Our Book Study- Goosebumps

Last week Friday Room 11 has been working on our book study on the goosebumps books. We got split up into 4 groups. I was in the design group.  In the group was Elaine,Samuel and Quros. We had to come up scary designs.  It was fun working together on the  second to last week.  All the other groups had to  do the blurb and a little section about the author.

My Clay Phone

For the past two days me and my friend Pallas has been working on our clay phones. I think that we have done a really good job doing our phones and trying to make it look realistic. We have finally finished it and now we do not want to break it a part.  This is what our phones look like. I think that it was amazing making our phones.

Touch Rugby- Did You Enjoy It?

For the  last two  weeks we have been having touch. We would always go out on Thursdays.

Our tutor was Trevor, he taught us how to play proper touch and he also taught us the skills in  touch.  I think that he is a really good tutor because all the skills that we went through he would always make sure that we we did it right.

For two weeks  he taught us new things and I think that we picked up the moves really fast. I really liked how he told us the right things to do  while playing touch because we didn't really play properly while we were having sports. The technique that I thought helped  me with where to put the ball was when,

I think that Trevor did a well done job on coaching us.

I really thank him.  Our last day was fantastic because we got to play touch. First it was boys against boys then it was girls against girls. I was really happy with my team because we scored 2 tries while using teamwork and the skills that we learnt.  Trevor was our coach in the game.  My favorite part while playing touch was when Trevor tricked me into to tapping the ball and running for the try. Thanks for embarrassing me!

Baby Fake Cries For Fingernail Cuts

1. This video is about a baby fake crying for fingernail cuts. This  a cute video and the twist is while watching the video try not to smile,grin or laugh. I am pretty sure that you might laugh!

Changing The Garden

We have to start making decisions on what kind of plants we need to replace the old ones with new ones.  I think that we have to make the right decisions on what plants we want because we need our garden to look good. Our garden has to look really WOW and also to make our class look SPECTACULAR!! Now. This is a flower that is to make the whole garden look colourful and this plant is called Tulips. These flowers are not the same as any other flower because these flowers are just so irresistible to stare at the whole time. I just hope that it will be enough to beat the other great ideas in this class. And Also thanks to the Tamaki College Students for digging out the plants that we don't need.
Tulips Dark Background By Flickr

Emoji Keyboard Now On Sale!!!

Trying emoji has been a hassle until now! 

Cue the emoji keyboard. The Emoji keyboard. The Emoji Keyboard by EmojiWorks is a Bluetooth keyboard that connects to your iOS, Mac or Windows device. The keyboard has all the traditional letter, number and function keys, but adds a dedicated emoji toggle and dozens of emoji so you can quickly and easily type the ideograms into your conversations, documents and emails.

Disabled Tortoise Gets Wheels

A baby tortoise has lost his leg and now he is using the wheels from a  toy car. Her is a video that shows the tortoise

Can Taylor Swift Shake It This Off?

Taylor Swift may believe in shaking things off but can the pop star 'Shake Off' the law suit against her? Jesse Brahma has accused Taylor Swift by stealing words from his song he wrote  called Haters Gone Hate. Taylor Swift has now been sued for US  $42 million       ( $58,969,657 NZ) over hit Shake It Off. The song has topped the chart and has been played on YouTube more than 1.1 billion times. As well as the money Jesse wants from the law suit, he also wants his name added to the track as a writer.

Kiwi Kids News

Girl Born With Heart Outside Of Chest

There was a girl in Russia at the age of 6 that was born with her heart outside of her chest.  She had to travel to America for treatment. Several hospitals around the world have refused to operate on the young girl  due to the risk of the surgery.  She went to one the Hollywood hospitals.  This condition occurs in less than 1 out of a million people.  Boston's Children's Hospital have said they will not operate until her blood pressure comes down.

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My Spooky Halloween Costume

For Halloween I am going to be a scarecrow. I thought of a scarecrow because I thought that it is a really easy costume to put together. All I need for my costume is NOTHING! Because I am just going to be using my clothes. I am going to be wearing jeans with my overalls and my flannel T-shirt. I think this is going to be a great costume to wear while I am going trick or treating. THIS IS A SCARECROW BY THE WAY!!. THANKS FOR LAUGHING:)

Big Mac Sold With A bite Out Of It!

There was a lady in Auckland that was hungry and decided to get something to eat. So she went to
McDonald's and got a big mac. Once she got her order all of a sudden she saw the her burger already had a bite through it. She took it back and got a new burger. The owners of McDonald's had to check the camera footage and they found out that the burger got bitten by a costumer. I bet that they lady was upset.


Big Mac Sold Missing Bite  By Kiwi Kids News

The Longest I have Ever Practiced

On  Saturday I got told that we have dance practice and also singing practice for our family reunion in December. My grandmothers sisters family came over to practice with us. First we started by doing the dances. After spending a long time on the dances we moved onto the singing. I sang some of the high bits while we were singing. Man my voice was killing me it was like I couldn't talk properly. Finally we finished the longest practice I have ever had. YAY!

                                                    Microphone Photo-(CC BY 2.0)

Shake Out Drill

This morning at 9:15 room 11 had to the Drop! Cover! Hold! to practice encase there was a earthquake. Once the bell rang 3 times the whole class had to go under their desks . Here are some images of us under our desks.  Judging by the pictures it looked like everyone was uncomfortable sitting under the small desk,but hey we have to stay safe. Judging by the pictures it looked like everyone was uncomfortable sitting under the small desk,but hey we have to stay safe.

    

                                                            Room 11 Blog Photo taken by Mr Reid

Looking Forward To Touch Rugby- YAY!

