ROOM 17’S PANIPOPO RECIPE

Ingredients

1 package (or 2 and ¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast

1 cup (240ml) warm water

¼ cup (50g) sugar

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons (30ml) vegetable oil

2½ - 3 cups (313-475g) all-purpose flour or bread flour

Put the yeast and water in a large bowl and leave for 10 minutes.

What you're doing here is giving the yeast a head start before everyone else jumps in the bowl.
You should see your yeast froth to the surface of the water. If you don't see any froth then a) your
yeast is old or dead and you need to get some fresh stuff, b) your water was too hot and you burned
them to death or c) did you wait 10 minutes? did you really? i mean, like really REALLY?

Add all the rest of the ingredients and mix to form a soft dough.

It's difficult to give an exact flour measurement because flours differ from place to place. What you're
ooking for is a cohesive mass of dough, so add the first two cups of flour, mixing after each addition, and
then add the last cup in bit by bit until you see your dough come together.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 to 20 minutes or until dough is
smooth and elastic.

This is the most work you'll have to do for these buns, I promise. You can add a little bit of flour from
time to time to keep the dough from sticking to the surface or to your hands, but don't add too much or
you'll end up with tough dough (tough dough = tough buns).

Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and leave to double in volume. (Optional step: Punch
down and leave to double in volume again.) In my 30°C/86°F kitchen, my dough took about 1 hour to double in size. The dough will prove (rise) at almost any temperature except freezing, it just depends on how hot/cold
your kitchen is. Better to go by volume here, and not by time.

Punch the dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Shape the buns and place in an ungreased
baking tin. Cover and leave to rise until almost doubled.

While the buns are rising, preheat your oven to 190°C/375°F, and make your coconut sauce.

Coconut sauce:

½ can (200ml) canned or fresh coconut milk

½ can (200ml) water

½ cup (100g) sugar

Combine all ingredients well.

If your coconut milk is a little coagulated, just give it a stir and it'll be right as rain. Try to use a good quality
canned coconut milk (my mother thought the thicker, the better) but as always, fresh is best.

When Rm 17 tasted the Panipopo. They said it was delicious and soft.
For me, it felt like I was back in the kitchen with my nana. My tummy
was soo full, I felt like going to sleep because it was Miraculously yummy.
Soft fluffy bun soaked in that golden, sweet, coconut sauce and it was warm
too.

By Roy Fifita

Baking with Rm16 Streamed Math Class

We have been learning about fractions and ratios. We worked in groups to identify the amount of ingredients we would need to make each person a single serve of lolly cake. We had to use the original recipe and divide it into quarters or thirds, depending on the number of people in our group. Some of the things we had to take into consideration and work out were:
- The number of biscuits a 250g packet has.
- 1 pack of Eskimos has approximately 18 pieces and 3 pieces is approximately 25g.
- 1 can of condensed milk is 395g, but you need 1/2 can for 16 serves.
- The equivalent of ½ a cup of coconut in mls.

We worked together to gather the ingredients. We carefully (kind of) measured out the condensed milk, butter and coconut. We had fun making our lolly cake. We think it was successful since everyone ended up with enough for 1 person to eat.

People in the Middle Ages

We worked in groups to research different people in the Middle Ages. Some of these included a Pope, King, Lord or Nobleman, Knight, Blacksmith, Farmer and Peasant.  Here is some of our work.

Math in Art

In maths we created these pieces of art by enlarging an image that related to Samoa using a scale and a grid. We had to pick 3 colours to make a pattern for the background. Then we had to reflect the pattern on the diagonal. Once we had completed the background, we used a craft knife to cut out our image and then we glued it onto black paper. Some of the images we chose were stingray, turtles, sharks and the Manumea, also known as the Tooth-billed Pigeon. Here is some of our work.

Senior School's Best Boy and Best Girl - Term 2 Week 6

Congratulations to both of you! Keep up the great work🙂

Samoan Language Week

Rm19's beautiful necklaces and artwork.

Samoan Artwork

As part of Samoan Language Week, we created some artwork. We selected an image to draw that related to an area of life in Samoa – octopus, starfish, crayfish, shells… Once drawn, we traced it twice to show the image 3 times. We used symmetry to divide each image into quarters and used pastels to colour it in. We experimented with primary and secondary colours to try to camouflage the image, while overlapping it with a flower that represents the teuila or ginger flower. This is the national flower of Samoa.

Written By Lesieli Rm 21

Rainbow's End!

In the holidays my family and I went to Rainbow's End. When we got there,

there was a long line and we had to wait for ages. When we got to the front

of the line my mum paid our tickets. After  the lady came and put wristbands

on our wrists, we all took a photo with the Rainbow's End people. Finally my

cousin Leighla my mum and me went on the big extreme rides while my little

siblings went to the Kids Kingdom.  

The first ride that my cousin Leighla, mum and I went on was the Stratosphere.

I felt like I was going to die because I had big butterflies in my stomach and I nearly

passed out.

   

After that all three of us walked down to the Log Flume. It was a massive line

but we still wanted to go on it so we waited and waited. By the time we got to the

front of the line the people were ready for us to go on so we did and started to ride.

When we were riding I saw pirates that were making me laugh, sharks that were

scaring me, camping places, one waterfall and a big water slide which was what

we went down. As we were going down my cousin, mum and I were screaming as

hard as we could. One second later I stopped screaming and smiled at the camera

as it screenshot my face.

                                                               

Next, we made our way to the roller-coaster but the line was long too so we waited

and waited until we got on the red cart. When we got on, it started to go fast. There

was loop de loops and other cool stuff. There was one where you had to go all the

way down then we stopped and got off.

