Making Mince Gravy

On Wednesday we made mince gravy. My partner was Kotipi. If you want to know how to make mince gravy it's down below. Hope you enjoy.

Ingredients
- Oil
- Onion
- Rice
- Flour
- Mince
- Peas, corn, carrots

Materials
- Two bowls
- Pan
- Wooden spoon
- Serving plate

1) Dice the onion.
2) Add the mince.
3) Add the mix vegetables.
4) Add 1 tablespoon of flour with all spices.
5) Serve it with rice.
6) Enjoy.

Bean And Vegetable Patties

On Wednesday we made Vegetable patties. My partner was Alamoni. If you want to know how to make vegetable patties then it's down below. Have fun and enjoy.

Ingredients
- Red pepper
- Onion
- Zucchini
- Beans
- Two eggs
-  Oil
- Carrot

Materials
- Wooden spoon
- Bowl
- Serving plate
- Cheese grater
- Knife

Step 1
Mash the beans using the mash potato masher.

Step 2
Dice the onion, red peppers, grate zucchini and carrot and using the cheese grater.

Step 3
Combined all your vegetables, beans, and two eggs, add in some flower and mix it well.

Step 5
Start cooking it on the pan and let it set.

Step 6
Serve on white plate.

Kiwi Firefighters To Use Virtual Headsets To Train

Kiwi firefighters are set to benefit from the introduction of a new type of technology, the virtual reality. They are doing this to be prepared and train safely for different scenarios.

The FLAIM (Framework for Log Anonymization and Information Management) developed in Australia, simulates in real life situations, and includes protective clothing the generates realistic heat.

It means firefighters can fight big flames and take on the risks of a burning building, all while staying safe.

As well as the virtual reality goggles, a breathing apparatus, heat vest, and interactive hose reel have also been developed. 

Making Pizza

On Wednesday we made pizza. My partner was Winnie. If you want to learn how to make a simple little pizza for Breakfast, a snack or for dinner. Learn the steps down below.

Step 1
Paste the top of the pizza bread with tomato sauce.

Step 2
Dice the pepper, tomato, red onion and ham.

Step 3
Spread all your vegetables, ham, cheese, pineapple on top. Put sauce on top and bake for 15 mins

Step 4
Enjoy and serve and eat.

I had a lot of fun making pizza and I hope you do to, and enjoy.

Fire Breaks Out In Sky City

A major fire has hit Auckland's Sky City convention centre. Large flames engulfed the top of the building just after 1:00 in the afternoon, starting from the seventh floor before spreading to the sixth.

St John says one person has admitted to Auckland Hospital in a serious condition. Sky City has evacuated it's entire Auckland area, with people forced to leave the Sky Tower, casino, all Sky City hotels and restaurants.

Chicken Curry

For cooking we made Chicken Curry. Winnie was my partner for tech. Winnie cut all the vegetables while I worked on the meat. If you want to know how to make Chicken Curry here are the steps.

Step 1 Dice the chicken

Step 2 Fry it until it is cooked
Add curry and spices

Step 3
Add vegetables and potatoes till is soft.

Step  4
Add curry, vegetables and potatoes.

Step 5
Mix well.

Step 6
Serve on a white plate or bowl.

Have fun and enjoy.

Silver Ferns Beat Australia

The Silver Ferns have beaten Australia 54-53. This means that New Zealand side take a 2-1 in the four match Constellation Cup series.

The Silver Ferns trailed by six goals  early on. However, the World champions fought  their way back in front of 13,497 fans at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday.

The Silver Ferns can win their second Constellation Cup series win in 10 attempts if they win the final match in Perth next Sunday. 

Fettuccine

On Wednesday we went to tech for the first week of term 4 and we learnt how to make Fettuccine. My partner was Winnie. These are the steps on how to make Fettuccine.

Instructions

Step 1
Boil Fettuccine with 2 cups of water until it is soft.

Step 2
Fry the mince with onion until it is cooked.

Step 3
Scrape zucchini using the vegetable peeler.

Step 4 Combined all the ingredients together.

Step 5
Serve in a white plate.

It was fun cooking and coming back to tech after the the holidays. Would you like to make Fettuccine?               

All Blacks Beat Canada With 9 Tries

The All Blacks scored 9 tries to Canada. The All Blacks were to strong for the Canadians, winning 63 to 0.

The All Blacks were given a penalty try after four minutes and Jordie Barrent, Sonny Bill willams and Beauden Barrett also crossed before half-time.

The victory extends the All Blacks winning run at at World Cups to 16 matches their last defeat was to France in 2007 quarter final.

The next game  for New Zealand is against Namibia on Sunday 6th October. Who do you think will win the World Cup for 2019.

All Blacks Start The World Cup With A Win

The All Blacks started the world cup with a hard fought 23 13 victory over South Africa. New Zealand started brightly and took the lead with a Handre Pollard penalty.

In the second half Pieter Steph Du Toit scored for South Africa and Pollard secured a long-range drop-goal. At this stage, South Africa looked like coming back until Mo’unga and Beauden Barrett scored penalties. 

This was a really good game. Who do you thinks going to win the worlds cup?

