Coach Pete Is Here!!

On Tuesday, we had Tennis with Coach Pete. It was pretty nerve-racking because I have no experience with a Tennis racket. Luckily, Coach Pete taught me all through the steps.

I was partnered with Katrina and after a little while, Sosiua joined our group. We started off by hitting the tennis ball at or near the cone.

Then we started a rally and we always swapped after a while if we had three or more people in our team.

I hope that we get more practice in the weeks to come. It was fun!!

One Assembly, Two Duffy Books!!

On Monday afternoon, we had assembly. Mrs Vickers talked about how we can be  Better Than Before. She told us that this was a special assembly because the student that was chosen to get an award, would get not one, but two Duffy books!

I looked at Mrs Golder and knew immediately that she was having a hard time picking people. Finally, she eventually hand-picked me to go and receive the award. The two books I chose were called, The Slice and Conspiracy 365.

The reason why she picked me was because I backed-up my answer with evidence in reading.

No!! Okay!! Curry On With Your Butter Chicken!!

On Wednesday, I made Butter Chicken with my fellow colleagues, Robati and Jessica. Here is how we made the dish.

Method:

Step 1: Dice the chicken.

Step 2: Fry the chicken until brown.

Step 3: Take out the chicken into the a seperate bowl.

Step 4: Fry onion, add sauce, 1 cup of cream and chicken.

Step 5: Serve with rice.

It was terrific so I saved some to take home!
 

National Milk Day!!

Today is National Milk Day and today we get to drink our milk at morning tea. Meana was taking photos of us drinking our milk. 

It is good to drink milk because it is good for our teeth and our health. I love to drink it at school and every one else. 

Ruapotaka School is grateful that we are one of the schools in New Zealand to have milk.

Everyday Theaters

This morning, two ladies from Game Masters came to Ruapotaka School to talk to Room 12 and Room 11. Their names were Vera and Kaitlin. They said they were the highest player in each game but they were stuck on one game. They had to act like a Dave (Dad), Marea (Mum), T (Son), Jake (T friend) and Bryian (Marea's boyfriend). It was fun because we had to complete activities and at the end of the session, we got a badge and a card that said "Game Masters."

Run! Jump! Throw!

Intro: Welcome back to the final episode of run, jump, throw! In this final episode, there is: 1) Messy house, clean house - where there are two areas with nine stuffed toys on each area. 2) Shot putt 1 (Not ordinary shot putt.) 3) Shot putt 2 with a cricket wicket! This is going to be an extraordinary event . . .

Thursday 24th November 2016

Run, Jump, Throw.

The past 6 weeks, we had run jump throw with coach Declan. He is a coach from a company called “Kelly Sports.” The first two weeks, we had to learn how to get ready when you are participating in a race and how to run. The week after we had practiced how to run, we had to learn how to jump. In the last two weeks we learnt how to throw. These were my favourite sessions because there was a game called “Knock Down The Wicket.” The team that had most points, they got 10 minutes of play time on their Chromebooks. Three teams won, including my team. It was fun but the fun was over. I hope we do it again next year.

Auckland Botanical Gardens

When we got there I saw a Tui, a native bird, different types of plants and different types of flowers. I also saw ponds, houses, decks, signs, people, (of course), different types of sculptures, bridges, ducks, different types of trees, frogs, eels, dogs, cars and insects. I heard lots of talking in different languages, noises of animals and a cool breeze.

I could smell flowers, perfume and dung! I got excited when we got to the Edible Garden because I wanted to see the fruits and vegetables but when I was looking I got a little bit cold. (Alright, I was very cold.) It was also my favourite garden area because it had fruit and vegetables and by the way, I love (not like) love fruit and vegetables!

My favourite flower was roses because I liked their colour and the smell that was filling the air. My favourite sculpture was the bird sculpture at the front of the building because I liked the creation that looked like a tornado.

It was a fun day there. It was my second time going there too!

My Cress!

We were learning about how plants grow and seeds sprout. We grew cress  and sprouted broad beans in class. We watched how water moves through plants by putting celery in coloured water.

This is how my cress changed over time.