIP: These muffins can be frozen, so make a batch on the weekend and freeze in individual ziplock bags

cheezy waffles

Cheesy Waffles!

WHAT YOU NEED:

- 2 cups flour

- 4 teaspoons baking powder

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 2 eggs

- 1 1/4 cups milk

- 2 tablespoons melted butter

- 1/2 cup of grated edam cheese

WHAT TO DO:

1. Sift your flour, baking powder and salt together.

2. Separate your eggs – set the whites aside and beat the yolks together with the milk.

3. Stir the milk and egg yolk into the dry ingredients.

4. Add the melted butter and grated cheese.

5. Beat the egg whites until they’re stiff and add them to the batter just before you’re ready to start cooking.

6. Preheat a waffle iron for 2 minutes – grease it with a little bit of spray oil and pour in some mixture.

7. Cook your waffles and enjoy!

 

By Jewel

BBC Dance Mat Typeing

BBC dance mat typeing is a program that helps to make you a faster typer! its colorful and has funky characters its very easy once you get the hang of it. there's lots of cool levels and stages with different characters that  give you lots of encouragement. give it a go heres the link!!!CLICK HERE TO PLAY

No,not Dave!

 i stood at the top of the tower, alone. looking down made my knees feel weak. i dicided it was now or never i had to jump on to the catapolt or the General would fling bolders at me at me and i would die, i had to atleast try and kill king Lucca. very slowly i walked of the edge, i shut my eyes and told myself i was in bed. when i opened them again i was on the catapolt but before i could do anything i was flung at the castle, my only companions were my best friend Dave and a cuple of bolders, i knew i would die if i touched solid gound again. i closed eyes and when i opened them again i was on solid ground and acually alive but it was the opposite to Dave, he got stuck on the edge of the castle and bleeding, really bleeding. i started cring and then i saw king Lucca, he was lying on the ground, i checked his pulse, he was dead. i pridicted he got hit by a bolder. i toke him out to show the General, i knew we had won and i krowned king luther.

 By Evie
 27/09/2012

tortilla stacks

How would you like to know how to make tortilla stacks im going to tell you how to

WHAT YOU NEED 

tortilla wraps 

chicken 

veges (use what ever you like) 

lots of cheese

 

HOW TO MAKE IT 

1cut the chicken into small pieces and put in a pan to cook till brown 

2 cook the veges

3 grate lots of cheese

4 start stacking everything up on oven tray,tortilla,chicken,veges, cheese another tortilla and repeat until everything has been used

5 pop in oven until cheese is melted and all golden on top

6 ENJOY THE TORTILLA STACKS

I would recommend cheese sweet corn broccoli and cauliflower plus chicken 

BY LILLY 

Jahqua's food experience

at the farm

 On the 21st of september me and my family went to our neighbours farm and it was really fun because we got to tail some lambs and we got to milk some tooand as i said before ir was really fun.
 first we went to tail the lambs and it toke a while because we had to tail more them a dozen of them and then we stoped for lunch, thats how long it toke to tail them!
 after lunch we went round to all the little lambs and gave them some milk from the bottles, after that my sister and i went on the tracter and we went to the feilds and collected all the little bits of wire and stuff like that. then my sister asked if allen could lower the self that we were sitting on so we could jump of and on and man it was awesome. a little while after that we had to go home, but it was really fun going to the farm.

by Evie
25/09/2012

were's my granny?

''Creeeek!'' i woke up with a start. what was that noise? ''Creeeek!'' this time it was louder, closer. was that heavy breathing? I decided to go to mum and dad's room for safety but when I got there, they were gone. i went to my little brothers to see if he knew were they were and once again he was gone. i walked back to my bed room but the door was locked, i checked my pockets for the key but it wasn't there so i went down to the kitchen and climbed out the window to my room but the window was shut. i saw the huge eyes of my cat, but then i remembered we didn't have a cat or a dog. i climbed back down the house and ran away to grandma's house.

by Evie
25/09/2012

Cookies on a stick recipe

25.09.2012
Hannah

WHAT YOU NEED: 

-1 cup of no added salt, no added sugar, smooth peanut butter 
-1 egg 
-½ tsp of vanilla essence 
-¾ cup of brown sugar 
-½ tsp of baking soda 
-85g of dark chocolate chips  -Some popsicle sticks 
WHAT TO DO: 

