I am a student at Ōtaki College in Ōtaki, NZ. My blog is a place where I will be able to share some of my learning. Please note....some work won't be edited - they are just my first drafts, so there may be some errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas on my posts.
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Earthquake
Its the 25th of may 2020 on a Monday im getting ready for school just finished having breakfast then i have to do the dishes. After i finish doing the dishes i go to my mum to see if there is anything else she needs me to do but instead she tell me to hold onto her hand so i say "ok mum?'' then out of know where there come a huge Earthquake that's shaking our house like a giant has just jumped up and down mum holding on tight to my hand and so am I then she runs under the door way thing while im trying to run out side but she pull's me and my sister under the door way thing and my sister is about cry and everything in our house nearly fall's everywhere on the ground ( lucky it didn't) After that we sat back on the couch getting ready to run back under the door way thing again as if there was another earthquake about to happen, My mum is texting people if they a alright while my heart is beating really fast like i just finished running a mile then my mum checks how big the earthquake was and man... IT WAS HUGE!!! it was 5.4 followed by 45 after shocks today, that was shocking news to me.
Friday, 22 May 2020
eel catching
Today i went eel catching with my cousins. When we left the house we all sat at the back of the ute with the two dogs Honey and Sky.
We got to the block where there was a creak. so Kade grabbed a hay bail to feed the cows, they came straight away for the hay bail. After that we got our strings and the meat and went down to the creak. When we got down to the creak we tide up one bit of meat to one string to see if there was any eels, while we were waiting, me Kade and our other cousin that was with us (Malachi) where jumping over the creak on to the other side and i nearly fell in the water. we keeped doing that for ages then i jumped to the other side and landed on my stomach and that definitely hurt. One eel came and Kade's little brother Hosea was holding on to the string when the eel bit the meat and Hosea was pulling the eel in but the eel fell back in the water so we saw more eels coming so then we tide up some meat on our own strings and threw them in the water waiting for the eels to get a its mouth on the meat. When the eel came to my string it bit it then it tried to rip the meat of but i pulled it out but i couldn't pull it out cause i pulled it to early. The eels keep coming on the strings and ripping our meat but we all were so close to getting them out but we just couldn't. A while later Kade's dad left to do something else so we all stayed sitting really quite waiting for the eels. After Kade's dad left more eels came till there was about five 1 big huge one and the rest were tiny. Then we left cause those eels were not coming anymore so we moved to a different place Witch look like a pond so we threw our strings with our eat on it into the water waiting for some eels to come. Waiting for a long time a huge eel came then it bit Malachi's meat and he pulled it and it came out all the way but the eel let go and fell back in the water he was like "no! i was so close nah that eel is a bastard'' Then he named it matiuu so every time the eel would come back he would say "matiuu your back''. Every time matiuu would bite our string and fall back in the water he would always leave for a bit, like he was going home cause when matiuu left he always go to the same spot. Matiuu bit mine then i pulled him out all the way but like Malachi it fell back in. We gave kade a go because the eels never cam to his meat and his last to go's were really good so the first one it bit his and he did not know but it did then he pulled it our all the way out twice and again the same with Me and Malachi it fell back in but then Kade's dad yelled out " oe boy's were gonna go home now'' so we packed up and went back to kade's house.
THE END
We got to the block where there was a creak. so Kade grabbed a hay bail to feed the cows, they came straight away for the hay bail. After that we got our strings and the meat and went down to the creak. When we got down to the creak we tide up one bit of meat to one string to see if there was any eels, while we were waiting, me Kade and our other cousin that was with us (Malachi) where jumping over the creak on to the other side and i nearly fell in the water. we keeped doing that for ages then i jumped to the other side and landed on my stomach and that definitely hurt. One eel came and Kade's little brother Hosea was holding on to the string when the eel bit the meat and Hosea was pulling the eel in but the eel fell back in the water so we saw more eels coming so then we tide up some meat on our own strings and threw them in the water waiting for the eels to get a its mouth on the meat. When the eel came to my string it bit it then it tried to rip the meat of but i pulled it out but i couldn't pull it out cause i pulled it to early. The eels keep coming on the strings and ripping our meat but we all were so close to getting them out but we just couldn't. A while later Kade's dad left to do something else so we all stayed sitting really quite waiting for the eels. After Kade's dad left more eels came till there was about five 1 big huge one and the rest were tiny. Then we left cause those eels were not coming anymore so we moved to a different place Witch look like a pond so we threw our strings with our eat on it into the water waiting for some eels to come. Waiting for a long time a huge eel came then it bit Malachi's meat and he pulled it and it came out all the way but the eel let go and fell back in the water he was like "no! i was so close nah that eel is a bastard'' Then he named it matiuu so every time the eel would come back he would say "matiuu your back''. Every time matiuu would bite our string and fall back in the water he would always leave for a bit, like he was going home cause when matiuu left he always go to the same spot. Matiuu bit mine then i pulled him out all the way but like Malachi it fell back in. We gave kade a go because the eels never cam to his meat and his last to go's were really good so the first one it bit his and he did not know but it did then he pulled it our all the way out twice and again the same with Me and Malachi it fell back in but then Kade's dad yelled out " oe boy's were gonna go home now'' so we packed up and went back to kade's house.
