Hokule'a Landing

It was a long day...

Firstly we started getting everyone together in lines. A few more minutes later the teachers did a speech saying “ When you walk, walk sensibly,  When we walk, walk together and be safe.”

Once we arrived near Point England we started to see other schools like Panmure Bridge, Glen Innes and many more schools.

 I never knew that colleges and a heap more schools would come. All of a sudden we had to stop. At some point we realized that other schools were going first to the beach. That’s why we stopped.

Afterwards we finally arrived at the beach and we sat where our sign had the name of our school. Once we sat down I sensibly asked my teacher if I could take photos. Ten minutes later the boat that all the schools saw was moving back and forwards for some reason.

Finally the Hawaiians came and all the schools started to do the haka. But it was kind of weird because some schools were singing the song too late and some too early. After the Haka was finished some old man did a speech for them and they did one for us. Man, we had to sit for hours but I was too busy taking photos of the schools and people doing the haka.

Lastly we finished with a karakia and all the schools had to Hi-5 the Hawaiians and off we went back to school.

THE END.

ST Kents Day!

Having Fun At St Kents…

13.03.15

Once the bus arrived at Ruapotaka School, the senior syndicate were divided into groups for the St Kents day! A few minutes later we arrived at St Kents in the bus and we were welcomed with a speech from some lady. As soon as the lady finished her welcome speech we had to follow our leader to the basketball court.

First of all the leader for our group introduced himself and asked all of us our names. Soon we had to warm up for the Volleyball lessons. For our Volleyball lessons we practised strike, block and that's all I could remember. When we finished the lessons we played Volleyball! Far out, the Volleyball game was amazing!

When we had free time, the leader of our group asked us, "What else do you want to play?" Most of us volunteered to play soccer then we helped him put the cones out there for the outlines and goals.

Then we were divided into groups and we named them. Our group was named EASTSIDE! and the other team was named GIRL POWER!

It was fun playing Volleyball.

The Deadliest Battle

25th April 1915

Dear Uncle Ben,

I have been chosen to defend the ANZAC defense force. Ok, we started with digging out the trenches. Digging out the trenches that were 6 x 5 feet in length and height from the ground but I had to be a man and dig! I felt very excited for tomorrow. Then I heard a gunshot. Then all the soldiers grabbed their AK-47, Snipers, and other guns but it was only one soldier named Benny who fired his gun during his sleep. Then the other soldiers went back to sleep when they realized he shot it while he was sleepwalking.

Once we woke up, I got up and stretched and had a run around and then we had breakfast with everyone. Guess what we had for breakfast? We had ANZAC biscuit which was so delicious with milk and that”s all we had but lucky there were tonnes of those. After all that had happened we all had to exercise.

Soon  after we saw all our guns and the tanks and the machine guns on the trucks to be used for next month when the battle begins. Everyone grabbed their guns and took it to the targets so we could practice and I shot a few targets but some missed which was good because we learnt from our mistakes.

Afterwards we went to the clothing place and we chose our own coat but I chose a medium sized one. They had  lots of pockets and it was dark green and light green. I took the coat to my trench and everybody had their own uniform coat for war and then we all went back to shooting targets.

From Daniel...

Everyday Theatre

Dear Diary,

I had a bad day because of my mum and dad. They always fight over money and  food and a heap more things!! I just hate them, well sometimes my dad. I want to live with another family. I need to. My mum and dad have anger management  problems over everything. Tonight I might go steal stash from the garage and go see if Jack will be at the carpark.

Well I like this house because Becca does my homework but I want my bed back! But the Sofa is pretty comfortable than my bed.  But that was my room you expect me to hand my room to you Becca! Tomorrow I might see dad at his place and play playstation all day and have dinner at KFC.

At school it’s boring. I have to do work all the time and you expect me to do that! Once I sneak out of school I want to see Jack at the car park so we can have Jim Beam. Now I think it’s time that I should live at my dad’s house so I can have my own room. Now I think I should finish my diary before it’s dinner time.

I’m feeling as hurtful as getting bullied.

From T...

Superb Self Management Award

Superb Self Management Award

At the syndicate assembly I received a Superb Self Management Award for showing discipline, controlling my behaviour and showing good behavior in front of the other students. The award was unlimited from Monday to Friday so you had to be good the whole week to earn that certificate. I worked so hard to get that award. I had to show excellence in  behaviour wherever I went. Well, because I was showing superb self discipline I was awarded a discipline award.

   

Who Am I?

Kia ora, my name is Raniera, I am a student at Ruapotaka School  (year 8). In spare time I like listening to Hip Hop, R&B, remix and rapping music, and reading comic books at the library. In my family I have 6 brothers but two of my brothers passed away and 3 sisters. The things I like to do is playing soccer which is my favorite sport, beating high scores on playstation, but I don’t really like playing XBOX because I get mixed up with the buttons. The things I like to watch are very exciting things like a flying motorbike or big graffiti  on the walls and cool fonts.

Snake mistaken for Loom Band

SUMMARY The little snake nicknamed Mac is now in the care of the charity of Aberdeenshire Animal Rescue and rehoming centre. A wildlife Charity wants to find the owner of a tiny stray snake which was mistaken for a loom band bracelet in Aberdeen, Scotland.

OPINION I reckon holding a snake on your wrist as a bracelet will be very creepy because I don’t like snakes. What would you do if you had a snake wrapped around your wrist as a bracelet?