-Preheat oven to 180 degrees. 
-Combine peanut butter, egg, vanilla essence, sugar and baking soda in a bowl. 
-Add chocolate chips. Stir to combine. 
-Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using clean hands, shape teaspoonfuls of mixture in balls and place on tray about 5cm apart. 
-Insert sticks. 
-Bake for 10 - 12mins until lightly browned on top. Remove from oven and let them cool

Blueberry jelly recipe

25.09.2012
Hannah

  WHAT YOU NEED:

• Gelatin
• Frozen Blueberries


WHAT TO DO:

• Mix up gelatin according to packet.
• Whiz up blueberries in blender and combine the two. 
• Leave to set in fridge! 

Ice cream cupcakes recipe

25.09.2012
Hannah


  WHAT YOU NEED: 

- 12 small icecream cones 
- 1 ½ cups plain flour 
- 1 tsp baking powder 
- ½ tsp salt 
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature 
- 1 cup sugar 
- 3 eggs 
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract 
- ¾ cup milk 

Icing: 
- 50g softened butter (extra) 
- 1 ¼ cups icing sugar 
- 1 tb lemon juice 

Decorations: 
- Chocolate sauce 
- Chopped peanuts 
- Cherries 
- Hundreds & thousands 

WHAT TO DO: 

1. First, make a stand for your cone cakes to bake in, so your ice cream cones won’t fall over in the oven.Take a deep oven dish (about 8cm deep is perfect) and cover it in a double layer of tinfoil, tucking the foil tightly around the edges of the dish.Then, using a skewer or chopstick, poke 12 holes in the tinfoil, evenly spaced apart.Then slowly poke the pointy bits of your ice cream holes through the holes – they should stand up straight with the tinfoil supporting them. 
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. 
3. Cream butter and sugar until light & fluffy – use electric mixers if you have them.
4. Add in eggs one at a time to the butter mixture, then beat in vanilla. 
5. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three batches, alternating with milk. 
6. Fill each of your cones ¾ full with mixture.Bake at 180C for 5 – 10 minutes – they will bake really fast so keep an eye on them and check every 5 minutes! 

To make icing & decorate: 

1. To make icing, beat together your butter, sugar and lemon juice until it’s thick and well combined.You can add a drop of food colouring if you like. 
2. To ice your cone cakes, use a piping bag, or if you don’t have one, you can use a re-sealable bag and snip a tiny corner off the bag to pipe your icing from.Starting at the edges of your cone cakes, pipe icing in a spiral towards the middle and finish with a pointy bit to look like a soft serve cone! 
3. Then decorate your cone cakes to look like ice creams!Use hundreds and thousands, or make them look like ice cream sundaes with chocolate sauce, chopped peanuts and a cherry on top
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How to make hokey pokey

25.09.2012
Hannah

      WHAT YOU NEED: 

- 2 tablespoons of golden syrup 
- 5 tablespoons of white sugar 
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda 

WHAT TO DO: 

Now it’s important to be extremely careful with hokey pokey, because it’s super hot! So you’ll definitely need an oldie around to help you out. So to make Hokey Pokey, this is what you’ve gotta do: 

1. Combine sugar and golden syrup in a pot and stir over a low heat until sugar is dissolved. 
2. Turn up heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat as soon as mixture boils. 
3. Add baking soda. Mixture will froth up at this stage (The bicarbonate of soda breaks down with heat to release carbon dioxide gas. The gas causes the toffee mixture to froth and the gas becomes trapped in the sugar/syrup mixture) 
4. Stir quickly to make sure it is all combined and then turn out on to a greased tray. (USE OVEN MITTS) 

pears

pears are awsome do you like them? I think they are.

apples are awesome

i like apples do you? they are jucy and awesome and delicous.

by caleb and dan

Crazy stupid puppy

25.09.2012
Hannah

Aww! He's the cutest puppy I've ever seen! Dad, Maria and I begged mum to let us have him.

Mum said everyone in the house hold had a job towards the dog. We ended up with a dog we agreed on the name Eddie. Dad's jobs were to bath and brush him, take him for walks and clean up his dodo. Maria's job was to feed him. Mum trained him. My job was to entertain and play with him. Poor Mr. Black the dogs taken over all his stuff poor kitty 

Now Mr. Black only comes in at 12:00am till 1:00am to eat his food we haven't seen him

In two maybe three months we never see Mr. Black now all because of our stupid dog I'm serious about stupid part! Eddie ran straight into the metal pole on the jigger swing! Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!

