On November the 2nd, our class went to Chelsea’s Sugar Factory. When we arrived there with the bus driver. After parking the bus we went inside and went into a room. One of the members Lauren introduced us to the other members. Then we were split into two groups. One was pink and the other one was orange. The pink team went on the factory tour and we went to bake. There were three of them, Jo is the baking lady and Tatum and Graham are the tour guides. One cool thing when we went inside was there was these seats that you could put your stuff in. It’s like a locker but a seat locker.
First we went to bake Chocolate Chip Cookies with Jo. We had to partner up with somebody. I partnered with Angeline. Second Jo, explained what we needed to do. First we had to wash our hands. Second we went to a table. Here’s the tricky part. Third we had to put the melted butter in the bowl. Then we had to pour the whole of the caster sugar into the bowl, then mix it with a spatula. Fourth I put the brown sugar in and, and there were a lot of chunks so we had to press down so that we didn’t have to eat the brown sugar. Then we poured the vanilla essence. Then we mixed it all together after doing that we put the chocolate in. Then after it was ready we had to roll together in a ball shape. We then had to put it in the oven. We had to wait for it to cool down so we could move it to the edge of the tray, so it would cool down faster. After that Angeline washed the dishes while I started decorating my box.
After that we waited for Tatum and Graham to come then we watched a safety video about the tour. After that we went on the train around the factory. First we went to the place of the ship. A ship comes in every 6 weeks and takes 5 days to unload the raw sugar. This was their first time for the sugar coming from India. Then we went up to where they store the sugar. It was like a mountain of sugar. The building where they keep the sugar covers two rugby fields which is crazy!!. They also have a tunnel where sugar goes through and leads to where it goes. Then we went to the inside where all of the sugar processes. There were a lot of cool things. We had to wear safety goggles to protect us. Tatum gave us a tour on where we were going. We were going to Keith and John. When we were walking up to their station it smelt like honey. Then we went inside and the aircon was so cold and it felt so good. They explained to us what they do. Then we went back to the train.
Later on we went to where all the trucks are. When we went in there we tasted syrup at the end. I didn’t taste any because I don’t like syrup. Soon we went back to the place. After that we went to the Interactive Zone. We did a quiz, online baking and learning the history of Chelsea’s Sugar Factory. Then after that we had lunch. After we had lunch we went to the park, but Lauren said that we couldn’t play on the park because the park only allows 8 year olds and under to play.
By the time we went back inside the other group was already done. We thanked Lauren for having us there and then we all packed our bags and went into the bus.
I loved being there my favorite part of the trip was baking and eating the cookies. I would definitely go there again. Also you should go there too!.
