NZ Loses Worlds Steepest Street Record!

Sadly Baldwin street in Dunedin has lost the title for the steepest street in the world. In Harlech, Wales the street Ffordd Pen Llech has one the title over NZ. Baldwin street has been the steepest street in the world for 32 years.

I think people who live on Baldwin street are kind of sad that their street isn't the steepest street in the world anymore. Hopefully in the future our street can win the title again.

CHOCOLATE MUFFINS!

Today (and maybe our last time) we made chocolate muffins, and my partner was Storm. Our chocolate muffins weren't cracked so that was a really good thing. This is the recipe if you want to make chocolate muffins at home.

Equipment:
Muffin Tin
Spatula
Measuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Spoon
Small Bowl
2 Metal Bowls

Ingredients:
Milk
Yogurt (Optional)
Chocolate Chips
Self Rising Flour
Sugar
Vanilla Essence
Oil
1 Egg
Cocoa
Chocolate Sauce/Syrup

Method/Steps:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Add all the dry ingredients into one of the metal bowls.
3. Add all the wet ingredients into the other metal bowl.
4. Mix the ingredients separately before mixing them together.
5. Add the muffins into the muffin tray. Adding the muffins papers are optional.
6. Pour the muffin mix into the muffin tray.
7. Place the muffin tray into the oven.
8. Wait 7-10 minutes for the muffins to rise.
9. Take the muffins out of the oven.
10. Drizzle chocolate sauce over your muffins.
11. Enjoy!

Silver Ferns Victory Over Australia!

The Silver Ferns won the Netball World Championships over Australia 52 - 51. Silver ferns have now won five times in netball and hopefully can do it again in the future.

The captain of the Silver Ferns spoke these words after their victory over Australia, "It's all worth it when you have the belief nothing can stop you. I am so glad I came back, it feels so good. I can't believe we done it! It's not just for us, it's for everyone in New Zealand."

In the future I hope that some people from my class can go and play netball to represent our country and probably win another Netball World Championship title.

Tamaki Estuary!

Yesterday all classes had to experience fresh air at Tamaki Estuary which is at Dunkirk Rd, Panmure. Older classes got paired up with younger kids to pick up rubbish, there was a lot! A lot of kids found rubbish under the bushes, beneath rocks, behind the trees and next to the rocks.

My partner was Emeline who knew a lot about the environment that we were in. She explained to me that on Friday as they were coming to the same place she and her fellow classmates found cigarette packets next to rocks and milk cartons in the grass about to fall into the stream.

After walking a long way from one side of the estuary to the other we finally stopped to have lunch which was what we wanted after a long walk. I had learnt a lot about the environment and about how big of a difference there is between the Tamaki Estuary water and the water at Panmure Basin!

Spaghetti Cabonara🍝

Today my partner at tech was Aaliyah from St Pius who knows how to cook really well. Our food was Spaghetti Cabonara and I'll be showing you how to make it.

Equipment:
Chopping Board   
Measuring Cup
Wooden Spoon
Metal Baking Tin
Peeler/Scraper
Bowl
Tongs
Frying Pan
Pot
Fork

Ingredients:
Spaghetti/Pasta Strips
Water
Bacon
Cream
Carrot
Onion
Cheese
Zucchini
Oil
Spices

Method:
1. Boil 3 cups of water into the pot. 
2. Scrape/peel your vegetables and slice the onion.
3. Add some oil to the frying pan.
4. Add your vegetables and onion to the frying pan.
5. Break your pasta gently and add it into the pot.
6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and put your bacon into the oven.
7. If your pasta is soft drain some of the water and mix it in with your vegetables.
8. Add cream and cheese into the frying pan with everything else.
9. Once your bacon is cooked and your vegetables and pasta are mixed slice the bacon and add it in.
10. Mix the mixture.
11. Enjoy!

Compostable Apples!

In New Zealand there is a apple company known as "Bostock New Zealand" who are placing compostable stickers onto their apples. The company says that the new stickers would maybe come out next year because the company is still in the process of making it.

The new stickers are way more expensive than the plastic stickers but the company hopes that people would like the stickers better than the plastic ones. 

I think it's a good idea that a company finally makes compostable stickers to make the animals and the environment happy! 

Fungal Disease Spreading To Birds

For the last few months in New Zealand many kakapo have died because of a deadly disease that has spread to many birds. In New Zealand there are 35 kakapos in the country that are only in 3 main hospitals of New Zealand.

It's sad that one of New Zealand's native birds are dying because of a deadly disease that soon might effect the kiwis and many more native animals! New Zealand only has about 160 birds of this kind still alive. A kakapo called Nora 1-A has been announced as the sickest kakapo being treated. Try to help the birds stay alive!