The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

WALT: We have been Reading about The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas for this the class has been split into 2 groups German and Jewish if you are German you wear a German flag and you get to have Music , free time in the afternoons, sitting on chairs and getting to boss the Jewish around. If you are a Jewish (which i am) you wear a Star of David and  you have to sit on the floor ,pack up every afternoon can only play on the courts , have to do your work in books or ask permission for chrome books and Have to ask permission for sporting events. This is for us to know how the Jewish felt. We have been doing activities for each chapter here are mine. 

Beeswax

Today Kaine came in to class with beeswax to show and tell us some cool information we didn't know about beeswax and also showing us how to melt process into wax and then into food wraps. Here is some information we got told. 

First of all It is Beeswax not honey so don’t eat it. The honey comb has little hexagons filled with honey which the beeswax covers like a plastic lid, and you scrape it off when the wax melts. You use a special cloth (Cheese Cloth) that you use to wipe the honey of the hexagons which let the honey go through and keeps the wax in the cloth. The process is way harder then wax. When wax melts it goes like a candle when it melts. Here is some instructions of turning process into wax ,you boil water in a pan and then put a bowl on top (which is double boiling) and when it starts to boil you place the process in and it will melt and turn into wax which is a lighter shade of yellow. Worker bees actually vomit into each hexagon for the plastic lid over the honey because they eat the nectar then vomit it up and keep doing it till every hexagon is filled (so were actually eating vomit which tastes very good). If you want a beehive you have to get the council to say that it is okay and if you want to sell it you need to have a health inspector. Also fun fact buying a beehive is probably cheaper than buying Manuka Honey.

Topic Reflection T4 W3

Topic: This week for topic we did water safety we had to create a DLO on one of the Whakatauki I choose never go swimming alone. Then we had to do The Aqua code and make a DLO and show what you have learnt. The Next activity was pick 1 type of water I picked a pool and you had to know how to be safe around them.