Room 6 2015

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Book Character Dress Up Day

All of the students in Room 6 enjoyed our book character dress up day. Here they are with who they are and a short quote from them about their character.

Lillie as Geronimo Stilton

A mouse reporter who doesn't like travelling

Rose as Gabz

Alfie's friend and afraid of Miss Root, the Demon Dentist

Sabine as Gangster Granny

An international jewel thief who has met the Queen

Kadi as Emma from E.J.12

Agent against crime who is out to save the animals

Alex H. as Queen of Hearts

Greedy and cruel, whose favourite saying is 'off with your head!'

Joey as a fairy tale princess

Zoe as Pippi Longstocking

She has no parents, but she loves her horse and wild adventures.

Daniel N. as Darth Vader

Travels the galaxy destroying planets that get in the way.

Fred as Hercules

Sources magical powers to be released from being stuck in a wall.

Luka as Professor McMoo

Cow in disguise and secret agent detrermined to kill the terminators.

Henry as Farmer Bruce

He and his cohorts are out to get rid of Mr Fox, the chicken thief.

Jake as Darth Vader

Lord of the Dark Side, previously Anikan Sky Walker

Persaous as the Pink Panther

Loves money, lives in a haunted house and is not bothered by the ghost that lives there.

Georgia as Pippi Longstocking

Loves Mr Nelson, her pet monkey, believes Dad is alive on an

island and speaks to her dead mother through a cloud

Abigail as Winnie the Witch

Hates children and casts spells to turn them into animals to be squshed

Amy as Cat in the Hat

Loves to make mischief and lives in a weird world of wonder and fun.

Samuel as Mr Stink

Homeless hater of baths, loves sausages and his dirty dog Duchess

and he makes friends with Chloe.

Leo as Charlie Bucket

Wins a trip to Willy Wonker's Chocolate Factory and he takes his Grandpa Jo with him.

Alex O as Oompa Loompa

One of Willy Wonker's fat little chocolate factory workers.

Jordis as Geronimo Stilton

New York reporter and writer of adventures who loves cheese.

Oscar A. as Superman

Flying super hero crime fighter.

Leighton as Spiderman

Climbs buildings and shoots webs to trap the criminals.

Reuben as Cat in the Hat

Does bad things with Thing 1 and Thing 2 in his magical world.

Daniel M. as a Pirate

Loves to steal treasure, eat raw fish, but unfortunately gets sea sick.

Hugo as Bear Grilles

Absolutely hates eating rotten bear flesh and to survive his deathly adventures

Oscar M. as Bad Jelly the Witch

Likes to eat cows, sausages and kids with peanut butter on toast.

KAI from Ninjargo

A super hero who has adventures on his mission

to find the four weapons from the Under World

Mrs Anderson as Minerva

The Girl with the (magical) Green Ear

Sunday, 30 August 2015

By Hokie! Results of Experiment 2 now on post!

Hokie Pokie seems like a simple treat to make.

Aim: To make perfect Hokie Pokie, i.e. very light, golden, spongy looking, crunchy at first bite and then perhaps a bit chewy.

There are only 3 ingredients – what could go wrong?

Hokie Pokie experiment 1:

Requirements:

2 Tbsp sugar

5 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 tsp baking soda

Method:

· Slowly bring sugar and syrup to the boil stirring all the time.

· Simmer gently over a low heat for 4 min., stirring occasionally.

· Remove from heat and add baking soda.

· Stir in quickly until it froths and pour into a greased tin.

· Break up when cold.

Results:

We produced a solid, bendy, sticky, ‘snappable’, extremely chewy sweet. However, it was sweet smelling, golden, and delicious to eat (not so much a treat).

We had to question our procedure.

· Did we use too much golden syrup?

· Did we over stir the mix?

· Was the stove element too hot?

· Why didn’t our mix froth up more like the recipe said it should?

Conclusion:

Try again using a different recipe and method and compare results.

Mr Turvey suggested sifting the baking soda, so we will do that as it might help with the frothing.

Hokie Pokie – not such a simple treat to make.

Aim:

To have another go at making perfect Hokie Pokie, i.e. very light, golden, spongy looking, crunchy at first bite and then perhaps a bit chewy!

Hokie Pokie experiment 2:

Requirements:

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 tsp baking soda

Method:

· Heat sugar and syrup until sugar is dissolved, stirring all the time.

· Boil for 7 min., stirring occasionally.

· Remove from heat and add baking soda.

· Stir in quickly until it froths and pour into a greased tin.

· Break up when cold.

Results:

Hokie Pokie 2 was a great success. It was golden, light, crunchy to bite into and it became a bit chewy. When the baking soda was added the mix immediately foamed up and after a couple of stirs it was an anxious time to pour and scrape the setting mixture into the dish.

Conclusion:

Mr Turvey’s suggestion to sift the baking soda so it was very fine and evenly spread may have been the answer. We did use less golden syrup and we simmered it for twice the time before adding the baking soda.