Emerging Leaders

 On the 23rd of march we went to a really famous restaurant called Homeland and close to the Harbour bridge. We first had to change into our Emerging leaders shirt and cap, we would also like to thank Mr Steve for our lovely shirts and caps. We got into the St Kents van and we saw Glen Taylor in the other van and we waved. We thought it'll be close but then it was far. When we were in the city there was a window above us and when we looked up the houses were so tall that it felt like it was falling. It was so fun that we didn't want to leave the van. When we reached to Homeland I saw the chef Peter Gordon. When we first went in it felt like we were in a shining house. The best part was when they served us breakfast and for breakfast we had a cookie and water or milo. We had a talk and we had to start the lesson. We were making meatballs and pasta with sauce. We couldn't see but good thing there was a HUGE tv in front of us. We first made the meatballs. All you needed is meat (optional) onions, garlic and other things you want in it. We made it into balls laid it on a tray and we had to put a cloth on it before we put it in the fridge. Once that was done we fried onions with small pieces of garlic and we waited for the what we were making next. We made the sauce and in it was sauce, carrots, silverbeet, and with other vegetables then left it a side. Next we got out our meatballs and shaked it in flour then fried it.  We then sank it inside the sauce and put it into the oven with some cheese on top. For the pasta we had different kinds of shapes and I forgot the shapes. We added salt in the boiled water that was boiling the past few minutes. We waited not to long for it to boil a bit more. We next added the pasta and we made sure there was no one beside us because the hot water might splash on them. It smelled so nice that we wanted to eat now. After we just waited and cleaned up our table and waited for our meal. When it was ready we served ourselves and went out to wait for the others. We saw the garden and the beautiful view. When it was time we said grace and then we enjoyed our lovely meal. It was so nice that we could't stop eating. It was something I'd have as a treat. We were allowed to go for 2nds but I decided to let them enjoy it. After we thanked Peter Gordan for inviting us and preparing the ingredients. We went back to school and I felt fool and a bit sleepy but excited for our next trip.

Leadership program

Today we started our leadership program. Our first trip was going to Glen Taylor school. We were so excited to meet the other 10 people that's also doing this program. There was only 9 of us because Asi was sick. We waited in the Glen Taylor office. It was really nice how they decorate and show off their trophies. After that we went to the hall and waited at the entrance. Our first activity was oldest to shortest. It was really difficult because we couldn't talk we could only use our hands. They checked but it wasn't really in the right order so they gave us one more chance but we could talk. It was in the correct order but not only that it was also easier for them to put us in groups. We had to learn there names and think of a group name. We couldn't think of one so we just name it group 1. We washed our hands then looked at the teacher. She was making sushi and it looked so easy but when we tried we were struggling. Group 2 and 3 were making the sushi and group 3 was cutting the sushi. We each had a turn making sushi, it was hard because the sushi kept making holes. We had to grab a handful of rice and spread with some water because it was sticky. We also added chicken or tuna with some vegetables. At the end we got to eat it and it was so nice. There was enough for everyone and we each had fun eating it. Lastly we had to do youngest to oldest just in case we forgot. We also had to learn there name and tell Mr Hendricks what there names were. They told us what was gonna happen tomorrow with Peter Gordon. We had so much fun that we wanted to stay there for the whole day but we had to go back to school.