Weekly Reflection Term 3 Week 7

Positives:

• We got to spend the whole day with Moana Nui on Wednesday!
• I presented my speech, and I think it went well!
• I got at least a bronze on all of my Manga High tasks.
• I was the overall speech winner!

Negatives:

• I was really nervous about my speech!

What I learnt:

• I learnt lots about global warming for my IE.

How To Make Bacon And Egg Pie

Ingredients:

• Savoury Puff Pastry (Enough to cover top, bottom, and edges of the tin)
• Bacon (Enough to cover the bottom of the pie twice)
• 2 eggs
• Salt
• Pepper

Equipment:

• Small bowl
• Fan bake oven
• Knives
• Fork
• Baking Tin
• Fan Bake Oven

Method:

1. Cover the bottom and the edges of your baking tin with your pastry.
2. Chop up your bacon into medium sized pieces.
3. Cover the bottom of the pie with the bacon.
4. In a small bowl, beat your eggs with some salt and pepper.
5. Pour the eggs over the bottom of the pie.
6. Make another layer of bacon.
7. Now cover the pie with another layer of pastry.
8. Bake for 35-45 minutes at 180 degrees fan bake.
9. Enjoy!

Character Description: Belle

Belle has lovely long brown hair. She has vibrant blue eyes, and her soft lips are red and pink. She wears a beautiful, long rainbow dress, with a silver necklace. Her beautiful sparkly golden shoes reflect the sunlight on a hot day. She likes to eat chocolate, and candy canes, and she loves salt and vinegar chips. Her favourite drink is coke. She likes to read, and she also likes dancing. Her boyfriend is the beast, and they love to dance together.
By Elaina and Stella

Character Description

Ayisha has lovely blonde hair and vibrant blue eyes. She loves hunting and fishing, and her favourite food is ice-cream. Ayisha lives in Pipiroa and goes to school at Ngatea Primary School. It is her last year, as she is in Year 8. Ayisha is 160cm tall, and she is 12 years old. She is a talented artist, who puts a lot of effort and detail into her work. Ayisha is an amazing person!

Spring Time

The plants and flowers have aromatic powers.

The sky is blue, like the ocean.

The sun shines like a dazzling diamond.

The luscious green grass is soft underfoot.

The buzzing bees and the tall, tall trees.

Fill the air with heavenly smells.

Meaning that it is Spring time.

Cross Country 2017

On Tuesday the 29th of August, we had the Ngatea Primary School Cross Country at South Farms. It was my last Cross Country, so I wanted to give it my all. I had to wait around all day for my race because it was last.

This year, the track was a bit different. We did two big laps, then we started going up the hill. We went up halfway, then we went back down again. We had to climb down into a creek, trudge through, and then climb back out again. We then ran around the car park, and back down into the middle to finish. The race was six kilometres long.

I was super nervous to run. We warmed up with Mr Fraser, and then we started our race. The mud was really hard to run in. In some places, it was knee deep. I trudged through the mud, in about tenth place through most of it. I fell over lots of times, and I was completely coated in mud. I finished in 11th place. I didn’t make it into Hauraki Plains, but I didn’t really care because I gave it my all.

I was completely exhausted after my race, and it felt good to clean off all the mud!

My Speech

The English language is probably the most confusing language ever. We have letters in random places that make absolutely no sense. Some letters and words sound exactly the same. And some words just don’t seem right.

Like toothbrush. Why isn’t it called a teethbrush? We don’t all favour one tooth, and only brush that one tooth! It’s the same with toothpaste. Why isn’t it called teethpaste?

The letters C and K sound exactly the same. And sometimes, we randomly decide to put them together. And to be honest, in most circumstances, we could replace the letter c with an “S” or a “K”. Like this: “In most sirkumstanses, we kould replase the letter “C” with an “S” or a “K”.

What about that “rule”? I before E, except after C? Of course, with the exception of your eight overweight, conceited neighbours, and that efficient, beige concierge at the hotel. Weird right?

There are 923 words that break that rule. Only 44 follow it.

And there’s that digraph -” PH”. It’s pronounced the same way as the letter “F”. It’s simply there just to be confusing. We don’t need the P H in phone or pharmacy. We can just spell them with an “F”. It would still sound exactly the same.

We also use the word “had” many times in a row. Like in this sentence: All the medicine he had had, had had no effect on the outcome of his health.  That made perfect sense.

For some reason, the English language has some words that sound exactly the same, although they mean different things. Like in these sentences:

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• We must polish the Polish furniture.
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was a good time to present his present.

And if you want to know the rules of English, here they are:

Their our know rules.

I also have issues with “silent letters”. Why are they there? We don’t need the “K” in knead and knot. We don’t say k’nead or k’not. And in receipt, we don’t say receipite. It’s the same with the letter “E”. Half the time it is doesn’t even need to be there. Like in dove, cove, and gate. We don’t say dovee, covee, or gatee. And don’t even get me started on g’nats and g’nomes.

And there’s no pine or apple in pineapple, and there’s no egg in eggplant. English muffins aren’t English, and French fries aren’t French. Just saying.

So the English language is pretty hard, right? Maybe I should just speak French instead. But then I would have to figure out why a chair is masculine and a table is feminine, and that could be hard. Anyway, merci d'avoir écouté et de vous amuser à parler anglais.