Meeting The New Principal

Last week Thrusday, we met our new principal Mrs Hamilton, I was really excited to be seeing our new principal. We welcomed her with a Haka Powhiri, and sang some nice Maori songs. We also said a Karakia for her too. It was really sad because Mrs Vickers was upset that she was retiring from
this school after 27 years. After watching this emotional assembly, I am for sure that it is going to be sad at this coming prize giving and culture day.

Sausages With Cheese and Chips

Step One- Slice the sausages in half
- top up with cheese and tomatoes
-Bake for 10 mins
-Serve with tomato sauce

Today was the last day of tech, and I am so sad because I wanted to continue with cooking. When we were cooking our last dish today and tasting it, I loved it.

Christmas - Crossover

This week we are having Christmas - Crossover, I am so excited because we are going to be doing fun activities. We are so lucky to have St Kent students' working with us. 

We Didn't Cook Today!!!😥

Unfortunately, we couldn't have our proper tech today because of how our teacher was sick today. Instead of cooking we filled out a booklet based about cooking, one page was talking about the resources of how you can use them.

We also had to fill out a word find based about food, I was so glad because I finished it by working with a couple of friends.

Even though we didn't get to cook, I still had fun filling out a booklet.

Cultural Groups

This term all cultural groups are practicing for prize giving. Every group has been practicing hard so far through out this term. I am so excited to be dancing on cultural groups and prize giving day, because as a year 8 student I am proud and happy to be graduating. I hope we have a good and fantastic day, when we dance!

Armistice Day

This Sunday it is Armistice Day. We shall celebrate Armistice Day, for those who signed the treaty to have peace. We have been studying about this for a week now. We also have been put into groups so that we can come up with many ideas about Armistice Day. We have made a presentation for you to know more about "Why Armistice Day Is Important ?"

HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!

Film Festival

Yesterday we were lucky enough to go to the film festival. I was so excited to watch other movies from different schools, along with ours. We had to leave at 10:30 and return at 1:30.

Our movie re presenters were Tupouseini and Saluselo, when they approached the spotlight some of us were giving them the courage to talk by clapping our hands. 

There were lots of different movies, but my favourite movie I saw was one of ours, of course and every other different movies aswell.

Cooking Fish Pie

Step 1- Peel the potatoes and bake until its cooked
2- mash it up and lay it out into the baking tin
3-mix tuna fish with 1/2 can of mushroom cream
and 1/2 c of mayonnaise
4-mix well top up on potato with cheese and bake for 10 mins

Today me and my buddy Leanah made "Fish Pie".
It was such a quick dish to make "only for 10 mins". When we baked our fish pie it came out looking like you would want to eat  it all the time.

Tennis With Pete

Yesterday we had tennis with coach Pete. It was such a horrible and rainy day that we had to play tennis in the multi-purpose room. He taught us some outstanding skills like rallying with another opponents and controlling the ball when your hitting it with the racquet. It was so hard to learn tennis because I've never played before, but now that we are learning I now have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Last Term Of The Year! Make It A Good One

Finally it's the last term of the year, we are going to finish the term with hard working and fun aswell. 

I am looking forward towards this last term. There will be tests coming up and hopefully, I'll do better than before.

LAST TERM OF THE YEAR! MAKE IT A GOOD ONE 

😃 Making Chocolate Muffins!!!

Today Leanah, Henry and I made Chocolate muffins with Mrs. Tuipolotu.

Ingredients:

1- 2c of SRF
2- 1c of sugar
3- 1/2 c of oil
4- 1c of milk
5- 1 egg
6-1/4c of cocoa
7-Combine all, and mix well, scoop into the muffin tray.
8.Bake 180c for is mins

Mince Gravy

On Wednesday we went to tech at Tamaki College. My buddy and I
made mince gravy with onion, mince, mixed vegetables, and  vegetable ox. We had to dice the onion, with a quarter of mince. Following that, after the onion and mince were fried, we had to put the vegetables and the gravy all together. Once we finished cooking we ate our dish of food.

Making Quiche With Mrs Tuipolotu

Today we made QUICHE with Mrs Tuipolotu.

When I found out we were making this, my eyes popped, I was so excited about cooking something that I've haven't done before. It was like a new environment, kind of like going to college.

The ingredients we used to make the Quiche were eggs, ham, cheese, and a bit of water to top it up. Once the mixture was set, it was ready for us to take out of the pan so that we could eat it.

Hmm, so yum!

