Weather bomb hits Te Waipounamu

A very large weather bomb has hit parts of Te waipounamu (south Island)

The wild weather had included a very strong wind a torrential rain, the bad weather also soaked the part of the southern New Zealand. The Township on the west coast had included Franz Josef and Fox are cut off as washouts and slips blocked state highway 6.

Around 970 visitor were trapped in Franz Josef and are unlikely to get out until Friday. The only way to get out of the weathers is to use a helicopter

Last Day Of Tech

On Wednesday it was our last day of tech, at tech we were finishing off our juice carton. I was the first student to finished my hard, working object.

My juice carton was named Tomato Fart, the main flavor is tomato and it is 80% unhealthy. It was really cool to finished off my juice carton, when we were finished our juice carton we had a chance to take it home and show it off in front of our parents.

New Zealand Largest Waterslide

New Zealand has opened a large water slide in Hammer Springs in North Canterbury.

The slide have been named as Conical Thrill and it is 13.5 meters high.

The water park also includes a twisting hydro slide before a steep drop that propels people up a vertical wall for a moment of weightlessness.The new water park was opened since Friday morning.

Cybersmart ( Smart Learners)

What Is A Smart Learners?

Begin a smart learn could be very hard, also teaching other people on a Chromebook.

These examples would show what being a smart learner is. 

• Understand and demonstrate responsible use of their device as describe in the Kawa of Care Responsible Use Student Agreement.
• Confidently navigate and harness their device and learning applications.
• Are mindful that being is staying up-to-date with our Cyber smart Learning.

Tech (Graphic)

Yesterday at Tamaki College my group and I did a lot of work on creating a Juice Box. The funny part of creating our juice box is making a name, flavor, mix up and juice name. I named my juice box tomato-Fart, our graphic teacher Mrs Fergasend said that my work was really awesome and the other students that are working very hard to forces on there work. After we went back to our school we did a little challenge, the challenge was drawing a pumpkin-spice. The winner wins chocolate, the person that won 3 chocolate was jessica, then 2 chocolate was kain, and the last student that won only one chocolate was one of the St Pius X student.

Fire Breaks out in the sky city.

There was a very dangerous fire that broke out in the city on Tuesday 22 October. There were a lot of firefighters trying stop the fire from getting bigger and bigger.


The fire started on the top of the building then made it to the seventh floor and then to sixth floor.

The firefighters were having trouble getting inside the building to stop the fire from spreading. The man that started fire was hurt very badly. The fire was still going for two days. The fire was finally stopped on Thursday the 24th.

Almost Finishing Our Juice Carton

Today this Wednesday my class I went to tech at Tamaki College. At tech, my group, Jessica, Kain, Mary-Ruth, Sonie, Kate and Diego were sent to a class known as graphic class. Our teacher Mrs Ferguson
was our art teacher.

At graphic we meet some of the St Pius Students. In the graphic class we were working on juice carton. We learnt that the juice carton has to be the length and the some height, so we had to use a rule to length it and check if it is the some height. It was amazing that we had to draw the image that will be on the front of the carton, and it was also amazing that we could and design it our-self. My juice carton is going to be designed for the Tamaki student that will be thirsty and dehydrated.

Wellington Airport Call Seagulls to Track Them

The Wellington airport people have coloured an army of seagulls to help with safety.

The seagulls were coloured with food dye to confirm with all the risk of the birds expose flight.

Seagulls have lots of problems that Wellington airport have determined to monitor three landfills  everywhere around the city to search which feeding site is there favourite.

The staff have began to spray the birds with orange, blue and green dye- a different for each rubbish dump.

Spending Time With My Cousin.

I really enjoyed my holiday, because I had a chance to see my older cousin. My cousin is 15 years old and we have not seen each other ever since he moved to Cook Island.

We spent a lot of time playing games on his PS4. We played Call Of Duty, 2k17 and other games. On last week Thursday his mum and I went to the beach to do a little bit of bombing, and then we had lunch under a massive tree.

When we went back home dinner was already served for my cousin and I, it was taro, chicken, salad and mash potato. 

Penguin Swims From NZ To Australia.

A small penguin has swum from New Zealand to Australia. The Fiordland penguin was caught struggling against rocks in the shallow at Kennett river, west of Melbourne, on 10 July.

The Fiordland penguin has been taken to Melbourne Zoo by the marine experts and had been given a balance of fluids and nutrients until it is well enough to eat less food. The penguin has just been let go in the wild and I just hope it would come back to New Zealand.

The penguin has been traveling 2500km

At Tamaki College Doing Tech Graphic (Art)

Today my class and I went to Tamaki College for tech (technicraft) We were split into groups of three, the groups are called A, B and C. I am in group B. In my group we have Jessica, Kain, Kate, Mary-Ruth, Storm and me in group B. At tech we saw St puise X. For tech we are doing graphics. Our tech teacher name is Mrs Fergasien. She was born in South England and she is very old but very funny.

For graphics we are doing fruit that can make fruit juice. We had to draw all the fruits that we can draw. We were allowed to add more details to our fruit drawing.

