Home Economics year 10 2021

 Home Economics year 10, 2021

This is my home economics slide for the year this is a live document so I will be adding everything I have cooked, with the recipes and sometimes some photos. The first food we did was chicken chow mein here it is now.

Music Blog Evaluation

 Music Blog Evaluation

What did I enjoy learning in music this year?

I really enjoyed learning how to play the ukulele it was very interesting and I picked it up quite quickly.

What have you found challenging about music this year?

I found the piano to be quite challenging due to the fact I couldn't quite get my fingers to stretched to the right keys which really frustrated me. 

What did you perform for your final assessmant? Who did you perform with? Why did you choose that song?

I performed with Chloe and Anneleise, we chose to do the song beat it by Michael Jackson because its quite easy and also because it was stuck in my head that day.

How did you find performing?

I found it really fun like I was nervous at first but then I started playing and I kinda forgot that everyone was there.

Were you happy with your performance?

Yes I was quite pleased with our performance although I feel we could have done abit better it was still good.

Any other comments about music 2020?

Not really it was pretty great!

Martin Luther King Timeline - Hero  

For power to the people Hurumanu we are learning about heroes and villains, I chose to do a Hero for this task. 

I did Martin Luther King Jr, King was an American Christian Minister and activist, King become very well known for being the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

 Learn how to be an upstander 

For Wananga this week we are learning about pink shirt day we had a choice on different tasks to do, I decided to learn how to be an upstander and now i'm going to being showing you five different actions on how to be an upstander.

Definition of an upstander:

A person who uses words and actions that can help someone who is being bullied. There are a range of helpful actions that you can take if you feel safe enough to do so.

1. Action

Awhi/Support the person experiencing bullying, let them know you got their back let them know they're not alone!

2. Action

Call it! Use your words to show Aroha and Kindness to those involved, don't just stand by and watch it may be hard to speak up for them in the moment back trust me it does make a huge difference. 

3. Action 

Distract: Interrupt the bullying in some way, help them leave the situation they are in, ask the person that is being bullying if they want to go for a walk or something.

4. Action 

Leave and act: If you don't feel safe to step in while the bullying is happening move away from the situation and talk to the person that was being bullied later and let them know you saw what happened and encourage them to go get some support.

5. Action

Get some other help: Support the person getting bullied to get some help from a trusted teacher, adult or their Whanau.

Applesauce muffins

Applesauce muffins( With substitutions) 

For home economics we made applesauce muffins, some of the muffins had slight substitutions like Canola & milk, canola & soy, butter & wholemeal flour, soy & wholemeal flour, Canola & wholemeal flour, then butter & soy. We had to go around and taste all of the applesauce muffins with different substitutions and then we had to judge them on a sheet we had. My group made the original applesauce muffins but we added a chocolate chips in the middle. 

Here is the recipe 

Here are my ratings I only got a certain amount and not the whole lot because I ran out of time to try all of them.

Original: The original was pretty alright it had flavour and the chocolate chip really added to make it better, however the muffin itself was in the middle of cooked and not cooked so it was a bit soggy but not to the point where I couldn't handle it.

Canola and Soy: It was a bit wet in the middle didn't really have a taste I feel like they could have cooked it more.

Butter and wholemeal: Tasted really good was cooked properly, this group cooked it perfectly even though it didn't have a really good flavour the muffin was cooked very well and wasn't raw I was very impressed. 

Butter and soy: This one didn't really have a flavour it didn't taste or look very appetising, when I was chewing it was almost difficult to keep in my mouth because of the texture I felt like I had to keep chewing in order to swallow it. I feel like they could have been faster and cooked it more to make it better.

Overall general comment: 

I feel like the overall whole thing was really interesting,  the food was a bit tasteless but I guess if I had no choice and was in a life or death situation I would eat the muffins again

How did my group work together:

My group worked really well together everyone was doing something to contribute to the cooking and there was no arguments on any of the rolls we had, even though we were in a rush everyone ended up staying calm and we didn't mess up anything.

 Instrument Evaluation

1. What have you studied in music this term?

We have studied piano, ukulele, and guitar.

2.Which instrument have you enjoyed and why? 

I enjoyed ukulele because it was very easy to play and it was small enough for me to hold

3. Which Instrument did you find the most challenging and why?

I found piano to be the most challenging because my fingers are really short and I found it difficult to move my fingers around the keys.

4. Which instrument are you going to focus on for the rest of the term and why? What would you like to achieve 

I am gonna focus on playing the ukulele I want to be able to play a whole song

Power to the people Hurumanu 6

We were told to create, a good name for "Power to the people" because we are creating a political party for our kahui, Tieke. We made a slogan that was inspired by Bob the builder's theme song. We have groups of five and all from different wananga classes. Here is our poster and logo that we made, and our slogan.