Technicraft Term 4 by Mika

Every Wednesday this term we went to Tamaki College for Tech. We had Mr Grundy as our teacher and he taught hard material. It was fun in his class. At the end, this is how our objects turned out on our last session.

Origami Objects

Firstly,  we had to make paper origami dinosaur and butterfly. After I finished my origami dinosaur I had to make something else to challenge myself and I made a green dress. Origami comes from Japan. My teacher Mrs Golder decided to put my dress with Mika's bow and cat together and now it looks like a project that Mika and I made.
By Simon

Inter-school Netball Competition 2015

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. 
Written by Simon, Raniera, Elizabeth, Estah, Sini, Ofa and Miria

Intermediate Netball Team: 
Back: Quros, Chance, Raniera, Simon.
Front: Heilala, Estah, Miria, Ofa, Elizabeth, Sini.

Interschool Soccer Competition

Football Tournament

Balls flying everywhere, supporters cheering here and there,  coaches shouting what to do, even though we scored a few.

After all the football games we played we felt weak. Then it was finally time for the manager to announce the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth placings. We were anxious for the host to report back where Ruapotaka School came.   Suddenly we found out that we came second. We were so amazed. Our team were all up and cheering. We were acknowledged for our second placing by being given posters and certificates.

We all had fun, even before it begun and now we are all proud, we started to shout out loud!!
By Elizabeth, Sini, and Damien

ANZAC

Anzac Service at Ruapotaka

30 crosses laying in lines on the grassy field on a sunny Friday afternoon.

One by one Mr Reid inserted the 30 crosses in the grass that were given to our school by the RSA to commemorate those who fought for our freedom.  It was not only for those who fought in  World  War One but also in many other wars and those who have lost their lives.

All classes in our school were waiting patiently for their class number to be announced by Mrs Vickers on the speaker to make our way outside. Finally all the classes were instructed to make our way to the Anzac Assembly which was on the steep bank right outside our classroom, Room 12.

Right after everyone was seated on the grass our Principal Mrs Vickers informed us why we were there and why we had a special assembly. She said, “We are here to commemorate soldiers who fought for our country and it is the 100th Anniversary which is very important”.

Next to speak was the Senior Syndicate. The eldest year eights (us) had to read the introductory ‘Fields of Remembrance’. This was read by Miria. The following speaker was Sini who read out with pride a well known Anzac poem called ‘Flanders Fields’. Sini’s younger brother in Room 10, who was a year 5 student (nine years old) also read out a poem which he wrote all by himself.  

Later on was it was the Junior School’s turn. They had one student (Jessica) from Room Six who read out a poem. With expression she read, “Anzac poppy small and sweet, crushed beneath the soldiers feet, fragile petals red as blood, spilled upon the treacherous mud”.

Last of all was the Bugle Call. Before the bugle call could start there had to be silence and we had to all stand up, be still and pay our respects. Once the Bugle call finished everyone sat down. We waited for our teachers to instruct us to go back to our classes. At the end Mrs Vickers thanked us for being there and having respect for Anzac.

As each year passes no matter how long ago it happened New Zealand, Australia and Turkey will never forget Anzac day as well as what it stands for: Australia, New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

By: Elizabeth, Cypress, Mikayla, Simon, and Raniera.

Class of 2015

We are the senior students of Ruapotaka School. Room 12 has 11 girls and 8 boys in total. Mrs. Golder is our teacher in our class. We are all year eight students who enjoy learning. When we work on our devices we always Learn, Create, Share our creations on our blogs.

Everyone in Room 12 is very kind and has a lot of good friends. We are very good leaders and we follow the rules. Our class has two prefects and another two to come. We enjoy laughing, smiling and having a good time with Mrs. Golder. We are all well presented students. We are all unique and special in different ways. We are a mixed cultural class. We are good volunteers. We have a positive attitude to most things.

Mrs. Golder teaches us the academic words which will be very useful in the future. We enjoy being a cybersmart class. We use our netbooks as a learning tool. Our netbooks are essential to our learning!

Written by the year eight students: Simon, Mika, Miria, Melelose and Damien.