The Science Road Show

Written by Sam and Ashley

Last Thursday, we went to Howick Intermediate School for the Science Road Show. We went with Mr Wright, students from a few other classes, and parent helpers. We were excited to be chosen from our class.

At noon, we hopped on the bus excitedly. The ride was about 15 minutes long. When we got there, we had to wait outside for about 8 minutes. Then we got to go in. It was amazing! There were so many things to do. Some things were dangerous. For example, there was the bed of nails. The bed of nails is for people to lie on, as long as they can. We didn't go on that because it was too scary.

For the show, we had to sit on the ground. There were three other schools so it was really crowded. We watched the 'Up Down All Around' show. We saw it on their Smartboard. We learned that if you swing a cup around on a flat surface, it won't fall off.

After the show, we got to look around and play with the science experiment displays. There were so many things to do. There was also a draw to win 3D glasses and a picture. I (Ashley) went into it but didn't win anything. When we had finished looking around, we had to go back and watch another show. We learned to never to blow bubbles in front of a fire or it will make a big bang. It was awesome! After that, we had to leave so we went outside and hopped on the bus. After about 15 minutes we were back at school.

It was the best Thursday ever. We had lots of fun!

Chinese Dumplings

Written by Mikayla and Sam

Last Thursday we made Chinese dumplings. To say 'dumplinigs' in Chinese is wa-teep (pronouced war teep)

We had helpers come in and help us to make the dumplings. The helpers were Sam's mum and Por Por (grandma in Cantonese) and Rohan's grandma. The whole class was very very excited. We made the dumplings because we are studying Ancient China.

We learned how to use chopsticks to eat the dumplings. You put your middle finger in between the chopsticks. Then make your chopsticks even. Put your index finger on top of the highest chopstick.

The class loved the dumplings we loved them too.

The ingredients:
160g of pork/chicken mince
2 tablespoons of chopped water chestnuts
half a teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of soya sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 tablespoon of water and 20-25 Chiao Tzu round wrappers.

Mix all of the ingredients well for several minutes. Put a teaspoonful of mixture into the middle of the wrapper, fold in half , press the edges together and pleat. Gently press down on both sides of the pleat to flatten the bottom. Brown the bottoms in a frying pan, add some water, cover, turn down the heat and allow to steam for 5-6 minutes till cooked.