Curry time

Today in home ec we made a low fat chicken curry. I am really proud of how well we did and it tasted amazing, defiantly a winner in my books. I worked with Bradley and Tana and we worked well together.

Next time I would put some veges in the curry to boost the nutrition and make it go further. I would also serve it with brown rice instead of white rice.

Dietary requirements

Lactose intolerance is the impaired ability to digest lactose, the sugar found in dairy. Eating dairy with an intolerance can lead to nausea, abdominal pain and other unpleasant symptoms.

What can people with lactose intolerance put in their lunch

- dried fruit and nuts
- crackers and humus
- blissballs
-chicken and salad sandwich
- jam/peanut butter/ other dairy free spread
- fruit
- vege sticks
- vegan/ dairy free baked goods ( i have made some vegan donuts, they are good).

Vegetarians

What can they eat

-fruit
-veges
-dairy
-flour/gluten
-cereal
-dried fruit
-biscuits
-berries

What can't they eat
-chicken
-beef
-pork
-lamb
-fish


Vegans

what can they eat
-fruit
-vegetables
-soy products
-nuts
-coconut products
-certain dark chocolate
-bread
-crackers/hummus

What cant they eat
-meat
-dairy
-honey
-eggs

Egg intolerance

What can they eat

- fruit
-veges
- hummus/dips
-chocolate
-bread
-dairy
-soy products
-nuts

what cant they eat

-eggs
- pavlova
-omelettes
-pancakes  (unless they are egg free).

How oxygen is carried in the blood.

Here you will learn how oxygen is carried in our blood. This is an extension task for science.

Transportation of oxygen:

Even though oxygen can disolve in blood, only 1.5% of oxygen travels this way. Most oxygen in your body ( 98.5%) attached to a protein called haemoglobin.

Haemoglobin:

 Haemoglobin is a protein found inside red blood cells made of four sub units. Each unit surrounds a heme group ( containing iron) and binds one oxygen molecule to the heme group. Each red blood cell can carry four oxygen molecules. Blood with higher amounts of oxygen being carried is bright red while lower oxygen levels are shown by darker blood.

It is easier for the second or third oxygen molecule to bind to the hemo group because with each added oxygen molecule the hemo group changes shape.

art blog

In art we have been working on lino prints, I am almost finished mine.

I chose the pipiwharauroa because I think the bird is cheeky and cute looking. I also really like its colours and stripes 

Describe stylisation and positive/negative space in your work: I have given the bird a maori stylisation to fit with its habitat. I have used positive and negative space to bring out its features.

What ideas do you have for your orphist circle layers. I have used two layers for the orphist design and they are different colours.

I am using red, yellow and black for my lino cut.

Lactose intolerance

This week in home ec we have been learning about dietary needs. My group included Bradley, Jireh and Jakib. We have been learning about lactose intolerance.
Here is a poster about what we have learnt.

A diseased mind (50 ideas pt 1)

I have been learning about psychology from the book '50 ideas you need to know about psychology'. I am enjoying learning from this book and find it really interesting.

Critical literacy (Macbeth)

What we are learning: we are answering critical literacy questions about Macbeth.

What genre does this text (Macbeth) belong in?  It is  a tragedy because many lives are lost and its a whole blood show.Currently it would be a historical fiction and a tragedy. Historical fiction because this is set in history rather than present day and deals with many historical issues.

Why are we reading this text? Macbeth has many themes that relate to all times. The tales of ambition, murder and morals are still relevant today. Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers to ever live and his work deserves to be read. This text also helps improve our reading comprehension.

What views of the world is this text representing? Macbeth depicts a kill or be killed world in the pursuit of power. This also depicts a world where magic and danger were ever present.

Blender muffins

On Friday in home ec we made blender muffins. I worked with Bradley and Tana. We worked well as a groups and we are proud of our efforts. Next time i would add more honey because they didn't have much flavour.

Recipe

Child soldiers

What are we learning : About various forms of child labour.
How this shows my learning: I have created a slide about how children are used in armed groups.
What I would do next time: next time i would make my own maps and graphs.

Macbeth

we are working on:We will summarise key points around the time of Macbeth on King James 1, the gunpowder plot, witchcraft, and The Globe Theatre
This shows my learning by: I have summarised information based on these themes.
I am wondering: why people tried to kill King James I.

King James I

When queen Elizabeth the first died, she had no children so her cousin James of Scotland took over and was king from 1603 to 1625.
James was very intelligent and loved plays and studying witch craft matters.
James was responsible for writing a book about witches called Daemonologie

The Gun powder plot

After King James was crowned in 1603 there was an assassination attempt.
In 1605 a group of catholic conspirators planned to blow up the parliament but failed.
The attempt was lead by Guy Fawkes.They hid barrels of explosives under the house of lords and planned to light them, blowing up the whole parliament. The Traitors were captured sentences to torture. They were hung until half dead, castrated , forced to watch their parts burn in a fire, decapitated and cut up into little bits. Lovely.

The North Berwick witch trials

In 1590 the North Berwick witch trials took place after multiple people were accused of witchcraft.
Suspected witches were tortured until they admitted to being a witch and then were executed.
One of the reasons the witch trials took place is because some people suspected the bad weather on King James' voyage was an attempt on his life by a witch.

The Globe theatre

The globe theatre was a round theatre made to perform Shakespeare's plays. The seats varied because of the different ticket prices. The rich people sat in the 'gentlemen's rooms ' and tickets cost a shilling.
Seats for middle class people were in 'the galleries' and cost 2-6 pence. Tickets for the lower class people were in ' the pit' and cost one penny.The people in the pit were called groundlings.

The low down

This week we have been understanding sewing terms in textiles. Here is my work. I feel I understand the pattern instructions much better now.

How to read a pattern