KAYAKING 2019!!

Today my class had a surprise to transport to Wero Whitewater Park and experience kayaking. I was overwhelmed with excitment because I've always wanted to see what it felt like rowing. 

We arrived at the destination, from there we prepared ourselves for the kayaking lesson. One of the instructors taught us the two main actions we should know about kayaking. After all the confusion, it was time to kayak around the area. 

The hardest part during kayaking was paddling forwards because, sometimes your boat would turn a different direction randomly. Other than that I had an amazing time kayaking with my class! 

Starting Our Pieces...

Today at tech we started to create another design but only making our pieces for our game. All I did was simply ctrl+c to copy the shape, & ctrl+v to paste the shape onto a new platform. Next I decided to produce a new game using tinkercad again. 

During the process of making my new game, I found out how to draw things using the scribble effect. I drew many things like animals, shapes, food etc. Liza and I had a competition to see 

who was the best artist. 

Kiwi Kids News- COUNTDOWN TO STOP SELLING ENERGY DRINKS TO CHILDREN?!

New Zealand super market Countdown, has announced there will be an age restriction for drinking energy drinks. Starting from September, people will need to be 16 and over to purchase an energy drink.

Energy drinks are not recommended for minor children as this move had an amount of support. Many are suggesting the government should bring in more responsible rules.

Research from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand shows that energy drinks have less than three percent of overall caffeine. What are your opinions?

Kiwi Kids News- Police Issued Eviction Notices On Protesters Living At Ihumatao??

Auckland police have issued eviction notices to protesters living at Ihumatao. Ihumatao is a small settlement in South Auckland that has deep strong spiritual and cultural significance to New Zealand.

The dilemma at Ihumatao has been going on for years. An extensive building company wants to benifeit their land to build houses. 

A group called SOUL has been living on the land preserving it: stopping the building development.

This latest move by the council and police is an attempt to sort out the situation. Enabling the housing process to begin.

Back To... GRAPHICS!!💻

Yesterday at graphics we started to plan our ideas using Tinkercad. Before we could move on to designing, we had to make a google presentation of how we made our pieces.

For my first design, I made a pineapple using two shapes. It wasn't that difficult but, when coming to rotating the shape I needed a lot of help. Ms. Furgerson taught me how to rotate a shape. Thank you to her, now I know a lot more. 

Here is a preview of what I'm doing for graphics :)

I'm still carrying on with this presentation.

Kiwi Kids News- Name Change For Lake Tekapo?

New Zealand's most popular lake, Lake Tekapo is in for a name change. The reason being is because we have been spelling Tekapo incorrectly. 

Mackenzie District Deputy Mayor, James Leslie says the lake's name is meaningless and the local council supports a change.

It's not exactly clear when the spelling for Takapo became "Tekapo". Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu says his tribe, whose traditional land have a hold within the lake. Places huge importance in place names and is to have them written and pronounced correctly!

Baking With ME!!

This Sunday I baked a vanilla & chocolate cake with the help from my mother. Before we could start the process, I had to prepare all the ingredients that were required in order to begin.

First Cake: Vanilla

 There were a ton of easy steps that I had to do so, I didn't really have that much of a struggle. During baking the cake,it was very tough to whisk the batter since our electric mixer was broken. 

Next Up: Chocolate

I always save the best for last. The instructions for the chocolate cake were highly complicated. Maybe because it's the best flavour..? 

Finally at last the cakes were all done. I coated the two cakes with frosting and enjoyed our creation.  I had great feedback, probably my job should be a hometown bakery person? 

Tamaki Estuary Clean Up..

Thank you to Frazer and his team for including Ruapotaka School on a trip to Tamaki Estuary, to pick up rubbish around the area. 

Doing this will save our environment by creating a healthy and fresh place. This also helps by saving the animals by providing fresh water and clean nature.

My partners were Lolo and Maddy. A lot a plastic were seen lying in certain places.  

