Waiuku Trail Run

Today me and my family went to Waiuku. Me, My mum, Roman, kauri and Bethan ran a trail. It was easy at the start but after a bit it got hard like really hard so I jogged with Roman for most of the way. The trees were really cool and the cutty grass looked like little volcanoes. Near the end of the run there was a giant mud puddle, at the beginning of the puddle there was a man in a gorilla suit telling people to go in the mud or if they want to go around how to get around it. I decided to go through the mud, halfway I slipped in the mud and got my hands really muddy the mud got all up my arm and everything. That was one of the best bits of the run.

Cornwall moss myth

Today me and my family went to Cornwall national park. while we were there I found something magical. This thing was a bit of dry moss, but not just any moss it was the moss off the head of an ancient tree Int. This bit of hair was lost in battle. The Int was fighting a horde of bandits, one of such bandits threw an axe at the Int’s head and thus the hair was lost, only to be found by me at Cornwall national park.


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Greta Thumbergn

Greta Thumberg, Greta is a 16 year old swedish girl who has been striking for the climate since she was 15. However she has been conscious of the environment since she was 11. It was at this point she became depressed; stopped eating, stopped talking, stopped going to school. She also stopped eating meat and dairy, buying things, when she started talking with her parents they decided to do this too. After a while she decided to take it to her school and so now every friday her school strikes for the climate. She has become a very influential person and is doing a lot for the planet. She strikes to this day and hopefully will continue to do so for a long time onward.

climate change: our biggest challenge

Asian food

Today we are trying Korean Kimchi and Thai; Pad Thai. Frist we are having Kimchi, Kimchi is pickled cabbage that smells like sweet thai chilli. It tastes like cabbage with chilli. The Pad Thai was nice and sweet, the lemon balanced it with a good sour flavour.

South American food

Today in room 4 we tried empanadas they are a traditional dish from Argentina which is in South America. They smell like beef mince with a bit of paprika and pastry. They kind of look like large dumplings. the pastry is soft and easy to bite through and the meat was sweet and only slightly spicy.

Fractions

Today in maths we are learning how to Multiply fractions, e.g. 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4, 1/4 x 1/4 = 1/16...
I thought that it was kind of easy, but it was interesting nontheless.

How to make olive oil

How do people make olive oil? There are two ways to make it, the traditional way and the modern way. Do you use olive oil?

The process starts with the picking of the fruit. Traditional harvesting methods are with a small rake kind of thing, but with larger farms they use machines that shake the olives off the trees.

After they have picked the fruit they ship them (or just drive them) to the factory. Once they get there they are washed. First they are just rinsed, but to get rid of the stubborn sticks they are put though a grid that they get stuck in.

Once they are washed they are sent to the grinder. Traditionally there is a period were the fruit sits around before grinding, but this affects the quality of the oil. In the old method you also use marble grinders to mush the olives and the pips all into a pulp. The more modern way fixes two of these problems. In the factory the fruit is sent to the grinder strate away and the olives are grinded slowly. This helps keep the temperature of the pulp down, if the pulp gets to be over 27℃ it will effect the quality of the oil. 

Next the people press the oil out of the olives. The traditional way to get the oil out is to layer the mush between big sheets of rubber. Then it is put on a hydraulic press and they squeeze the oil out. The more modern but less effective way is to put the pulp in a centrifuge To get the water out of it. Water and oil have different densities so they will be separated in the machine as it spins. They then siphon out the oil. 

Finally the oil is bottled in its dark green bottles and labeled. There is a good reason for this as well as the bottle is like a kind of sun screen stopping the sun from getting to the oil. Then you buy it from the shops and use it for cooking and eating.

Reflection Of Mediterranean Food

Today we tried mediterranean food. We had feta cheese and bruschetta breed with olive oil on it. In my family we eat this stuff normally so I like all of it.

Then we talked about food that is popular in France like pastry and cheese. We tried some pan au chocolat, which is french for breed with chocolate. I though it was good and very enjoyable, but as I do I like a lot of food so that typical for me.

Korned Beef

Today we made corned Beef/vegi soup it was good I don't 

remember what was in it but it was realy good.

I like your Lattitude #2

Facile Fractions

Brunch

Today we made an English breakfast it was very nice the bacon was espesaly yum. but it was all genraly amazing.