Technology: Koko Laisa

Koko Laisa

Room 24 have been learning about Koko Samoa with Mrs Sandhu

Noelle's mum and brothers kindly came into school to show Room 24 how to make Samoan Koko Laisa (Koko Rice)

1.Put water in the pan and bring to the boil

2. Add the Koko Samoa

3. Leave it to dissolve

Whilst it was dissolving we had a taste- 

ewwww!!!!

4. Wash the rice

Check the Koko has dissolved

5. Add the rice and leave it to cook

6. Add sugar

7. Add coconut cream

8. Stir it

Then serve it!

Yum !

Thank you so much to Noelle's mum and brothers for giving up their time to come in and show us how to make Samoan Koko Laisa

Room 24 will continue with their learning about koko back in class with Mrs Sandhu

Technology: Bookmarks

Bookmarks

We had to use all the skills that were taught- 

use of colour to enhance our work

success criteria.. draw lightly, colour light to dark, 

outline in the same colour, pencil goes in one direction...

the ouctomes..

  

They had to clip over a page

We had to learn to use a knife to cut inside lines, 

we had to laminate to protect our designs

Other designs- cultural patterns..

lettering...

putting all the skills together

Technology:Trash to Fashion 2015

Trash to Fashion 2015

Semi finals

We had four groups this year entering the competition- all students gave up their time before or after school from February to June to ensure the garments were complete

Raiyan- Creatures and Monsters

Yanina and Glacier- Creatures and monsters

Angel, Eseta, Maveloi and Martha- Extremes of the Earth

Fiza- Silver Screen

A big thank you to all the students for their efforts and to the teachers, students and parents that came to watch the semi finals-especially Mrs Sandhu, Miss Kerin (and her parents) and Mrs Patel

Raiyan and Angel's group made it through to the finals in September- 

Well done!

Technology: Modelling outcomes to understand how they are made

This week we have been examining existing outcomes, writing key attributes and modelling outcomes

Year 7's were writing key attributes for and modelling clip on bookmarks...

Year 7's used the cutting knife and 

cutting mat for the first time

 it was an opportunity to put new skills into action- the focus was to understand the process of making-modelling outcomes is essential to understand how they are made

Year 8's were writing key attributes for and modelling pop up cards

careful observation of existing outcomes 

helped understand how they are made

some students made errors-

 this was ok as they were aware of how they would fix them -              

 this is the purpose of modelling- 

to work through any issues we have with our designs

Year 8's were refining their making skills whilst they were modelling outcomes

Technology: A new year

This year brings a change to Technology...

Year 7 & 8 have been split... this is to continue to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding of the Year 8's and introduce new skills, knowledge and understanding to our Year 7's

Year 7's

are learning to form lettering and enhance with colour

success criteria includes drawing lightly, splitting spaces evenly, colouring in one direction, colouring from dark to light- or light to dark..

Year 8's

are refining these skills, to draw in context, in readiness for their next project

we also did some meta-cognition- learning about our learning

what helped us learn the most...

careful observation, watching the teacher demonstrate, following all the success criteria, asking for help, using help sheets...

 just some of the things that helped us learn