Top 20 things to do in Brisbane

Hi!

So when the school term ends and you have finished all of your exams, here are some fun things to do in the holidays!

1. The mall in the city or shopping- get a group of friends together and shop until you drop
2. Slaughter falls Mt Coo-tha- located just past the Botanical gardens Slaughter Falls Picnic area is a fabulous place to go especially if you like the great outdoors. You can make a fire and toast some marshmallows or take one of the tracks up to the summit look out
3. The summit Lookout, Mt Coo-tha- the beautiful view of Brisbane is perfect day or night at the Summit lookout. Get an ice-cream with your friends, have brunch or dinner or what my family likes to do is the get Fish and chips and sit on the grassy area below. 
4. South bank- there is always something on there on the school holidays - GOMA
5. A sporting game- whether it's Netball or Football, Soccer or Cricket, there is bound to be a sport you like, just have a look on the what's on in Brisbane website
6. Queensland Maritime Museum- do you love everything boats? Well this place is for you
7. The Enoggera resoivour, The Gap -  The Gap’s bush water playground is one of Walkabout Creek’s leading attractions.
8. Mount Barney Family Holiday- an hour and a half out of Brisbane, this is a fantastic way to socialise with friends or family- with camping, swimming and outdoor attractions such as bush walks, rock climbing as well as amazing scenery
9. Queen of Pops – Clayfield - Craving a caffeine hit but need a cool treat? Queen of Pops in Clayfield has a unique take on our favourite hot beverage; they’ve turned coffee into a popsicle! Wolff Coffee Roasters, the team that started Hendra café Dandelion and Driftwood, have created these ingenious pops
10. Lone Pine Wildlife Experience- For the past 70 years Mirimar Cruises have been taking passengers up river to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. The Koala and River cruise now takes place on an ultra-modern cruise boat complete with on-board catering and features entertaining narration from the captain who will amaze you with his knowledge of everything Brisbane! Don’t you want to hug a Koala?
11. Eat street Markets- delicious food, great cultural experience 
12. Story Bridge Adventure climb- get over your fear of heights!!
13. Victoria Park mini Golf- this is the BEST  mini gold you will ever play, it is challenging, interactive and most of all…. FUN!
14. abseiling down the Kangaroo Point Cliffs- adrenaline here we come!
15. Bowling- everyone can get involved here! 
16. Look at the stars at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium.
17. Go Karting
18. Australia Zoo
19. South Bank Streets Beach
20. The movies go check out the latest flicks! 
    

Electives: Home Ec

Last week the home economics year 9 students decorated sponge cakes. It wasn’t an assignment, just a fun, learning activity. In week 8 we made the sponge cake and we put it in the freezer until week 9 when we decorated the cakes. The recipe for the sponge cake is below;

Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 3/4 cup self-rising flour
• 1/3 cup cornflour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180. Grease and line cake tin.
2. Separate eggs, sift flours and raising agents together 3 times.
3. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks, slowly beat in sugar.
4. Fold in yolks, then flour and raising agents.
5. Pour into lined tray and bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until the sponge springs back when lightly touched.

We decorated the cakes however we wanted. It was a really fun activity that everyone enjoyed. Some photos of the finished cakes:

YouTubers You Should Have A Look At

So I love YouTube and many YouTubers and it is a great use of time on the holidays. So I have created this compilation of the best YouTubers for each category. This is obviously my pretty biased opinion so I do encourage you to keep searching YouTube for the YouTubers you love. If you think of any I've forgotten just comment them and I'll add them. Disclaimer: Not all of these are exactly appropriate for school so warning.

Comedic videos (sketches usually):

Iisuperwomanii (Lily Singh)

Community Channel (Natalie Tran)

Jenna Marbles

Justbetweenus (Allison and Gabi)

Tyler Oakley

Marcus Butler

ThatcherJoe (Joe Sugg)

Alexis G.Zall

Miranda Sings (Colleen Ballinger)

'Beauty Gurus' (tutorials):

Andrea Russet

Shane Dawson

Lisbug (Lisa Schwartz)

Michelle Phan

Zoella (Zoe Sugg)

Bethany Mota

Tanya Burr

Kandee Johnson

Ingrid Nilsen

SprinkleofGlitter (Louise Pentland)

RCLbeauty101 (Rachel Levin)

Gaming:

Pewdiepie (Felix Kjellberg)

SmoshGames (Ian and Anthony)

Ksi (Olajide "JJ" Olatunji)

The Syndicate Project (Tom Cassell)

Captain Sparkelz  (Jordan Maron)

Markiplier (Mark Fischbach)

Jacksepticeye (Seán McLoughlin)

General vloggers:

Pointless Blog (Alfie Deyes)

Connor Franta

Amazing Phil (Phil Lester)

Danisnotonfire (Dan Howell)

CutiepieMarzia (Marzia Bisognin)

MylifeasEva (Eva Gutowski)

Jim Chapman

Jessi Smiles

Joey Graceffa

Psychosoprano (Colleen Ballinger)

Daily Vloggers:

BfvsGf (Jesse and Jeana)

ShayTards

PointlessBlogTV (Alfie Deyes)

MoreZoella  (Zoe Sugg)

SacconeJolys (Anna and Johnathan)

ThatcherJoeVlogs (Joe Sugg)

TheDeFrancoFam (Lindsey and Phil)

SeanElliotOc (Sean O'Connor) 

Enterprise Term Summary

Hi Everyone,

This semester we have learnt a lot in Enterprise. We have been busy with our Mother's Day Stalls, Mobile Phones Assignment and a Moving Out of Home task.