What I thought was interesting was when I found an empty beer bottle stuck in between a tree curve. It was an definetly experiencing trip to participate in.  Remember when you see rubbish floating around, pick it up!

GOING RAFTING!!

Last week on Friday we had the chance to experience rafting at Wero Whitewater Park. Before going on the trip, everyone had a notice taken home consisted of the things we needed for rafting. 

Rafting was difficult as you would have to paddle your raft backwards. I didn't understand how to do it. Thank you to my instructor (Jay) for giving us a moment to pause. Besides that, the most appealing part for me was going down the bumps while standing up. I had a superior and fun time!

The Start To Making 3D Games! -Graphics

This week for graphics we drew four designs that had 3D things to make it. First we were given a large paper and with that paper, we had to fold twice and start designing our 3D games.

Out of all the designs I drew today, my favourite design would probably be the chess board game. The chess board game would be my favourite because each chess piece are animal emojis. I was inspired by Miss Ferguson's emoji chess board game drawn on the whiteboard because she changed her pawns into poo emojis.

Goodbye Rippa Rugby!

It has come to the end of rippa rugby. I was incredibly curious about what was going to happen next. Rippa rugby was a fun event to participate in and made everyone work as a team and interact more.

During rippa rugby I learnt some things like remembering to hold the ball with two hands instead of one. I had an extremely superior time and I thank Coach Corey for his time and effort for introducing us to rippa rugby! Thank you. next

The Beginning of Graphics!

Today was the start to a new class at Tech since cooking class for my group is finished. Now for Tech we have Miss Ferguson and she will be teaching us graphics.

Our first session for graphics was to create a google drawing and import all of our favourite things as "png images". It was fascinating because looking at my friends google drawings, you could already tell which is their favourite.

Through the process I had a super great time learning graphics and I can't wait for today.

Teachers Go On Strike!

Yesterday primary and secondary teachers go on strike for a better pay and the conditions of teaching. 50,000 teachers went on strike and some failed to turn up to school. Around 750,000 students weren't being taught while strike was happening.

A number of teachers protested through the main cities, regarding a better deal of their payment from the government. The government offered teachers a 3 percent pay rise for the next three years. Teachers across the country believe that is not enough.

In my opinion teachers going on strike is important because in the next five or six years there might not be anymore teachers available. Without teachers there would be no one to teach the students about education.

New Zealand Teachers Are Going On Strike?

Tomorrow primary and secondary teachers across New Zealand are going on strike. They will all be combined and will have a "MEGA strike" held on 29th May.

The joint strike will be the largest business action taken in New Zealand. Involving 50,000 teachers from primary and secondary. Both groups have been unable to agree with the government for her new deal for payment.

What are your opinions on the mega strike tomorrow?

Goodbye Cooking Class!☹️

Today was our last day with Mrs Tuipolotu for cooking class. I was extremely sad because I learnt so many things during cooking class and now, finally I can cook for my family. For our last day at cooking class we cooked chocolate muffins.

The instructions were clear and simple which made me not as anxious that much. The hardest part in the process was folding the ingredients but not mixing it. Agueer taught me out to fold all of the ingredients inside the bowl. Now I know how to fold.

Finishing results amazed me because they turned out DELICIOUS! In the picture the green and purple cupcake liners are Agueer's cupcakes and the pink and yellow liners are mine. To top our beautiful muffins, we had the chance to whip whip cream on one of our muffins.

As soon as I tasted the chocolate muffin it was the best thing I've tasted at cooking class. It was the perfect meal to end off cooking class. 

Football Interschool 2019

On Wednesday some year 5/6 boys, and year 7/8 girls were chosen for soccer and to compete with other schools at Point England Reserve. The first school Ruapotaka played against was Panmure District which came all the way from Mt. Wellington.

The year 5/6 boys won two games while the year 7/8 girls came a tie in three games and lost 5 games. At break we mostly ate chocolate, lollies and a lot of unhealthy junk food. It was a fun experience to go football inter school.

