🍧PLUM ICE BLOCKS🍧

Ingredients
850g can Wattie's Black Doris Plums in Syrup
1 tsp grated fresh ginger (optional)

Method

Drain the Wattie’s Black Doris Plums and reserve the syrup. Remove the stones from the plums and place the plums and syrup in a food processor or blender with the ginger if used. Process or blend until smooth.

Pour into ice block moulds. Freeze until firm.

🇸🇩New peace deal in Sudan🇸🇩

Sudan’s ruling military and the civilian opposition alliance have signed a landmark deal.

The agreement begins a new governing council which will hopefully bring peace to the region.

The prime ministers of Ethiopia and Egypt and the South Sudanese president were among regional leaders attending the ceremony.

Thousands of people cheered and gathered around the convention hall where the documents were signed. They waved Sudanese flags and flashed peace signs.

Under the deal, a council, consisting of six civilians and five generals, will run the country until elections.

TANGY MANGO MILKSHAKE

INGREDIENTS
300ml Golden Circle Mango Nectar juice, chilled
200ml low fat milk, chilled
½ cup vanilla yoghurt
2 scoops vanilla ice-cream
Method

1. Place Golden Circle Mango Nectar juice, milk, yoghurt and ice-cream into a blender and process for 20 seconds until light and fluffy. Serve chilled in 2 long glasses with a straw.

Plastic particles falling with snow in Artic

The scientists testing snow were shocked to find more than 10,000 microplastics per litre in the Arctic. Many of the plastics were so small that it was hard to determine where they had come from.

The Arctic is often seen as one of the world’s last pristine environments.

A German-Swiss team of researchers has published the work in the journal Science Advances.

The scientists also found rubber particles and fibres in the snow.

Researchers collected snow samples from the Svalbard islands using a dessert spoon and a flask.

MUFFIN TIN PIZZAS

• 3 jumbo soft tortillas
• 2 Tbsp Wattie's 50% Less Sugar* Tomato Sauce EZ Squeeze
• ½ cup drained crushed pineapple
• 100g ham, finely chopped
• 1 ½ cup grated cheese
• 1. Preheat oven to 200°C (fan bake). Grease 12 patty tins with oil (or use muffin tins).
  2. Heat tortillas according to the packet instructions. While they are still warm cut out circles using a 9cm biscuit cutter. Push them into the prepared patty tins.
  3. Spread ½ teaspoon of Wattie’s 50% Less Sugar* Tomato Sauce into the base of each tortilla. Add crushed pineapple, chopped ham and grated cheese. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cheese has melted and edges of the tortilla are golden. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before removing from the tins. Serve warm or cold. They will make a great addition to the school lunchbox.

🇹🇻Pacific Island Forum held in Tuvalu last week🇹🇻

The meeting saw the Pacific region’s 18 presidents, prime ministers and premiers all attend.

The main talking point at the meeting was around climate change and the things that countries could do in this area.

The final statement declared a climate crisis, called for an immediate phase out of coal, a commitment to reducing emissions to 1.5 degrees, and the replenishment of the UN’s Green Climate Fund.

However, this was only backed by the region’s nine smallest countries, including Tuvalu. It was not backed by New Zealand or Australia.

🌞Space car orbits the sun🌞

The car, sent by rocket company SpaceX, completed the amazing feat this week.

In February 2018, the world’s most powerful rocket took off with a sports car attached to the top.

The car was an electric Roadster made by Tesla. Driving the car was a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit. He was nicknamed Starman!

Experts planned that it would take the car 557 Earth days to make the solar lap and it’s now been in space for over 560.

Unfortunately, we cant see Starman. He is now on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, and is moving at around 24,000 miles an hour.

🍲Mince Gravy with Potato Salad🍲

Today in Technology we made Mince Gravy with potato Salad.
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and mince. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up mince, for 6 to 8 minutes or until browned. Add gravy powder, tomato puree and 1 cup cold water. Stir to combine.
Season with salt and pepper. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until potato is just tender. Add mushrooms and pea mixture. Cook for 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve with Potato salad.

