Culture Groups!

Every Friday everyone from years 5 - 8 go to their culture groups to practice their traditional dances. There are four groups and they are Tonga, Samoa, Maori and Cook Island. I'm in the Tongan group.

We are doing two dances. One is called the Sipi Tau. The Sipi Tau is the rugby league haka for The Mate Maa Tonga Rugby League Team.
The other dance is Kailao. The Kailao is a warrior stick dance that tells what happened in World War II. My favorite dance is the Kailao because it shows how strong and fierce we are.

Movie Film Festival

On Wednesday we went to the film festival and we watched movies that other people from other schools made. We also made a movie as well and I enjoyed making It. My favourite movie was Be Friendly by Pt England because it had a great message in it and was very entertaining.

The Stick Game!(developer by Solomone)

Last week on Friday we played a game called the stick game. This was a game that I developed well we were doing a cloze comprehension about cave dwellers. Our WALT was to Imagine you are the child of a cave-dweller. I had to explain to them about what game me and my friends played in our cave on very cold, wet days. we had to use the guidelines below to help us brainstorm our ideas. When I finished creating a game we played it and enjoyed it.

1. Equipment:
Stick

2. How Many People you need:
3 - 10

3. How to play:
Spin the stick.

4. How to win:
If the stick points to you then you win.

Enjoy The Game!

Drawing! (Tech)

Today we arrived at Tamaki Collage and we are doing graphics. Graphics is drawing and things related to art. We were put into groups. One of the St.Pius students did a prayer for us to thank the lord/god for giving us this day.

Afterwards we start drawing our names in a graffiti or 3rd style. I picked lots of styles for different letters in my name. I did lots of graffiti letters because it looked so cool. It was so fun!

Buddy Reading With Room 1!

This term we have buddy reading everyday. Buddy reading is when you read to someone or they read to you.

We read with Room 1 and my buddy was Eve. The book we read was Where's Tim. When I was reading with Eve she had a very clear voice and she was pointing to the words so that she knows where she is reading. She was very good at trying to sound out the words she didn't know.

Afterwards I asked her questions that started with who, what, when, where, why, how did and other questions related to that.

After that we stopped and Mrs Pederson asked us what question we ask to our buddy. My question was where did she find Tim. It was fun reading with Room 1.

Manaiakalani

Yesterday on Wednesday we went to the Manaiakalani Film Festival at the movie theater.  We went by bus there. Everyone was so excited to go watch there films that they made. When we got there we had to wait for a little.

When we were inside we waited for the other schools to go because they finished watching the films. When we went in we got told where to sit and to sit with. When it started the lights turned off and it was very dark. 

When the movie started I got excited. Our movie was 2nd to start. After watching all the movies we went back to school. I really enjoyed it and it's sad it had to end.

😥School Holidays Are Over😢

It was fun in the holidays because I can sleep in and play games every night and evening, but since holidays are now over I cant sleep in anymore or play games in the middle of the night like I always do, but since school is back kids and students are now back to school, working and learning.

 But since I am back at school I can finally work and learn about new things that I haven't known already. I am really happy that I'm back to school because I miss doing maths, reading and writing everyday. That's why I love going to school.

Technology(Graphics!)

Today we went to Tamaki Collage for graphics. Our teacher was Mr Pineda. So first we did a little prayer before we start drawing so we can thank the lord for giving us this day. After the prayer Mr Pineda told us to finish off our restaurant.

 Mr Pineda handed out sheets that have our restaurant drawings on it. When we were done finishing off our restaurants I started drawing goku with Katrina. After that we went back to school.

Graphics Drawing(Technology)

13/9/17
Today at graphics we were with Mr Pineda doing graphics. Before we started we did a little prayer first to thank god for giving us this day. After the prayer we talked about how do we feel about graphics. We did a brainstorm about how we feel about doing graphics. We titled the doc graphics exceptions. After doing that Mr Pineda told us to make a doc and talk about making a restaurant. We all had to name  it. My restaurant name was burger rito and my special food product is mixed chicken burrito. We also had to insert a box from google images for our takeaway boxes. Mine was a regular box. We also had to talk about what ingredients did we use for our special product. It was cool!

Cross country! 2017

Today after circuits we usually run around the court but today is different. Instead of running around the court we ran around the block. It was really tiring running around the foot path and up the hill. I was huffing and puffing the whole way. We all had to do two laps. Doing one lap is not that tiring until you rich the corner, it gets hard trying not to stop. Running is really tiring but until you keep running you'll get use to it. 

Technocraft(Graphics!) Drawing

Today we are no longer doing cooking because we changed. The year 8's are doing building in with Mr Grundy and the year 7's are doing graphics. I was so excited that we are doing graphics. When we were at graphics our teacher was Miss Kasipale. She was our realiever for Mr Stag. She told us to draw our name 6 cm's high and the words must be 6 cm's long. When we started the art, Mr Stag came and took over for Miss Kasipale. Well we were working he was helping some of our students that don't know how to do art drawing. I started off making a snake for my S and I made a penguin for my O. The penguin was spray painting on the L which looked like a wall but in 3d. My 2nd O was a egg in a nest and my M was wood forming a table. My N was wood stacked up in to three and my O was Earth. Well I was working I saw Mr Stag talking in a barney voice. We were all laughing and singing along with him. It was amazing. By the time I finished my art work Mr Reid came and said it's time to get back on the bus and go back to school. We said our goodbyes and then went back to the school. And that's what we did at Graphics!