Back To Cooking!

Today was term 2 week 1 of Tech. I was very excited to see what we'll be cooking for this week. For Tech this week we cooked ''Potato Salad with Ham and Egg.'' It was a new experience of food tasting and it was incredibly delicious. 

The hardest part in the process was chopping the vegetables, as what it said on the whiteboard. Agueer and I had a really tough time but we managed to push through the pain. 

Ruapotaka ANZAC Assembly 2019

Last term on Friday, Ruapotaka School had a special ANZAC service to remember the soldiers who fought in the Gallipoli war. Someone students wore their poppy that they bought with their $1 coin.

Each class created their own ANZAC presentation to represent ANZAC. Room 12's presentation was full of poppies to support the soldiers who lost their lives on the poppy field. It was a very emotional day for everyone.

Kiwi Can Session

Today Ruapotaka School had the opportunity to meet the Kiwi Can Company. Our Kiwi Can tutors for this week were Miss Tuia and Mrs Mac.

We have a theme and topic for each week throughout the term. This week our theme was integrity and our topic was honesty. 

Integrity - Being honest

Honesty - Telling the truth

We did three activities with Kiwi Can. Overall my favourite activity was Changes because I was most honest in that game. I was glad that I had a super time. I had a great experience with Kiwi Can and I can't wait until next week!

Jacinda Ardern And Prince William Visit Christchurch Mosque

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Prince William flew to Christchurch to meet the victims who survived and families. Prince William met about 160 survivors and family members at the Mosque.

Prince William talked about how Christchurch and New Zealand's feedback to the shooting was an example to inspire the world. He thanked the work of emergency staff, especially the police and hospital staff.

Overall it was respectful and kind of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Prince William, to visit the victims and families of the horrifying incident.

Checklist Link. 

Sam Verlinden Visits Ruapotaka School

Yesterday Ruapotaka School had a special guest to visit Ruapotaka School called Sam Verlinden. He talked about how reading helped him to be a musical artist. At the duffy assembly he spoke about how he wanted to be smarter than a boy at his school.

To increase his intelligence, he decided to read books everyday to learn new words. I was very interested to see what his music is like. Sam Verlinden encouraged us that with reading you can get really interesting professions.

Checklist Link 

Fruit Kebab!

This week at Tech we made fruit kebabs! Creating the fruit kebabs was an easy step to follow because all we had to do was slice all our fruit and insert them onto a stick.

We had to cut the fruits in a particular direction to make it easier to eat from the stick. The fruits were very vibrant so I was full of excitement to eat the fruit kebab.

Tasting the grapes made my mouth sour and juicy. Faye and I did a superb job making the fruit kebabs. I can't wait until we cook next week!

What A Sweet Meal!

Today for cooking class we cooked sweet and sour pork. I was extremely excited to cook this dish because it's something we've never cooked before.

Mixing the colourful vegetables with the pork reminded me of the cooking shows on television. The finishing results made my jaw open wide. I was shook. 

If we hadn't used the pineapple sauce, I don't think our dish would've been delicious!

The Year 7's Host The Syndicate Assembly 2019!

Last Monday the year 7's from Room 12 hosted the syndicate assembly. I was very nervous because I had no idea how to produce a syndicate assembly but I wanted to take part in it. In the assembly my part was telling the prefects to come up to do their job. 

Well done to Kotipi and Madisyn for receiving a certificate for their hard work in class. In the end I was proud of the syndicate assembly that the year 7's worked together on!

Food Is Delicious!💛

Today at Tech we cooked chop suey.  I was thrilled to cook chop suey because now I can see what the process my dad has to go through when he cooks it.

The finishing results surprised me because Agueer and I did an amazing job for cooking chop suey for our first time! When I ate the chop suey it fizzled in my mouth, making my mouth very oily. 

Great Work Agueer And Joanlisi!

