Tag: ANZAC

Baking – A New Experience

One of the fascinating things I learned was the fact that not everyone had baked before. We learned some tasty words which made us so hungry. It was the most interesting experience in our school day.

Drooling at the smells which drifted across the hall as we walked in, made our bellies grumble. What were we thinking?

Maddison said, “this is going to be so nice!” “mmm, scrumptious!” exclaimed Demitrius.

ANZAC cookie cook off

 

We learned how to measure accurately when converting grams to teaspoons and tablespoons. We learned how to find halves, quarters and thirds with fractions. We also learned how to read recipes. What a lot of learning especially when we then got to eat our learning! Yummy!

What are some of your favourite biscuits to make? Have a go at making this one and let us know how you got on. Happy baking!

ANZAC? What is it?

We learned important facts about ANZAC Day and how we commemorate this day as a country.  We feel grateful to all the soldiers who died to make our country free from war and peaceful for us to live in. We learned how the ‘Returned’ soldiers pull out their uniforms and their medals every year to commemorate their achievements alongside their comrades.

ANZAC biscuits were made by the soldiers wives and women’s group. They were made from preserved wheat and rolled oats so they would be kept well during the Naval transportation.

I enjoyed learning about the ANZACs because it made me realise what they sacrificed for me to live in New Zealand with freedom. I think we could have learned more with more time.

What did you do this ANZAC day to commemorate our ANZACs?  How would you show your learning digitally?

ANZAC ART

Today we made a piece of ANZAC art with google drawing and polylines. We used the fill button to make our shapes black so it looked like a silhouette.

I liked the part where we made our background to make it look like it was dusk at night. Next time, I will design my own background to show another part of ANZAC I learned about.

Next time, I would like to learn to use the polylines to make it less pointy and add more details. I would also like to describe my picture more and add a story to it.