THE END
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Bake off making scones
Today is bake off day for room 4. This morning my koko and I made scones before our class meeting. here is the recipe and instructions on how to make the scone we made this morning.
Recipe and you will need:
- large bowl
- little bowl
- tea spoon
- table spoon
- measuring cup
- Any kind of flour
- sugar ( any kind )
- baking powder
- salt
- milk
- cream
- unsalted butter
- egg
Step one. in a large bowl put 2 and a half cups of flour into the bowl.
Step two. in the same bowl add 2 table spoons of sugar into the bowl
Step three. add two tea spoons of baking powder into the same bowl you put the other ingredients in.
Step four. if you want you can add 1 tea spoon of salt in the same bowl
step five. now whisk and mix and combine all the ingredients till it combine
Step six. you can now add 5 table spoons of unsalted butter to the bowl.step seven. combine the butter with the other ingredients till you get a sandy, crumbly texture.
step seven. when your finished combining the butter put the bowl beside and get out your little bowl and the measuring cup, in the little bowl get out the egg and crack it into the bowl, get out the whisk again and stir the egg around
step eight. when your egg is stir all up get out the milk and pour it up to 3 and a quarter high in the measuring cup.
Step nine. now you can add your egg and the milk to the other that you first had and mix it up.
step ten. when you finished mixing the egg and the milk with the other stuff it should look like doe.
step fourteen. now on your bench sprinkle the flour on the bench and then put on top of that put your doe on it.
step eleven roll and pat the doe and then it should look like flat ish but not to flat.
after you have done that step you can get your knife and cut the doe in half then cut it again but in quarters.
step twelve . put the cup up pieces into a large tray when you have done that put it in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes doing this should let the doe relax.
step thirteen. when he it has been 10 to 15 minutes you can bring it out, then get some cream and put it in a cup as high as you want then get a brush then brush the cream on top the scones.
step fourteen. now you can put it in the oven for 18 to 20 minutes now, after its been 18 to 20 minutes you a finished

Recipe and you will need:
- large bowl
- little bowl
- tea spoon
- table spoon
- measuring cup
- Any kind of flour
- sugar ( any kind )
- baking powder
- salt
- milk
- cream
- unsalted butter
- egg
Step one. in a large bowl put 2 and a half cups of flour into the bowl.
Step two. in the same bowl add 2 table spoons of sugar into the bowl
Step three. add two tea spoons of baking powder into the same bowl you put the other ingredients in.
Step four. if you want you can add 1 tea spoon of salt in the same bowl
step five. now whisk and mix and combine all the ingredients till it combine
Step six. you can now add 5 table spoons of unsalted butter to the bowl.step seven. combine the butter with the other ingredients till you get a sandy, crumbly texture.
step seven. when your finished combining the butter put the bowl beside and get out your little bowl and the measuring cup, in the little bowl get out the egg and crack it into the bowl, get out the whisk again and stir the egg around
step eight. when your egg is stir all up get out the milk and pour it up to 3 and a quarter high in the measuring cup.
Step nine. now you can add your egg and the milk to the other that you first had and mix it up.
step ten. when you finished mixing the egg and the milk with the other stuff it should look like doe.
step fourteen. now on your bench sprinkle the flour on the bench and then put on top of that put your doe on it.
step eleven roll and pat the doe and then it should look like flat ish but not to flat.
after you have done that step you can get your knife and cut the doe in half then cut it again but in quarters.
step twelve . put the cup up pieces into a large tray when you have done that put it in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes doing this should let the doe relax.
step thirteen. when he it has been 10 to 15 minutes you can bring it out, then get some cream and put it in a cup as high as you want then get a brush then brush the cream on top the scones.
step fourteen. now you can put it in the oven for 18 to 20 minutes now, after its been 18 to 20 minutes you a finished
Stacking wood with my koro
On Friday me and my koro stacked wood so we would be warm during winter.the wood was delivered on Thursday afternoon so we left it there on a mat till Friday.
Me and my koro started stacking wood after we had lunch but first we had to move some stuff around so the wood could fit in the shed. while we were stacking the wood we were talking about somethings and we were listing to some music so we could have something to listen to. Then my mum came out to help us stack the wood. after a while i had to go to my class meeting so mum stayed out to help koko so he didn't have to do it by his self. After my class meeting I came out and they were nearly done all that was left was the kindling to put away.
After putting the kindling koko folded the mat that the wood was on and put it away.
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