What I learnt was how to make rewana.

What was challenging how to not make it so dry.

have you ever made rewana bread?

Wednesday 1st july
I saw the bug we made. No , not the creature. It smelt good(ish), but it was not a feast, for the mouth or the eyes, I can’t quite describe it accurately but it was a hard image to see, it was a thick consistency and was a bit lumby and bubbly, i think that’s a good thing? I’m not sure. We fed it some flour&sugar and it changed slightly, a bit thicker, but it still looked well… interesting, but i think that’s a success it got thicker and a bit funky.

Thursday 2nd july
Today the bug was even bigger! I think it doubled its size overnight, it had a thick shell on top of it and it was a bit bubbly. When we were ready to make it a dough, we added baking soda flour sugar and mixed, we poured 8 quarters/2cups of the bug into our
flour mixture. We kneaded it carefully and kept adding flour, by then it looked like raw bread which is a good sign, because it’s meant to be bread. I call that a success!.

Ingredients
Step 1: One potato.
Step 2 6 ¼ cup of flour.
Step 3 6 tablespoon of sugar.
Step 4 1 ¾ of warm potato water.

Rēwana Diary

Monday 29th June 2026
We peeled potatoes and then cut them.next we boiled the potatoes in warm potato water then we mashed them. We put in one cup of water.and 6 ¼ cup of flour and 6 tablespoon of sugar.I liked peeling the potato, which was easy for me because I do it every night for dinner. What was hard for me?

Tuesday 30th June 2026 ½ cup of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar and ½ cups of warm potato water.when we opened the led we smelt it I thought it smelt like slime we fed it flour and sugar with warm potato water.then we mixed it. It was so goopy there were so many potatoes sticking up.the flour was an easy thing I did.

Wednesday 1st July 2026
1 cup of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar ½ cups of warm potato water. It was a little sweet and it looked all chunky. We had lots of era bubolis.next we fed it 1 cup of flour and 2 tsp of sugar ½ cup of warm potato water.and mixed it the mixing was easy.

Thursday 2nd July 2026 4 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 2 cups of bug 2 cups of warm water 2 tablespoons of sugar.When we looked at the bug it raised and there was lost of bubbles that was at the top it smelt like eggs.I didn’t like the small of it we fed it 4 cups of flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 2 cups of bug 2 cups of warm water 2 tablespoons of sugar.What was easy for me? It was kneaded to be torn into dough?

have you every mad Rewana bread? what was challenging was sorting the groups.

 what we learned. i learned that the rewana bug is important and it take 5 to 7 day to make it

what was challenging the challenging part was writing this diary

a question have you tried rewana bread

1 potato 

6 and a quarter cup of flour 

6 tablespoon of sugar

1 and 3 third cups of water 

Mix into a thick paste keep it extra warm 22c to jump start wild yeast 

Feeding time the wild yeast is eating the sugar and creating bubbles

The bu is active smells sweet and sour and is ready for tomorrow’s bake

Baking soda reacts with starter acid to guarantee a perfect classroom rise              

Monday 29th June

We peeled potatoes  and then we cut them into small pieces. Then we put water in a huge pot and then boiled it till it was hot. And then we poured the potatoes into the pot and we waited till the water or potatoes turned white then we took the potatoes out and we added flour, sugar and 1 third of water. at  

Tuesday the 30 of june  

we opened the bug and the bug looked kinda like pancake or waffle batter  it also kinda smelt like banna instead of smelling like a potato. It actually smelled like bread dough and it looked more moist. We had to feed the bug though*so we put the same ingredients in apart from the potato so then we added more cups of water and more spoon of sugar more water and a little more sugar.

Wednesday the 1 of july 

When we checked it the rewAna bug was brighter and it even raised. But we had to feed it again we feed it with more flour, more sugar and more warm potato water. 

Thursday the 2 of july 2026

Today when we checked on the rewana bug with my teammates kata tilly and ella-jayne the bug had a thick layer of this  but stinked really badly and had a foul smell that smelt like rotaroa and rotten eggs but after we start kneaded the smell was starting to disappear and the more we kneaded the more the smell the disappeared 

Day two ½ cup of flour 2 tsp sugar and ½ cup potato water . feeding time wild yeast is eating the sugar and creating bubbles

Day 3 of what to put in : 1 cup flour , tsp sugar,and ½ cup warm potato water . The bug is active ,smells sweet -sour ,and is ready for tomorrow’s bake !

Day 4 :take out 2 cups of active bug .Add 1 tsp baking soda to dough . baking soda reacts with starter acid to guarantee a perfect classroom rise!