📖Movie Review📖

Today I finished watching a movie named Wonder. I am going to be summarising the movie. Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

📚Book Prediction📚

Today I made my Prediction about the Book called Wonder. If you don't know what prediction means here is definition.a thing predicted; a forecast.

Here is my Screencastify.

🐋 Famous dugong dies from eating plastic 🐋

The orphaned dugong became famous last year after it was rescued in Thailand.

Mariam died on Saturday from an infection that was started by small bits of plastic that were lining her stomach.

Mariam became an internet star after images showed her nuzzling into rescuers when she became stranded on a beach in April.

There are only a few hundred of these special sea mammals left in Thailand.

During the final autopsy, several pieces of plastic including one measuring 20cm were found inside her stomach.

🗣️Blog Commenting🗣️

Today for cybersmart I had to comment on my buddy class is blog. 
For my comment it had to be thoughtful , helpful and Feedback.
My buddy class is name is called Matua Q.
The post I commented on is called Science fair. Reason why I commented  on that blog post is because I was really interested in their projects.

🏚️Auckland Museum🏚️

Today workers from Auckland Museum came to our school and taught us how to use scratch. At the Auckland Museum we were learning about Coding . For coding we used scratch. Scratch is a coding Website. Scratch is a Block-Base visual programing Language. In scratch we learnt how to create project using a block like interface. 

👍NED👍

Ned is a Programme around around the world. They are motivational speakers. Here is a little more about Ned.Hi, I'm NED!
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My name stands for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best! 

For nearly 30 years, I’ve been on stage with incredible live performers. Together, we’ve impacted millions of kids with messages like showing kindness, doing your best, and having an awesome mindset for learning. When we do a school-wide assembly, we make it so entertaining and fun that kids remember and talk about it forever! We also make hundreds of printable resources for teachers and parents. I hope you’ll check it all out!

🐧 Fossils from human-sized penguin found in Waipara🐧

The fossilised bones of Crossvallia waiparensis were found by an amateur palaeontology named Leigh Love.

They were found at the Waipara Greensand fossil site in North Canterbury last year.

Five other penguin species have been discovered at the same site.

It is believed that the species was alive between 56 million and 66 million years ago. Evidence showed that the bird weighed up to 80kg and was about 1.6m tall. The discovery makes this one of the largest penguins ever discovered.

🚫Fart stops lawmakers debate in Kenya🚫

The offending smell was produced during a debate at Kenya’s Homa Bay County Assembly last Wednesday.

It was so bad it forced the speaker to suspend the session temporarily while air fresheners were brought in.

To make matters worse, members of the debate then started accusing one another of being behind the foul stench.

Amid the chaos, Speaker Edwin Kakach asked the assembly’s guards to help combat the smell by bringing in air fresheners.

🌿Evolution of Plants🌿

Plants evolved a number of adaptations that helped them cope with these problems on dry land. One of the earliest and most important was the evolution of vascular tissues. Vascular tissues form a plant's “plumbing system.” They carry water and minerals from soil to leaves for photosynthesis.

🇨🇳Typhoon Lekima hits China🇨🇳

Typhoon Lekima is the strongest typhoon that has hit China in years.At least 32 people have died after the storm triggered a landslide in Wenzhou in the southeast of China.Lekima winds reached speeds of up to 116 mph before making landfall.In Shanghai, 250,000 people have been evacuated. Another 800,000 people in Zhejiang province have to leave their homes.An estimated 2.7 million homes in the region lost power as power lines toppled in the high winds.In Shanghai, almost two thousand flights were cancelled, causing widespread disruption.China was also hit by a magnitude six earthquake just a days ago, so experts say that this, alongside the typhoon, could have caused an increase of landslides due to the unstable ground.

🛸 A Fly's Brain🛸

For the first time, scientists imaged a complete adult fly brain, allowing them to follow single neurons through the brain.
Using high-speed electron microscopes, the researchers captured 21 million images using 7,050 brain slices. The images enable them to track connections between neurons, a step towards mapping the fly’s entire brain circuitry. Studying the connections could lead to insights on fly.