After that my little cousin Llanell and my other cousin Leighla went to the Invader.

The line was short. We were screaming it was very extreme. After that our whole

family met up in the middle then went home. I felt very happy.

Art Created By Rm17

This is a piece of artwork we did for reading. We read about endangered Takahe and what scientists are doing to help save them.

Written By Rishab Rm 19

Damaging the Ocean

People are polluting the sea by throwing rubbish in the sea.
People throw plastic bags in the sea and the turtles eat the plastic bags
causing the animals to not be able to breathe and then they die.  

Plastic breaks down into small pieces and it’s often seen as food to marine life. Ten thousand whales, birds, seals and turtles die every year because of people throwing plastic bags and other rubbish into the sea.

Written By Gail Rm16

Zoo Ventures

Introduction

Wednesday 20th February I was really excited because Zoo Ventures was coming to our school. Zoo Ventures came to talk to all the Year 6 and Year 5 students. Zoo Ventures goes to schools to talk about what kind of threatened or endangered animals there are and why they are endangered. Our guide was named Sally. When we got inside the hall she told us the 1 rule was to keep quiet because some of the animals are very sensitive. We all agreed on it and we got to see the animals.

Tortoises

The first animals we saw were the tortoises Gerald and Tortellini. Tortoises can be endangered because of poaching which means that a human catches them and kills them to take 1 part of the animal. Tortoises are Reptiles and they have a large shell to protect them that is usually the part that the Poacher wants. Tortoises are also cold blooded so they need to stay in warm temperatures to stay warm. We each got a turn to hold a tortoise on the mat and pat them.

Chinchillas

Next we saw the Chinchillas their names were Orinoco Junior and Orinoco Junior Junior. Chinchillas are one of the animals that can be very sensitive and scared of loud noises so we all made sure to stay really quiet when the Chinchillas came out. Chinchillas are warm blooded so their thick fur keeps the warmth in. Chinchillas have dust baths because if they had water baths their fur would take a long time to dry. We saw chinchillas had dust baths in mountain ash.

Bearded Dragon

Then we saw Mr Schofield who was a bearded dragon. Bearded dragons have lots of prickles on their chin that looks like a beard. When a predator comes around a bearded dragon stands on its two front legs and puffs up its beard to make it look bigger than it really is and most the time it works. We also got to feel Mr Schofield’s scales.

Fire Belly Newt

A fire belly newt has a bright red coloured stomach which in the animal kingdom represents poison. If a predator goes near a fire belly newt it can just show the predator it’s bright red stomach and the predator would know that that is poison and leave.

Blue Tongue lizards

The next animals we saw were blue tongue lizards Bubble Gum and Stefan. Blue tongue lizards are most commonly found in Australia. Blue tongue lizards can stick it’s tongue out to smell the air also Blue tongue lizards can have over 20 eggs at once.

Guinea Pigs 

The last animals we saw were the guinea pigs Snowflake, Princess Snow Pants, Trifle Top, Sargent Squirrel and Kramer.  Each guinea pig had a mat and we took turns holding them. Their fur was very fluffy and very soft. Each guinea pig was given lettuce and if you listened closely you could hear them crunching. Guinea pigs are not endangered though they are actually very common. 

The last thing we did was say goodbye and thank you to Sally. We also got to see the 2 dogs Margo and Badger but Badger had a sore on his foot so we only got to see Margo. On the way out we patted Margo and went to wash our hands.

Samples of Our 'Get NZ Writing'

Pion

Light,defender.

Knight, protector, chessman, guard.

Old, solid, smooth to touch.

Tiny, creamy brown, symmetrical, peasant.

Carved, security, support.

Pawn

Hill Phongsai

Vela

Disintegrating wick

Grooved, waxy, pale, slender.

Spiral, optical illusion, flammable, light,

Translucent, tremendous and embedded.

Burning, needing oxygen.

Candle

Kenneith Maglinao

Dinosaure

Terrifying teeth

Extinct, brutal, vicious, fearless.

Ferocious, Latin, Greek, tyrant lizard

Insignificant arms, fierce king

Carnivore, hefty predator.

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Amber-Serene Burnett

Yellow, Yellow, Everywhere!

Yellow is the colour of a banana skin.

The banana skin is a ripe yellow colour.

The banana skin is like a bright yellow jacket that covers the banana's nude body.

The banana screeched as we striped it’s yellow skin off it’s body.

Yellow is the colour of a boomerang shaped, sweet banana.

Yellow bananas are as sweet as a lollipop.     

By Syrai, Rome and Jules          

Yellow is the colour of a daffodil.

Yellow is the colour of a bright daffodil.

The daffodil is as bright as the sun that shines upon it.

The yellow daffodils stand tall together casting shadows across the ground.

The group of yellow daffodils dance together in the wind, swaying from side to side.

By Jordyn, Tama and Tyee

   

Zoo Ventures

What a great introduction to our Term 1 topic Endangered Species!  The Year 5 and 6 students got to meet and pet some weird and wonderful creatures.  This included Gerald and Tortellini the turtles, Mr Schofield the bearded dragon and Orinocco Junior and Orinocco Junior Junior the chinchillas, to name a few.

The students were so engaged and incredibly considerate and nurturing of all the animals, especially the guinea pigs Snowflake, Princess Snowpants, Trifle Top, Sergeant Squirrel and Kramer. 

Welcome Back

 Welcome to 2019 and a new school year. School begins on 

Wednesday 30th January at 8.55am.

If you have any queries please contact the school office on 2676939 or pop in and see us.

We look forward to sharing lots of exciting learning with you this year.