Mother's Day:

This term year 9 enterprise did the mother's day stalls. This involved picking our products, packaging them, making a business name, slogan and logo, making signs and selling the goods on the day. It was a really fun activity and was not assessed. Every team made more money than we spent too, which was good. Overall, it was a really exciting activity that everyone enjoyed. We learnt so much about what it's really like to run a business.

Mobile Phones Assignment:

This term our assignment was to write a report about which mobile phone, plan and contract we would best recommend for a business. This task was educational and challenging. We had to collect information and conduct comparisons, both positive and negative between the two phones. We scaffolded a report which compared the two phones and gave a final recommendation. We discusses what the business would use the phones for and what features would enable work life to be quick and efficient. Overall, this task enabled a further understanding about businesses, mobile phones and collecting and comparing information.

Moving Out of Home:

We had to move out of home for a fun in-class activity. This involved finding a house to live in, planning transport to and from work, planning meals for one week and shopping for the food and things that we needed. We then had to make a budget, and ensure that we didn’t spend more than we earnt. We did this all in partners. Each person earnt $1050 a week and my partner and I, after budgeting everything that we spent, still had $100 leftover. It was a really fun activity that everyone enjoyed.

This term has been fun and very eventful. Enterprise is a great subject which enhances learning and deepens understanding. I would strongly recommend this subject I you like this type of thing. I hope this may help with subject selection in the future :)

Holiday Reading Ideas

Holiday Reading Ideas

Here are some great books to read on the holidays:

1. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

2. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

3. Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

4. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

5. All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket

6. Splintered by A.G. Howard

7. I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you by Ally Carter

8. Piece of Cake by Kate Forster

9. Loot by Jude Watson

10. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

You can get these books from your local library and if these don't appeal you can always checkout the top 100 books produced by Dymocks.

Cute Desk DIY Ideas

1.  
   
Glue together mason jars and once they're dry, tip them on their side and you have a cute pencil holder


2.  
   
Clip binder clips onto your desk to use to hold wires


3.  
   
Screw, nail or glue the lids of the jam jars onto the desired shelf and screw in the jars.


4.  
   
Trim cereal boxes to suit the drawer height and cover them in wrapping paper to make some really cute drawer dividers.


5.  
   
These storage bins are adorable and they are so easy to make too. The instructions to make them can be found here:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2013/01/hanging-storage-bins-made-from-recycled-containers.html


6.  
   
Like the idea above, this phone holder is so easy to make and uses the same idea as the above. The instructions can be found here:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/12/holder-for-charging-cell-phone-made-from-lotion-bottle.html


7.  
   
           I love this idea. You get a clean used glass bottle and use it to hold bracelets and headbands.


8.  
   
           This is so easy to make and so useful. You can find the instructions here: http://www.designsponge.com/2009/02/diy-wednesdays-door-organizer.html


9.  
   
          A cute organiser for cards, or you can make a bigger one for magazines. The instructions are here: http://www.designsponge.com/2011/09/diy-project-greeting-card-organizer.html


10.  
    
           A pencil holder and calendar in one! The instructions are here: http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/diy-wednesdays-perpetual-calendar.html




Most of the ideas for this blog post were found here: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/20-awesome-diy-office-organization-ideas-that-boost-efficiency.html

5 Desk Organisation Tips

1. Have a bin close by - The bin needs to be within reach of your desk

2. Get rid of unnecessary things on your desk - only have the things that you need and use on your desk

3. Tidy your desk each day - if you clean your desk everyday it will only take a few minutes, but if you wait months before you clean it, it will take a much longer

4. When in doubt, throw things out - if you're not sure whether you will need something, throw it out, 99% of things that you keep you don’t use

5. Take a picture - If there are things on your desk that are merely for reference, take a picture of them and throw them out, instead of leaving them to clutter yourself

Tips to make Assignments and Exams easier

1. Use grammarly to check your work
https://app.grammarly.com/
2. Use citethisforme to references your sources
http://www.citethisforme.com/
4. Use sticky notes to mark important information you need to know for exams



4. Use OneNote to keep work together





5. Use flash cards to test yourself on information



6. Have an assignment folder to organise assignments



7. Have internet folders for key webpages



8. Create acronyms for studying
BECPO
Biosphere
Ecosystems
Communities
Populations
Organisms
9. Create an assessment calendar