film festival

So next week Wednesday the whole school is getting on a bus to go to silver park to watch our films that we have created on the big screen at the theater.  This is what we do every year because we are a manaiakalani school. We're not only going to watch our films but other manaiakalani schools. Then once we have finished watching the films we will be on our way back to school.

Tennis with Pete

Today was our first day of practice for tennis, so we went down to the courts to have practice with coach Pete. He teaches us how to play tennis, his first instruction was to practice some drills. Then we had to stand near a racket and practice hitting the ball towards our  opponent, then when he says switch! we change to give the other person turn. After all that practice we start playing a game of tennis. It was coming towards the end of our session so once we finished we said good bye to coach Pet, and looking forward to seeing him next Tuesday.

Duffy Awards

On Monday we had two special Duffy role models. They came to talk to us about reading books. Once they introduced themselves they started talking about how they were interested in reading. One of the role models said his teacher told him that he should read books about sports because he loved playing it.   That's how he got involved in big events. Then at the end specific people were called up to receive their Duffy books from the two Duffy role models. After that we sang the Duffy song.

Hip Hop Off

Today was the day we showcased our dance moves. Each group from different classes have been selected to show off their own dances or the dances that they have been taught from our instructor, Jess. The people who were chosen to dance had to practice hard to be better than before.

This afternoon in the multipurpose room the whole school watched all the dances. The best dance group I liked was Room Twelve because the dancers added different unique  moves to the dance which they put together themselves. They looked amazing.

But the funniest one I liked was Room Six because they just made me laugh.

Making A Burger

Today is the last day for cooking. We made an egg burger,we first had to gather the ingredients in order to make the burger.

Then we heated the four buns to a 180 degrees. Once that was in the oven we had to fry the eggs when the eggs were done. We put them aside and grab the ingredients to put in the burger like lettuce,onion,tomatoes,cheese,mayo then once all of them has been combined we take a photo of it then it's done. Mrs Tuipulotu said it is a simple recipe that you could try to make a home.

Ham and cheese toast

Today at Tech we made ham and cheese toast.

We had to get six pieces of bread and cut the crust and dip all of the bread in eggs, ham and cheese. Then we put them into the pan with melted butter then waited for the bread to turn into a golden brown colour.

When the bread was done we put them on the plate and took a photo.

French Toast

Today at tech we made French Toast. We first gathered all the equipment and then the ingredients needed. I was partnered up with two people. It took quite a while for the toast to fully cook.

When it was ready we put the pieces of french toast on the plate and then took a photo of it.

Making Nachos

On Wednesday we made Nachos with our buddies. We had to follow Mrs Tuipulotu's instructions on the board that she had set for us. First, we had to get all the ingredients that we were going to use to make the dish. When the sauce was ready for the chips we had to put them beside the sauce. Then it was ready to eat

What We Made At Technicraft

It was our second day back for cooking at Tamaki College. We had to make a sponge cake roll and  also had to follow the teacher's instruction that she wrote on the board so we can create it. We also had a partner each to assist us make it. Once we've made our sponge cake we had to put toppings on it then roll it up and detach it into segments. But I didn't roll my one.

Back to school for 2018 🤓 🤓

I'm ready to learn and come back to school for 2018. I'm looking forward to coming back to school mostly every day. I enjoy seeing new people coming to our school it's been fun so for me this year. I'm getting use to being a year 8 student in Room 12 with the other year 8's. It was also great seeing the people that was here last year and sad seeing those that left to college.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.