Welcome Back to Fordell! 2015

The first 3 weeks have gone very quickly and have been very busy! There's been the usual; reading writing and maths but on top of that we have had a' Big Day Out' to Green Pastures. We kayaked, built rafts, did the mud run and the water slide, and completed the team building activities. We finished our day with a Barbecue tea.
We spent another morning  at the Wanganui Museum, looking at waka and the Maori migration. We had a session of drawing the skyline of Wanganui with the Art Gallery. A great time sitting on the Queen's Park steps, focusing on what we could see, that touched the sky.
We've had the community picnic and been down to the pool twice a week. Lucky for us Cecile from Swim safe came too one day and went over some swimming survival skills for us.
Its only the beginning of term but we're working hard!

3 cups seasoned mashed potatoes (use your favorite recipe)

1 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced

1/4 onion, chopped

2 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup sour cream

black pepper

paprika

Directions:

1. 1
   Smooth 1/2 of the mashed potatoes into a buttered 10 inch pie plate.
2. 2
   Saute the mushrooms and onions in butter, add lemon juice, salt and pepper.
3. 3
   Spoon this over the potato layer.
4. 4
   Spread sour cream over the onion/mushroom mixture.
5. 5
   Top with remaining potatoes.
6. 6
   Sprinkle with paprika and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until browned.

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225 g assorted mushrooms, such as oyster, horse, shiitake, trimmed and quartered

675 g cod or 675 g haddock fillets, skinned and diced

600 ml milk, low-fat is fine, boiling

For the Topping

• 900 g floury potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 25 g unsalted butter
• 150 ml milk, low-fat is fine
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• grated nutmeg, to taste

For the Sauce

• 50 g unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 celery rib, chopped
• 50 g plain flour
• 10 ml lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

Directions:

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6 and butter an ovenproof dish, scatter the mushrooms in the bottom, add the fish and season with salt and pepper, to taste; pour the boiling milk over the top, cover and cook in the oven for 20 minutes.
2. 2
   While the mushrooms and fish are cooking, cover the potatoes with cold water; add a good pinch of salt and boil for 20 minutes; drain and mash with the butter and milk, and season to taste.
3. 3
   Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fish and mushrooms to a 1.5 litre (11/2 quart American; 1.5 litre Canadian) baking dish. Pour the poaching liquid into a jug and set aside.
4. 4
   To make the sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and celery and sauté until soft but not browned; stir in the flour, then remove the pan from the heat; slowly add the reserved liquid to the pan, stirring until it has been absorbed; then return the pan to the heat, stir and simmer to until the sauce thickens; add the lemon juice and parsley, season to taste, then add the sauce to the baking dish, using the sauce to cover the fish and the mushrooms.
5. 5
   Top with the mashed potato and place the baking dish in the oven for 30-40 minutes until the potatoes are golden

Mushroom farming by Paige

A farmer who grows only a hundred logs of mushrooms may not be counted as a full time mushroom grower, he can still enjoy profit from his crop. A rustic farmer who sterilizes his compost in a barbeque pit raises only 12 beads in the basement won't qualify as an official mushroom grower either, but he'll likely enjoy a ready local market for his crop. 

Facts about mushrooms by Rose

1. Many mushrooms grow towards light, following the sun just like a plant.
2. Mushrooms are composed of 90% water.
3. One portabella mushroom generally has more potassium than a banana. Potassium is good for the heart, reduces the risk of high blood pressure and strokes.





  

Mushroom information by Keegan

                 
             Different ways to cook mushrooms


  
Some mushroom recipes are stuffed mushrooms, mushroom soup, mushroom gravy and  mushroom risotto  




                    Mushroom facts
   
         Some mushroom facts are mushroom are fungi,
            Many mushrooms grow towards light and
            mushrooms are also used as medicine.

     


















          

mushroom bacon bugers by mitchell

you will need:

1 lb ground beef

1 (4 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained

5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

2 tablespoons sliced green onions

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce                                                                                                                                                                         

2 teaspoons soy sauce                                                                                                                                                                         

salt                                                                                                                                                                        

1/2 teaspoon pepper                                                                                                                                                                    

4 hamburger buns 

cheddar cheese slice                                                              

1. 
   
   Mix together first 8 ingredients in a bowl.
2. 
   
   Shape mixture into 4 patties.
3. 
   
   Grill over medium-high heat for 10-12 minutes or until done, turning once.
4. 
   
