Cooking Class

today in class we made hotcake or pancakes what ever you call them. Me and Olivia made some lovely pancakes. Some were burnt some where perfect.

My One

Olivia's

Anzac Day

Anzac Day

25th of April is the day for all the soldiers who fought for their countries and lost their lives. This day for me is a day to honour and respect all those men who gave up their lives to fight for our country. We support them by wearing poppies for a remembrance for the men and women who survived WW1. 

What I've Learnt In Science

For the pass 8 weeks I've learnt more then I thought I would about earthquakes and volcanoes forming on earth. It's hard to keep up with all the steps but its easier when you put your head into it. 

I've also learnt about the layers of the earth and what happens in every single layer.

R.I.P Aunty Siololupe Piei

Sunrise: 12.05.1964
Sunset: 22.10.2017

Getting a early call in the morning well I'm sleeping was so suspicious. Finding out that it was my mums sister in law that was calling and telling us to rush to the hospice. My mind filled with worry and fear hoping that everything was fine. Strolling down the corridor with silence surrounding me causing me to hear little drips of water. Hearing my cousin crying her eyes out caused me to tear up as well. I walked silently into the room with tears running down my cheeks.

We were all told that Siolo couldn't talk but she could still hear what everyone was muttering. Waiting for the news was so scary but in my mind I knew that it was going to be her last breaths today. I sat next to her bed holding her hand and talking to her. I was telling her that everyone will miss you very much. They will miss your smile, your laugh and especially your face. I could see her tears running down her face, so I gently wiped it with a tissue. I also told her that I was the luckiest person in my family to celebrate my birthday with her before she went.

#❤Miss you aunty😭
Good Bye Siololupe Piei Telefoni. R.I.P till we meet again.

Daily Fitness

Cross Country is coming up and we have already started to run around the streets for our daily fitness. I always huff and puff while I'm running down and up the hills. Whenever I run round the corners and see the teachers staring at the students it just gives me goosebumps all over my arm and at the same time I try my hardest not to stop. We have to run 2 laps around the block. The first lap was not that tiring but my second one was so hard. I am trying to get used to it. 

Our New Rotaion

At tech we were rotated to another class which was wood work.The first thing Mr Grundy said before we went in the class was, "This is a dangerous class and we have to act two years older than we are."

We had to sit on a stool and listen to our teacher explain what we were dealing with. It was glass. So he showed us what to not do and what to do. The one thing you should not do is to glide your finger across the side of the glass that you have just cut a minute ago. You'll cut your hand and you  will start bleeding and there will be a big mess.

We  decorated twelve different designs on a piece of paper. We had to finish all the designs before moving on to making our glass project.

Orienteering

Yesterday was a terrific day for orienteering. Even though the weather didn't turn out as I expected I still enjoyed it anyway. Once I collected my piece of paper and map I set off looking for controls. It was so tiring for me because I was running from one control to another. As I was running I felt a slight bit of chill so that slowed me down. As soon as I finished I casually made my way to Mr Leon and waited for the rest of my class mates to finish their courses. 

Our Pasifika Study Performance

Today at our special assembly every class performed an item based on Tonga and Samoa. Every class had different performances. Room 1 and 4 performed a traditional Samoan dance called a 'Sāsā'. Followed by Room 5 who presented a song called 'Le Aute'. The most interesting performance was Room 6's. They performed a Catwalk where the students were partnered with each other into girl with a boy. Some of the girls were wearing a puletaha(Tongan), some were wearing a puleetasi(Samoan). The boys were wearing a sote and a tupenu tide with a gafa. 

We sang a song called 'How Far I'll Go' from the movie Moana. I was so nerves that I started to stare at the floor throughout the whole song. I enjoyed every bit from the beginning to the end.

Room 10's Syndicate Assembly

Yesterday after lunch we had to go to the multipurpose room for our syndicate assembly. It was Room 10's turn to host. They had two children from each class who had to go up and answer questions about Tonga and Samoa and they were being quizzed on their knowledge  of Pasifika studys. Mika and Lupe went up to represent Room 12 and Tupouseini and Izabella were representing Room 11. Malia and Liza represented Room 10 and Sione and Kotipi represented Room 9. Mika and Lupe showed a lot of factual knowledge while Room 11 were trying their hardest to answer most of the questions. 

🥛 National Milk Day 🥛

Today is a odd but exciting day for for me it's National Milk Day! Since it's National Milk Day our teacher decided to take photos of all of us drinking our milk. We are so lucky to have milk at school. We get milk from the Fonterra Factory. Sometimes I don't like milk but I drink it because its very good for our muscles, bones, and our health. We should always drink milk.

🍳Our Last Time In Cooking Class🍳

Wednesday 17th of May was our last day at Cooking class. We then had to move to a different class called Graphics.
For our last day in cooking we cooked blueberry muffins. We had to mix the dry ingredients in a big bowl and the wet ingredients in a small bowl. Then we had to mix the dry and wet ingredients together.
The second to last step was  to pour the mixture evenly into paper muffin cups and bake for 15 minutes.
The last and finial step was to enjoy the yummy and delicious cup cake we made.

🍴Food Tech🍴

On Wednesday we were going to tech for the first time in term 2. The year 8s had food tech and the year 7s had wood tech. Our teacher for food tech was Mrs Tuipulotu. We made Oreo truffles covered with shredded coconuts and melted chocolate drizzled on top.

The first thing we had to do to make the oreo truffles was to crush the oreos and mix it together with coconut cream. Then you mix and mix until you see that the mixture is hard enough to roll into little balls. After you've rolled it into little balls you then have to cover it with shredded coconuts and pop it in the ice. While the truffles are in the ice you have to melt the chocolate and pour it on top of the truffles.

Our First Duffy Assembly

Today was our first Duffy assembly. Two men came over to our school to talk about how reading is important and how far it can take you. The two men names were Henry and Robert Rakete. Robert Rakete was the person that was talking to us. He asked us if our rooms were clean or dirty. Some people said that their rooms where dirty some people said that their rooms were clean. He told us that he had a son that was year at and was told to clean his room two times. So Robert Rakete went to his sons room and started to clean. When he was cleaning the book shelf he found his favorite book he liked when he was young. He lade back on his sons bed and began to read the book. While he was reading hes son came home and then he told him to clean the rest.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Three weeks ago, on Wednesday 9th of November 3, some of Room 12 students made a quick short video called The Focuser. The video is mainly about how the students focus on their work at school. There are 8 students from Room 12 who are in the video. There is also a bottle full of water and on that bottle is a label that says The Focuser. 

👉Enjoy the video👈

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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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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