Summer Learning Journey - Day #10 : Coming to an End

Hey bloggers! Today is Day #10 of the Summer Learning Journey and also my last blog post for 2017! It's been a really amazing journey blogging! Anyways, let's begin!

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Activity 1 : VE Day!

After six long years of fighting, World War II finally came to an end in 1945. The entire country was ecstatic and parties were thrown all over New Zealand to celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe).

I have been asked to imagine that you were living in New Zealand in 1945 and you had to plan a VE day party at your house. Who would you invite? What would you do to celebrate?

If I had planned a VE party I would invite my family! My cousins, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunties, grandparents, great - grandparents, parents and more! We would have a BBQ, a huge swimming pool, sport games playing, music, cold beverages and food, and heaps more I would include!

Activity 2 : Making a Fashion Statement

In the years following World War II, things slowly returned to normal in New Zealand. Soldiers returned home and settled back into regular life; and national sporting teams, like the New Zealand cricket team, got back together and started playing matches again. In the late 1940s, men and women would go to watch these events, men wearing hats and suits and women wearing dresses, hats, and gloves.

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1940's Fashion!

I have been asked to compare clothes from the 1940's to 2017. Is there any differences?

The differences I see are the bright colours in the 2017 clothing fashion but there is lack in the 1940's fashion.

Also I can see that the difference with the shoes are very big. In the 1943 picture the shoes are very classic and basic but with the 2017 picture the shoes are very trendy.

I rather wear the 2017 style. It's really trendy and i'm used to wearing similar to the 2017 picture.

Bonus Activity : Sweet Tooth

Purini ( Steamed Pudding )

When World War II ended, a number of people from Europe moved to New Zealand looking for a peaceful place to live and raise a family. When they came, they brought recipes and foods from their native countries with them, including hamburgers, pizza and other delicious foods.

I have been asked to post my favourite sweet food/desert on my blog. Rachel's is a Chocolate Chip Cookie with Tea.

My favourite desert is Bread and Butter Pudding. Yum! My great - grand mother makes these delicious deserts sometimes when I go to her house. The name for it in my Fijian Culture is called '' Purini " - steamed pudding. We usually eat it alongside with Custard, Cassava Cake, Bread with Butter, Jam and also Tea.

Here is my great-grandmothers recipie I found in her cook book hiding in her kitchen :

You will need :

• 3 cups plain flour 
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cup sugar
• 1 tin coconut cream
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground clove
• 2 litre pudding tin

Instructions : 

1. Melt sugar in a small saucepan on medium heat. Do not burn sugar. 
2. Put in some coconut cream slowly to the melted sugar, one tablespoon at a time. Stir well slowly. 
3. Stirring constantly, bring the syrup to the boil then remove from the heat and allow to cool.
4. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl and the whisk ingredients together.
5. Fold the sugar syrup into the dry ingredients and mix well.
6. Pour the batter into the buttered pudding tin and steam for 1½ hours in a large pot over the stovetop.
7. Test if fully cooked with a skewer inserted into the middle of pudding and return to stovetop if necessary.

Thank you for reading!

Thanks for reading!

By Mitchell.M

31/12/17

Last day of 2017! How will you celebrate it? We are going to watch some fireworks in Auckland City! ,

Mitchell