All about chocolate

yum yum in my tum how many facts do you know about chocolate? I know a few facts so listen up THIS IS ALL TRUE....
what is chocolate? well it all started with a BEAN is that it.... yup it is a little boring bean, did you know that coco is the wrong spelling the real word for coco is drum roll please CACAO. Cacao is a Spanish word  that comes from Aztec cacahuatl. From bean to bar so now we know what chocolate is and what it isn't how is a chocolate actually made? Can you just get hold of a few cocoa beans plant them in your garden and harvest a crop of kit kats from a tree in a few years time, sadly it isn't that simple ( or else nestle and cadbury would be out of business )  today you have learnt a couple of cool facts see ya soon

by Lilly

Muppets rock

check out all these muppet videos
Mahna Mahna!!!
Crazy Swedish Chef!!!
Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

All these links are sooooo awesome ecspecially Animal, Kermit and the crazy but funny swedish chef

By Anna

THE THIRTY-NINE CLUES

The thirty-nine clues is an awesome book series.
written by many different authors inc: rick rioardan

silly saturday

on the weridest Saturday ever I got up in the morning and went really crazy and did really weird stuff like cart wheels and did roly ploys until something mysterious happened. i saw that my front door had opened and i was thinking what kind of crazy person would do that?!.  So I went outside 

HOW TO MAKE GUNGE!!!!

GUNGE

what you will need:
1 1/4 cups of Water
1 tsp Borax
1/4 cup of Glue
as much as you like Food colouring (optional)
2 bowls
wooden spoon

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. mix 1 cup of water and 1tsp of borax
into a bowl. stir with a wooden spoon until
 the borax is completely dissolved.

2. pour 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 glue
into a second bowl and stir with a
wooden spoon.

3. pour the borax mixture in to the glue
mixture. add food colouring to the mixture

4. stir the mixture until it becomes stiff.

5. ENJOY!!!!

sorry i don't know where to buy borax :-(
by Anna

My favourite sunday

My favourite sunday

It was a bright and sunny day. So me dad and my sister planed to the Richmond mall to have burger king. Finally dad drove us there we stopped at burger king and had lunch. One thing I like about burger king is that you get unlimited refills of fizzy drinks.

 After that we went to noel lemming to have a look. We had a look then we went to dick smith and had a look there. There was clearance bin full of ink. Lucky there was some ink there for my printer number 28 27.

 28 was my ink colour cartage it costs from $73 to $15. My dad decided to buy it for me I said Thanks. After that we all went home. 

By Travis 

Slumbering ball of evil

I crept into the room as quiet as a mouse, trying not to disturb the slumbering ball of evil.  I raised the...  hammer high into the air to hit the slumbering ball of evil right on the head! BUT before I could, the slumbering of evil was awake no longer was the slumbering ball of evil was no longer slumbering it was awake. AHH!  I quickly looked around to find somewhere to hide. Just in time I found somewhere. Under the bed I hid. Thank you so much that the ball of evil did not find me.  

Saturday soccer

 Saturday soccer

We all get in to positions. The is in the middle also the coach is on the side line. They the coach blows the whistle. The game has started. Blue has the ball (That’s my team) the guy pasts the ball to the other person he doges one of the people from black and white (That’s the other team) He pasts the ball to the person next to him he doges 2 people. He takes a shot. He shots the ball and it’s a GOAL!! YEA YES!!!

 My team is so happy this is the first goal of the season! So far its one Nile to us we can do it just ten more minutes. Back to half way. Black and white starts off with to ball the whistle blows GO! The person past the ball he dribbles the ball doge’s two people Know Know Know im going mad. Not now not ever! The black and white person takes a shot no miss the goal the goal keeper gets into position.

 The black and white person takes a shot he sots and he miss’s the goal keeper catches the ball YES YES YES!! The goal keeper kicks the ball back past half way. Then suddenly the whistle blows HALF TIME!! The coach says. Our whole team comes around the coach in a huddle. While he is talking we all grab an orange.Now we are back on the field we all get into our positions the coach blows his whistle GAME ON!

