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.

Madd Messenger

Last week on Friday Madd Messenger (Petia and Caroline) came to our school to talk to Rooms 11 and 12 about making positive and right choices.  They called it You Turn. Once they introduced themselves we all stood up in a circle, we had to think and make choices by moving to the left or right, forward or back. Henare called it out. When he said to move to the  left some of us moved to the right but quickly moved to the left. It helped us to think and listen about it.  Most of us laughed about it and some of us were concentrating and thinking. After listening and learning about making choices Petia drew Wonder Women.

Preventing Illness

                                    

Preventing illness

An illness is when you get sick, it can start with a cough, sneeze, sore ear, running nose, sore throats, getting germs, stepping in spit, sharing food and drinks, and being in contact with people who are sick.

You can get all sorts of illnesses like colds, coughs, flu, chicken pox, and rheumatic fever.

You can prevent these illnesses by eating healthy foods, washing your fruits and vegetables, washing your hands, using a tissue to sneeze and cough into, use a cup when sharing one bottle of water (or any drinks), drinking water, staying away from people who are sick or you stay away from people when you're sick, going to the doctors and keeping in touch with them, take days off school or work until you feel better.

An illness is different from a disease, diseases can’t be cured but treated and illnesses can.

An illness can spread from one person to another. If you don’t look after your health or control your illness it can lead to a disease like ebola which you get from others, rheumatic fever that starts off with a sore throat, chickenpox that comes anytime  and age, diabetes that you can get from eating fatty and unhealthy food or drinks.

                                                                                      

Human and Other life forms

We used a Venn diagram to compare and contrast people and plant's use of water.

Day In A Life Of A Gallipoli Soldier

The Deadliest Night (as dead as a soldier)

25th March

Dear Uncle John

Once we got to Gallipoli Peninsula the first thing we had to do was dig out 6 x 5  trenches. After digging out the trenches we were all tired and thirsty. One of my mates had a bottle of water and shared it with me and the others. Later on we all tried to sleep but all we heard was loud, banging gun shots. Only two soldiers could sleep but the rest stayed up.

It finally hit morning and the two soldiers woke up. We all sat there starving and there was only a little bit of water left. Later on we heard more gunshots so we thought we should shoot back.  We all got into our positions with our weapons. We looked at my friend Sam who counted down. We all shouted and struck back. All of a sudden we heard silence. We looked over and saw someone throwing something near our trench. BOOM! Then there was silence.

Theatre Challenge

Everyday Theatre visited Ruapotaka and we had a theatre challenge with Room 11.

We had to write a note based on the characters in the video game.

When we won against Room 11 we got a Games master badge.

Below is the note I wrote.

Dear diary,

Since Becca has my room and I sleep on the sofa in the lounge I don’t know where to hide my diary. I'm afraid that mum might find it and read it and find out that I have problems like having Brian and Becca around and about me and Jack at the carpark. (It’s as painful as not being with your family for a very long time)

Pretty Pits

Summary- Some women around the world are dying their underarms. That’s a bit unusual but hairdresser Roxie thinks that all women should do it.

Opinion-  I think that I would not like to dye my underarm a bright color and I think that it’s weird. If my family read this, they would be shocked like me.

Pink Bubble Gum Flavoured Broccoli??

Summary- Mcdonald's have created bubble-gum flavoured broccoli. It did not work exactly well. The bubble-gum flavoured broccoli was an attempt to  prove that McDonald's promotes healthy food.

Opinion-I think that it shouldn't be made for people to eat. I also know that I wouldn't taste this even if it was sold here.

My favourite Film Festival Video

Summary

My favourite Film Festival Video was made by students at Stonefields School. It’s called Lazy Boy. Lazy boy is about a young boy who sat on his couch all day doing nothing except call his mum to come all the way home from work just to get the remote which was on the table near him.

Opinion

This was my favourite video because when it comes to my little brother sitting on the couch he becomes lazy and I end up doing everything for him.  I’ll also make sure my brother watches this so he can learn not to be lazy and I can get revenge on him.

Halloween At the white house?

Summary - Some trick or treaters received their Halloween candy from a house which is usually off limits - that's right- The White House!

Opinion- I can’t believe president Obama would do something like this. I expect John Key wouldn’t do this.

See Lava?Run

Summary The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii has been erupting continuously since 1983. Usually the residents are lucky as the lava flows away from their homes, but this time it is oozing slowly their way.

The lava is moving about nine metres a day and authorities say they may have to evacuate homes in the coming week.

Opinion  I think that this is a bit scary. If I was living around there and the lava was headed my way, I would pack up and move fast!

A Leech Up Your Nose??

Summary: A 24 year old backpacker from Edinburgh, Daniela Liverani, found an unwelcome hitchhiker in her nose! The sneaky tagalong? A 3 inch leech!

Opinion:  Even though I don't know how it feels to have a leech suck your blood or be stuck up your nose, I still think that it would be creepy and disgusting.

A House Full Of Spiders??

(Summary)-  Brian and Susan filed a lawsuit against the house's previous owners, who did not make them aware of the spider problem. Jamel Sandidge, considered one of the nation’s leading Brown Recluse researchers, estimated that there was between 4500 and 6000 spiders living in the home. The spiders even paid Susan a visit in the shower, falling from the ceiling and washing down the drain as she dodged out of its way. Two pest control companies were called out to the house, but neither was able to solve the spider infestation.

(Opinion)-   I couldn't believe this when I read it. If I were them, I would have called for help or else it might’ve spread to their neighbours. Lucky for them they got it over and done with.

20 Years Of Living?

Summary

An Australian vet has performed an incredible surgery but not on any animal you would expect.

After undergoing surgery to remove a life threatening tumour from his brain, George the Goldfish is recovering well.

Opinion

I think that this is weird, but at the same time I am thankful that the fish survived. I am happy that the fish can live for another 20 years.