Hard Tech

On Friday the 23rd of May I did hard tech. Hard tech is basically making things out of hard materials. We created a shield with a pattern or design on it. My shield has a PANDA!! on it. The design was supposed describe you or be something you like.First we had to make our bases, then we had to design the shape of our shield. Next we had to trace the shield onto a piece of wood. After that we had to cut them out using a jigsaw. I messed mine up so I had to start again. When we had finished that we then had to paint the base colour. Lastly we had to paint our design on.  We had done all of this during the week. I Love hard tech!

14 things about me

15 Things About Me

1 My name is Anneliese Helena Darby.

2 I was born on the 4th of July 2001 so I am 11.

3 I was born in Peterborough Hospital Britain.  

This one was personal sorry :)

5 My Dad is Dorian Darby and my Mum is Nicola (Nicky) Stanton.

6 My favourite colour is Lime green.

7 I like to be around friends because they make me happy and make me laugh.

8 My favourite food is chocolate filled meringues.

9 My favourite place is school because I am around friends.

10 My hobby is using my laptop.

11 My favourite subject is writing because I can write anything I want and have no restrictions

12 My goal for Term 2 is to succeed in my academics.

13 My long term goal is to make lots friends and keep them as friends.

14I want to get a degree in education and become a teacher when I am older  

15 My favourite thing is to play Minecraft and other PC games.

Taken at dusk.

At the start  of Term 2 I started reading a book called Taken at dusk by C.C Hunter. The book is about a girl with supernatural powers. She is staying at a supernatural camp called Shadows Falls. Kylie the main character is trying to find out more out about her dad by contacting her grandparents, but they have their suspicions against the grandparents, because they think that they are impostors. The guy she likes is a werewolf, her roommates are a vampire and a witch. So far it has been a great book and can't wait to finish it and the series. I recommend to everyone who like something supernatural. Here is a picture of the cover -------->

Walking 9.18km

On mothers day I went for a walk down near chapel street. It took us 2 hours.
Here is some photos of the route and the other details. My Dad and I left at 10.00 and finished at 12.00.  When we were walking we saw this dog that when ever we caught up with the dog it would walk beside us. The dogs name was Barnaby. The best part for me was when we could see the car and knew that we weren't  far from finishing. My least favourite part was when we ran out of water and had to stop at the gas station to get a drink. When we were walking I kept getting stones in my shoes. It was so annoying

Parents night off #2

On mothers day  I made my Mum and her boyfriend  a formal three course meal.
Here is the Menu

As you can see I made homemade chicken nugget, Homemade garlic bread and meringues. Here are some photos of the meal.   Here are some photos of the meal

Overall the meal took about 2 hours but tasted yummy!   Mum, Nathan and I all  enjoyed it.
After all that time it only took 30 minutes to eat it all!

Ratings and reviews.


Mum: The garlic bread was just a very nice beginning of the meal, it wasn't too garlicky and just right. The chicken nugget were nice, juicy and not over cooked. The salad was as good as restaurant salads or better because of the feta. The meringues however were flat and sticky but  delicious. Overall rating: 8.5/10

Nathan: The bread was mmmmmmm just perfect and I think that she should do it again. All of the dishes were good.
8.95/10

20 LED's chasing each other

After a long gruelling hour I have just completed my circuit board for my homework.  The circuit board I made had 10 resistors, 20 LED's, 10 capacitors, a switch and a battery snap clip with the battery. The way it works is that when you turn it on some LED's will flash on then off. It looks like they are chasing each other. Here is a before, during and after photos of the circuit board.


Before:

During

After

Parents night off #1

Last term I cooked a formal three course meal for my family for my homework. For the entree I made a chicken salad, for my main a hash brown quiche and for my dessert I made a chocolate brownie. Here are some photos of me cooking and the final result. Here is a menu as well. ------>  The menu

And here is some feedback from my Dad and step-mum .

Dad: I really enjoyed it and it was all the better because Anneliese really put some effort into it and I just wish that she would make more hash brown quiche. 

Sarah: It was well presented and very balanced. It was also very delicious , filling and it was very lovely to have diner cooked for me.

Going around the North Island.

To start it all off the first weekend my dad and I went to Cambridge for the day to strip a model  aeroplanes engine . That took us about 2-3 hours. The reason we stripped the engine was because my step-mums dad (the one who owns the model plane) is in Australia on a business trip so he couldn't do it so he asked my dad to. Since my dad was going he decided to take me along. Then we went to Hamilton for breakfast. We went to our favourite place which is Jesters. I got a Billy T pie then a kiwi classic party pie. My dad got a spinach and chicken pie.


My favourite part of my holidays would have to be when I went jet boating down the Kaituna river. The driver did 360 spins at nearly 80 km! It was so much fun. We dodged many objects that were in the way such as logs and river banks. The place is near Te Puke. It was a really fun experience.

The last weekend of the holidays my step brothers and I went with my step-dad in his truck dropping off and loading the truck. First we dropped off grade four metal at a concrete company. Then we loaded up with maize on the edge of Whakatane. Then we had to go to Wollton to drop it all of then weigh in and out. The next load we had was more maize in Matamata then back to Wollton. We got home at 7:30 pm. For tea we had meatballs. My step-dad works for J Swap. It was a very tiring  day and by the end of it all I was so glad to be home although it was a lot of fun.