 This time black and white starts off with the ball. Oh no the ball is nearly at the ball at the goal. I say to myself don’t worry the best player in the team will bout the ball back up to half way. The ball goes near him BAM!! The ball gets kicked up to one of our players past half way. HAY LOOK the person from our team is dribbling the ball LOOK he has a perfect shot.

He shots he SCORES the crowed goes wild WO HO!! Two Nile to us YEA the first game we are winning. We all get back into positions. Black and white team start off with the ball then the coach blows the whistle GAME ON! The black and white team past the ball. They dribble past two people 5 seconds left! 5 4 he shot he scores 2 1. STOP THE GAME the coach calls. YEA we won our first game!!!

            The End

By Travis

Fishing For Salmon

Sunday 23 September 2012 my mum, sister, Uncle and me went to the Anatoki  Salmon Farm just out of Takaka. My sister and I went fishing and if you catch a salmon you have to keep it. But before we went fishing we looked in the ponds. The ponds were about the size of the Stoke School swimming pool. In pond 1 there were approximately  35,000 salmon, in pond 2 there were approximately  10,000 salmon and finally in pond 3 there were  8,000 salmon. When we went fishing I had a bigger rode then older my sister. I caught the first salmon within about the 4th or 5th cast. I called my salmon Fred, Fredo or Freddy. My sister took forever to catch a salmon. In the end my sister used the rode I used and after awhile she caught a salmon. My sister's and my salmon altogether weighed about  2.1kgs.          

Damn Cheap Imported Cars

"Damn cheap imported cars," I thought as I walked up the path of the solitary house. My car had broken down and I was going to call for help. As I knocked on the old door...  it creaked open and an old lady appeared at the door and said "what do you want boy."  "My car has broken down and I was wandering if I could use your phone."   "Sure you can" said the old lady.  "Well big house you have here."  "Yah."  Said the old lady. So I called for help and they said they'll be there as soon as possible. The old lady made me a cup of tea and a biscuit and let me stay inside out of the cold, windy, wet weather. Here I am still in this old house hours and hours later.     

Creeeek!

`Creeeek`! I woke up with a start. What was that noise? `Creeek`! This time it was louder, closer. Was that heavy breathing? I decided...  to have a look around downstairs.  So I did but I wish I hadn't it was dark pinch black!  Then `CREEEEK`!  Now it was louder and closer.  Then I heard footsteps getting closer, closer and closer. Then `CRASH`!  I so badly wanted to scream but I didn't I couldn't. I decided I would light a candle so i had some light when I was walking around trying to find were the noise was coming from. Then when I thought it was over I decided to go back to bed BUT it was NOT over!   

My weekend

''Aaah" the weekend FINALLY. " oh yay im going to my Nana's today" im totally going to ring Jess (my cousin) to see if she can come around."Hi jess, do you want to come round to Nanas?" "yip i will be there soon!" in the next half hour she was there "sooo what should we do?" she asked "girls i'm just going to the shop" "Ok" "i know what we should do!" i grinned "lets go up and see the horses!" "Nana said not to go near Bliss shes CRAZY!". PUFF PUFF! "i forgot how steep this hill is!" "PUFF same PUFF" "hi Blossom!" (thats my cousins horse) CHOMP CHOMP "they looove carrots!" lets go back to Nan's place". ''girls come down and have this"
TO BE CONTINUED 

Try something new pumpkin pie recipe have a go

24.09.2012
Hannah

WHAT YOU NEED:
 
  BASE: 
- 50g Butter (melted) 
- A packet of digestive biscuits 

PIE MIX: 
- 1 butternut pumpkin (roughly 500g) 
- 2 large eggs 
- 1 cup milk or cream 
- 1/2 cup sugar 
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger 
- Greek yoghurt to serve 
- Snap lock bag 

WHAT TO DO: 

- Pumpkins aren’t easy to cut, so grab an oldie, and you’ll need a large serrated knife. Cut off the stem, and slowly cut it in half with a sawing motion. 
- Then grab a spoon and scoop out all the seeds and stringy stuff. 
- Chop up the remaining pumpkin into small chunks and then pop it in a microwave safe bowl. 
- Chuck that in the microwave for about 15min or until soft. 

While that’s underway, you can get on to making a pie crust/base. 

- Put the digestive biscuits in a re-sealable bag and crush them with a rolling pin! 
- Then chuck them in a bowl and add your 50g melted butter and combine! 
- Then press the mixture in to your lined oven dish – you can use a glass to help you mould it nicely to the sides by pressing it to the sides of the dish. 
- Grab your pumpkin out of the microwave – it will be soft now so you can peel it. 
- Once your pumpkin is peeled and soft, it’s time to make a filling. 

In a blender, combine: 
- Soft pumpkin cubes 
- 1 cup (250ml) milk 
- 1/2 cup (110g) sugar 
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger until smooth
- Put your mixture in a bowl and add 2 eggs and stir.
- Pour that mixture into your base and pop in the oven at 190 degrees for about 45 mins!

Penguins

24.9.2012
Hannah

New Zealand is the penguin capital of the world. Of the 16 species of living penguins, nine breed in New Zealand or its territories, including the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica, and at least another four are visitors. New Zealand is home to the greatest diversity of penguins, and has more fossil species than any other region. The first and the oldest fossil penguins were found in New Zealand.

New Zealand has six species of penguin, and three more in the part of Antarctica New Zealand administers. Scientists have found bones of penguin ancestors dating back 55 million years. All penguins are protected by law, and five species are endangered.

Flightlessness

Penguins evolved from birds that could fly. Many other seabirds can fly as well as dive, but it is difficult to be good at both. The ancestors of today's penguins became better at diving and lost the ability to fly. This means that they can reach a bigger range of food from deep in the sea.

As the ancestors of penguins evolved into swimmers and divers, they developed special features:

• shorter, powerful wings for flippers
• large, heavy body for deep diving
• insulating feathers to keep them warm
• streamlined shape for fast swimming.

Smaller penguins dive 10–20 metres underwater, and the amazing emperor penguin can dive 100–200 metres looking for fish, krill or squid. But penguins can’t travel as far or as fast as many seabirds that can fly.

Life on land

Penguins can live for many weeks at sea, but some species come ashore every day or so. They also moult and breed on land. When they are nesting in the soil or among rocks, they can go without food for days or weeks.

Little blue penguin

Only 40 centimetres in length, these cute penguins come ashore at night. They nest all around the coast in burrows or caves, and lay two eggs each year.

Yellow-eyed penguin

This species has yellow eyes and a headband of yellow feathers, and breeds on subantarctic islands and in the South Island. Nesting in forests, these rare penguins are endangered by human activities such as farming and fishing.

The crested penguins

There are several species, which all have straggly yellow ‘eyebrows’. They lay two eggs, but only one hatches – no one is certain why. In Fiordland they nest in rainforest.

New Zealand’s antarctic penguins

Penguins breeding in Antarctica include the Adélie penguin and the largest of all, the emperor penguin. Emperors breed on sea ice in the middle of winter, and the males stay to incubate their egg on their feet, going without food for three months.

Northern hemisphere: a penguin-free zone

Penguins are found only in the southern hemisphere.  Firstly, flightlessness is only likely to evolve in places free of predators – especially mammalian ones – such as the isolated islands of New Zealand and the subantarctic. In contrast, being vulnerable to the bears, wolves and other predators of the northern hemisphere makes flight too valuable to give up. Secondly, tropical seas are generally too unproductive and the prey too dispersed, creating a barrier to penguins moving further north.

Modern-day threats

New Zealand and other southern islands and land masses with populations of penguins were not visited or settled by humans until the last few centuries. Once discovered, penguins were hunted for their meat, eggs, skin and oil. Although penguins are not directly preyed on by people any longer, things we introduced continue to threaten their survival: predators such as cats, dogs and mustelids; diseases; and habitat destruction.

Clearing the land for farming removes the vegetation yellow-eyed penguins need to shelter their nests. Indirect threats include pollution, overfishing and – perhaps most insidious – global warming. Periods of elevated sea-surface temperatures during the last 20 years have been associated with reductions in the yellow-eyed penguin’s principal prey species, and with toxic algal blooms that have decreased the survival and success of penguins breeding on the Otago Peninsula.

No Visitors Allowed

Codfish Island, to the west of Stewart Island, is the only place where you can find all three species of New Zealand’s mainland penguins – the yellow-eyed, little blue, and Fiordland crested penguins. But don’t think that it is the perfect place to observe penguins: the island is out of bounds to people for the recovery of the flightless native parrot, the kākāpō.

