Last Day Of Tech😭

On Wednesday it was our last day of Technicraft for 2018. I was so glad that I completed my pendant, it was a long process making it and now I can wear it. For the past few weeks at tech I've been making a cross pendant for my necklace. I'm satisfied with the final product and all that hard work paid off.

Christmas Crossover!🎄

Yesterday we are began Christmas Crossover and I was so excited. The whole school was divided into equal groups of nine, well most of the groups were even. The years seven and eight students in the groups were responsible for looking after the younger students. In my group we had no students from room 1 or 5. Which made it a bit easier as we didn't have to help anyone.

We made Christmas decorations in Room 1 with Mrs Hoeberigs. I can't wait to do more activities today.

Let's Litter Less!

For the past few weeks we've been working very hard in our groups to finish our presentation. My group is small but we have good ideas. Each person had to talk about an important part of littering. My slide is the second one. We each had to think of a question that is relevant to our inquiry topic. This slide presentation was made by Liza,Robati,Henry and myself.

Cultural Groups!

Since the start of term 4 the years 7 and 8 students have been working hard practicing their cultural dances.

 I'm so glad that the Tongan group started in term 3 because we would've been freaking out trying to learn a dance.

The other groups have been hardworking and giving it their all during practice. I hope we do good in our dance on prize giving and cultural groups day. Until then we will be busy practicing and perfecting our performance.

I Declare A Ceasefire!

This week my group and I have been studying information about Armistice Day.  My slide is number 4 which is mostly about the agreement. In my group there is Malia, Izabella, Ana and myself. Armistice day is a day that should be recognized and celebrated more in NZ because it was to mark the end of WW1 or the great war. From what we've been researching Armistice Day should be one of the important days.

Back From The Film Festival!

I'm so glad that I made it back to school on the bus with my friends. As I predicted I am exhausted and happy that it is over. But not really because I still have to go to the one showcasing in the evening.

I was able to see many schools like Glenbrae, Glen Taylor and other cool schools. My favourite part was getting to see my friends and cousins from the other schools. I even got to see our old teacher Mr Sok.

At least the day is over and now I can kick back, relax and watch more manaiakalani movies.

Here is Room 12's movie! Enjoy!

The Manaiakalani Film Festivals!😀

Today I am going to the film festival with my teacher and Saluselo because we are presenters for our class film. I am both nervous and excited because this is my first time presenting. I'm excited mostly because I will get to present in front of many different schools and I get to watch their movies.

After the film festival I'm going to be so exhausted because I'm going to be there for the whole day, and I will be there in the evening. Hopefully I do well!😟 

Testing, Testing And More Testing!

This whole week was the most stressful week ever because we had to do our end of year testing. On top of that we have our cultural groups and prize giving, but I decided to focus on my education this week, as the tests are not completed yet.

Hopefully today is the last day for testing, because I don't know if I have any knowledge left in my brain. As it is near the end of the year I'm nervous because these results will determine which class I'm in next year in college. I hope I do well.

It's Nearly The End Of Term 3!

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.

Summer Learning Journey

On Friday Rachel Williams came to Ruapotaka School to talk about the Summer Learning Journey. Rachel said that this year's theme is based on New Zealand.

This year she was lucky enough to have a team of bloggers to help comment on each student's blog from different clusters. I knew that as soon as she started talking about it I wanted to register and the prizes would relate to the theme.

The reason why I want to participate is because when I come back next year I will be ready for my tests that I have to sit. And because I want to make more progress and be better than before. I can't wait until I'm registered and ready to blog.

Also it begins on the 18th of December and ends on the 26th of January 2018. If you haven't registered then register now so you can start blogging.

Last Day of Technicraft for 2017!☹

Today was the last day of Tech at Tamaki College for this year. I was so devastated when I heard the news but in a way I was happy because we were going to be coming back next year. I finished all my art works and I wrote my summary about what I have learnt at graphics and my favourite things about it. In the end we all achieved our goals which was to finish all our art works and be better than before in art. Leaving was sad but I'm excited for the new year to come.

Speeches

Today was our first practice for speeches and we were being judged by one of our classmates. The judging was out of 39 and I was so nervous because I thought that the year 7s were going to go first but luckily the year 8s had to present theirs first.

My speech topic is Tonga and all the unique things like food, dances and heaps more. It will be exciting to see the speech finalist presenting Room 12. But until then we will have to keep practicing our speeches.

First Day Of Term 4

On the 16th of October 2017 term 4 had finally started. I was excited to be back at school especially because I missed my friends. Daily fitness was fun and Mrs Golder announced that it was Chinese language week. We learned a Chinese word which was 'Huānyíng' and it means 'welcome'.

Shortly after sports the bell rang and everyone walked to assembly in the multipurpose room. Mrs Vickers talked about the Tamaki College Gala and the prefects said some reminders like 'testing soon' and 'to go home straight away'. One student from each classroom received a Duffy book from our sponsor Terry Jarvis for 'caught being good'. When we were back in class, Room Twelve Group One reviewed this week's Homework.

I learned a lot of things on my first day back at school I can't wait until tomorrow.