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Monday 20th June 2026

What happened yesterday me and my class went to the hall . There was a table with food tools supplies. Then we went into groups of 4 . and we sorted out who’s gonna be who . I was a potato peeler second when i was done, my other team mate came up and started cutting the potato I peeled .Next we boiled and water bubbles, then added 2 table spoons. When I was done my teacher whaea sarah  gave us stars to cut out . then when we were done we had to glue them . my class mates go back and forth making a bug . so they can all have each turn . also other groups have been doing the same as my group. Because we have other groups that do the same .

Tuesday 30th June 2026

What did i noticed about the bug i noticed that it is thick and it has a good smell . Also it was really hard to mix it. Its colour was light now its dark grey. It has little chunks in the bug . And it got less stickers. Also it is hard to take control while mixing the bug. It smells different, like dough and it looks gooey and sticky .

Day 3 Wednesday 1 st july 2026
What did i notice about the bug
I noticed the bug smelled the same and a little chunky ,and with a few bubbles in it . Then we started to feed it with a cup of flour, tsp of sugar and ½ cup warm potato. Then when we mixed it smelled better, and had more air bubbles . also its gone lighter ,and its gone down .and it got more sticky and runny . And it was really chunky with little bits and grew a little bit less thicker. Also it’s a bit clumpy and really hard to mix .

What do i wonder about it
I wondered about the bug that smells the same even after the mix . I wonder why it was so sticky .

Thursday 2nd July 2026
What did I notice about the bug
I noticed about the bug that it has a thick layer of gooeyness, and air bubbles in it . like spider webs . Then we went into our groups ,and we all got tables to work on . to make the dough .
Then we got instructions . of what to put in the bowl .
The Ingredients were :
get the bug
4 cups of flour
1 tsp of tote
1 tsp of baking soda
2 cups of bug
2 cups of warm water and
2 tablespoons of sugar .
Then we made a hole
Then we started to mix with a big wooden spoon .
After we started mixing we started kneading the dough . until it became dough to bake .

I have learnt to make Rewana bread.

It was challenging to mix the ingredients together.

have you made Rewana bread.

Day 1 Monday 29th June

Dear diary, today we made the bug with 1 worm potato and mashed it with 1 cup of flour and 2 teaspoons of sugar. It looked really chunky and dry.

 Day 3 Wednesday 1 July 

Dear diary, today our bug smelt like sweet potato and flower. It looked chunky, watery and smooth then we put flour, sugar  and then  mixed it.

Day 4 Thursday 2 July

Dear diary, today we put 4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of tote, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 2 cups of bug 2 cups of worm water and 2 tablespoons of sugar then we kneaded the dough and then we put it by the heater then we will bake it later.

Day 1. Put one potato in a pot of 6 ¼ cups of flour .  Monday 29 June 2026  

2. 6 tablespoons of sugar and ¾  cup of warm water

  Day 2  Tuesday 30 June 2026

 ½ cup flour then 2 

tsp sugar and a ½ cup of warm potato water 

Day 3  do 1 cup of flour then 

2 tsp and ½ a cup of warm potato water 

Day 4 take out 2 cup of active bug  add 1 tsp baking soda to dough

( BAKE)

On Monday we were making rēwana beard. I was peeling the potato,Loccy  cutted the potato to cubes, Tilly did the mashing and Kata did the flour and the sugar. When we were done with our parts we were cutting stars for matariki. I was really excited and it kind of felt like a challenge but my favourite part was doing the star and putting them on

(Day 2 of looking at the bug)  the bug looks like porridge,vomit and batter  . It also looks chewy like gum and it looks kind of clumpy and gooey and  . it smelled  like bananas, mashed potato and pancake mixes. (how we feed the bug) we’ve been feeding it sugar,water and flour then we mix it.

Wednesday 1st July 2026

(day 3 of looking at the bug) our bug looks like butter but as Liquid and still looks like banana mix and its potato skin is coming out. It smells like dough and butter it also smells sour,sweet,floury and playdough.    

( The last day of looking at the bug) 

Thursday 2nd July 2026   It looks like it doubled its size. It also banana cake and on top on the bug looks like candlewax, but in the inside it looks like gloopy cheese. It smelled like rotten eggs with a hint of slime and it also smelled a little bit sweet. My favourite part was stirring it, pouring the water and putting the flour

 on the desk.

(Rēwana parai) we used 4 cup of flour, 1 teaspoon of tote,    1 teaspoon of baking soda, 2 cups of the bug, 2 cup of warm water and 2 tablespoon of sugar                                    

We have been learning how to make rēwana bread for our puanga breakfast.

What was challenging  was when I had to peel the potatoes for our natural yeast, was that the potato was slippery .

Have you ever had a punaga breakfast?

Monday 29th June 2026 steps.

