Science Class At Tamaki College!

Yesterday we went to technicraft at Tamaki College. I was in the first science class that the students of Ruapotaka had attended to. Along with me I had tons of plastic that was needed in one of our experiments. With the plastic we had to assort them into groups such as polystyrene, polyvinyl and many more.


Our science teacher then had us cut out strips of paper that was soon going to be glued into our science project book. With the strips of paper we used it to be glued on our book with each statements put into either positive, negative or neutral.

Soon after one of the chemistry teachers from Tamaki College handed out lollipops to our science class!

Weather Bomb!💣

Wild weather including high winds have soaked large parts of the Southern New Zealand. A lot of people are trapped in this horrible weather!

Hopefully this weather doesn't carry on but for now everyone must take shelter and have alot of food and water. In Timaru district, the council says it'll probably take weeks to recover from flood damage. 

My Finished Product!

On Wednesday it was our last tech for the year. My group was in graphics with our tutor Mrs Ferguson. We spent the whole term designing and doing research for our juice cartons.

My fake juice carton was called Blueberry Pop. It had a straw on one side, a ingredients tab on the other and a fun maze to do at the back. Unfortunately I couldn't get the back to stick so I taped it on. For me the hot glueing bit was very hard as you had to stick on the sides while it was still hot.

Drawing the barcode was also very difficult as you have to draw and colour in a lot of lines, but it was fun. I had fun making this juice carton and hopefully we get to make more things like this.

Remembrance Of The Erebus Disaster🔥

There was a special ceremony for the families of victims killed in the Mt Erebus disaster. 

The apology mark 40 years since the crash of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 on Mt Erebus in Antarctica in 1979, with the loss of 257 lives. Some people say that this disaster will change New Zealand for ever and probably the airline itself.

Hopefully in the future we have no more disasters like this!

Air NZ Cancels Christmas Flights!✈

Air New Zealand has announced that they have cancelled some of the Christmas flights. They say that the problem is due to maintenance issues with it's Rolls-Royce issues. The recent total of people who will be affected by this is 14,000 New Zealand.

The airline (Air NZ) has been forced to shut down their usual flights from Christchurch to Perth and other international flights in December and January. The airline announced that the airline might be cleared by Christmas but it is still in the que at the Rolls-Royce repair shop.

Hopefully the airline will be able to fix this so people could enjoy their Christmas holiday!!

Prince Charles & The Duchess Of Cornwall Arrive In New Zealand!

Prince Charles and the duchess have now made their arrival in New Zealand for their 7 day tour. 

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in New Zealand on a 7 day tour.

Their tour of New Zealand will take them to Northland, Christchurch and Kaikōura. 

During their Auckland stay, Prince Charles and Camilla will receive an official welcome at Government House and meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Manaiakalani Film Festival!

Yesterday the 12th Annual Film Festival took place at Sylvia Park Hoyts Cinema. Our school (Ruapotaka) and a few other schools watched multiple films.


As we arrived at the cinema there were only a few people so we took seat and waited for the other schools to arrive. There was a lot of laughter and excitement coming from the schools. The films that we watched were quite funny and had a really good message.

I enjoyed the Manaiakalani Film Festival 2019!

Click Here To Watch Our Film!

Rats Wash Up On Westport Beaches!

In totally around 600 rats have been recovered with experts concerned that more may follow.

Some of the rats have been sent for testing as the Department of Conservation to find out why it happened. 

Some people believe the rats could have washed out of the hills by heavy rain after a 1080 poison operation 140km away. However, most experts are ruling this out.

Locals are being warned to keep their dogs off the beaches.

Kiwi Can Jam 2019!

On Friday it was the first Kiwi Can Jam that Ruapotaka School attended. The arena was fulled with schools. There were many great performances but unfortunately Ruapotaka did not win a prize but we performed on that stage proud to represent our school.

Our performance began with a dance, later a skit and our final dance. When we finished we went back to school on a bus with Glen Brae.

Our teachers and principal said that we did a great job, but I was so nervous I didn't even know I did a great job!

Smart Relationships - Cybersmart!