This term is going to be a very busy term, but the thing that I am looking forward to the most is touch rugby because it is a fun sport to play. Playing touch rugby isn't really a girls sport but there are some girls who play this. I've tried it before with my class and I like playing it. I also heard that there might be a touch rugby tournament.  I am really excited for the touch rugby training to begin.

Touch Rugby- By Wikipedia                            

The Most Mind Blowing News Ever!

Blood Moon on the Horizon

Created on September 22, 2015

A Blood moon known as a ‘tetrad’ will take place on September 28th, which is just the fourth lunar eclipse in two years.

The rare event will make the moon look up to 14% larger because it is as close to the earth than it will ever be in its elliptical orbit. However there is a chance that the eclipse won’t be visible from New Zealand and as always viewing always depends on weather conditions.

So why will the moon be a ‘blood’ red color? When the earth eclipses a full moon the direct sunlight is blocked, but the suns rays still light up the moon. However this light has already traveled through the Earth's atmosphere first, and hence causing the totally eclipsed moon to look red or brownish.

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The Rugby World Cup Presentation

For the past few weeks we got put into groups  to make a presentation for the Rugby World Cup. My group was Maranatha, Pallas, Akanesi and Aydrian. I thought that it was good that we got to be a group because we worked really well together. My favorite slide on our group presentation was the haka slide. Pallas was the one who came up the idea for our haka page. I liked watching the haka's that the All Blacks did at the Rugby World Cup. 

(Cindy&Josh)- Point England Play

Today after morning tea some of the students from room 9,10,11 and 12 got the opportunity to watch a play. The play that we were watching was a similar story to Cinderella. Instead of the name Cinderella it was called Josh and Cindy. There were different  schools there to watch the act. My favorite part in the show that I really enjoyed was the dancing at the fake gym.  At the end of the show Suliasi said a little thank you speech . I was lucky that I got picked to go and watch the show.

Cinderella { New Look} By Kawiibrit

Are You Smart With Your Media?

When searching for  images to use online  you have to make sure to use the search tools. Click the search tools and  you will see six buttons. Click usage rights and  labeled for noncommercial reuse. Noncommercial means that you not going to make money using the image. Choose the image from the noncommercial then visit the page  that you got the image from. Check that the image has a creative commons license.  The attribution should have the title, the author and the license information linked to the source.

Titanoboa By Matt Thompson (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Myron Simpson

                                                Myron  Simpson

Today at our assembly we got a very special visit from the one and only Myron Simpson. He was here to talk to us about why it is good to read and how it helps you in life. Myron also told us when he first started his career and who inspired him to  ride a bike. It was really awesome of him to let some of the children wear his equipment and one that could ride his aerodynamic bike. I was really surprised when he said that his bike costs $15,000 . My favorite part i was when he got the opportunity to  give out the Duffy books out to the students. I enjoyed Myron coming to our school as our Duffy role model.

Teenager on Holiday finds A bar of Gold!

A 16 year old teenager was on her vacation to Germany. She went swimming at lake Bavaria's  Koenigsse on Friday. While she was swimming she saw 2 gold bars at about 2 meters deep. The believed that the gold was worth $24,000. She didn't want to keep the gold so she gave it to the police to discover who threw the gold in the lake.

Little friend guarding £1 Million Bullion gold bars BY Craig A

How to make a quality blog comment tips

We are learning to write quality blog comments. We have created a infographic  to help us to know what we need to include wen we post a comment.

Interschool Netball Team

The Year 7 and 8 netball team went to the AMI netball courts for the inter schools. We came 2nd out of 11 teams,I was happy that we came second. We won our 4 games and lost one. I thought that we did well. I was so proud that we could represent Ruapotaka in the netball.

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Madd Messenger

Yesterday room 11 and 12 went to room 8A because we had Petia from Madd Messenger came to our school to teach us to always believe in ourselves. Petia told us that whenever somebody has told us something negative we always would have to speak up. At the end of the session he drew a super hero Iron Man to show that we can be a hero yourselves. I thought that he was amazing.

A description About How Brave Akanesi Is

This week it has been busy. I had an opportunity to write a description about how brave Akanesi is. I enjoyed writing about her because she isn't afraid of to talk to people like I am. I also enjoyed finding a brave quote that would suit her braveness. This is  what the quote said 1- A strong person knows how to keep their life in line. With tears in their eyes,still manages to say "Nah, I'm Fine. It was very fun.

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Nephews 3rd Birthday.

On Saturday I went to my nephew’s 3rd birthday.

I helped blow up balloons, set the tables and helped with the  cooking. I had been so busy I didn't even recognize that  people were coming inside of the house. When I was cooking I took over the BBQ because my grandpa and uncle were too tired of standing up.

My Piano Masterpiece

For the past few weeks I have been working on a piano in woodwork at Tamaki College. It took a while but I finished it and it looks good. I planned out what it was going to look like. Then I worked my way from my plan to building it so it holds pencils too. I am so proud of myself  for accomplishing this all by myself.

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Talofa Lava This Is Information about me.

Talofa Lava, Malo Lelei and my name is Heilala, I will be telling you a little about me on this page. I am 11 years old and I am a year 7. My culture is Tongan but I am from America and the part of America that I am from is Texas. My favourite sport is netball, basketball and softball. My favorite food is pizza.The most thing that I like to do when I am at home is sing songs and have singing competitions with my brother Sione..My favorite singers are Tori Kelly and Beyonce.They were my second inspiration for singng. My goal for this year is to always be better than before.By Heilala.

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