Tongan Language Week

Malo e lelei, As you guys know it was TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK. We used the Tongan greeting to say good morning when our teacher called out the roll. In my class a group of Tongan students wore some Tongan designed costumes. They've explained the details and talked about what they wore to classes 1 to 12. TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK is a major week
for those people who are Tongan. KEEP CALM AND HAPPY TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK!!!

Last Day Of Volleyball

Sadly the last day of volleyball with Rene!

 I had alot of fun playing volleyball, I've got to learn new things and new ways on how to hit the ball.

On the last day of volley we had alot of exciting things to do. We got to play elimination, tournament and girl vs boys. 

I had a lot of fun, we hopefully do it again sometime. 

Speeches Is Almost Coming Up 😬

I am very nervous and terrified for "SPEECHES"! . Speeches is right around the corner and I need to choose a topic to talk about quick. What is a topic I could think about ? Hmm? Let me think, well my teachers said specifically not to talk about friends, family, teachers, and pets. I think I want to talk about technology or maybe education. Now that I have made a decision of what I'm going to do, I am going to try my hardest to create a speech.

School Cross Country

Few, I'm so tired from doing cross country! When I was running I felt really hyped to run around the block for 2 laps. For my first lap I sprinted, then for my second I started to get tired so I jogged. On my second lap I was really proud of myself that I came third place on the finishing line.

Receiving My First Duffy Award!

Last week I received a Duffy award, for my reading. I was so surprised that my teacher had chosen me for the Duffy book award. The book I had selected was called "PIRATE SPACE CAT ATTACK" written by Geronimo Stilton. I am so proud of myself that I am doing well in my reading! I'm going to try to read more.

Our School Powhiri

About a week ago, prefects represented a well done " POWHIRI by the help of Mrs Riley. All students were seated in the multi-purpose room. With the help of hand, Riiana as a prefect was welcoming all the teachers on to stage, then later all of us were singing a Maori song. At the end of the POWHIRI, the teachers and some other students had to do a hongi as well. 

NSW Vs QLD

NSW had smashed Queensland from the first Origin game and the second, they are now the champion's of the "STATE OF ORIGIN" series. Queensland had shocking performance against the NSW team, when they were playing the game surprisingly NSW had took over winning the game after all. Next time I'd preferred to see the Queensland team  take place because since Johnathan Thruston,  Billy Slater, Carmen Smith  had retried I would still expect the Queensland team to try their best.

Goodbye To Jess!

Sadly Jess is leaving us for good, but hopefully she comes back. I had fun dancing with Jess because she taught me alot of hard moves. I like the choreography she taught us because it was really cool and difficult at times. We've all learned alot from her, and will all miss her. 

Another Day Of Hip Hop

Wow! Another day of  "Hip Hop". In the morning something surprisingly, shocking happened. 

 I noticed that it said on the board we had hip hop so I jumped up with excitement. When we were doing hip hop I felt a bit exhausted and tired because my group and I had to do alot of practice to get the movements right. 

I was really scared because my group and I had to dance in front of the rest of the class. Feeling nervous,  I still participated in doing the dance.  

Buddy Reading With Room 1 💥

Today we were at buddy reading with Room 1. I was with Kain working with a year 1 who was reading to us. We  asked some questions to her and Losaline had answered it really quickly. Also Losaline could sound out the words if she didn't know them as well. My favourite part about doing buddy reading is that I like teaching the year 1 students how to read the words out loud and clear.

Syndicate Assembly

On Monday we had Syndicate Assembly, hosted by Room 10 .

We sang two songs which were Aotearoa by Stan Walker and Azonto by Fuse ODG . 

The activities that we did were heads up and hip hop. 

The first game that was played was heads up. Some of the students were competing against the teachers. The second game that was played was hip hop, and students were chosen to dance to the tutorial that we did at hip hop.

My favourite game to watch was heads up because it was so funny how the teachers were acting out what the paper was labelled.

👍Soccer Interschools😃

Last week on Wednesday some students went off to represent our school for the soccer inter schools.  We played against Panmure District first and we won our game, but apparently we lost all of our other games. We still held our heads high even though we lost most of our games.

Matches Of The Games:
Panmure District- Ruapotaka School
Glen Taylor- Ruapotaka School
Stone fields-Ruapotaka School
Tamaki Primary-Ruapotaka School
Panmure Bridge-Ruapotaka School
Panmure District Team 2- Ruapotaka School

😁 "Hip Hop" 🙌

Today we had hip hop with a dance instructor. Her name was Jess. 

We had to learn some basic moves before we moved on to the harder moves(for me that is). It was quite difficult, because there were times when I could not do the moves. I tried my best though!