Cooking Lasagna

On Wednesday we did cooking and made Lasagna. My partner was Musika.

How To Make Lasagna

Ingrediants:
Pan
Pot
Colada
Wood Spatula
Mozzarella Cheese

1 - Boil Lagania with two cups of water until its soft.

2 - Cook mince until it is cooked, add, sauce, Mozzarella Cheese

3 - Taste add, salt, spices

4 - Cook in, 200

5 - Serve

It was hard to make but eating it is the best part of it.

First Time Cooking At Tech

On Wednesday for our first lessen for cooking class we made tuna salad. My partner was Winnie.

Step 1 :
Boil pasta with 2 and a half cups of cold water until it is soft. Drain under cold water using a colander.

Step 2:
Dice onion and red pepper. Mix it with mayonnaise, 2 or 3 table spoons

Step 3:
Serve on a white plate.

I had a lot of fun cooking and eating what I made with Winnie.

Government Providing Free Lunches For School's

The government has announced that she will be giving free lunches to some schools around New Zealand. 

The free lunches will start with 30 primary and intermediate schools, from the beginning of next year.
The plan is to expand the programme to at less 21,000 children in 120 schools by 2021.

Jacinda Ardern said in her speech that 10,000 New Zealanders helped support and develop this idea. 6,000 of them were children, who pointed out that going to school hungry was a barrier to their learning. 

I think this is a very good idea for our schools. What do you think about this idea?

Funding For Hamilton To Auckland Rail Service

Funding has been given for a rail service from Hamilton to Auckland.

Around $92 million in funding has been approved for the service, which will launch next year. 

Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced the funding on Friday, saying that more and more people are travelling between the two cities.

The train will run from Hamilton to Papakura, where passengers will have to transfer to the Auckland public transport system.

The final aim is to get the train all the way into Britomart which is in Auckland’s city.

Tall Blacks Beaten By Canada

The Tall Blacks have been beaten by Canada by 122-88.

The result comes less than a month out from the FIBA world cup. The Tall Blacks were outplayed for large parts of the game.

Canada was quick on the break, but importantly, made the most of their free jump shots. They lead by 19 by the end of the 1st quarter.

The Tall blacks did improve in the second half, however, towards the end of the game the score blew out to end a disappointing night for the New Zealanders.

The next game is on Wednesday night. Do you think the Tall Blacks will come back?

 

Kayaking

Last Friday my class went Kayaking at Wero White water park. My dad and Diego's mum went with us too.

When we arrived there we straight away put on our togs and our safety gear on. We then pulled the kayaks out and a paddle each. We finally started to kayak. When I was turning around I tipped over and fell out.

I fell out of my kayak a few times but it was a lot of fun and I wouldn't mind doing it again. 

Tech

At tech I've started to cut joints for my project, phone holder. First I had to metre the joint with a tri square. Next I made a joint by cutting it out with a saw.

When I finished cutting the joint I chiseld out the rest of the wood with a chisel and a mallet. After that I put my joint in. It was a bit lose but Mr Grundy will glue it.

I hope I can finish the rest off in the next three weeks.  

 

    

Wellington Crowned NZ's Fittest City

Wellington has been crowned the fittest city in New Zealand. The study shows that people in the capital are very fit and active.

Wellington had 35 percent trips to work by biking and walking. There is a huge amount that we can do to make our cities more active and encouraging to do new things around your areas, the prime minister says.

It's really about making the right choice and the healthy choice. We need to make the right choice around our community's. What do you think?

South Africa Vs All Blacks In Rugby

On Saturday South Africa and the All Blacks tied by 16-16. South Africa won the last point with just one minute on the clock.

The All Blacks led at halftime with a try, although South Africa the better side for most of the 40 minutes on the clock.With this years competition, it has been shortened to three rounds due to the World Cup in September.

South Africa can win the Rugby Championships for the first time if they beat Argentina in Salta next Saturday. Who do you think will win.
 

Tech Wood Works

I have chosen to make a phone holder for myself. I think this is the best option for me because when I watch videos on my phone, I have no where to stand it up.

It will be used to hold my phone and to stand my phone up while it charges or while I'm watching videos.

For this project I will have to consider making it useful for me.

Hump Ridge Walks Wins Great Walk Title

The new walk won a special contest to select New Zealand's next great walk.

The 61km track in Southland will now be upgraded, transforming it from a two night to three nights experience. We think it will officially become a great walk in 2022.

The Department of Conservation began the hunt in 2017. They made this walk because it's to get people moving and to get fit. Would you go on this walk?

Sliver Ferns Netball Team Wins World Championships

Yesterday the Silver Ferns won a thrilling game to Australia, 52-51. Australia were the hot favourites going into the competition. They've had the World Champion since 2003. That means New Zealand now has won the title 5 times.

Australia fought back hard but New Zealand did enough to hang on and won both matches, England and Australia.

It was a really great, exciting and tough game, finally after along time New Zealand won the World Championships. Hopefully they can hold the Championships. What do you think?
   

