Term 4 Testing

On Wednesday morning room 12 and 11 had a writing test. All the year sevens went to room 11 and the all the year eights went to room 12. When our test started I was so scared that I might full behind. It finialy came to the end. 

Born In The Year Of The Rabbit

Ruapotaka Mini Olympic

On Friday 19th of August Ruapotaka school made our own Mini Olympics. It was really cool because that was the first time we had a Ruapotaka mini Olympics. We had an opening ceremony with flag bearers for each country we represented.

When we finished our opening ceremony we played our events against other countries. I was in France.

Mini Olympics - France

French forest fires threaten cities

Wildfires in southern France have forced people to flee their homes and are threatening the country's second largest city, Marseille. About 1800 firefighters are fighting the blazes and are creating a firewall to try and protect the city. Hundreds of children and adults have been evacuated from their homes in the town of Vitrolles, about 25km north of Marseille. Some homes in Vitrolles have already been destroyed.

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Close Drysdale wins gold in photo finish

Mahy Drysdale has won the men's single sculls at the Rio Olympics. The kiwi collacted our gold second medal of the Games with a dramatic photo finish victory. Drysdale went into the final as the defending Olympic champion and the title favorite. However, Croatia's Damir Martin had other plans. The Crotian led the feild by a boat length after 1000m but by the 1500m mark Drysdale was in front and he appeared to have the race under control. But a sensational burst by the Croatian seemingly beat Drysdale right on on the line. There was then a nervous wait for a minute and a half as the judges checked the photo finish – before awarding the race to Drysdale but crediting both rowers with the same time.

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World's Smelliest Flower

The world's smelliest flower has bloomed in New York and it stinks! The rare flower, a corpse flower, known for its stench, has been on display in New York. The rare plant is called the corpse flower because it smells a bit like rotting meat or sick. It's one of the biggest flowering plants on earth and can grow up to six foot as tall as a grown man. The flower usually takes 10 years from seed to first flower and after that blooms again every two to three years for just a couple of days.  The last time a corpse flower was displayed in New York was in 1939. 

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Shot put

In the morning I do my sprint drills, Then warm up circuit, also to practice my throws. I start with a low movement and then build up to a higher movement. For practicing my throws I use heavy balls for strength and light balls for speed. I had to practice my forward shot put throw x5, overhead shot put throw x5, 5 double hops, 5 backward double leg hops, and 5x20m sprints.

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My Olympic Mascot

On Friday afternoon me and my class did art and we had to make up our own mascot. My mascot represents the rings. When I drew the rings it looked boring so I added lines so it will make it look like some one is holding the rings up. 

Government To Buy $500m Ship

The government has to buy a $493 million naval tanker. The ship will be custom made for use in the Antarctica and will replace the 30 year old HMNZS Endeavour. The new ship will be used to refuel naval vessels and helicopters at sea and to supply fuel and fresh water. The new vessel will be built by the South Corine company Hyundai heavy industries and was expected for delivery in 2020. The replacement tanker will be much larger than HMNZS Endeabour and will be due to retire in 2018.

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Library cat allowed to stay

A north Texas city council has voted unanimously to rein state Browser the cat to his job as live in mascot of the city's public library. The council voted 3-0 to let Browser stay at the library two weeks after voting 2-1 to give the tabby 30 days to check out. Mayor Ron White had said he was overwhelmed with more than 1,000 messages on social media, all in support of keeping Browser on the job. 

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My Speech On The Village Of Lakepa

My speech is on lakepa. If you don't know what lakepa means it is a village in Tonga. I had to say my speech off by heart and it had to be 3 minutes long. But unfortunately my one was only2 minutes and 53 seconds. When I was presenting my speech to the class I was scared. My heart was pounding like I was running. 

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John Key Visits Fiji

The Prime Minister of New Zealand has called his trip to Fiji last week a success. John Key visited the Pacific nation and had a meeting with their Prime Minister (Frank Bainimarama). John Key said the aim of of the trip was to reset the relationship between the two countries. However, at the state banquet, Frank Bainimarama criticized the New Zealand media. He also defended the fact that he has banned some New Zealand media reporters.

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Matariki

Matariki is the Maori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Matariki is a traditionally for Maori when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the Maori New Year. For some tribes. the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year. 

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From Farm To Table (Bees)

This is the slide I was working on for a collaborative presentation. This slide is about how bees are VIPs (very important pollinators). It tells us Bees are very important to the living world.

Thank You Letter

This is a thank you letter for the chefs that came to our school.

How To Make A Blog (Using screencastify)

How to make a blog step by step.

Hello Kitty Themed Restaurant Opens

Hello Kitty Themed Restaurant Opens

The first Hello Kitty Themed restaurant has opened in Shanghai in Mainland China. The restaurant will serve cat shaped food and a drink. The cafe is split across to floors with a gift shop and huge models of the famous cat to pose next to. Most of the food and drinks in the restaurant are Hello Kitty shaped, including hamburgers, and cakes. Although this restaurant is the first one of its kind in Mainland China, a Hello Kitty restaurant already exists in Hong Kong.

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New Zealand's New Internet Cable

New Zealand is to get a second undersea internet cable link to the United states. The 14,000 km cable will be running by mid 2018. The cable will link New Zealand, the United States via Hawaii, and Australia, and would compete directly with the Southern Cross cable, which is half owned by Spark. It is expected to cost about $500 million dollars for you to use.                                                              Kiwikids News

Hide - And - Stuck

An 11 year old girl was playing hide and seek with her cousins and thought that the washing machine was a perfect place to hide in, until she found her self stuck. 

Hiding in the washing machine she kept her hidden throughout the game but after she realized the game had ended. After the game she couldn't get out her mum helped her and also her aunt but they couldn't get her out so they called 911.

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