Kayaking T4!

This Friday the Y7's & 8's planned a trip to Werowhite Water for kayaking. This would count as my second time kayaking. What did I enjoy? There were many things we did. Some I thought of as dangerous but it's alright. I enjoyed when I on purpose fell into the water. It was probably my biggest regret that but I'd do it again...but better. 

My First Day Back At School/ T4

Wow, the last term for 2020. It's going to be a very hectic term as the year 8's will be going off to college. It was normal as usual and I'd say it went well. My friends and I catched up on our long conversations. Ending off the day, I realised that time goes by very fast. 

Māori Language Week! 🇳🇿

 This week is Māori Language Week. During this week I learnt about the interesting myths and legends about the Māori history. Hopefully everyone tried their best to learn something/new things about this culture. I enjoyed this week a lot because on Friday the Y7's & Y8's performed a haka for the outro of Room 6's assembly. 

Technology: Control // T3W9

During this term my group exchanged classes. So now we'll be doing "Control". Specifically this week we tried out this quiz game. Basically you have a time limit and in that time limit, you have to select the correct dots that relate to the mbot (the machine you see on the picture)

Here is my best score that I got while playing this game.

Researching About Sleep

For inquiry Room 7 are researching and learning about sleeping. Sleeping is a daily thing we all use in our lifes and is apart of our priority. We divded into groups and found out lots of facts and information to use in our shared slideshow. One interesting statement I thought suprised me was when I researched about "Why we move in our sleep?". 

When sleeping our brainstem (the side of brain connecting to your spinal cord) sends signals to weaken muscles which move your body. These muscles are being hypnotized by the brainstem which makes your body controlled by the brainstem. *Let's hope that makes sense*

Tongan Language Week! 🇹🇴

Happy Tongan Language Week!! As today is the second to last day of Tongan Language Week, I hope everyone had a great experience learning this culture.  We couldn't really celebrate as much since of Covid-19 but it doesn't mean we cannot celebrate it. I saw many sight seeing posts of people performing a tau'olunga and many more. 

Ko ha uike fakaʻofoʻofa ʻeni! (English Translation: It was a great week)

Kiwi Kids News- Auckland Zoo Has A NEW RHINO?!

Auckland Zoo is celebrating the birth of its first baby rhino in 20 years- a healthy female delivered. To follow the new arrival, Auckland Zoo is running a competition to name the new rhino. If you'd like to enter the competition: Visit the Auckland Zoo website for many more details. 

Back To School After Lockdown...

During W4 in 2.5% of that week, Auckland went into lockdown alert level: 3. When students went back home after school, it was annouced that we were going back into lockdown again. I was VERY shocked to hear but also happy. 

Now that we're back in school...I've realised I should've enjoyed my lockdown while it lasted. I've spent many days waking up late and took that for granted. If we ever go back into lockdown again, I'll be sure to never regret anything. 

The Book "Guts" by Raina Telgemeier

Guts written by Raina Telgemeier. 

When I first started to read this book, it caught my attention by how the sickness in the book is similar to Covid-19. It was really intriging to see how you don't know what others life consist of = their background. Made me realise that even if someone if being mean to you, they might be fighting their own battles. I think the title "Guts" symbolises that the 'bully' in the story had GUTS to confront her victim, what she was honestly suffering from. 

Auckland Goes Back To Alert Level 3? - Kiwi Kids News

Starting from Wednesday noon Auckland will be going into lockdown after finding four new Covid cases. The four cases all come from members of a single family but none had travelled oversea recently. The rest of New Zealand has been placed into Alert Level 2.

Picasso Half Faces For Art !!

For art Ms. Mitchell taught us about picasso half faces. She put artworks from other students showing one face but halved with different colours. It was kind of like an illusion. Here's an example of what the artworks looked like: 

I enjoyed doing this type of art because even if you made a mistake, they'd be no problem since it doesn't matter in the end. The techniques I used with colouring in was blending in two colours making them fade in to another. 

Cook Island Language Week! 🇨🇰

 As you may know this week was Cook Island Language Week. Students from R8 performed a song they prepared for the assembly. People who were that culture dressed in their traditional clothes. Hopefully everyone learned information about the Cook Islands. 

Netflix; Pandemic Series

Yesterday Room 1 & 7 collaborated on watching a Netflix series = the pandemic. During today we wrote down as many important factual statements we should know about the virus. Some questions were difficult but together we managed to do perfectly fine. 

What I noticed through the show is that the things we already knew about, we detailed so well...I understood more than before. It reminded me that this virus is nothing new even as it's not extremly deadly. Though our safety rules still apply to New Zealand, considering we're in L1! 

First Day Back At School ll T3

We are now in term 3, halfway through the year. My holidays were the best so far and I enjoyed it so much I wanted to pretend being sick. The first day went well but I would say, it did feel weird considering how much change has happened within the holidays. 

My goals for this term is to be more focused on my learning since college applications are starting. So much will be occuring this term so I'll try my bestest to achieve the goals this term before it's too late. Wish me luck! 

LAST Day Of Term 2!

Today is the last day of school for term 2! Since it was mufti day, it was very exciting and weird to see everyone wear their normal clothes to school. Room 7 had shared lunch...of course the food was SOOO delicious. 

As many dreadful things happened throughout this year, let's hope term 3 will be filled with more fun and intriging activities + learning. Good on me & other students for making it through another
 term 2020! I'm proud of you. 

Volleyball Competition!!

This Thursday the Y8's & Y7's competed the teachers at Ruapotaka School to a game of volleyball. It was very nervracking but I had a great time. 

The girls played the first round and the boys played the last round. Overall we became a draw. Next time I want to

improve on not being scared of the ball if it isn't close to me. 

Last Day Of Tech: W12 T2

Since this week is the last week of school for Term 2, this is our last day of technology. I completed a good amount of work over these few weeks and hopefully I get to continue my piece, when Term 3 begins. Through this process, I learnt many things about pewter casting. It was a cool experience!

Kiwi Kids News - Matariki

Matariki is the Maori New Year, mostly known for when cluster's of stars (Seven Sisters) appear in the sky. Through winter to April, the stars begin to dispear. We can celebrate Matariki in many different ways. Spending time with family & sharing stories about it's history.

Cybersmart - Reflecting On The Magic In Lockdown

Today I reflected on the magic I found in lockdown this year. As today was the last day for Ms. Collins it was very saddening as she taught us many experiences with quality comments etc.

🎉HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY TO RUAPOTAKA

Today marks Ruapotaka School's 66TH BIRTHDAY!! This school was welcomed to the community in 1954. I can't believe this school has been around over these past years. 

Ruapotaka school celebrated today with a huge chocolate cake. The youngest & eldest students in the school had the opportunity to cut a piece of cake.