How To Make Mince Gravy With Potato Salad?

Yesterday the year 7 and 8's had Tech at Tamaki College. We had to make Mince Gravy With Potato Salad.

How To Make Mince Gravy With Potato Salad?

Step 1: Peel the potato then cut into quarters. Boil until soft.

Step 2: Dice half and onion.

Step 3: Fry the mince with onion and add 1 cup of Bisto and flour.

Step 4: Mix the vegetable with the mince.

Step 5: Add Mayonnaise with the potato and mix well.

Step 6: Enjoy your meal then clean up.

Making Butter Chicken

Today the year 7 and 8's went to Tech. At Tech we made butter chicken.

The Steps To Make Butter Chicken:

Step 1 - Dice the onion and chicken.
- Then fry up the onion til soften.

Step 2- Add butter chicken sauce, spices and cream.
- Stir for 10 minutes and serve with rice.

The butter chicken we made was very tasty.

Going To White Wero Water Park: Part 2

Today my class and I went to the Wero Whitewater Park again. This time we did kayaking.

We learnt how to use a paddle. We had two parents come on this trip just to look after us when we were in the water. I really enjoyed going for a second time.

The water was really cold to swim in. When we were almost done with out session, we had a challenge to see who could make it back to land first.

Making Chicken Wraps

Today at Tech my group and I were making a Chicken Wraps. This was very easy to make.

How to Make Chicken Wraps:

Step 1 - Dice Lettuce and tomatoes

Step 2 - Put your lettuce, tomatoes, chicken and mayonnaise on a flat wrapper.


Like I mentioned, making these chicken wraps were very easy. You can customise your own wrap with any ingredient you want!

Making Sugar Cookies: By Konzay

Sugar cookies are a very tasty and a sweet treat, plus easy to make.

Making Sugar Cookies Step By Step?

Step 1: 1 cup of unsalted butter.

Step 2:  1 cup of granulated white sugar.

Step 3: 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Step 4: 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

Step 5: 1 egg.

Step 6: 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

Step 7: 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Step 8: 3 cups of flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 190c.

In a bowl combine cream, butter and sugar until smooth. This'll last for at least 3 minutes.

Whisk in a tsp of vanilla extract and 1 egg.

In a separate bowl combine baking powder, salt  and flour. Add the dry mixture in to the wet ingredients. A little bit at a time. The dough will be very stiff. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.

DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH.

Let the cookie cool down. After it is cooled down decorate your cookies.

Silver Ferns Win There Game Against Australia

The Silver Ferns have won there game against Australia by 1 point to demand the Netball championship. Australia were going into the netball competition. They've always been the Netball champs since 2003.  The results have been shown and it is saying that New Zealand has won 5 games.


The game itself, as you would expect was exciting. The Silver Ferns led 28-25 at half time and again by 4 at the end of the 3rd quarter. 


Australia fought back in the final quarter and won it by three goals but now New Zealand did as much to hang on to win the game.

Term 3 Cooking.

Yesterday we had Tech with ST-Pius X. We were making mini Quiches.

Making The Quiches Step By Step-

Step 1. Whisk 4 eggs with 1 cup of milk

Step 2. Dice the ham.

Step 3. Add cheese

Step 4. Line up the pastry into the muffin tray tin and bake 180c for 20 minutes

My Fun Holiday

I really enjoyed my holiday because I was able to stay over at my cousin's house. We played a lot of games on his play station 4, mostly Fornite. On Saturday my cousin had his rugby game against Glenora in the city, and our team is called Ellerslie Eagles. I also saw Tristan at the game. He was really good at playing, and it was also my first time seeing my cousin playing competitively.

After the game we went to get something to eat and get ready to drive down to Dressmart. Later on, we went to the Ellerslie Eagles' club to have my cousins' prize giving.

Saving New Zealand

Yesterday on Monday all the Ruapotaka students went on a trip to the Tamaki Estuary around Dunkirk.
We were there to pick up all the rubbish that were lying around. I had lots of fun walking around  looking for rubbish to pick up so it would not effect the birds and sea creatures that could get sick.

We had visitors that had come along the trip that had come from the zoo. Their names were Frazier, Hazel and Ashley. They had told me and the school that the dirty water travels out into the sea and would kill lots of sea creatures.

When we were finished picking up all the rubbish we had time to sit down and eat our lunch next  to the  playground. After we were done eating our lunch we had a free time to play on the park. When started raining we went on the bus to go back to school. I really enjoyed that discovery.

Going Whitewater Rafting

Last week on Friday the 21st my class went on trip to the Wero Whitewater Park. When we arrived we had to wait and eat lunch until the other school had finished. We had to wear safety gears, a wet suit, a life jacket, a helmet and water boots.

We were split into different groups with different instructors. First we learnt how to cross a powerful river. I learnt that a triangle formation is helpful when crossing a river with an injured person. My team only had boys, Tristan, Peni, Mario, Kain, Sione and me. I really enjoyed going whitewater rafting because I learnt many things!

