Dressage

On the weekend I rode in a dressage competition.

Here is the arena size I rode in:

I did test 0:C and 0:D. Check out this link to see them.

I had a caller that means I did not have memorise the test. The score is marked as a percentage:

Adequate - 50+%

Very Good - 60+%
Exceptional - 70+%

The score that the Judges give you are out of 10:

10 Excellent------ Very rarely given. It means as good as it gets.

9 Very Good------Not often awarded; you can be very proud when they appear on your score sheet.

8 Good------------ An appropriate level of engagement for the level.

7 Fairly Good------Still a good mark, maybe a minor inaccuracy prevented an 8 being given.

6 Satisfactory----The movement was obedient and accurate, marred by outline, perhaps.

5 Sufficient--------Horse did what he should, but maybe lacking engagement or on the forehand.

4 Insufficient-----A serious inaccuracy occurred; counter bent; rough transition; head tossing.

3 Fairly Bad-------A serious problem occurred; lack of control, very late or fluffed transitions.

2 Bad---------------Now we’re talking severe disobedience; bucking; rearing; napping.

1 Very Bad---------The horse must have bolted through the movement to receive this!

0 Not Performed---Self explanatory. Horse did not perform any of the required movement e.g. failing to strike off in left canter and continuing on in trot.

My scores where mostly 6s with a few 5s and 7s

I got 57% and 64%.

Science Fair

Water Water Everywhere....
But is there a drop to drink?

My science fair is going well so far, I have finished my testing and currently writing my conclusion/discussion.

Aim:

To investigate if I can drink the water from our drainage ditch? and if not what is the most effective way of purifying the water so it is safe to drink?

Background statement:

According to the United Nations, dirty water is killing more people than war or violence in general. In New Zealand we are lucky to have easy access to clean water, but what if a natural disaster happened? Earthquakes are devastating, this much is evident but the lack of clean water is just deadly. After the earthquake in Nepal Health workers said ‘they feared a major health crisis was unfolding among survivors of the quake who are living in the open or in overcrowded tents with no access to sanitation or clean water.’  Did you know that there recently has a fault line discovered under Hamilton? If an earthquake happened how would we get clean water? We have water in a drainage ditch on our land but is it safe to drink? and if not can I make it safe to drink? I also enjoy watching Bear Grylls and his adventures so I wondered if one of his methods could give us access to safe drinking water? I have decided to investigate the best method of purifying water so it is safe to drink.

My results show that the control water has Coliforms in it. So I filtered it through a Lifestraw, Boiled it, filtered through a sock and used an Aquatab.

If you want to see which is the best be at the Science fair on the 22nd of August.

  

Food Tech

Tuesday 16th June we had food tech here is my reflection:

We worked well as a team over all but could of communicated better when getting the ingredients.


Here is my stakeholders feed back:

I liked it I could have eaten more!
However a couple of points to improve would be a slight burnt taste in the onions, slightly smaller pieces of broccoli would spread the taste better and slightly deeper filling so that it's not quite so much pastry.
Overall though I would not have sent it back had I been served it in a restauraunt and I am quite fussy so well done.

Cooking

Cleaning up

Finished

Yummy

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Food Tech

During Food Tech today (22-5-15) we made soft serve ice cream using Yonanas.

My group: James, Aryan, Ethyn and I.

What is Yonanas?
Yonanas is a machine that mashes up frozen bananas and berries to create a soft serve ice cream.

Reflection:

It was a healthy dessert that was also yummy. Even Ethyn who said he did not like bananas ate it and liked it!

Over all it was fun to make and the produce was really nice but it did not look like the picture.

Here is a picture of the box: