Athletics

On Tuesday, the whole school did Athletics first We started off by running in our years, there were also helpers to help the teacher to organize the little ones to line up on the tracks properly. Once that is all sorted it was ready for them to run to the finish line and whoever wins the race has to get a stick (depending on the colors of the stick) and whoever gets a stick that means they either came first, second or third place. When the people who get the stick have to run again for the finals when the Athletics is finished we all headed back to class.

film festvial

                            Room 12 movie

November 8th we went to Hoyts Sylvia Park in a bus, we had to stay in the bus with the little one's and we had to hold there hand while we were walking to the cinemas. When we arrived there we got to see a lot of different movies from different schools and each schools had two presenters to present there movies .

Speaches

Today we had to chose a topic on what we a going to write about for our speech. When we have chosen what we wanted to write about we have to write down as much as we know and learn it. When we have written our speech we have to practice it in front of the class.

When we had said our speech we have to be judged by someone else, they also had to time how long the speech was,  if it was 3 minutes and over it was fine. Also the person who was judging had to fill  a document that say volume,vocabulary, expression,hand jesters and others that needed to be in your speech. They will mark you and add up the points and the time your speech was.

daily fitness

Today we are practicing for our athletics. For our fitness we are currently doing relays, we often do it every year. We had to get into our normal groups so that Mr Reid could give us a number. Later on we arrive to our cone. 

Once our groups were sorted one person from each group had to line up in a row so that, when the person arrives to their teammates they pass the baton on and keep running. 

When it came to the forth cone they had to sprint to the end so that their team can finish. It was time for group two to do the same. When they finished everyone headed back to class.

Making takeaway boxes

On Wednesday we had to make a takeaway box. Firstly we had to think of a design so that we can start drawing. After that I had to write about what I'm going to sell in my restaurant,  so I said" I was going to sell sushi, fries, drink and a burger."

Also I had to write the pricing in my restaurant, so I had to draw types of foods on my piece of paper.  Once my drawing was finished I had to put a bar code on it, cut out the out line and transform it into a takeaway box. When it was finished everyone had to hand it over to Mr Pinda, he will take a photo of our artwork and keep it so that he can grade our work.

colour combine

how does colour change.

How does two different colour change in one spinning dis. when two colors are on a spinning dis and spin it really fast the two colors will form a different colour for example red and blue will make purple if you spin the spinning wheal really fast if your spinning it slow the colour wont show. and make sure that the two colors are colored darkly so the colors a mixed darkly and can be clear to see a make sure that the sped limit of the spinning is fast enough.

cross country for fitness

On Monday morning we did our warm up, before we had to run around the streets two times. Most of us were jogging, walking or even sprinting, we were all tired and hot. As we were jogging I could see people sweating.  But sadly we weren't finished. When I was on the last lap I dashed to the end as fast as possible. Later on we had to sit on the ground to wait for the other's to arrive.

Orienteering

On Tuesday we had to get into two partners and get a map that has a number at the back of it listed up to 1 and 16 on the map it had a directions pointing to it had a little control that had a letter on it. When we got into partners the other one had to hide the control but had to follow the map, the map shows where to put the control when the other person hid the control then gives the map to the other person to find we all had to do at least 10 or 15 when orienteering was over we were all hot and tired after all that running then we had to put the map and the controls in Mr Leon's bag.

Graphics

On Wednesday we had to change class and we moved to graphics. The teacher said we had to draw our name. It had to be 6 cm wide and 6 cm long, we could draw it in different kinds of ways. When the drawings are finished we were told to draw our last name and colour the letters in but today we our real teacher wasn't here so we had a reliever called Mrs Stage. He told us how to do letters in different ways by the end of the session we didn't get to finished our work but maybe next week we might be able to finish it.

Making Nacho's

When I went cooking at Tamika Collage I made Nacho's. Before getting ready I had to get the equipment out of the cupboard and put it on the table before Mrs Tuipulotu gave us the ingredients to start cooking. When she gave us the 2 pieces of garlic cloves. When I put the garlic cloves inside the tea towel to mash it altogether and once the garlic was into little pieces I put them in the pan then I pored in oil. After pouring the oil in I fried it until it turned brown. Once it was  ready I let it to cool down. Then when Mrs Tuipulotu put all the ingredient in one bowl I take one and poured it in the pan with the garlic and some mince. I had to stir it around till it's cooked. I grabbed a plate of chips from the table then I pour the ingredients that I just made onto the plate of chips. Then once it was finished we had to show Mrs Tuipulotu and she would put more cheese on top of the Nacho''s and then we ate it.

Making banana muffins.

At tech we made banana muffins we had to get a bowl out so we can mash the banana in it. Once the
banana is mixed we pour in flour, milk, baking soda then mix it. Then put in one egg and some mounted butter after we mixed all the ingredients in we put sugar in. Then we kept on stirring make sure that it's not to watery if it is than just add more flour to it once the mixture is ready we get out the muffin tray out. We then put in the muffin cups in then when the muffin cups are in we put the mixture in then put the tray in the oven to be ready to cook once it is cooked. We then took it out and cool it off then it is done.

The song how far i'll go

On Friday the whole class in Room 12 had to sing the song 'How Far I'll Go'. We chose that song because it was related to Tonga and Samoa. Also all the class had to present something that were related to the pacific, Room 1 perform the Samoan sasa and Room 5 sang a song called 'Le Aute' then Rm 6 wore clothes that relates to the pacific, they all were wearing different clothes. They came out the other door and showed us their clothes that they were wearing. Then once every class in the school showed us their performances we all had to come back to class.

chicken curry with rice

Today we made chicken curry with rice. First we had to get out a pot and put the chicken inside with water and wait for it to cook. Then when we were finished cooking the chicken we had to get a frying pan and make the curry chicken sauce. We used Indian tomato sauce, tomato paste, herbs spices, black peeper and curry then we mixed it in the frying pan with a wooden spoon then we tasted it if it was sour then we had to just add in a little bit of brown sugar. After the water in the pot was drained out we had to place the chicken in the pan with the sauce already to be stirred while on the stove. We had to wait for 20 minutes till the the chicken was ready to serve onto a plat with the rice. Ready to be eaten.

Skipping

On Wednesday we watched the year 0 to year 4 they had to skip the longest and the winner was Reality from room 7. When the year 0 and year 4 students finished there skipping Room 9 had to do there skipping display after they had finished there display it was Room 10 turn then  Room 12. After all of the class done there display it was time for the seniors turn to skip the longest. The classes had finished skipping and now we all had to pack all the skipping ropes away a come back to class.

What we do for Fitness

Everyday in the morning we sometimes do dancing for daily fitness. But sometimes we do Circuits. Circuits is an activity that we do at school in the morning. when you're doing  Circuits you will be in your groups and doing eight different excises. But most of the we run around the school block for 15 minutes. And we have to take out the speaker from Room 10 so we can do dancing  we can pick at least 3 song so we can dance to.

What I Made At Tec!

When I was at Tec we made chocolate chip muffins. Then  we had to follow miss Tuipulotu instructions she wrote on the board. She says we have to follow the instructions properly then after we had put our ingredient in a bowl then we mix it till it's ready. Then we had to get out the cupcake tray to put our mixture of ingredient that we just had made. Then we have to put it in the oven about a thirty minute. After when the muffins are ready you take them out and put them on a cooler muffin tray then when it cools down it will be ready to be eaten.

Christchurch teenagers found after missing reports

There were two teennagers who where missing in chrischurch. But the police reported that they have
found the girl she has been found safe and well. Police saide on monday morning. They were reported missing but they have been found safely. Christchurch police pleased that the two teenagers were found. They were reported missing after failing coming home on the right time on sunday afternoon. Owen murray the boy that was missing he was only 18 and the girl was only 17. they had been in Hanmer on sunday morning and were accepted back to christchurch but fail to return home. Police in christchurch thanked the public for locating the teenagers.

What I Did At Tec

When I was in Mr Grundy's room we were making things out of wood. First we had to draw what we're going to draw on a piece of paper. We could draw anything on it and we could at least draw ten ideas. When we finished drawing our ten ideas, he will mark it and say what is the best design for me to do. When I have a design to do he tells us how to join them. We have to do it piece by piece if it's perfect when we finished most of our pieces. we can do the cutting and the measuring and when we had finished our joint. We have to give it to Mr Grundy to check it. If there were any mistakes on it he will use his machine to cut off any bits of pieces that are sticking out. Then we had finished our piece of work we had to let it stay in the cupboard so next week we can take it home.

National milk day

National milk day is a special day for us. At school we have milk from the Fonterra people who provide milk for us to drink to make us fit and healthy. We drink our milk every week except on Fridays. We have our milk at morning tea. The Fonterra people always comes to give us new milk every Fridays. When we drink our milk we have to fold it and put it in a box to send it back to the Fonterra people so they can reuse it and turn it into a milk container then they fill it up with milk. they recycle the milk cartons.

Truck rolls, throws logs over road in Bay of Plenty storm

A logging truck rolled on state highway near the bay plenty town where Pikowai is.On Friday it was a bad weather.A fire fighter saw the road it was half blocked by the truck and trailer it was on it's side  the driver had a lot of injures. The log company came to remove the logs out of the way. While the log company was taking the logs. A ambulance came a to help the man in the van then the driver took him to whakatane.

Criminals 'have taken over the suburbs', say exasperated south Auckland dairy owners

Offender and criminals have been roaming on our streets. Dairy shop owners and police have been having meetings about Criminals.Sunny Kaushal said robberies of dairies also small businesses in the south Auckland are increasing. In the public spaces shows that the offenders show no fear of getting caught. The leader of New Zealand Winston peters express his exasperation.The dairy of these countries are begging robbed the owners where terrified and scared. The shop owners said that they need police patrols so they know who has been a thieft.

Kiwi studio goes from garage to global gaming powerhouse

People from New Zealand are trying to sell some of there stuff. Chris Wilson and Jonathan Rogers found some toys that where on the first floor of that cream colored  average they where looking for things to sell they found games and all kinds of toys Chris Wilson and Jonathan Rogers live in the Auckland suburb in New Lynn.

Man Kaur, oldest athlete at World Masters Games, now Auckland's oldest skywalker

                   Auckland's oldest skywalker

  The oldest athlete in the world of master games has become the oldest person to walk along Auckland's tallest sky tower.The man Kaur is 101 years old and an Indian athlete and the the oldest competitor in the worlds master games he held up the city this mouth he stepped out onto a platform 192 meters above Auckland.
On Friday he walked across it while holding he's 79 years old son.

Auckland University quotes $570 for med school emails

Auckland University quotes $570 for med school emails

Auckland university is refusing to release 202 emails discussing a proposed waikato medical school unless they pay of $570.
The heads of Auckland and Otago's medical school have been vocal expressing they have been concern about the waikato proposal. The Auckland university was deciding to join the Otago medical school together .

Stranded residents could be freed 'at some stage today'

Auckland residents trapped over night by a large slip of running out of food but hopefully they get to walk on there property today. Some houses have been blocked off in the west Auckland suburb of Titrangi have been blocked off by mud and debris since about one am In the morning. On April the 5th you can't walk or go in a car you have to stay inside your houses many people are stuck in there houses on landing Rd.

Duffy roll

We had a special Assembly and a man from the wiggles came to talk to us about books and told us about his first book how he found his book in his son messes room.Then he told his son to clean it up but he said he will but he went out with his friends to play then he was about to clean his room then he saw an Asterix book one of his favorite book that he got when he was little then he sat on the bed till his son came back home then he told him to clean his room.

The cheapest house in Auckland, possibly

the cheapest house in Auckland

the house had three bedrooms and two toilets and a nice and large backyard the house only it only cost  $489,000 most of the furniture at Whanganui in South Auckland most of the Prices are half.lots of family homes is decent in the market for less than 500,000.

Kauri activist can't get New Zealand citizenship, this time

Kauri activist can't get New Zealand citizenship, this time. Michael Tavares and 34 people spent 81 hours on the Kauri tree, in 2015 to prevent it by being chopped off by housing developers his actions sparked a protest and 27,000, people sighed a petition to save the centuries old native trees.

Truck breakdown

Truck breakdown, debris spark big traffic delays in Wellington, Auckland

a broke down car made a big traffic heading towards wellington on the motorway.The massive delays were triggered by a truck and trailer unit, which started to spew smoke and broke down on State Highway 2, just north of Petone, about 6.20am. Another vehicle breakdown on SH2 near Ngauranga soon after the truck was moved compounded issues.

Auckland traffic more congested than Hong Kong

Traffic in Auckland is worst than in Hong Kong according to Tom Tom's company''s latest global traffic index has ranked Auckland, the 40th big city in the word when it comes to congestion, and four places above Hong Kong which has a population of more than 7 million.

Unruly passenger forces United Airlines flight to divert to Auckland

United Airlines flight to divert to Auckland

A a man forced a flight from Sydney to San Francisco to be diverted to Auckland on new year day after he  allegedly abused united Airlines crew and passengers. video footage shows him standing in the cabin aisle arguing about seating with a crew member who ask him to calm down and stop yelling.

                                                                                              

Housing Joint

Mr Grundy's Workshop.


Mr Grundy said we have to draw 10 ideas about what we are going to build, then show it. In our drawing where the joint is then he will mark it and give us a higher marks, if he liked our ideas.
But we had to draw our real one on a big piece of blank paper then, if we've finished our drawing and everything is done we get to move on to wood.

Sir Ian McKellen reveals he wears New Zealand pounamu for luck

sir lan Mckellen wears NZ pounamu for luck.










Honorary Kiwi sir lan Mckellen says he was teased by Maggie smith for wearing his pounamu pedant to the oscars.
Appearing to the Graham Norton show on Friday in with pals
Sir Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman, he revealed that he wore his green stone gift to Hollywood biggest night back in 2002.
when those films were nominated for something like 20 Oscars on that night everyone from new Zealand was wearing their greenstone. by: stuff.co.nz

tabloids day

On Tabloids day we did all kinds of sport. It was a nice day to have fun outside. I liked getting points for my team. My favorite sport was throwing the bean bag in the basket cause we got five points for the activities. Also I'm in the color blue then when It was finished we had to count our points that we had, 35 we came second.

toys for cats

Gareth drapes a caring tail over his TeddyThere was a pet shop where they buy toys for cats and other animals so they can hold on to or play with.but from a cat's point of view,almost anything can be a toy.all kinds of things can excite a cat's play drive, especially if the cat is in one of those moods where it has to play.

Person dies while walking to work through Hagley Park.

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A person died in Hagley Park in central Christchurch this morning. Police were called to North Hagley Park, near Christchurch Hospital on Monday. A section of footpath in the park has been cordoned off."It looks like someone has collapsed on the way to work," Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Worner​ said.Police were contacting the person's next of kin.