Massive earthquake hits Iran

A massive earthquake has hit Iran the 7.8 magnetite earthquake was near the south-east city of Khash.There are 8 countries near iran Pakistan Turkey and Afghanistan.

G2. Give to your family:Prepare 3 formal three course meal.

On sunday the 14th of april I did G2. Give to your family:Prepare 3 formal three course meals, including a menu, cooking and presenting, photographs of the meal and comments from your guests. Homework challenge I started at 1:00pm for preps my first prep was lamb meatballs the ingredients in the meal where salt/pepper 
600 grams lamb mince 
one tablespoon of soy sauce 
one tablespoon tomato paste
1-11/2 cups fresh bred crumbs. 
Steps 1/2 onion find diced 1 egg lightly beaten and add fresh herbs I used rosemary finny and thume diced then put all ingredients in a bowl and mix with hands. 
Next I started on my pumpkin soup the ingredients where 1/2 onion finally diced 
6-7 cups of pumpkin 
3 med potatoes 
salt/pepper 
oil 
chicken stock 
water.
Steps rost pumkin & potatos at 180o bake for 40mins in the oven. simmer onion then add chicken stoke and roost pumpkin & potatos. Simmer for 30-45mins mule and severe with croutons.Croutons ingredients bread
cheese 
Steps cuate bread eveinly then pout on ovin tray cock for one minute then stick on cheese stik back in oven until cheese has melted.
next was one egg chocolate cake 
Ingredients 
50g butter
1 tablespoon of golden sirup
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon of cocoa
1 teaspoon backing soda
3/4 cup of milk

Melt butter and syrup in a small saucepan.Put melted ingredients into a bowl.Add egg and sugar and beat well.Sift cocoa,flower and baking powder together.fold shifted ingredients and vanilla into egg mixture . Dissolve baking soda in milk .Fold into egg mixture pour mixture into two grassed and lined 20 cm sponge sandwich tins bake at 190c for 20mins or until cake spring back when lightly touched.

Baby orangutans rescued in Borneo

A total of thirty baby orangutans have been saved from from the country of Borneo.Ourangutans are one of the world’s most endangered species – it’s thought that there are fewer than 50,000 left in the world today.

ANZ gives out fake money

The ANZ bank has acadentliy handed out fake money to a new Zealand woman before she went on holiday to Canada will she was there she went to a Canadian restraint and when she went to pay they would't take her money. The next day she went to the Canadian bank where the $220.00 was  remanning.

Man to tightrope cross Grand Canyon

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda plans to cross the Grand Canyon in June on a tightrope 500m in the air, without a safety harness.his will be his first major stunt since last year when he became the only person to walk on a wire over Niagara Falls.

“This is another one of my dreams coming true,” Wallenda, 34, told reporters in a brief telephone interview. “This is one that has been on my bucket list for some time.”

Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the “Flying Wallendas” acrobat family, said the tightrope walk across the famed gorge is higher than he has ever before attempted.

Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has died peacefully aged 87 she was PM of Britain for 11 years as leader of Conservative party since 1979and 1990.The union jack flags above the Houses of Parliament and Number 10 Downing Street have been lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect.

HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS

Amount

We think that 30-45 minutes every weeknight is a reasonable expectation for homework. Per week that equals approximately 2.5 hours per week of homework.

2 terms = 20 weeks. Every homework task should take you 5 hours to do.

Quality

You need to work on each homework task for at least 2.5 to 5 hours. It should like it was done by a year 8 student. The product you make (if relevant) should look good quality.

Blog Post

- must be at least 2 paragraphs

- has to be punctuated correctly, spell checked and no errors

- you must include which category and task number in your post title so Miss C can sign you off.

Cat Video Festival returns to America

A second world wide festival dedicated to celebrating internet videos of cats is planned to take place in August.Last year the festival was the first of its kind and was a huge success attracting over 10,000 visitors.People who go are invited to vote for their favourite feline based videos with the most popular played out on a big screen during the event.The festival will start off in Minnesota and also travel to New York later in the year.

Balloon man floats for five miles

A South African man has floated 8km using 200 filled helium balloons.  The mans name was Matt Silver-Vallance and he was raising money to help build a children’s hospital in the city of 

Johannesburg South.