The choreography, which was created by Jess had these amazing, sensational moves. I was pretty puffed out and tired at the end of the session! Would I do this again? Maybe I will,  maybe I won't!

Road Safety

For the past two weeks we have been learning about road safety. 

We have been divided into 5 groups. We've been collaborating with each other and helping one another. My group and I created a slideshow to tell people how to be safe on the road!

Tips:

1. Always keep your belt on and phone off

2. Don't go over the "Speed Limits"

3. Cross using the pedestrian crossings near by!

Also make sure to always focus on the road before doing anything else!

Daily Fitness

This week Rooms 9, 10 and 12 are doing running for fitness every morning. When we started, I was really confused and annoyed at the same time. I was jogging with my buddy Vika. We had to run for 10 minutes around the senior block. Lastly when I was finished, I had to breathe through my nose and out of my mouth. What I mostly need to work on is sustaining my pace.

💧The Storm In Rotorua 😌

In Rotorua there was a big storm. Lots of rain and floods damaged about 30 houses. It was quite critical. 

The next day, rain was constantly coming down through in the night time. Luckily lots of people were moved and evacuated from the areas to safety from this awful weather!

😌 Last Week Of Term 1 😌

Link: Photo

This week I feel very satisfied because,  it's the last week of term 1!  I've been expecting this to happen because the holidays are coming up. Countless learning has been going on and I need a break from all of this schoolwork. Next term I'll be back from the holidays and ready to learn more!

😁👍Commonwealth Games ( Cycle Race Against England )😁👍

Outstanding teamwork from the New Zealand cycle team. They've worked pleasingly well with each other throughout the game. After playing against England, they've surprisingly received first place. The last Commonwealth Games they received first place as well.   

Fast Video     Commonwealth Photo

😁Syndicate Asemmbly😁

On Monday, Room 12 year 8's and year 7's hosted the Syndicate Assembly. We did a wonderful job, placing  people where they should go. It was quite challenging hosting assembly, because we had alot of people to put in places, but we still managed. 

We did a "Syndicate Got Talent" based on how much talent people can show off. Two people from each senior class had to represent their class by dancing or singing.  Overall, the winner for the talent show was, Room 9. 

We had a great time together and we were proud and happy to represent Room 12 in the assembly. 

💁 How To Be A Cybersmart Blogger 💁

What Can You Do To Be A Cybersmart Blogger ?

1.Think about what you need to do when you take more responsibility for your own actions.

Source : Smart Learners

2. Understand that whatever you do it can be tracked down by other people all over the world.

Source : Smart and Legal

3. Be safe when using online media, because you never know when you might get hacked,

but be more self aware.

Source : Smart Media

4. To consider my feelings and others.

Source : Smart Values

5.  Post something that is appropriate to what you and your family will be proud of.

Source : Smart Footprint

👍River Talks👍

Yesterday some students went off to an event called River Talks. This man talked about how the river was important for him and how it was important for the cocoon. 

Next we went to an entrance where they talked about what was going to happen.

After a while we went to a pollution station where the presenters talked about how the water was dirty and how we need to clean it up. 

Later on we went to a Cook Island item. My favourite time at the River Talks was when this man was drumming the beats of how a river travels and flows. I have learnt alot from my experience at the river talks I'm going to try to make our rivers pollution free.

👍 Creating Charity Logos At Tech 👍

Today we designed a charity logo for sports funding for people who need help with sports gear. I finally completed my assignment.  I designed my logo with some PE (Physical Exercise) items on it, like rugby balls, baseballs etc. I really like what I've made here. It captures the objective of the lesson. I hope it will make a difference to my mark.

💥 Graphics With Mr Penieda 💥

Today my group and I were working with Mr Penieda in his graphics class. We were collaborating with Saint Pius X School. 

Our task was to write the letters from our names and to add our own style. We could relate the letters to what we do in our daily life, for example playing sports, netball and touch at school 

Next Wednesday I hope we do some more creativity. I can't wait to draw,  learn and create!

👍This Week's Testing 👍

  Testing, Testing, Testing, we are now heading towards nervousness. Right? As always teachers need to find out how well we are doing in our learning and what we have learnt in the past year. Today we started off with e-asttle writing test. Next we're going to have our writing test. 

😄This Year's First Start Of 2018 😄

The first start of 2018, new start and new goals. Back from the holidays up and ready to learn. This year I am a year 8 student, currently learning new things and helping others. I was pretty happy and upset coming back to school. I wasn't too happy about coming to school but anyways I'm here now. I am really looking forward to what's going to happen this year as a year 8 student. I am very nervous and sad that it is my last year before I go to college.