   Just before taking off the grill, place cheese slice on each patty.
5. Serve on buns with lettuce, tomato, etc.

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Epic ski fails

Do you want to be popular on YouTube? Well there are three things you can do!






You can do a backflip three times and land on your back or you can do a wedge.                                If that doesn't impress you the you can slide on a pole and fall over is that good for you?


Just remember the is the golden fail that you don't want to do fall of the cliff!


Just remember have fun while you doing it!






By Keegan 

Epic Ski Fails By Tineisha

Epic Ski Fails


Out on the mountain slopes, the fresh air, the warm sun, the challenge, or an epic ski fail. Do you want fame? Success? Infamy? Then you want to be an epic failure at skiing. There are three simple ways to find yourself a YouTube sensation.




If you want to fail at skiing, why don't you do an epic ski fail like go over a jump then face first and roll down the hill?




Or if you are at the top of the pointiest mountain and you decide to go both ways in other words the splits  'OH OUCH'.




Maybe if you want to impress the ladies, why don't you do a backflip off a jump but try not to brake a bone?

Boats poem by Georgia

I like boats
smart boats.
big boats
small boats
boats for you sleep in.
boats for fish in
boats that you can race in
boats that you can tow skiers.
boats are fun to rid in
to sleep in
to fish in 
to have fun in
and I like boats

11 Interesting Facts By Tineisha, Gemma and Bridie.

11 Interesting facts about animals

• An ostriches eye is bigger than it's brain
• Cats have 32 muscles in each ear
• Cats use their whiskers to help navigate their way in the dark
• A ostriches kick is powerful enough to kill a lion
• Hedgehogs spikes are called quills
• The oldest living animal on earth is a tuatara
• Cowes have 3 stomachs
• Frogs can breath under water and on land
• The horses back end is called a Rump 
• Turtles lay their eggs in sand
• Hedgehogs have bad eye sight

Why Dinosaurs Are Extinct? By Tineisha

Millions of years ago the earth had many large creatures roaming it, they were called dinosaurs. There are none left today, why not we ask?

There are many theories as to why dinosaurs are extinct, these are three common ones.

Firstly a red fiery meteor hit the earth. The meteor made a lot of dust and fire. The dinosaurs got injured or were burnt.

Secondly there was no food for the plant eaters to eat because the fire burnt all the plants. They starved to death, leaving less dinosaurs for the meat eaters to eat.

Lastly there was no water because the lakes and ponds were filled with dust and dirt from the meteor.

There are no more dinosaurs left today and those were my three reasons why dinosaurs are extinct.

 

Wellington Trip

On 18th of June room two are going to Wellington to learn more about Citizenship. We are leaving school at 7.00am and returning at 7.00pm. We are going on the bus, it will be a really long day!

Hockey By George

On Thursdays Mouse comes  to our school to teach us some hockey skills. The thing we do the most is dribbling and dragging. I really enjoy hockey.

The Book by Gemma

The Book
 The old book rests on the shelf, she is fed up with people spilling their coffee all over her front cover.
Her pages are bent and ripped. She

 wants to be clean and new.

The Radio.:By Javan

                                The Radio                     

The cool radio sits on top of the TV, flashing his lights, tempting some-one to switch him on so he can sing, shout and tell stories. He loves to chat, he hates songs that are inappropriate. He thinks he's awesome.

 

Book By Tineisha

 Book

 The old book sits on the book shelf. She is fed up with people drawing on her but she knows she holds great information. She knows that she is a great book.

 

Why Are Dinosaurs Extinct? By Tineisha

Millions of years ago the earth had many large creatures roaming it, they were called dinosaurs. There are none left today, why not we ask?There are many theories as to why dinosaurs are extinct, these are three common ones.
Firstly a red firery meteor hit the earth. The meteor made a lot of dust and fire. The dinosaurs got injured or were burnt.
Secondly there was no food for the plant eaters to eat because the fire burnt all the plants. They starved to death, leaving less dinosaurs for the meat eaters to eat.
Lastly there was no water because the lakes and ponds filled with dust and dirt from the meteor.
There are no more dinosaurs left today unfortunately.

Cacti by Keegan

Cacti store water in there stems or flowers!

Cacti grow at night.

They grow in the mountains.

There are many different colours.

Birds dig holes in the cacti to get water.

Sometimes they don't have stems they have flowers.