Specialism: Year 7 Fritters

Year 7's finished the term by designing and making fritters- 

sweet and savoury ideas

We had to design for different situations- protein packed, sweet, canned and fibre packed- this would show that we understood the ingredients we were using and the food groups they belonged to

we had to state stakeholders who we thought the outcome might appeal to- this would show that we understood other aspects of our outcome

we had to state texture (mouthfeel) descriptors- this descriptor is the one we find the hardest to do- which is why we have to practice it..

then we made some of our designs

we used fry pans so we had to be very careful not to burn ourselves

our batter was spooned into the fry pan

we turned them with a spatula once they started to develop air bubbles on the uncooked side

voila!...

Specialism: Enrichment Year 7 & 8 Transpower Neighbourhood Engineers Visit

On Friday 6 May our Year 7 & 8 Enrichment Class met Micah our visiting neighbourhood engineer. Micah works near the airport for Hadyn and Rollet and is currently the site engineer for the Sistema Factory build in Mangere.

Micah started by introducing himself and explaining what a site engineer does

Our students asked lots of questions-

Do you have to be accurate?, How do you know your building will be built in time? what happens if your time estimation is wrong?

Other questions were asked- Why do you put metal in concrete?

What happens if you miss out something?

Then we toured the school to look for a suitable space for our project- 

an outdoor learning space for the school!

Micah gave the students some homework-Write a brief- what are we doing? What do we want?, How many people do we want to use the space? What is the purpose of the space?

Our students chose the space between the junior and senior school- they chose it because it is easy to get to for the whole school- the slope can be sat on, it is used to watch sports and events- issues Micah asked the team to think about were the posts and the trees

Thanks Micah- our students are looking forward to your next visit- 

but we need to do our homework first!

Specialism: Enrichment- Principals Morning Tea

At the end of Term 1 our Year 6 and 8 enrichment students planned the Principals Morning Tea for all staff at Robertson Road School- we worked to a budget and to our skill levels

Year 6 planned the sweet dishes and made them in teams

our Year 6's also helped our year 8's to make the savoury dishes too 

meat and potato pies with hand made pastry

helping prepare for potato salad

icing some cakes

topping our pies with potato

bacon and egg rolls

sandwiches and sushi

quiches

pies and rolls

some of our enrichment students

well done!- what an achievement

now we eat..

Specialism: Year 8 Enrichment

Year 8 enrichment is an opportunity to take our cooking skills to the next level-

to cook things we might never have the opportunity to- to gain an insight into what our limitations are...

meringue 

separating eggs

to make a pavlova

cooking it at a low temperature, for a long time, to ensure it cooks correctly

layers- caramel crunch

making the biscuit base- leaving it to set

making the caramel from scratch- adding it to the base and leaving it to set

rainbow cake

baking different coloured layers

sandwiching them together

we got to try things that we wanted to cook- our limitations were the time we had and whether we could visualise the end result-this was crucial to the outcome being of a high standard

Specialism: Year 8 Sushi

Our Year 8's have been putting all their skills together to make sushi-

 the ideal litter-less lunch...

wash the rice

then boil it in a pot

measure the ingredients for the sushi vinegar

stir until dissolved

pour the vinegar on the cooked rice and mix in carefully

process the ingredients- long and thin if possible

have a variety of proteins and veggies- make sure you have some crunch...

with wet hands place the rice on the nori- leave a gap

add fillings

include gooey bits

put water on the nori then roll- use a rolling mat or tea towel

cut with a wet knife

eat with soy sauce,

pickled ginger,

or take the wasabi challenge...