Discovery Time 22/03/16

Discovery Time

22/03/16

Today at Discovery Time I did planter boxes with Felix, Gabriel, Pierre, Todd and Darren at Darren's shed.

The role I played was drilling and holding the wood down, placing the wood in the right places and screwing the holes, but I didn't do much drilling.

The strategies I used was making appropriate choices so I would not goof off as much as last time, and also I used concentration on my work so I would not get distracted by the others.

Something new I have learnt is that I can screw a hole with a screwdriver instead of always using the drill. I learnt this because the drill ran out of power.

A struggle for me was using the screwdriver when there was no drilled hole.

I showed a growth mindset when I said I would just give drilling a go.

Next Discovery Time I want to show an improvement by drilling a bit more and working more in a team and encouraging other people to work sensibly.

Overall this Discovery Time I think our team did a little bit less work because most people were mucking around.

Special place (Bali)

Special place (Bali)

16/03/16

Lush bushes rustle in the gentle breeze.

A refreshing coat of water covers the floor of sand.

Soft waves of heat evaporate from the stand still.

Delicious food beams up into people's mouths.

Clear water trembles down the water slides.

Happy kids shout in the hot breeze. 

Bright fireworks jump up in the night sky..

Soft beds squeeze down.

Slug traffic slows down.

-Andrè Liswoyo

Popcorn

Popcorn

01/03/16

I was watching the vicious popcorn rise up from the yellow monster, to me it smelled irresistible, it was steaming smelt buttery and dangerous goodness. 

The popcorn shot up and landed in the bowl. It was like a volcano of seeds and popcorn and it sounded like hair dryer blowing it’s gears out and it buzzed like a bee.

 I snatched a handful of popcorn like a man stealing candy from a child. My mouth was watering over the green bowl I felt like drooling. I felt it, it felt lumpy, odd and hot. 

I was getting ready to put it in my mouth, it was soft like cotton candy it was not buttery. It tasted like a salty treat. It was very puffy and lumpy in my mouth. 

The machine whirled once more. The scent of the popcorn wafted up my nose it smelt scrumptious. 

They put a camera on top of the machine, it looked even more like a volcano, the machine span on the inside and random pieces of seeds popped and puffed in to popcorn.

 While the machine shot out popcorn like bullets people at the front caught some, sadly I didn't catch anything.