Dolphins

24.9.2012
Hannah

Different species Of There is some debate over how many different species of dolphins there really are. Some say there are 32 different species, while some say that there actually 33. It all depends on whether you think the White Whale counts as a dolphin or not. Some say that it does, some say that it doesn't.

Dolphin or Whale ?

The largest of all dolphin species is the Orca, which is commonly known as the Killer Whale. These dolphins can be over 31 feet long when fully grown, which has provided them with the unproper name of "whale".

Also, there are several different dolphins considered as the smallest dolphin species. These include True dolphins, Tucuxi dolphins, Hector's dolphins, Black dolphins, River dolphins, porpoises, and Commerson's dolphins.

Dolphins

• Common Dolphin
• Risso's Dolphins
• Bottlenose Dolphin
• White-Sided Dolphin
• White Beaked Dolphin
• Dusky Dolphin
• Falkland Island Dolphin
• Hour Glass Dolphin
• Peale's Dolphin
• Sarawak Dolphin
• Heaviside's Dolphin
• White Bellied Dolphins
• Irrawaddy River Dolphins
• Irrawaddy River Dolphins

Dolphin Facts

1.  Dolphins are mammals; they nurse their young from mammary glands.

2. Dolphins can swim up to 260 m. below the surface of the ocean, although they are mainly shallow divers.

·          Dolphins can stay up to 15 minutes under water, but they cannot breath under the water.

·          Dolphins use a technique called echolocation to find food and navigate.

·          Dolphins live in groups formed by 10 to 12 individuals.

·          There are 36 different kinds of ocean dolphins and 5 species of river dolphins.

·          The largest dolphin is the “killer whale” (also known as Orca).

·          The most known dolphin is the “ bottlenose dolphin”.

·          Dolphins are warm-blooded.

·          Dolphins communicate through sounds and whistles.

·          Dolphins eat fish and squid.

·          Dolphins are mammals NOT fish.

Hectors Dolphin

The brain of a 38-kilogram Hector’s dolphin weighs 640 grams. This is 1.7% of its total body weight – one of the highest proportions in the animal kingdom. It is bettered only by the typical proportion for humans of 1.9 %. But to what extent a big brain means high intelligence is not well established

Hector's dolphins do not live as long as others: the smaller the species, the shorter the lifespan.

Fishing is the most significant known threat to Māui’s and Hector’s dolphins.  Department of Conservation created marine sanctuaries throughout NZ where nets cannot be used in certain areas and at certain times of the year to protect Hector's dolphins.

Finding food and navigating under water by vision alone is tricky in murky water. Dolphins can use echolocation as well. They send out a stream of clicks and ‘read’ the echo that bounces back from hard surfaces, such as a rock wall or the taut swim bladder of a fish. This gives them information about size, density and distance.

Māori and dolphins

Many cultures have revered dolphins. The Greeks put people to death for killing them, and Māori often described them as taniwha, or water spirits.

The Ngāti Wai people, who used to live on the Poor Knights, Great Barrier and Little Barrier, believed that dolphins acted as messengers in times of need, bearing news from the islands to the mainland. The tribes living around Cook Strait talked of Paneiraira, a taniwha that resembled a whale. It would help canoes cross the tricky strait between the North and South islands.

The taniwha Tuhirangi guided Kupe, the mythical Polynesian explorer, to New Zealand. Later, Kupe placed Tuhirangi at French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds, to guide canoes through the treacherous waters. Tuhirangi lives there in a cave called Kaikaiawaro.

Friendly dolphins

In modern times, friendly dolphins – Pelorus Jack and Opo are the best known – have regularly made appearances around New Zealand’s coast.

Pelorus Jack, the speedy Risso

In 1888 a 4-metre Risso’s dolphin escorted a steamer from the outer Marlborough Sounds towards Nelson. He became known as Pelorus Jack, and Māori naturally recognised him as the taniwha Tuhirangi. From then on until his disappearance in 1912, he accompanied ships for a distance of about eight kilometres to and from French Pass, the dangerous passage separating D’Urville Island from the mainland. If the dolphin had to choose between two boats he would pick the faster, and could easily outpace a vessel travelling at 30 kilometres per hour. At night his speeding outline would glow with phosphorescence from plankton in the water. He became so famous that his picture featured on the cover of the Illustrated London News. It was never established whether ‘Jack’ was male or female.