Geroonimoo!!

Elisabetta Dami author of the Geronimo and Thea Stilton series was our Book Week study . She was chosen by Elisabeth and Miria.  We all participated and contributed towards creating our book week poster on the author.  It ended up looking gorgeous. We divided ourselves up into different groups:  organising committee, the artistic group and the origami group. Once we put our ideas together it was amazing. It was a WORK-IN-PROGRESS!

Southside Rugby Support!!

Family gathering together, staring beyond the screen, eagerly waiting, 5,4,3,2,1 KICK OFF! The room was filled with a sound that nearly shook the house.

Sunday afternoon 10th October 2015. Uncles, aunties, cousins, relatives arriving altogether. It was a beautiful day and the sun was shining, brightly from the sky. The birds were chirping on the roof top.

One of my cousin had turned 22 and goes to Epsom University in Epsom. She has pitch black hair which shines, brightly in the sun, her eyes are dark brown and has fair skin. She is  loving, caring and everything you can think of. Her name is Asotasi which in English is translated as Day One.

Meeting together in Mangere to give a lot of support to the Samoan team on their last game in the Rugby World Cup. Rumours filled the room, “The coach finally picked the best players for the last game of the tournament.”

We set out the table in the back house for the family. The good smell filled the room with a nice scent that made the kids start gobbling on the food. We tried to stop them but they still gobble on it. We then  moved onto setting the sitting room, the chairs and mat for the kids to sit on. Families came in one by one and each holding a tray of treats either for the children or elders.

Two hours passed and the game was underway with Scotland starting off with the ball. Thirty minutes passed in the game and Scotland and Samoa were going at their best. Half time and the adults were shouting their lungs out. The adults then needed water because their throats were dry. The game ended with us jumping up and down. Match ends wit thirty-three to Samoa and thirty-six to Scotland. “Woo-hoo, good game!” announced the adults.

My eyes were sore that when I tried to look at something bright it twitched. Why was I the only one with red eyes that nearly looked like the colour of the planet Mars? Was it because I rubbed it too much, or was it because I was too close to the television? I will never know!

My family are huge supporters of rugby.

I Am A Citizen!!

Room 12 were set a task to complete an Independent Topic Study about Citizenship. We then had to find out what citizenship meant and what the differences between a Permanent Resident of New Zealand and a Citizen of New Zealand.
Here is my presentation about Citizenship:

Syndicate Assembly!!

Room 12 hosts of term three week eight syndicate assembly was a blast. We showed off our senior talent, singing and dancing. Rooms 9, 10, 11 and 12 were showing off their unique talents. We ended off with Rooms 9 and 11 coming first, Room 10 coming second and 12 coming third. It was a good time.

Paper, Paper, Paper!

 Room 12 created their own origami object for our class project which was based on what we wanted to make and what was easy. We started off at the beginner's level and moved onto the intermediate level, as  origami creators we made a variety of  objects including cats, flowers, dogs, and paper heart-shaped. It turned out to be a wonderful experience.

Support Cancer!!

Room 12 students were set a task to make a daffodil. This following photo shows you what we did to support the people who survived and also lost their lives in a devastating disease called Cancer.

Ruapotaka School Did It Again!

Schools all ready, referees steady, the whistles blow like a confetti. We versed heaps of schools. We won all our games but unfortunately we lost in the finals against Sylvia Park School. Even though we didn’t come first we were all overjoyed. We came second. Yay!   At the end of the day we did our school proud.

STOP POLLUTING WATER!

Room 12 students were given instructions om  making a Water Pollution Google Presentation. We were instructed to research on the internet so we could get all the help we needed and information.
This is my Google Presentation on Water Pollution:

Painful, Painful

What would happen if you experienced an accident and the injury that came from it took four weeks to heal?

Back when I was seven I was riding my bike in my cousin’s backyard with my cousin and sister.  A few minutes later I fell over and didn’t realize a metal wire hanging out of the fence. What happened next?

Well, the metal wire traveled through my leg and came back out of my skin. Eww! Imagine seeing such an accident. Tears were coming down my cheeks and blood was pouring out of my leg intensely. Three cloths were wrapped over and under my bloody leg. We drove straight to the pharmacy but when we arrived they said, “We can’t fix it here but we can call an ambulance to take you to the hospital.”

Once the ambulance arrived at the destination, my mother and I ran into the hospital so hastily like wild animals barging in.

I was taken to surgery room to get my leg stitched up. Minutes  passed by so fast  and I was back in my hospital room lying on the bed.  While I was in the hospital in my mind I was willingly waiting to go back home.

Hydropower

Dedicated To Ruapotaka Y7/Y8!!

On Friday afternoon, Ruapotaka Y7 and Y8s got one last lesson with Madd Messengers, Petia Wilson and Caroline. They inspired us by telling us that we could aim for our dreams or our ambitions and to be successful. They told us we were unique and that we could become anything we wanted to be if we tried our best.  

This video is a dedicated to Petia Wilson and Caroline, our Madd Messenger tutors:

How To Prevent Electrical Injuries.

What does it mean?

Electrical injuries is a physical reaction that results in an electrical current going through the body which can leave you with scars and burns and it can also lead you to death.

