Strength
by Grace Whittaker, 10.5
Strong,
Powerful, Big,
- Strong Muscles – Strong Mind -
Living, Energising, Thinking,
Great, Healthy,
Strength
- written for The Home Educators’ Network Inc. newsletter, term 3, 2008
The Dodo became extinct in 1680 because it was over-hunted and killed by domestic animals that humans brought to Mauritius.
Diet: Seeds, plants and fruit
Size of body : 100cm
Size of bill : 15 cm
Weight : 20 kg
Breeding: all year round, probably 1 each year
~ by N8 ~
Lovelace, in the film Happy Feet, is a macaroni penguin.
Q. How much does it weigh?
A. Up to six kilograms
Q. What does it eat?
A. Krill, crabs, squid and fish.
Q. How tall is it?
A. Seventy to seventy-five centimetres; male has a slightly larger bill.
Q. How many babies does it have?
A. One to two eggs at a time.
Q. When do they breed?
A. Late spring.
Q. Breeding Range:
A. South Georgia, South Sandwich, South Orkneys, South Shetlands, Bouvet, Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Falklands, Chile, Argentina and Antarctic Peninsula.
Q. How do they survive in cold water ?
A. They have five to ten centimetres of thick blubber to keep warm.
Grace ~10~
Submitted by Laura, www.allrecipes.com, altered by Johanna W, Hn, NZ
3 cups plain flour 1/8 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cloves 250 g butter
1 tsp ground ginger 1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
optional:
1-2 Tbsp milk [if dry or crumbly]
lemon zest + 1T (small squeeze) juice
x[1/2 c sliced almonds]
x[1/2 tsp ground nutmeg]
x[1/4 tsp ground black pepper]
In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in egg and mix well.
Stir in by hand half the flour mixture, then add remaining flour [and almonds]. Mix with wooden spoon or knead with hands.
x[Refrigerate 30 mins wrapped in plastic]
[At this point the original recipe explains using cookie cutters for the Windmill Biscuits]
– Tomb Biscuits
Cut 12 big marshmallow in half with scissors – best to choose pink or white ones. Blue is a bit harder to explain in symbolic terms!
Take 1 T of mixture and flatten in left hand (if RH) push left thumb in middle, put cut marshmallow in centre and press edge of mix around the ball. Roll around a few times in circular motion.I put 3×4 on 2 trays with baking paper. Check before you put into oven for fault lines in the tomb biscuits, holes and weaknesses. Fix up.
Cook in oven at 180 C for 20 minutes on fanbake.
Some come out with the “stone rolled away”. Some will have a pool of ‘blood’? The children are fascinated. Have the Bible passage ready to read about the women disciples finding the tomb empty on Sunday morning.
Jesus is risen!
He is risen indeed!
We met K10 and Mrs Heather at the Hamilton Lake playground. We played on the roundabout and I won a race in and out, in and out of the trees.
We, as in me and K10, went to his house. I played with a bulldozer that K10 made. It was real cool. We had a swim and I went on his scooter. We watched “Let’s Get Inventin’”, Shrek, and Mythbusters. I had lots and lots of fun!
~ typed out by Nathan, 8
I have been going to a homeschool Art Class every Wednesday 1-3 pm. I’m really enjoying it. It has been going for four weeks now.
I have done a giraffe, a fish, and a lighthouse picture.
My teacher is Tatiana. She is a very talented artist. She is moving to Auckland next term to teach at the University to teach in the Art section.
I’m going to get a folder to put my pictures in to keep them safe so they don’t get bent.
I am one of seven homeschoolers at art.
~ G10 ~