One potato 6 ¼ of flour 6 tablespoons of sugar  1/3 quarters of potato water.  Prep: 1 warm mashed potato ¾ cup of potato water 1 cup of flour 2 tsp of sugar. Mix into thick paste keep it extra warm (22c) to jump start  wild yeast

Monday 29th June 2026

Today we started to make our bug for our rēwana bread. It’s like natural yeast. I was pretty excited to make it actually. First I  peeled our potatoes which felt very slippery.Then Dustan cut the potato into little pieces. After  he cut  our potato he put the pieces into some boiling water. Then whaea Sarah assigned Amarni to check our potatoes every few minutes to see if the water was boiling. Then when the potatoes had finished boiling whaea Sarah used a sieve to get the hot potatoes out. Then she put the potatoes into our bowl ready for Elliot to mash. After he mashed the potatoes they smelled REALLY GOOD! Then I got up and got the hot water for the mashed potatoes. Then Amarni could put 1 cup of flour in and 2 tablespoons of sugar onto the mashed potatoes and hot water. When Amarni did that it made all the ingredients look like something  kinda like dough. Then when it was all mixed up she put it in an ice cream container and put her name on the lid. Then we cleaned up and the hall smelled really yummy.Then finally we put the bug in a warm place.

Tuesday 30th June 2026 steps

½ cup of flour, 2 tsp sugar and ½ of warm potato water. Feeding time! The wild yeast is eating the sugars and creating bubbles.

Tuesday 30th June 2026

Today we found out that the bug’s container was not good for it because it needed air and it got all wet! Then we had to see if the bug had changed. This is what we noticed : The bug had become very moist and watery. Then we noticed that it became really chunky. Then we had to smell it. It kinda smelt like pancake mixture and then it smelled like bananas.

Finally we had to feed the bug. First Amarni added ½ cup of  flour to the bug. Then Dunstan added 2 tsp to the bug. Then Amani again put ½ cup of potato water on the bug. Then I had to mix it all up. At first it was hard to mix but then it became easier all of a sudden. Dustan and Amarni help out with some of the mixing. Finally we found out that we needed to add a paper towel  on top of the container so the bug would get more air. Then Amarni wrote our names on the paper towel  and we are letting the bug rest as we speak!

Wednesday 1st 2026 steps

1 cup 2 tsp of sugar and ½ of warm potato water. The bug is still active smelling sweet sour and is ready for tomorrow’s bake.

Wednesday 1st July 2026

Today we had to feed the bug again and it looked way better! It wasn`t so clumpy like yesterday it looked way smoother but it didn’t smell any different. We had a few air bubbles so that is really good because that means the process is working. Today Mia came back so we had more hands on deck! We fed the bug these things : I put in 1 cup of flour, Dustan put in 2tsp of sugar and Mia put in ½ cup of warm potato water. When we fed the bug it went all clumpy again and then… I touched it. It dried really fast and went powdery. When we smelt the bug it smelt like pancake mixture a bit but it was kind of a sweet and sour smell together.

Thursday 2nd July 2026  steps

Take out 2 cups of the active bug and add 1 tsp of baking soda to the dough. Baking soda reacts with starter acid. To guarantee a perfect classroom rise.

Thursday 2nd July 2026

Today we had to check the bug once again. What my group had noticed was that the bug had a weird layer on top of it and it made the bug look REALLY THICK, like really thick. After we looked at it we had to smell it. Yes, smell it. When we smelt the bug it smelt kinda sour and it also smelt like a pancake mixture with way too many eggs. After we finished smelling the bug we had to make the dough for the  bread! When we  had to make the dough I wondered if it would be like our fried  bread dough. These are the ingredients that we used : 4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 2 cups of our bug , 2 cups of warm water and two tablespoons of sugar. To start our process of making the dough Amarni got our flour. Then I got the salt, sugar, and baking soda. When I got those things we had to mix them all together in a big bowl. Me Elliot, Dustan and Amarni all had turns mixing all the dry ingredients. Then we had to get the wet ingredients which was the potato water and some of the bug.  Dustan went to get the potato water with our dry ingredients in the bowl. Then we had to put in 2 cups of our bug in. when we put our bug in we had to use a quarter cup so we used 8 cups. The bug was pretty heavy in the measuring cups. And then finally we mixed all the ingredients together and put the dough on the table with some flour and kneaded it all together.

I learnt how to make rewana breed.

What was challenging was to at first trying to figure out what was doing what.

Have you made rewana breed?

Monday 29th June 2026

Diary

1 potato 6 ¼ cups of flour 6 tablespoons of sugar. 1 ¾ cups 1 ¾ warm potato water, warm mash up the potato 2 teaspoons of sugar/ mix  into a thick paste. Keep it extra warm 22c+ jump start wild yeast!