Electrical injuries affect the mind and the body of a person. One way of not getting electrocuted is to wear rubber. This can help you avoid electrocution. The reason why people are getting electrocuted is being forgetful, being careless with the electrical appliances around the school and homes, the lack of caution, water combined with electricity, and live electrical wires.

These can lead to scars, burns, disability, paralyzation, amputation, and it can damage the inside of the human body, and it can also lead you to death. There can only be one way to prevent electrical injuries in homes and in school is to inspect every electrical appliance in the area, replace or repair damaged appliances or put them away in a safe place.

Make sure to read the caution label that comes with your electrical appliances because it is really important for you and family. Protect your kids by using outlet covers to cover the power source. This helps prevent babies and children to go near it.

Safety is as simple as ABC- Always Be Careful      ---Unknown

Preventing Illnesses.

The condition of being ill is something that affects your mind and body.

Common Illnesses:

1. Flu
2. Ebola
3. Chickenpox
4. Measles
5. Cold

The causes of these common illnesses is first by poor hygiene. Poor hygiene can cause a lot of severe conditions in your body that can stay with you forever just like diabetes and diarrhea. Some other causes that can affect you from illness is a sore throat, headaches and not washing hands because they can spread germs to other people and it can also spread to the world around you and that can be a real disaster.

To prevent these illnesses you can:

1. Wash your hands
2. Exercise regularly
3. Wash fruit and veggies thoroughly
4. Eat healthy
5. Wear appropriate clothes in the right season

To stop you from getting ill you can:

• Exercise
• Sleep early
• Eat healthy
• Keep away from eating fast food
• Go to visit the doctor

Please use these tips on how to prevent or avoid getting ill.

And remember When ‘I’ is removed and replaced by the word ‘we’

Even ‘illness’

Becomes ‘Wellness’

Water Sustainability.

In the past week Mrs Golder(Teacher) prepared a reading activity for the students to do at home for our homework. That activity was to make a new presentation for our topic Water Sustainability.

This following video is my presentation I made on we video.

Addition And Subtraction

During Term 2 Room 12 have been working on different kinds of strategies to work out different kinds of equations. Each of the students have stepped up a level in Maths by learning all the strategies. So far we have learned five strategies. Here are the W.A.L.Ts to all the strategies.

Strategy 1: Use standard place value. Addition that adds up to nine.

Strategy 2: Use tidy numbers and compensate.

Strategy 3: Increase one number and decrease the other number by the same amount.

Strategy 4: Use standard place value partitoning (expanding) place value.

Strategy 5: Regroup to combine compatible numbers.

When we had finished completing worksheets that were based on these strategies our teacher got us to make-up our own word problems according to our topic about water:
Here is what I wrote as my word problem: I used strategy 3 to help me with my word problem.
S3 increase and decrease

Everyone in the Southern Hemisphere uses up to 15 litres of water to bathe and everyone in the Northern Hemisphere uses up to 45 litres of water to bathe.

How many litres in total does everyone around the world use? 

This is my caculation for the word problem:

15+5 + 45-5

=20 + 40

=60 litres of water 

A Grade Certificates!!

We were overwhelmed that our names were announced by Mrs Golder.

We worked really hard to achieve at least five or more A grades in our homework. We shook our teachers hand proudly and the audience applauded us. We were pleased that we were awarded with A grade certificates. Our parents are very glad that we worked hard in Term One.

Our next goal is to get A grades for the rest of the year and to succeed so that we can have a better education. Every week we get Year 8 homework and usually we get A or better. Only six students were awarded with A Grade Certificates who were

,  Elizabeth, Ofa Miria, Cypress and Damien

Be better Than Before!

Landing On The Shores Of Gallipoli.

27th March 1915

Dear Family

   Though there are so many men fighting each of them fall one by one. It was the day when every soldier had to fight to save their country. Some soldiers were even worried that they might not return back to their loved ones or even children. We walked through Flanders Fields and there were men fighting. One of our men had one of their legs blown off and we carried him to safety. We started digging our trenches in the dirt.

   Next we set up our trenches so we had somewhere to slumber. It was night and I couldn’t get enough sleep because all the bombs were so loud. Then I thought to myself that once I get out of this mine field I would be free at last. But just as I was interrupted a bomb shell rolled into our trench. I started to shout, ”Evacuate”.

Everyone woke up and ran for their lives.

  One of our soldiers was injured and it was 3:30 in the morning. We went out onto the field and and we started to shoot. We came back into our trenches and our breakfast was ready. As soon as we were finished it was our turn to go on the field and finish the job.

 I am on my way back home. I can’t wait to see all of you.

Yours,

Sini

Who Am I?

Who am I?

 

  Bonjour my name is Sini. I was born in Auckland Hospital. I am a year eight prefect at Ruapotaka School. I have long, black hair. I am also short in height with dark brown eyes and light, brown skin.

  

  I come from a village in Samoa. I love the people of my village because they are all kind. Apparently I am part German because my Great-grandfather was German. I speak two languages, Samoan and English.

  I have two brothers and one sister. I also have one stepbrother and one stepsister  from my dad’s family. My family is very special to me because they always look after me and they always take care of the problems I go through.

  My favourite hobbies are going shopping with my family. I love going to church and  I am leaning how to do art. I enjoy playing soccer and touch at school with my friends or sometimes with my cousins. I am into a lot of singing.

When I grow up I would like to be a lawyer or a chef.