Sport Day At Tamaki College For The Year Eights!

As soon as the bell rang we spent around 10 minutes doing some work before we headed off to Tamaki college. We heard the speaker "Can the Year eights who are going to Tamaki College please come up to the office quickly" said Mrs Vickers we looked at each other with excitement and walked up to the office. We saw the Tamaki College van which we used to go to Tamaki. Once we got to the College we stood in a long nice line and waited patiently. We saw Mrs Shortland who came with us to the College, she wrote our names on a tag with a colour on it. we got spilt up into different coloured groups which represent Tamaki college houses. The deputy principal introduced herself and organised us into our teams we spent all day at Tamaki playing sport in our teams that we were put in. We came to school with a positive attitude and big smiles on our face that showed that we all had a fun and exhausting day playing with people who are gonna be year nines in 2016 at Tamaki College.

Hafoka Family Reunion 2015

 

The day that the Hafoka family reunited again was the best day ever!

On the 11th of october my family from America, Australia, Tonga, Christ Church came to my Church for the Family Reunion. After church we all gathered at the hall and waited for more people to come. Each family got to perform a Tongan dance. The money that people put on the people who danced got put in a box to save for our family  T-shirts.

We all had a big feed that us first cousins organised for the parents and kids, for the kids we used zip lock  bags for lollies, chips and treats. When everyone was here my aunt introduced herself “Good evening everyone I hope you have had a good day, my name is Sela Leka Hafoka I will be updating you with everything and telling you our family tree.”

Sailor the Puffer Fish came to Ruapotaka!

On Thursday Ruapotaka was very lucky to have Sailor the Puffer Fish come and teach us about asthma. We learnt heaps about asthma and how to prevent it. We learnt how to use inhalers and what kind of inhalers actually help us breathe easily. We all had fun singing, laughing and of course learning about asthma. We thanked Sailor the Puffer Fish for coming to our school!

Cross Country!

Imagine running 4 times around the block non stop! It would be tiring right! Room 12 on Wednesday the 16th of September ran 4 times  around the block for cross country.

Waiting for the Juniors to finish patiently and nervously for our turn. “Room 12” said Miss Ginders, and we all looked at each other fearfully. Once we heard Miss Ginders say  “Ready, Set, Go,” we all ran to the gate and around the block

After running four times around the block we were all tired but relieved that we were finished.  All students ran their hardest and tried to come 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Talent Quest

In Term three in week 8 Room 12 hosted this week's assembly. Our theme for Room Twelve's assembly was a Talent Quest. Some students from the senior block had to perform. All the students had fun and tried their very best to beat the best.

Making Origami Flowers

 
Every Friday Room 12  makes different origami. I used a red paper for a rose and green and purple paper for Kusudama flower. I watched some youtube videos for ideas. Some of us completed butterflies, dinosaurs, flowers, dogs, dresses and bows. At the end of the day some of the students who already finished their origami got to take a photo. We all had fun learning how to make easy and cool origami.

Making Daffodils

On Friday Room 12 got to make Paper Daffodils for Daffodil Day. We all worked on it for a couple of hours. We all got a yellow, orange and green paper. We had a choice of either  working in a group or individually. We all tried our best to make the best daffodil and we made it to show our respect to all the people who have cancer.