Room 10 was taking the lead at this week's syndicate assembly. The syndicate assembly was introduced very smoothly which made me even more overjoyed to watch it. First up were the students who have been working hard in their classroom. Well done to Joanlisi and Agueer for receiving a certificate!


Then it was time for the activity. The activity was musical chairs. For this game in particular only the prefects and the teachers had to participate. I was cheering for everyone on stage but mostly for my class. Surprisingly it ended up being Frank winning the game. Good job Frank!

Cooking Fritata With Kumara!

This week the entire cooking class groups cooked Fritata with Kumara. To begin our task we had to
cut our onion and let it boil until it was tender.

Following that I had to peel the Kumara skin with a peeler and use the cheese grater. The finishing
results surprised me because it was similar to scrambled eggs.

Faye and I halved the Fritata Kumara into equal pieces. When I took a bite out of my piece, my mouth became oily and crackly. What a delicious meal!

Macaroni & Cheese

It is now week five of Tech at Tamaki College. I have been very excited during cooking classes this term. For cooking class today the year 7's cooked macaroni and cheese.

During the process of cooking the macaroni and cheese, the macaroni was easier than cooking the sauce which was actually really confusing. The results for our macaroni and cheese was rated the cheesiest and best!

Checklist Link

Wonderful Meat Patties!

This Wednesday at cooking class all of the year 7's had to cook one specific meal while the year 8's cooked a divergent meal. For this cooking lesson my partner was Agueer and we did a pretty superior job.

For cooking the year 7's were to cook meat patties. I was full of excitement because I now know how to dice vegetables and use a stove. In times gone by our spectacular meat patties were ready to be set on a plate. 

Learning Electricity Science

On Tuesday last week Ruapotaka School had a guest from Vector to teach us all about how electricity is created and what electricity does when we use it.

When we use electricity it can be quite expensive to pay for but I found a cheaper way to use electricity using solar panels. The way it works is when the solar panels are on your roof or where the sun is reflecting on the solar panels, the sun shines through the solar panels and that's what makes the electricity functioning.

Another Scrumptious Cooking Lesson!

This is the second week at Tamaki College for Tech, and so far I have been enjoying cooking lessons with Mrs Tu'ipulotu. For this week my cooking partner is Faye.

During the development of cooking I learnt how to cut vegetables professionally and, I also learnt how to boil water using a stove. Once our meal was finished cooking, Faye served our scrumptious dish into separate bowls so that we could eat. Our meal looked like mashed potatoes but, we had cooked vegetable soup!

An Amazing Duffy Show!

  On Monday this week, Ruapotaka School had an opportunity to watch a Duffy show about, how Duffy's cousin (Sam) was too busy playing games when, Duffy wanted to play together like the old times.

I estimate the moral of the show or story was that, people shouldn't always play on their games everyday because, there are other and better things to do other than playing video games all day. I had a fantastic time watching the Duffy Show!

Cooking Class At Tamaki College!

Today was the start of Tech of 2019. For Tech my group is doing cooking classes with Mrs Tuipulotu. In this picture you can see Sione and I, holding chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate sauce on top.  

Making the pancakes was really nerve-racking because we didn't want to mess up our lovely pancakes. In the process of cooking the chocolate chip pancakes, Sione and I learnt that it's all about teamwork if we want to create the best dishes in history. 

Our First Assembly of 2019 With Our New Principal!

Today was Ruapotaka Schools first assembly of 2019. It was the first time our newest principal Mrs Hamilton is taking the lead for assembly. 

During summer times Mrs Hamilton spoke about being in this sweaty weather. We should drink water, so our body isn't dehydrated. It may cause a bad headache. Congratulations to the new prefects of 2019! 

Back To Learning

It is now 2019. I am looking forward to this year because with Mrs Golder and Mr Reid's help, I can achieve my goals and work harder. 

Through this year I might not know the answers to everything but I will try my best to succeed. I hope I have improved my knowledge this year to be better than before!