My Holidays

BY:ANTHONY

Yellow Hat The best part of my holiday was: Going to a Tongan birthday.  It was a girls birthday party, me and my mum went to my church to pray in tongan and sing for the birthday girl.  Later after that, we went to Panmure community hall.  We had a huge party!  We started the party off with how to make a mud drink, some people were gathering around a young boy, he was about 17 or 16.  He had to get a huge stick and bang a rock on the stick.  But I was sitting so far I couldn’t even see what he was doing that much.  I just saw some women and men drink it.  Then came the birthday girl with some Tongan mats on her, but around her waist.  She went to the top of the stage, there was a long special table.  My mum was up on the table with her.  After, everybody went crazy!  We ate lots of food, it was sort of good.  Then we waited for the birthday girl to say a speech in Tongan and english, she was crying a little.  After she said the speech, some young girls were rubbed with oil on them.  Then they started to dance, everybody came and put some money on her, after that came a small girl with 100 dollars on her hair.  Once the music was she couldn’t do so everybody came and gave her lots of money on her.  Then the birthday girl came and danced, when she finished she thanked everybody for coming.  Everybody enjoyed the party.	*
Black Hat During the holidays I didn’t like it when: I had nothing to do that much, but watch TV.	*
Green Hat Next holidays I would like to: I would like to go back to Tonga again.	*

Olympic rings research

It was hard researching about the Olympic rings.

Multiplying

I learnt an easy way to multiply.

2d shapes

Halves, quaters and fifths

Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt

1. Who was the first person to fly over the South Pole? Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, with Bernt Balchen

2. In what year did the first parachute jump take place? 1797

3. Who made the first rocket-engine flight? Fritz Von Opel

4. Who made the first balloon flight? In what year did the flight take place? Jacques and Joseph Montgolfer  1783

5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with?   Long-distance solar powered flight

6. Who was the irst woman to receive a pilot's license? In what year did she learn how to fly?   Baroness Raymonde De La Roche  1910

7. Who was the first person to fly around the world alone? Wiley Post

8. Who took the first photographs from the air? Samuel Archer King and William Black

9. What aviation first is Paul MacCready credited with? Inventor of the first practical human powered airplane

10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place? 1939 It was great research for our topic, and a great scavenger hunt. It was a great experience for  our new topic flight.

Turkish soup

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup water
2. 1/2 cup basmati rice
3. 4 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
4. 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
5. 1 cup full-fat plain yogurt
6. 1 large egg yolk
7. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
8. One 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
9. 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
10. Salt and freshly ground pepper
11. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
12. 2 teaspoons minced garlic
13. 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
14. 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
15. 3 tablespoons finely chopped mint
16. Lemon wedges, for serving

1. Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the rice, cover and cook over low heat until barely tender, about 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring the stock to a simmer over moderately high heat. Add the chicken and simmer until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to a plate. Skim any fat from the surface of the stock.
3. In a large saucepan, whisk the yogurt with the egg yolk and flour. Whisk in the stock and bring to a simmer over low heat, whisking occasionally. Stir in the chickpeas, rice and reserved chicken. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm over low heat.
4. Melt the butter in a small skillet. Add the garlic, paprika and cayenne and cook over moderate heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls and swirl in the garlic butter. Sprinkle with the mint and serve with lemon wedges.