Marshmallow Challenge

The Marshmallow Challenge

One marshmallow, 20 Spaghetti sticks and 1 meter of masking tape, What do you do?

Wednesday  3 September room 8 was into a special surprise. We were going to do a Marshmallow Challenge. All you get is 1 Marshmallow, 20 pieces of spaghetti sticks  and 1 meter of Masking tape.

First we went for a little walk. After we came back we heard the news and got into our Kidpreneur groups. All I heard were some of my classmates going “No way”  “What are we going to do?”

Our teacher,  Mrs Dines went around taking videos and pictures I felt so famous.

Each group had only 3 minutes to plan what we were doing,

“We should do a Eiffel tower” said Darrelle

“I don’t think we should”

“Why not?”

“I think John’s doing the Eiffel tower”

“Okay time's up”

When we heard Mrs Dines tell us the time she pressed start and all the groups started  screaming with both excitement and nervousness.

I was thinking so hard until a imaginary light bulb popped on the top of

my head.“Hey why don’t we make a pyramid but make a tower on the pointy part.“Wow okay let's start we’ve only got 17 minutes” said Avishek.We worked hard and hard until we heard “Ding”

The time was up and we had to let go of our structure. When we had let it go it fell and so we came 3rd. This was a frustrating challenge but I also had a great experience with one Marshmallow, 20 Spaghetti Sticks and 1 meter of Masking tape.

Marshmello Challenge

Marshmallow Challenge!

Yesterday,We did the Marshmallow Challenge.Every word that is connected to the Marshmallow Challenge(picture above)

Every word is true,We started by making a tripod out of  the spaghetti sticks,Then we added the marshmallow on top...It took us some time to make it stand but it worked,It did stand! We we’re so happy about it! But we saw the other team trying to make their marshmallow tower higher,So  we started to tape spaghetti sticks to it and again,IT WORKED! The other team was trying again but they failed...So at the end,we won :)

How to make a Chicken sandwich.

• Chicken Sandwich
  
  
  In this writing I will be telling you how to make a chicken sandwich.
  
  
  What you would need?
  • Cooked Striped Chicken
  • Two pieces of bread (you could use any bread but I recommend to use white bread)
  • A butter knife
  • Butter
  • Mayonnaise
  • Bowl
  • Spoon
  • An adult to supervise you
  
  
  What to do:
  1. Wash and dry your hand
  2. Second you take your bowl and put in your striped chicken
  3. Next put in two or three spoons of mayonnaise and mix
  4. After mixing the mayonnaise and chicken take your butter and butter knife and spread butter over your bread ( you could cut the crust off if you want to )
  5. With your clean hands or spoon put your chicken onto one of the breads.
  6. Next put your other bread over the other piece of bread and you have finished.
  
  
  Test:Take a bite of your sandwich and if it tastes nice you have succeeded.
  
  

Marshmellow Challenge

Today for Kidpreneur we did the marshmallow challenge. Our teacher gave us a link explaining about the challenge. The aim of the challenge was to build the tallest, free standing tower made from spaghetti sticks.

We had 3 minutes of planning time. The room was filled with noise. My group discussed about the design of the tower. We came up with lots of ideas. From tripods to other weird looking bases. Deciding our plan of action we waited until the planning time was up.

3...2...1...GO! Our build time has started. All five of the groups dove right in. My group started making the tripod. Once the legs were attached to the marshmallow to the spaghetti sticks Johnnie and I started trying to make it stand. Taking my hand slowly away making sure it won’t fall down. My group was the first group to make a standing tower. Seeing other groups starting to make a taller one we decided to keep add height. Doing this for 10 minutes.

The last five minutes was the most intense. We got to a point where the couldn’t hold itself up. Also one of the other groups started celebrating. They made a taller tower. I had to make a big decision. We had to make the tower a bit shorter. We got it back to a decent height that it could stand up. Just before we got our one standing the other group’s tower fell apart and broke leaving us the tallest tower.

We stood back watching the other groups try build or finish their towers. Our groups wished the time could go faster. In the end we had the tallest tower 54cm in height beating second place by 3cm. YEAH we did it.

Pet Letter

270 Unicorn Lane.

Newmarket

Auckland

21st January 1880

Dear Lilly,

Could you please take care of my pet unicorn, Cuddles?

It’s my birthday and my family have given me free tickets to Australia and today I decided I wanted to go.

Before you even get this letter I have probably already left for my holiday.

