Masterchef Update - What we've been up to.

What we have been doing so far in preparation for NPS MasterChef...



 Next week we will have an elimination. Out of the 15 teams, only 6 will go through to the NPS MasterChef competition at the end of the term.

Keep working on your cooking skills at home!

Homework Week 6

Walk a mile in my shoes...

Your first homework task is all about empathy and service. Over the week, you are going to learn about and do some of the jobs your parents do to make your household run smoothly.

Here are some suggestions:

• learn to use the washing machine
• learn to use the dryer (then fold and sort the dry clothes)
  
• learn to use the dishwasher - stack, and unpack when done.
• help your parents make the weekly grocery list to budget, then go shopping and help collect the items on the list.
• make your siblings and your own lunch for a week.
• plan and cook a meal for your family
• vacuum the house (yes, even under beds and in corners!)
  

Take some photos of you doing these tasks. Write a sentence or two about what you learned from doing your parents' jobs. 

SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK!  

Your task is to learn some simple phrases. Make Mr J's day by saying these to him. 

Here's a link to get you started: Samoan Phrases

This month is the world-famous-in-New-Zealand Music Month.

Most radio stations have been playing NZ content all month, so hopefully you have been listening!

Pretend you are a DJ and you are putting together a playlist of NZ music for your radio station. 

You want to make sure that you have all the music genres (styles) of music covered - from the past to the present. 

What would you top 20 songs look like? 

You can either type up the list, or even better, paste the links into a doc so we can hear them. 

Say what you like about each song/why you've chosen it.

          HOMEWORK WEEK 5

This week's tasks are few and simple.

 1. A book review. Tell us about a book you are reading, or have recently read. 

If it is fiction, explain the basic story-line (plot). Then say something about the characters - who did you like/dislike? Why?

Have you read any other books by this author?

Who would you recommend this book to? Why?

If the book is non-fiction, tell us about the subject matter, and why you like reading books about this subject. If you have read other books on this subject, how does this book compare regarding quality of information, pictures/graphics etc.

Who would you recommend this book to?

Why?

2. Current Events

Choose one NATIONAL and one INTERNATIONAL news story that has captured your attention. Explain why it means something to you.

3. SCIENCE

Do some research and let us know what science experiments you think we should do in class. Say why you think they would be interesting to do.

The Fun Just Doesn't Stop in Te Ako Kahikatea!

Science! Music! Comics! Film making! Master Chef!

The students in Te Ako Kahikatea are enjoying a wide variety of experiences every week during DISCOVERY FRIDAY.

Master Chefs making chocolate pudding.

The Wonderful World of Comics - Creating our own cartoon.

Guitar lessons with Miss Speir's brother, Andrew.

Making a 3 minute film - video editing

The Science of Bread Making

As part of our Discovery Friday programme, 25 students have signed up for the Newmarket School Master Chef competition. For this competition, they will be competing in groups against other students for the title of Newmarket School Master Chef.

The students are expected to plan their meals, right down to timetabling their cooking time, creating their menu and table decorations. They will be working on their organisation and preparation of the event throughout our Discovery Fridays and will receive some cooking lessons that involve the compulsory ingredients (Potatoes for main meal and chocolate for the dessert) to assist them with coming up with their ideas and are encouraged to help with the cooking at home for practice.

Each group has been given a budget of $20.00 to create their meal masterpieces and will go to the supermarket with the teacher in the days leading up to the challenge. This is expected to be in about week 10 of this term.

We ask that students do not bring any main ingredients from home, as this may be unfair for other students who are participating. However, they are welcome to bring ingredients that may be difficult for the school or themselves to attain. For example: special spices.

If you have any queries about the process, event or anything else, don’t hesitate to post your questions on this post! Otherwise, keep checking the blog for more updates and photos :)

             Homework Week 6
Our concept for the rest of this term is: Take a walk in someone else's shoes.

Talk to your parents about what you think this means and why we have it as a focus for the term. 

Now think of some people whose shoes you would like to walk in for a day. It could be someone famous: a sportsperson, an actor, a singer, or a politician.

Or, it could be: a child in Nepal after the earthquake, a scientist on the international space station, an explorer like James Cook or Christopher Columbus, a police officer; a chef, a road worker, Darth Vader...

Make a list of all those people whose lives you are curious about. Say why you would like to walk in their shoes. What would you like to experience/find out about their lives?

For those who wish to take this further, here are some options:

• Create a fact profile of one or two of these people.
• List their challenges in life, and where appropriate, their achievements.
• Think about the things that most people wouldn't know about this person unless they had 'walked a mile in their shoes'. You might have to do some research. You certainly will have to do some thinking!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

REMEMBER TO: READ EVERY NIGHT FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES 

PRACTISE YOUR TABLES/BASIC FACTS/MATHS STRATEGIES

                        HOMEWORK WEEK 3

A big thank you to all the students who are regularly completing homework tasks. The reading, viewing and thinking you are doing continues to have a positive impact on your contribution to class discussions.

REMEMBER: Teachers welcome your homework in any form - via the blog, in your Inquiry folder or on paper. However, if you are doing it digitally, you MUST message us to tell us where you have put it. 

Since our starting our ANZAC topic, many of you have become interested in World War II. Here is your opportunity to be a history detective. From the menu below, select at least one aspect of the war to investigate:

• The differences between WWI and WW II - who/what started it? Who were the allies and enemies? Which war was  worst off in terms of casualties? How had military technology changed since WW I?
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• Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Hirohito...these were some of the leaders during this conflict. Pick one of these men to research. How did he become a leader? What were his personal qualities? Whose side was he on? What is he famous/infamous for? Famous quotes from this man that have lived on.Extra for Experts: Make a set of Top Trumps with WW II Leaders as a theme. Google templates for this if you're unsure.
• YOUR choice of WWII topic and task.

DISCOVERY FRIDAY 

REFLECTIONS:

Our first Discovery Friday sessions have gone very well. You have enjoyed the options, and are learning the importance of timetabling carefully. You are learning to reflect on what you have experienced using EDMODO.

Reflecting on what you have learned is vital. It helps you to see what you have achieved, but most importantly, what you need to work on.

For homework this week, your task is to write a reflection about what you experienced on these two days.

Here are the headings you should use:

THREE THINGS I LEARNED (this could be about the subject, or what you learned about yourself).

THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO DO WAS...

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT...

ONE THING THE TEACHERS COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY WAS...

QUESTIONING: 

Being able to ask good questions is the key to deep learning. Remember what Albert Einstein's mother used to ask him each day? " What good questions did you ask today, Albert?".

For homework you must come up with 3 FAT questions (how, why, which...) and 3 SKINNY questions (who, what where, when. These questions can be about ANYTHING, or you might like to chose one topic for them all e.g. ANZAC.

EXTRA FOR EXPERTS: Come up with a question that you CAN'T