😞last week for cooking(Making Nachos) 😱

Today is the last day for cooking and after cooking we are doing graphics. Graphics is when you have to draw, paint and create. I am gonna miss cooking because I love making food and eating it. We made Nachos today and we used Doritos as nachos. So first thing I use is to get a frying pan and a wooden spoon.The first ingredient is two garlic. We first take the skin off and then we crush it with a rolling pin and then we put the pan on the stove and then get the crushed garlic and put it on the pan. After that we turn the stove onto medium and then cook it in till its cooked right. After that we put mince on it and cut it to small pieces. When it is in to small pieces, put the sauce on top of the mince and then stir it gently. After that we put cheese on top of it and then we grab the nachos and eat it! And that's how you make Nachos!

😮Tongan and Samoan assembly😮

Today we went to assembly because we were all sharing our performances about the pacific islands. Each class is doing a performance and Room 1 started off with a Samoan sasa. After that Room 5 did a song called 'Le Aute'. Room 10 and 12 did a song. Room 6 had models wearing Samoan and Tongan clothing and ta'ovala. Our song was Moana How Far I'll Go.

My favourite was Room 6 with there model display.

Netball!

This is the first week and Mr Reid is training the netball team for the inter schools. I am not in the netball team because I am not good at it. If you don't know what netball is, it is a game that involves a ball and hoops. It is kind of like basketball but when you have the ball in your hands you cant move. If you move then its a hand over which means you have to give the ball to the other team. I hope our netball team wins the inter schools.

😀Technology TamkiCollage😋(Making Chicken Curry!)😋

Wednesday 26/7/17

Today we went to technocratic and went to Mrs Tuipulotu's cooking room. When we were there we had to wear our aprons and tie it and then wash our hands. When we finish doing all that we had to find a table with our buddy's. My buddy was Katrina. When we sat down Mrs Tuipulotu was explaining us what we need to cook the chicken curry on. She told us to get out a pot and a frying pan. The next step was to grab a bowl with 4 pieces of chicken and we had to put it in the pot and fill the pot up with water. The third step was to put the pot on the stove and then turn the stove on high so the chicken can cook faster. The fourth step was to grab the frying pan to put the ingredients for the curry sauce to put onto the chicken. I did not remember all the ingredients but ill tell you what I know. I think we used curry powder, black pepper, salsa I think and that's all I know. After that Mrs Tuipulotu starts to taste the sauce, if the taste isn't right then she adds brown sugar to make it taste right. After that we check our chicken and see if its cooked and when I checked mine it was cooked. The next instruction was that we have to tip the pot into the stray so the water can go through the holes and the chicken cant go in the sink with the water. After that we tip the chicken into the pan with the sauce and then put it back onto the stove and then mix it together. After mixing and stirring we grab a plate and Mrs Tuipulotu gives us some rice to eat with the chicken. If there are some left over we put more onto the chicken and there you have it! A chicken curry.

Fresh Term

Our two week holidays is finish now and we are back to school. I still wish that the holidays can last another week so I can sleep in and wake up to go over to my cousins and play video games but I can't because I have to go back to school but i'm happy anyways because I get to do some work and I can learn new stuff that I haven't known about. I can take my Chromebook home on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I will have a great term.

St Kent day

On Thursday we went to St Kent in a bus and we were split up into groups so there was group 1,2,3,4. Group 5, 6 and group 2 got split up because they had too many people. I was in group 2 and I was moved to group 1. In group 1 we went to the basketball court and we played master. If you don't know what master is, it is a game that people have to line up. One person has to be the master and the person in front of the line has to try and get the ball in the hoop and if they get it in then they become the master but if they don't get it in then they have to go to the back of the line. After that we played bang. Bang is a game that they have to make a circle and a person has to stay in the middle of the circle and shout out names of people. If they call your name you have to duck down and the people on your right and left sides they have try and shoot each other, but not with real guns just their hands. When they shoot each other they say bang! The first person who says bang the other person sits down because they're out. After that we moved on to the next game. The next game was capture the flag. After capture the flag we all gathered up and sang a happy birthday song to Musica because it was his birthday! We sang the song in Maori followed in English. After that we had to go back in the bus and go back to Ruapotaka School!

😀Our Daily Fitness!!😀

In the morning at 8:50am, we line up to get ready for running. We ran for 10 minutes a day. If it is raining we have to stay inside so we don't wet

 When we are running the people that are slowing down have to go on the left side of the road so the fast runners can overtake them on the right.
 When we go up the hill we put our heads down so our body's reduces.

Game Masters

3/3/17

Today this morning Me, Room 11 went to room 12 for the game theatre. When we got there we sat down waiting for the game master. When they got here they told us about this new game. They never told us the name. When they started to teach us the game they were acting. The names of the characters for the games are T the son,  Dave the dad, Maria the mum, Jack T's friend,Bryan Maria's boyfriend and Rebecca Bryan's daughter. When they acted we had to swipe on our hands for the game to start. After the game they gave us a badge and taught us a new hand shake. It was fun!