For breakfast Cuddles’ eats fries and burgers (no cheese) and sometimes chocolate. Her lunchtime schedule involves fruit and vegetables, with a side of lemon juice. Cuddle’s likes to have grass and leaves for dinner.

She is allergic to Marshmallows and Cheese.

Cuddles sleeps on the floor in the kitchen because the smell of food delights her. Her bedtime is 7 ‘o'clock. If she stays up later than that she will go partying all night long. In a bag is a teddy bear for her to sleep with. If she doesn't get her toy, she will throw a big tantrum and rampage through the house.

Cuddles’ doesn't need much exercise because she will probably be running around already. But if you can, just throw a tennis ball around for her and it will be all good. She doesn't need to lose much weight so exercise for her doesn't matter. Cuddles’ knows a lot of tricks so if you can just practice them with her that would be great.

Yours sincerely

Darrelle :)

Children driving Cars

In this essay I will explain why children should and should not be allowed to drive. There are three reasons for and against the proposition.

Kids can go anywhere they want. If they want to go somewhere they can go without being told by their parents. For example, if they wanted to go to the movies but their parents don’t want to go they can just go by themselves. It’s a good idea because they can explore the world and become independent.

Also they can get better at driving. As the years pass and when it is time to do a full licence test they could ace it and not be worried about failing. If a company wanted someone to drive something really fragile they are most likely to pick them because he/she passed the required test. They could also save money by not spending for driving lessons and spend it on something else they need.

Kids also can get to school earlier. If they got ready earlier than their parents. He/she could drive off without wasting time waiting for their parents to getting ready. Example, if Joe had a big school project he could drive to school early and have a head start and with his parents slowing him down. It’s a good idea because they have a higher chance of getting work finish.

The next three paragraphs are about why allowing children to drive is a really bad idea.

If the boy/girl was too short they would not be able to reach the pedal or see over the steering wheel and dashboard. If the start driving without seeing over they have a higher chance of causing an accident. It is a bad idea to let kids drive because if they cannot see therefore not aware what is happening and might just crash into people.

Another important reason is that they would just crash because of stupidity. Since most kids don’t follow instructions they will end on the road not knowing what to do. He/she could be driving in the wrong side of the road and crash. At the end of the day they could kill themselves, cause havoc and make a huge traffic jam.

The last reason is they would just have a race. Not being mature enough they could taunt other people. Getting bored at driving he/she could drive next to a random person and start challenging them. People could get hurt in the process and can end up behind bars.

This concludes my essay. I have discussed the reasons why children should and should not drive. I do not believe that children should be permitted to drive because they are not mature enough to handle the responsibility to drive.

Lights of Matariki

Have you seen lights as bright as the Stars?I have. Hundreds of lights shining on me.  Words to pictures representing the seven stars of  Matariki. The Matariki festival has the most beautiful  lights that G.I has ever seen. Glen Innes is so lucky to host this festival. The Matriki stars watch the lights above as we are celebrating Matariki.  

Walking past every single light that G.I had to offer I noticed my friends dancing under a disco ball. I ask why they were dancing when they can't even hear the music when I saw a wireless speaker near the tree. They were having a dance battle. I knew that my friend Ben will win. He is the best dancer I know. Rap music was playing, then hip hop and then a little jazz but they change the song every time it got to the chorus. They danced and danced until their was no one left to watch them dance.

As time past it got more dark but more bright. The lights was taking over the darkness. The lights were amazing. It was like heaven never getting dark. It is amazing how bamboo sticks can turned into words and  pictures. Words like Matariki, Glen Innes and seven stars was spelled of bamboo. A picture of a White Heron was made and a shield with sword’s going across. The lights were bright, the lights was awesome, the lights were spectacular.

From friends to family it was like the whole community of Glen Innes attended this festival. Young to old people searching for the greatests bamboo art. For two hours people look and looked for the best bamboo art that they could find.  A flash of light caught my eyes as I past the bridge of light. The park was covered with light. Even though wasn’t bamboo art it still looked the best to me.

It struck nine and the I looked up. The stars was light up the sky but not as bright as the lights from where I was standing. The police was asking everyone to stay away of the bridge of light because they said the night is going to be brighter than ever before 3-2-1 boom! bam! fireworks rumbling the ground. Red, green, blue every colour in the sky.

The air was smoky and the fireworks gone, the lights fading away as I head towards home. I sat down and thought what is going to happen next year.