Learners make smart relationships by knowing who they are talking to online. A learner having a smart relationship online is easy to control, you know what to do when something goes wrong and you know what to do when something doesn't seem right.

Smart relationships can happen with students connecting and sharing by commenting and interacting on each others blogs. They can make smart decisions in very hard choices. 

Springboks For The Win!🏉

On Saturday the Springboks *aka South Africa* won the Rugby World Cup over England. The full-time score was 32 - 12. A lot of people went to the game while some stayed home and watched from the television. 

Flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit was named World Player of the Year, Rassie Erasmus was named as Coach of the Year and the Springboks were named Team of the Year.

False Fire Alarm at Auckland's Newmarket Mall

Fumes from a generator in an Auckland mall prompted evacuations and an emergency service callout on Friday morning.

Authorities headed to the Westfield Mall in Auckland's Newmarket on Friday after reports of a fire, police told Newshub. Photos and videos posted to Snapchat showed people evacuating and standing on surrounding streets staring in.

Luckily it wasn't an actually fire otherwise people would be in sreiouse danger!

Facial Recognition For Sheep?

A Dunedin company has announced that they are developing facial recognition for sheep. This kind of equipment is out of this world, its way in the future. The piece of technology will help farmers remember their sheeps.

The project has now received $40,000 grand from Callaghan Innovation and the company is aiming to prototype the software this year. I think that is project may have some issues but might also be fun!  

FIRE!🔥

A major fire has hit Auckland's Sky City Convention Centre. The large flames and chemical spills began on Tuesday mid-afternoon and might still be carrying on right this moment. 

St Johns have spoken saying that one person has been admitted to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition. Skycity has evacuated people in the Sky tower, casino and all Skycity hotels, restaurant and corporate offices.

Hopefully the firefighters do stop this tragic mess!

Endeavour Sails Around New Zealand

A realistic replica of Captain Cooks ship the endeavour has continued it's journey around New Zealand. The replica of the ship is part of a flotilla known as Tuia 250 that has been sailing around New Zealand in memory of Captain Cooks arrival in New Zealand.

Over in the holidays the replica ship docked in Gisborne where Captain Cook saw this part and named the cove Poverty Bay. Although some people were excited for the ship to dock in their bay the local Maori community were not happy with this.

Some cities didn't allow the ship to dock there because their local Maori community says that its Maori area. I think they should let the replica ship dock because Captain Cook named most the land in New Zealand.

Greta Thunberg Fights For Climate Change!

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg has made a inspirational speech to the world leaders at UN saying that they failed to act on climate change. "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words" she spoke in front of the crowd. 

I think that the words she spoke were inspirational to younger and older people around the world. Not only are the words coming from her mouth its coming from her heart. 

I'm fairly certain that more younger people are going to stand up for climate change and actually care more than the UN climate summit in New York!

Me!

Yesterday was the day when we switched technicraft groups. I thought graphics was fun and turns out it was! The first thing we created was a me which is a poster about yourself. Here is my poster about myself.

Measles In Auckland!

In Auckland, New Zealand there have been around 778 people diagnosed with the mealse disease. The age groups that have been affected badly are children younger than 5 years old and those aged between 15 and 29. Auckland Regional Public Health Service said that New Zealand had lost immunity against measles.

Since I've been seeing a lot of people having measles it has made me a bit scared.

Netball

As some people know, yesterday was netball interschools which basically means "competing against other schools". I was very excited and tried to get as much sleep as possible which was kind of hard because I couldn't go to sleep. The netball team for the Y7 and Y8's were - Leanah, Mary Ruth, Nataaliyah, Agueer, Madisyn, Kotipi, Konzay, Leaaepeni, Tristan and I.

I was happy to represent my school in netball even though we came 13th out of 20. I thought my team could've done better but I think it's because we didn't practise as much as other schools. 


The Schools We Played Were:
Glen Innes Red
St Pius
Sylvia Park Green
Pt England Black
Glen Brae 
And Panmure Bridge School

I was proud of my team, hopefully we could play together sometime in the future!!