KAYAKING 2019!!

Today my class had a surprise to transport to Wero Whitewater Park and experience kayaking. I was overwhelmed with excitment because I've always wanted to see what it felt like rowing. 

We arrived at the destination, from there we prepared ourselves for the kayaking lesson. One of the instructors taught us the two main actions we should know about kayaking. After all the confusion, it was time to kayak around the area. 

The hardest part during kayaking was paddling forwards because, sometimes your boat would turn a different direction randomly. Other than that I had an amazing time kayaking with my class! 

Starting Our Pieces...

Today at tech we started to create another design but only making our pieces for our game. All I did was simply ctrl+c to copy the shape, & ctrl+v to paste the shape onto a new platform. Next I decided to produce a new game using tinkercad again. 

During the process of making my new game, I found out how to draw things using the scribble effect. I drew many things like animals, shapes, food etc. Liza and I had a competition to see 

who was the best artist. 

Kiwi Kids News- COUNTDOWN TO STOP SELLING ENERGY DRINKS TO CHILDREN?!

New Zealand super market Countdown, has announced there will be an age restriction for drinking energy drinks. Starting from September, people will need to be 16 and over to purchase an energy drink.

Energy drinks are not recommended for minor children as this move had an amount of support. Many are suggesting the government should bring in more responsible rules.

Research from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand shows that energy drinks have less than three percent of overall caffeine. What are your opinions?

Kiwi Kids News- Police Issued Eviction Notices On Protesters Living At Ihumatao??

Auckland police have issued eviction notices to protesters living at Ihumatao. Ihumatao is a small settlement in South Auckland that has deep strong spiritual and cultural significance to New Zealand.

The dilemma at Ihumatao has been going on for years. An extensive building company wants to benifeit their land to build houses. 

A group called SOUL has been living on the land preserving it: stopping the building development.

This latest move by the council and police is an attempt to sort out the situation. Enabling the housing process to begin.

Back To... GRAPHICS!!💻

Yesterday at graphics we started to plan our ideas using Tinkercad. Before we could move on to designing, we had to make a google presentation of how we made our pieces.

For my first design, I made a pineapple using two shapes. It wasn't that difficult but, when coming to rotating the shape I needed a lot of help. Ms. Furgerson taught me how to rotate a shape. Thank you to her, now I know a lot more. 

Here is a preview of what I'm doing for graphics :)

I'm still carrying on with this presentation.

Kiwi Kids News- Name Change For Lake Tekapo?

New Zealand's most popular lake, Lake Tekapo is in for a name change. The reason being is because we have been spelling Tekapo incorrectly. 

Mackenzie District Deputy Mayor, James Leslie says the lake's name is meaningless and the local council supports a change.

It's not exactly clear when the spelling for Takapo became "Tekapo". Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu says his tribe, whose traditional land have a hold within the lake. Places huge importance in place names and is to have them written and pronounced correctly!

Baking With ME!!

This Sunday I baked a vanilla & chocolate cake with the help from my mother. Before we could start the process, I had to prepare all the ingredients that were required in order to begin.

First Cake: Vanilla

 There were a ton of easy steps that I had to do so, I didn't really have that much of a struggle. During baking the cake,it was very tough to whisk the batter since our electric mixer was broken. 

Next Up: Chocolate

I always save the best for last. The instructions for the chocolate cake were highly complicated. Maybe because it's the best flavour..? 

Finally at last the cakes were all done. I coated the two cakes with frosting and enjoyed our creation.  I had great feedback, probably my job should be a hometown bakery person?