Cleaning Up Tamiki Estuary

Yesterday my whole school and I went to Tamiki Estuary with Frazier and his team Hazel and Ashley. They worked at the zoo. They wanted us to clean our local river, Tamiki Estuary.

When we arrived there my friend Limiteti and I partnered up with a room 7, we partnered up with Lolo. We had a bucket to put rubbish in. We found plastic bags, chip bags and mostly shattered class every where.

When we finished picking up the rubbish we could found we washed our hands and had lunch, and played on the park. It was a fun afternoon and if you see rubbish flying around please pick it up and put it in the bin.
     

Wero Whitewater Park

On Friday my whole class and I went to the Wero Whitewater Park in Manukau. I was excited to go but nervous at the same time.

When we arrived there the Receptionist took us into a room to watch two films of Wero Whitewater Park. One about why they made the wate
r park and the last about safety. Then we put the wet suits and shoes on. Everyone was struggling to put them on. When we finished putting them on we put life jackets on and a helmets.

We met our instructors Ethan, Chris and Jaja. We had to get into three groups. First we had to get use to the water and the strong currents before going on the boats. We went on the boats and we could stand up so we did. My favourite bit of the trip was jumping in to the strong currents and swimming.

After all it was a really fun day and I hope we could go next year.

Wood Works

Today I went to tech and I did Wood work.

First we had to draw eight designs of what you wanted to do with at least one or two joints in it. I drew my eight designs and then I picked the design I wanted to do. I picked a phone holder.

It was fun at tech today. Next week I will get started and finish it.

Super Rugby

Last week some terms had one last chance to get into the playoffs. First it started off between the Bulls and the Highlanders coming in as a draw, 24-24.

Then it was the Blues and the Reds. The Blues lost by one point, 29-28. After that it was the Crusaders and the Reds. Crusaders taking out the Reds with a thrilling score to 66-0.

There's a lot more teams but who do you think will make the top eight?

Rippa Rugby

Yesterday was our last day to do Rippa Rugby with Coach Cory. First we had to get into partners to play cat and mouse. I was partners with Winne. I was the cat and she was the mouse, when Coach Cory called mouse I ran after Winne and took a tag off her. Then she took all of my tags.

Next we played a game we didn't even know how to play called over the river.
We got into two groups and we had a ball for each team. When you kicked or threw the ball over to their island then the person thats near it is out. When everyone was out it was just Alamoni and I. Alamoni had a ball and I did. The last person that kicked it over won, and I won by dogging his. My team was proud of me and I was proud of me too.

It was exciting and a fun time.

Teachers On Strike

On Thursday the teachers went on strike. Teachers from primary schools and secondary teachers were walking up Queens Street and holding signs saying we need more teachers and pay rise. Parents, students were supporting the teachers too.

So the government offered to the teachers a pay rise for three years, some teachers agreed some did not. I hope that we get more teachers in the future because if we didn't we wouldn't  have any schools.

Kiwican Week 1!

Today my class did kiwican with Miss Tuia and Mrs Mac. Mrs Mac covered for Mr Matt.

We focused on being respectful to others around us, don't be shy and give it a go. Our  topic we focused on was integrity and honesty. 

Then we got in a circle one by one told them what our names were. When that was done we played a game called bang. (How to play).  A person calls out your name and then you duck down, then the people on the side of you gets to say bang. The first person to say bang wins and the person on the side sits down. I didn't win, but that's was okay.

We played another game called change places if. So a person says a question, like if your favourite colour is blue then you change places. If your the last one standing up you have to do five star jumps.  I had a lot of fun and can't wait for next week Tuesday.

Shades And Highlights With Paint

At Tech in Miss Ferguson's class we did shades and highlights with paint. I was actually excited.

The colours we used first was blue, yellow and red, primary colours. First we learnt how to paint smoothly and not use big blobs of paint. Then we mixed the colours together, like mixing yellow and red together to make orange, blue and yellow make green, and blue and red make purple, secondary colours.

When we finished painting and mixing the paints together, we went on to how to do shades and highlights  with black and white paint. Now, I was nervous on this bit, because I didn't really know how to do it but I tried.

Softball

On Wednesday we went to the interschool softball competition at Dunkirk. I was nervous but excited at the same time. When we arrived, there were already schools practising. We were all getting scared now. So we went into the shade and started practising our softball skills.

Then the siren went off for the first round of the game! The first team we played was Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Puau Te Moananui A Kiwa school. The leader from this school did a toss with   our leader, Jessica, to see who would field or bat first. Ruapotaka won the toss and decided to field and we started the game. Our team didn't win but it was a really cool day.

Me! - Technology Lesson on Me

                                Today we did Technology at Tamiki College! I was excited because
                                it was my first time doing tech. Our teacher was Miss Ferguson. We learnt how to                                  make an avatar and did something we liked about ourselves.


                           
                             
                             

Being A Prefect

Kia orana, my name is Madisyn and I am a year 7 Prefect at Ruapotaka School. Being a Prefect is stressful because I have a lot of responsibilities and leadership. The other prefects and I have to be great role models to all students. I am grateful for this opportunity. I have a lot of goals as a Prefect.  I am excited but at the same time nervous.