What my group did was peel the potatoes and I was amazed that Iris finished first. We cut them up into little cubs I was nervous for this part because i thought someone was going to cut them safe but they didn’t .We put them into a bot that is hot and when we put them in the bot it was bubbling and they got soft then we waited until they were boiled to take them out we mash them up then clara put 1 cup of flour on top of the mashed potatoes then put 3/4 cups of potato warm water the mix thenyou add 2 tablespoons of sugar.    

Tuesday 30th June 2026  

1 cup of flour 2 teaspoons spoons of sugar ½ cup warm potato water. 

The bug was gloopy at first and it was runny but when it smelled like slime and banna cake it was. To feed the bug we 

put more flour,sugar, water and mixed with a spoon it became runny and it smelt like dough and then we put all of the equipment away and it also raised. We put a tea towel over it to let some air in and out. 

Wednesday 1st July 2026

1 cup flour 2 teaspoons of sugar  ½ cups of warm potato water. 

So Today it was better because it had some baubles and it was creamy and it smelled like dough and sorer dough it made my nose tinkle and it raised and the temperature helped over night and then we add flour, sugar, potato water and mixed with a spoon and then we put the paper towel over it and then we put our equipment away so Riley put the spoon and wash it. Then Iris put the bug away. 

Thursday  2nd  July 2026

Take out 2 cups of active bugs. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the dough.

So today it was gloopy and it raised so much i was happy, and  it had more babbles then yesterday it didn’t look the same as the frybreed it smell’t like egg it I was liking this it was fun and i got to do some stuff not much thought 

We used 4 cups of flour, then 1 teaspoon of tote, then 1 teaspoon of baking soda, then we had to use all the bugs but it said to use 2 cups and then 2 cups of warm water  then 2 tablespoons of sugar. We add the dry ingredients first to the flour,sugar and baking soda we put a hole in the middle and then put the warm water and the bug then we take it out and needed it was too sticky so we put flour over our hands and put it on the table then I wash the bowl out and we put it in then put it by the radiator.   

Wednesday 31st June 2026 

1 cup of flour 2 tablespoons of sugar, and ½ cup of warm potato water 

Thursday 32 June 2026

Take out 2 cups of active bug Add 1 tablespoon baking soda to dough

Tuesday  30th June  saw bug  i mix the bug we pour flower in sugar in i fed it   

It a big blob  it smelt weird it look yuck 

Wednesday  30th 2026  

 so today we look at are dough it was looking good  we fed it flower and sugar and also water and we mix it  we had air bubbles it was creamy  it was 

Thursday 2nd July so today we made the dough from the rewana it smell like eggs it looks funny and weird we mix 4 cups  flour baking  put the dough and start kneaded  the dough 1 teaspoon of tote 1 teaspoon of baking soda 2 cups of bug 2 cups of warm water 2 tablespoon of sugar

We are learning  about resources from koro Taranaki and how we should not disrespect it.

It was challenging to find information about resources.

what resources can you find in Taranaki.

I have learnt what kawakawa is.

Writing the information was hard for me.

Do you like my blog post?

what I have learnt: I have learnt that koro Taranak gives us resources  . So we need to protect koro Taranaki.

What I found challenging: what I found challenging is finding the information and the images.

Have you tried kawa kawa?.



I have learned a lot from making this from Kawakawa being used as a medicine, to all the resources that you can get.
The hard part was making this whole thing, I was looking for spelling mistakes to the text being right in place.
What do you think of my work? Did you like it? Let me know in the comments and i will take notes!

We have been learning about the resources from Koro Taranaki. The resource I learnt about is Mānuka.

What I found challenging was when I had to find the information on google for some facts and turn it into my own words.

Have you learnt about the resources from Koro Taranaki?

What I learnt is what Resources came from Taranaki and how the old days used it now how we used it.

What was challenging was to to find what picture and write about what you are writing about.

What Resources do know that koro Taranaki give us ?   ?

These are my Taranaki slides

What i found to be as the most challenging bit was getting all the information from the back of my mind.

I learnt that Taranaki gives us life and recources so in return we must protect it.

Have you been to Taranaki before?

We learnt about how Papatuanukus hidden world. The most challenging part was the response to text.

Should a petting zoo be at school?

Do you think it can change moods really easy.It could be a risk having to teach kids and animals at the same time.but it wont be easy, So its a debated question.Well I think its a good idea to have a petting zoo at school.Animals are more of an entertainment for kids at the age of 10.My first opinion is,”We should have a petting zoo here” .2nd opinion,’’If someone is in a bad mood, go have a little walk.Final opinion, I would love to have a little punishment picking up pig dung.