Three fun fact about NZ

1. Did you know that Aotearoa means the land of the long white clouds. 

2. Also did you know that  to become a New Zealand citizen, you have to swear to a oath of loyalty to Queen  Elizabeth.


3. Did you also know the New Zealanders are called kiwis, because of the native non flying bird in New Zealand.  

Art scrulpture

This term team 5 what been learning how to make sculptures for our art. This is what I made, three blue hearts.

The meaning behind my artwork is that the heart on the left represents my family. My family mean a lot to me that why i made a heart for them.  

The heart of the right represents Pt England School because Pt England School is the school i go to and Pt England helps me to with my learning.

And the heart is the middle represents me because the other two things that were mentioned above. Because the two thing mean a lot to me. 

                         

Language Features

WALT: Poetry.  We are learning about the language features that are present in poetry.
 

Going to Rainbow Ends

These are the some of the feelings that i felt when I was at Rainbow Ends. I had a lot of fun with my group. These are some of the photos we took.   

The tree

The tree

As I sit under the tree I was watching people walk by. I found a book and opened the book, I started to read it. I kept on reading and it was very emotional. While I was reading tears kept running down my face. I stopped for a second and realized that this book was about a very sad someone that was hurting inside. While I was reading the book came to a end………. To be continued 

Walt: Creative writing - how to include my personal voice and imagination in creative - expressive writing.    

The Haunted House On Blood Hill

It was time. Time to the explore the haunted house on top of Blood hill. I've been told many scary story about this haunted house, but I never believed any of it. Until… I had enough. So then me and my friend Chastyit decided to plan a day to visit the so called ' Headless Horseman House' on top of Blood Hill.

Once we got to the Horseman’s House we already had felt the feel that everybody else had. A sad and angry feeling. It also felt like it didn’t want us to investigate the house.

To be continued... 

What I would paint in a pool

WALT:Inferring - I can find clues within the text. I read between the lines to understand the hidden meaning to make a conclusion or an assumption.

This is my plan for what I would paint in a pool if I got to chose . I would paint this because I would want it to feel like I'm in the ocean or sea. . 

Best Friends 👭❤

Best friends ❤
Best friends are the ones that are there for you and they are the ones that hold you back and that you hold back .
Best friends are the ones who show you good examples of
what's good and what's bad.
Best friends are the ones who always are helping you get through things.
Best friends are your best friends.👭

How our health & P.E preforms was

 

This is how we think our performance went for our move ya body health and P.E. We thought that the performance was really good. The one thing that we didn't do was that we didn't smile and we were too shy so we started forgetting the dance moves.  So that our reflection on our dance. 

What Room 3 Maths Class Does For Rotations

         

Everyday for maths in room 3 we have two groups for maths that everyone is in, group A which is the girls group and in group B is girls and boys. Group A and B take turns being with Mrs Tele'a everyday for DMIC. The group that goes away does rotations and in rotations we do 20 minutes of maths whizz, then 20 minutes of DLO and 20 minutes of basic facts or learning our times tables or follow up. So thats what we do in room 3 for maths and rotations.

Sorting Out Brainstorms

Walt: Write and sort words from our brainstorms

 This is my brainstorm and my brainstorm is about our school cross country. The brainstorm includes how I felt, the goals you were aiming, how you prepared and what you were doing in the race. It has some feelings that  are like satisfied, some of it is painful to feel. So that is my brainstorm on my school cross country.

These Are What Raupotaka Students Are 👍

Ruapotaka Students Are....

1.  Fair to one another and agree to disagree in any situation.

2. Caring people who are there for you.

3. Honest to teachers and other students.

4. Cheerful and share happiness to others at all times.

5. Respectful and polite to all teachers and other students.

These are the key values that Ruapotaka students hold.

A Terrifying Storm Hits Auckland!!!

Link : Photo 

Yesterday Auckland got hit by a very big storm. The storm hit around eight o'clock at night. This morning power lines and trees were broken down and roads were blocked off. The storm was very powerful and it made peoples power go out. When it hit I was very scared and I heard unusal sounds.

Eddie Dawkins Win 🎉🎉🎉

 Today Eddie Dawkins has done an outstanding job in the sprint cylcing race in the Commonwealth Games. The New Zealand athletes and competitors from different countries were impressed with him for his fantastic achievement in the game. He did his best and tried his hardest to accomplish what he had wanted.  

Ruapotaka's Prefects For 2018 👍

This year we have three new prefects to keep our school enviorment safe and to keep everyone from harm. They are responsible for the things they do. They are also here to help solve problems and things that the students are concerned about. If you need to talk to them individually  or if you keep secrets that you need to get off your back,  they will  be there for you. So whenever you need them they will always there.

5 Ways That You Can Be Cybersmart

5 ways to be Cybersmart 

1. Whatever you do it will be able to be seen. Source: Smart Footprint
2. Always follow the copyright rules. Source: Smart and Legal
3. Know how to see if the information online is correct. Source: Smart Media
4. Think about who you interact with online. Source: Smart Relationships

5. Know your rights as online consumers. Source: Smart Money

Going To Tech

Today at Tech I finished cutting out my mould. Then Mr Grundy melted some metal and he poured it into the mould. Then I had to wait for it to cool down. It took about ten minutes to let it cool down. Meanwhile I went to go and help my friend from St Pius. They were so helpful and supportive. Then finally my piece cooled down. Then it was time to stop and I only just started filling.❤

Being In Mr Grundys Class For Tech

Today we went to tech and we were in Mr Grundy's class and he does wood work and making things out of metal.  We were collaborating with St. Pius. Today I just started cutting out my mould and it was a musica note. At first I was so apprehensive because I might  myself by hurt cutting off my finger. Because it's a very fast saw and I can chop off my finger. I only just finished cutting out half of it and Mr Grundy told us that our time was up.

Summer Learning Journy Awards

On the 23rd of February we had a special guest her name is Rachel Willams and she came to Room 11 to give the awards to the people that were participating for the Summer Learning  Jourany in the holidays. First she started with the people that participated and that was Katrina, Malia, Sione and Tupousini. Then I got a award for commenting and posting all of the time. Pupuke was in first place then in second place it was Frank and in third place was Riiana and Kotipi. 

Back To School

Welcome back to school! It has been a long holiday. I hope you were reading in the holidays. I look forward to learning new things every day. This year in our classroom we have two new students and their names are Robin and Storm and they are both year 7 students just like me. It is the third week of the first term. I am so glad to be blogging and learning because I've had enough relaxing time and I'm reading to get learning.