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. 

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. 

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. 

🎉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.

MaThS tEsT?!

Today I got tested for my individual maths test. I felt very nervous since my weakest subject in school is maths. The questions confused me..maybe because my head wasn't in a good place that afternoon. 

 I would say I succeeded in finishing what I could. Let's hope I did improve, if I didn't. Who knows if I'll carry on learning!

Coronavirus Disease Spreading Globe?

A number of cases involving coronvirus has been spreading around. As you all know coronavirus is a big current topic at the moment. Many countries have been affected by this disease like China, Italy, Europe etc. Recently 4-5 cases in New Zealand have been confirmed and has the New Zealand citizens shocked. Resulting in them buying a lot of medication. 

Some things to help you not have the virus is wash your hands more often, stay clean, hydrate yourselfs and be safe. Most importantly make sure you cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing. You never know when util you have it. 

TRIP To Hamlin's Hill?!!

Last Friday the year 8's and 7's had the opportunity to observe and search for pests/traps at the Hamlin's Hill mountain. We saw many extraordinary landscapes and discovered a lot about how to trap pests. The most factual thing I learnt was, our animals are transported from 

different countries. Example: rabbits. 

For me this trip was important because it's good to learn about animals/pests and how we can keep our communtiy & area safe. Thank you Frazer for this opportunity!

Fresh Start For 2020 - BLOG Profile🌞

Malo e lelei, my name is Limiteti and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. I’m a year 8 attending Ruapotaka Primary School and my teacher is Mrs. Cardoza. 

I have four siblings in total and my culture is full Tongan. My most liked subject in school is history because it’s fascinating to research about the past world. For my hobby, I enjoy multiple things but my most favorite is probably investigating/prediciting the future. 

Growing up I had many aspirations like being a teacher or someone who owned a bakery store. I’m still confused and lost of what I want to pursue when I’m older but, I strongly want to be someone who takes care of animals or keeps them safe. 

Some goals I want to accomplish during this year is getting accepted into a good college and improving my knowledge and grades. It will be tough as a year 8 but in the end, I hope focusing on my work is worth it.  I can't wait to see what 2020 has to offer, thank you for reading my blog profile.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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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!

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! 

The Last Volleyball Lesson With Renee

Every Tuesday some classes learn to play volleyball with "Coach Renee". I learnt a lot of things from volleyball. I learnt how to spike, how to do an overarm and other amazing things. On the last day of volleyball with Renee we played volleyball games such as, elimination, tournament and ''Girls V.S Boys". Room 10 decided to do tournament for the first game. Girls V.S Boys and the tournament together for the second game. Finally for the last game we play elimination. My team for volleyball was a very good team. We won the whole match. It was a great time. It was very sad to leave volleyball because I had a fascinating time learning how to play because, ever since my sister played volleyball. I always wanted to learn how to play.

 I had an amazing lesson, learning how to play volleyball with Coach Renee!