The House Winner Is... by Riiana

Throughout the year the four houses (Whero, Kakariki, Kowhai, and Kikorangi) have been aiming to be the winners of each term. The way you gained points was by doing something good and the teachers or prefects would award the students.

The points from each term were added up to figure out the winner of the year. Yesterday we found out who that winner was.

It was Kikorangi! We received a house winner trophy and a round of applause. Kikorangi won with 1,281 points.

Prizegiving 2018: St John Citizenship Award

 Malia and Liza

Special Assembly ツ by Ana

This Monday morning we had a special assembly. The year 4's were awarded special prizes for having a great attitude towards learning.

They have received a 40 dollar deposit towards they're chromebooks for next year 2019. The overall winner was Aleki. Mrs Samuel-Latu has given him a new uniform, 40 dollar deposit for his chromebook and a box of favourites.

Joy, Solomene, Pita and Aleki were acknowledged for their dedication and hard work towards learning.

Mrs Samuel-Latu and her sisters have been coming for the past 8 years to present these awards. Sadly this is the last time we will be having this type of assembly for our year 4's.

I hope the winners will continue their hard work and dedication in the future.

Meeting Our New Principal by Konzay

Yesterday we had a Powhiri for our new principal for next year. Our new principal's name is Mrs Hamilton. She looked like a gentle woman.

For the Powhiri we sang songs for Mrs Hamilton and welcomed her to our school.

Culture Groups! by Solomone

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.

Culture Groups-By Leanah.

It is nearly the end of the year so that means...

Culture Groups!! Everyone is going to be split into their cultural groups because at the end of the year we are going to showcase our cultures.

There are 4 different cultures that will be shown and they're the Maori group, the Samoan group, the Tongan group and the Cook Island group.

Coach Pete Is Here!!!-By Saluselo

On Tuesday, we had Tennis with Coach Pete. It was pretty nerve-racking because I have no experience with a Tennis racket. Luckily, Coach Pete taught me all through the steps.

I was partnered with Katrina and after a little while, Sosiua joined our group. We started off by hitting the tennis ball at or near the cone.

Then we started a rally and we always swapped after a while if we had three or more people in our team.

I hope that we get more practice in the weeks to come. It was fun!!

Fish Pie! - Cooking With Mrs Tuipulotu-By Leanah

Fish Pie!

Method:

1. Peel potatoes and bake until cooked.

2. Mash the potatoes and lay them out into the baking tin.

3. Mix tuna fish with 1/2 can of mushroom cream and 2 table spoons of mayonnaise.

4. Mix well, then pour the mixture on top of the potatoes, top it off with cheese and bake for 10 mins.

Last Term Of The Year! Make It A Good One-By Mary.

Finally it's the last term of the year, we are going to finish the term with hard working and fun as well. 

I am looking forward towards this last term. There will be tests coming up and hopefully, I'll do better than before.

LAST TERM OF THE YEAR! MAKE IT A GOOD ONE. 

My Two Books I Got At Syndicate Assembly-By Storm

I had been chosen to go up and choose two books and the name of the two books I chose was The Ghost Light and The New Girl. I chose those books because they looked and sounded interesting. . I was nervous because as soon as they chose me, I had a numb foot and whenever you have numb feet its means you have pins and needles and that makes you kind of walk like a penguin or cricket which is really embarrassing.  I was extremely nervous and I even had to take a picture.

Making Logos - Graphics with Mr Pineda

My group and I, were designing logos for a charity we chose At Tamaki College for Graphics Tech.

I chose Domestic Abuse as my charity. I believe no one should be treated as if they don't have a life by being physically pushed, kicked or worse. That's why I chose Domestic Abuse as my charity. As I've mentioned before we made some logos supporting our charity. Here are my logo's so far.

Skip Off

Kotipi beats big brother Pupuke and wins the Senior Syndicate Skip Off earlier this week. Congratulations!
1st: Kotipi
2nd: Pupuke
3rd: Agueer
                                                             

                                

Who Won? by Riiana

Friday last week was originally supposed to be the skip off but the rain had other plans. We were lucky enough to get all the Rooms displays done. Since we weren't able to do the skip off, we seniors did it on Monday which replaced fitness.

Congratulations to Agueer, Pupuke and Kotipi for placing in the Top 3!

If you'd like to see how it went down, here's the clip.

You Got To Be A Bookworm To Be Reading! by Henry

Everyone likes reading?! Well I do.

A person named Denzal discussed how he used to read. I said to my little but developing brain of mine, "Wait, every time I do a blog, everyone is reading it, which means I may be assisting little youngsters stretching their own vocabulary."

During his talk,  Denzal asked what our hobbies were and what we liked to do for pleasure. 

When he asked that question I was thinking of how I help kids extend their reading skills by just writing this post.

What do I do for pleasure besides playing video games all day? Writing. This made me think of what I want to be in the future. I want to be an author in 10 years' time. 

And no-one can stop YOU if you're DETERMINED to follow your dream.

🖥Changing Tech Groups🖥 by Tristan

Last week we changed our Tech groups. My group (Group A) started with Cooking with Mrs Tuipolotu, then Graphics with Mr Pineda and now we're doing Materials with Mr Grundy. The last couple of sessions have been phenomenal. I hope this class will be as wonderful as the last ones, and I reckon it will be because it's interesting and fun to do!

Daffodil Day by Storm

Today we had Daffodil Day.

Daffodil Day is to support the people who have cancer. We supported cancer by fundraising to help the people who research the disease find a cure for those people with cancer to maybe live for an extra  day or maybe even for the rest of their life.

Later we made paper daffodils and I asked Mrs Vickers how much money we made  today and she said, "$73." I was like WOW!
That is amazing that we are going to definitely give that to the people with cancer.

Tongan Language Week! by Izabella

Malo E Lelei and greetings to you all. Today was the last day of Tongan Language Week so Julianne and I brought traditional Tongan clothing and head_gear.

The photos show us wearing the Tauvala, Kiekie, Kahoa, Tekiteki  and a Pule Taha. I wore the Pule Taha and Kiekie. A Kiekie is made out of Coconut Husk and Pule Taha is made out of cotton material.

Julianne wore a Tauvala and held up a Tekiteki during our Tongan presentation to all the Ruapotaka classes. The Tekiteki is made out of bark and sticks.

Then Vika, Peni and Tupou wore the same thing, a Tauvala but with different patterns.

Faka'apa apa ke ho mo faiako mo ho family koe ai pe oku tauhi a mou tolu Malo.

Speeches by Sosiua

Speeches are coming up. I don't want to go up on stage because it horrifies me that everyone is going to be sitting there just staring at me. It'll be so embarrassing if I do something wrong. I just don't think I have the skills and potential to do it, but I have to because everyone has to do one and who knows I might be picked for the finals.

It's Nearly The End Of Term 3! by Tupouseini

It is now week 9 the second to last week of Term 3 and I can't wait until the holidays. I like the holidays because I can spend some quality time with my family.

The worst part of the holidays is being without my friends! I only have a week and a half left to make the best of Term 3.

 Next term I'm going to have mixed emotions because I'm nearly going to college. We still have cultural groups, prize giving and many more stressful things as Year 8 students.

The Last Day Of Volleyball by Tiari

Yesterday on the 4th of September  was the last day of  volleyball. I had so much fun and an amazing experience playing volleyball .  It was my fist time playing volleyball. It was so cool and I wish Coach Renee could stay longer.

Firstly, Room 12 played a game called elimination and then after that we was playing a tournament and the last game we played was girls vs boys.  The Girls won. I hope Coach Renee has fun at her new school.