Making Silver Corn Beef with Vegetables

Today my partner Kain and I had made Silver Corn Beef with Vegetables. And our cooking teacher had told us the step to make the Silver Corn Beef with Vegetables.

The first step

1. We slice the meat and boil with - cabbage, potato, carrots and onion
2. Then we add cauliflower, broccoli and tomato.
3. We also add spices- salt, pepper and chill powder
4. Then for last we will clean up.

The Pike River Mine Reopened.

After the terrible incident that happened, the Pike River Mine was finally re-opened last week. The Pike River Mine agency let three people into the mine to have a look and come back out.

The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that happened in November 19th 2010, 46km  northeast of Greymouth.  Following that explosion 29 men were believed to be dead but no one was able to go into the mine to check it out.

Tamaki College Interview and Activity Day: By Konzay

Last Wednesday we had tech at Tamaki college. After tech us Year 8's were left behind because we had a T.C interview. The year 7's had to go back to Ruapotaka with Mr Reid.
Mrs Golder stayed with us. We had lots of fun at Tamaki college and pizza for lunch.

After we we finished our lunch we had P.E. We played badminton with students from Tamaki  college. It was lots of fun, and then we went to art with a lady that showed us her art that she designed. When we were finished art we took a photo and headed back to school in a van.

Kiwi Can

Today, after morning-tea at 11:30 we meet people from Kiwi-can. The people from Kiwi-cans name's are Mrs. Mac, Miss Tuia and Mr Matt. We play lots of fun activities, we played Bang, Change a GKQ (General Knowledge Question). They had really importance rules, and they are be honest, don't be shy, give it a try, be respectful, have fun, listen to the speaker.

My favourite game was bang. Bang was a really great game to play with Room 12. Students from my class loved playing GKQ but I did not like it because I could not answer the question, and because I had to vs all the smart students.

Tech Wood-Work By Konzay

Today my partners and l are doing wood-work at Tamaki Collage for Tech.

What is it?
The  object that I am going to be making out of wood is a space-car.

Why choose this one?
I really like cars so that's why l want to make this item and also because my brother likes cars too.

What is it for?
This object would be a space-car.

Who is it for?
My space-car would be for my little brother who is only 5 years old.

How will it be used?
It would be used to make my brother think that he would be in space with a car.

Where will it be used?
It would be in my brother's room on the top of the ceiling.

Is there anything l have to consider for it's safe use?
To sand-paper the side so that it won't hurt my brother.

The Sweet, Tasty Red Kiwifruit

My teacher Mrs. Golder was really pleased with my current events work, and used it as a model to show my classmates what the writing task should look like. Here it is:

Tasks:

1. Choose and study an event / problem / people that are currently making news or are happening;
2. Discuss, debate and express an opinion on  the issues that are relevant to us and,
3. Offer a solution to the problems that affect us most.

In 5 more weeks the kiwifruit marketer will release 30,000 trays full with red kiwifruits.

Zespri are releasing 30,000 trays of red kiwifruit. They are going to be released over the next 5 weeks.

They want feedback from the consumer, retailer and customer.  

When they get their feedback to check if it is good or bad, then  they will decide whether to keep on selling the fruit or not.

I think having a red kiwifruit is a good idea because people would think it would be tasty or sweet. And sometimes people might get confused about the red kiwifruit. For my class they will think it is different to them or weird to them also. Someday student might bring it to school for their classmate to taste it. It would also be good for the retailers so they can get more and more money in the future. I would think it would be good for New Zealand to grow them and the growers can share it with the world.

My bad Weekend

In the weekend I went to the beach with my cousin and some of my friends. We went to the Panmure wharf to do bombs off the bridge and compete with each other. The competition was to see who could bomb and make the water go the highest. We were allowed to do a variety of other  bombs and dives.

My friend did a dive but unfortunately he hurt himself very badly. When we arrived at his house, his mum said "What happened?" I then explained to her what happened. After that she took him to the hospital and they said he might stay in hospital for 4 weeks.

General Knowledge About New Zealand

In Room 12 we are learning about NZ. There are only a few students that have finished their writing work about New Zealand. I am only up to my second paragraph so I'll be finished soon.

It is great to learn about New Zealand because it is where I was born. I get help from students that are finished and they help me decide if something is wrong or right.

How to make a strong password?

If you are going to make a password make sure that your password is strong so that other people will not be able to access your site. The most important thing is DO NOT TELL ANY ONE YOUR PASSWORD, because it is easy for the person to do something wrong. Your password should have letter, number or symbol and you should mix it up.

My Goals For This Year

Personal Goal

My goal is to be a good role-model and be responsible.

Writing Goal

My goal is to use adjective words and correct punctuation.

Reading Goal

My goal is to read words clearly and louder.

Math goals

My goal is to learn my timetables and division.

First Day Of Tech

Today for Tech we planned to make useful items made from wood. I am in Mr Grundy's class.

We had to be put into groups, there are three groups. I was placed in group 1. I'm in a group with Mario, Jessica, Frank, Kain, Mary-Ruth, Diego, Caylee and Kate. Before we started constructing wood into useful items we had to sketch our ideas. Two things I sketched were a space car and a tractor.