Hot Cross Scones!

Hot Cross Scones!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of self-raising flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup raisins
• 300ml cream
• 355ml can lemonade
• 100g white chocolate, melted
• Butter and Jam to serve!

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200ᐤC. Grease an oven tray. Sift flour, cinnamon and salt into a bowl, stir in raisins and make a well in the centre.
2. Pour in cream and lemonade into well. Mix together to just combine.
3. Tip dough onto a well-floured bench; press with well-floured hands, to flatten. Cut out round with a 6 cm cookie cutter. Place scones on prepared baking tray. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until pale golden.
4. Remove to cool on a wire rack, covered with a clean tea-towel.
5. Put crosses on top with white chocolate!

Makes 12 buns!

Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman for showing us how to make these delicious treats.

Earthquake By Lynn Davis

Today our reading group were reading a journal story about the Christchurch earthquake. We tried to understand how the reader may have been feeling and all the problems they had to face after the earthquake.

Trikids

Room 5 Class Hearts

Vocation Research R5

Ma’asi

WALT: identify our skills and strengths, research a vocation (job)

Step One: Skills and Vocations

What 5 skills have I identified in myself?

Typing skills, swimming, biking, running and spelling.

What 5 skills have my family identified in me?

Talented, helpful, honest, friendly and active.

What are 3 jobs that use these skills?

You may want to look at this link - Ideas for Vocations

Singer, athlete and artist

Vocation I have chosen:

Singer

Step Two: Google Search

Use google search e.g.    ‘how to become a Singer’

What I have found out about this vocation (job):

What training do I need?	It would help if I go to university to become a singer so I can get help from other singers.
What skills do I need for this job?	I need singing lessons to get better.
What duties would I need to complete each day?	A singer would be an artist or a performer who crafts a vocal song using various techniques. I would need to learn these techniques and practice. If I became professional I might be singing in bars, at concerts, in churches or maybe on TV.
Where could I be working?	In a studio.
Who would I be working with?	I would be working with a professional singer so I could have more practise to sing. I might sing with groups or by myself.
What hours would I be expected to work?	Some days I would work long hours, and some days my voice will need a rest.
Why I chose this vocation?	I chose this vocation because I am talented and my family says I could sing.

Step Three: Explanation and Statement

* When I am older, I would like to be a singer because I am very talented at singing and I dream of being a singer!

Buddies For 2013

Swimming Poem

My Mihi

First Post For 2013

Malo e lelei, my name is Ma'asi.

I am feeling really excited to be bloging again with my new cool teacher.

For this year I am in Room 5. 

Make sure you keep checking out my blog1