Gymnastics

At P.E today we had to do gymnastics, I wasn't really interested in gymnastic because I know that I'm not flexible and I can't lift myself up. When I came in the gym I was so excited, it really looks like a real gymnastic studio. We had the mat, trampoline, beams, pole, parallel bar. I was so excited to go on trampoline but it turns out we can't use it, when we started doing some tricks, I wasn't able to do it, I was too scared I might break a bone or people will make fun of me. We had free time and we can use any of the equipment except the trampoline. I tried the small beam first, i wasn't scared I was just walking on it trying to balance, then I went on the parallel bar I thought I could do it but I was wrong, it was so hard to lift myself up, lastly the high beam I was kinda scared because even if you fall on the mat you can fall because the mat is very squishy.

At the last day of gymnastics today we had groups of 5 where we swap around taking turns on different things like trampoline, mats, bars, and many more it was really fun my favorite one is probably the trampoline, it's so bouncy and I love doing tricks on it.

Making Biltong (Beef Jerky)

Aim:
I want to learn how to prevent bacteria from taking over the meat and make Biltong (Beef Jerky)

Hypothesis:
I predict that it we would be very dry

Method:

Ingredients we will need to make a Biltong:

• Raw Steak or any meat that you prefer
• Seasonings for flavour (a tweak of  coriander, pepper, ginger, chilli, garlic, chicken salt, cummin)
• Tons of salt about a handful
• String (15 cm long)
• Razor-sharp knife
• Bowl or plate
• News Paper 

Direction for making Biltong

1. Grab the Ingredients
2. Wash your hands
3. Chop the raw steak into thin sections about 1-2 cm wide.
4. Make sure you put newspaper on the spot your working at so it doesn't get messy. Also put newspaper underneath the place where you going to tie the meat in.
5. Get the salt and spices and mix them together.
6. Put the chopped steak into the bowl.
7. Add the salt and the seasonings along with it, roll the steak on the salt.
8. Tie the string around each of the steak 3 times.
9. Tie the meat onto the ceiling , make sure there's air going around the steak. We need air going to the steak because it takes the water out of it.
10. Leave the steak to dry for about 1 week.
11. Wash your hands again.

How does salt prevent the meat from rotting?
Salt is an ancient way of preserving meat. The salt sucks out the moisture and will create an unlivable space for bacteria to live in so the meat wouldn't rot.

Result:

It is very hard and dry, the meat is brown with little bits of white from the salt or fat, you can bend it a little bit. It smell like fat or dog food with a hint of the seasonings. Inside it's maroon and when you pull the outside bit it's like really cheesy pizza or spider web. When I took a bite it taste really salty with beef fat taste to it and you can also taste all the seasonings together.

Discussion:
Why did salt the meat?
The reason why we salt the meat is that it eliminates the bacteria and it will prevent the salt from being rotten.

How does salt kill bacteria?
The salt dehydrates the meat and take all the water which the bacteria needs.

Physical Education Class

                           Beep Test

I got a 19, it is a very bad score for 12-13 year old girls. According to the sheet it is very poor, the best one in the class is Mathew he got 59. The beep test is really hard, you have to be fast and not run out of breath, it is very tiring, and tough.
                                 
                                               Jump Jam Competition

When I arrived inside the gym I instantly thought that 7Rc will win, they always win and their P.E teacher said they were amazing. When we had the warm up I was feeling confident yet I feel a bit scared that we might lose, so I did my best. When we were actually performing I was so nervous but we got in but we have to vs 7Rc, 7Bk were okay but some of them can´t be bothered dancing so they lost. After the dance show off between 7Mg and 7Rc we had to go back and sit on the floor. When the teacher announced the result I was so surprised that we WON!!!!