White Island Volcano

New Zealand's active volcano, White Island, is showing more activity then it has ever been.

Experts had to increase White Islands alert level. The island now has an alert level of two.

The highest level on the scale is five. Which is only given during a major volcanic Eruption.

Rats On West port Beaches

Hundred of rats have washed up on West Port beaches. it has been counted that over 600 rats have been washed up ashore. 

It is said to say that many more may follow because of the smell of the other rats.

Some of the rats have been sent for testing so they could find out why this is happening and why they came here to this certain place.

Some people think that the rat shave been washed out of the hills due to heavy rain.

All locals are being warned to keep their dogs of the beaches for safety reasons.

My Story

Through out last week and the weekends I have been working on a story called The Walk Of The Goblin And The Child, still trying to work out the title. 

The story is based on a goblin named Joe and his human child named Miracle. The way the child got his name is because it would have taken a miracle for a children to work with a goblin.

Joe was an old original man with a farm to look after. 

Targeting UN

The Swedish girl named Greta Thunderg is fighting for her freedom, also accusing the UN of failing to play their part in climate change which led her to writing a speech that touched the soul of every single person that was there watching her.

Her speech has reached out to many people around the world,  in her speech she had " you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words" which was directed to the UN.

Endeavour replica

A replica of the Endeavour is continuing its journey around New Zealand. Over the holidays the ship docked in Gisborne. This led them to a meeting in which they thought that the boat docking there was prohibited, but it had no effect on the Endeavour so it still docked there.

The Endeavour was already banned from docking at a small town after an outcry from the Local Maori Community. 

Trap Jaw Spider

In New Zealand there is a spider that had been discovered and it's name is the Trap Jaw Spider. 

It is said that the spider can struck it's prey at the speed of lightning and it holds the world record for how fast it is.

Scientists use high speed cameras to find out the speed of the spider and it is only a little bit behind the speed of lightning.

New Zealand Verge Of Rain Record

New Zealand is on the verge of earning the world record of unwanted rain, is Auckland about to achieve the world record of the most rain in a single month or not.

This is the first time that this has happened. Can we actually get the world record for the most rain in one month.

Wellington's Wonderful Statue

Wellington is home to a 5 metre sculpture that was created by artist Ronnie Van Hout, She is known for mixing stuff together like the one shown now.
The sculpture is called Quasi, which shows a man that is well balanced two fingers and has a face on the palm of it.
The original was standing on the top of the Christchurch Art Gallery, however it's new house is located on top of the Wellington City Gallery. 

160 Year Old Flag

A 160 year old flag has been given back to Kingitanga by the Anglican Church.

This flag dates back from the time of the first Maori king,  Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and has been given back to them after the Anglican Church had forgotten that they had it for over 100 years.

The current Maori Kings' son has been given the Taonga on behalf of Kingitanga at a ceremony.

The origin of the flag is unclear as it may have been made for as a pall for the death of Pōtatau.

Kayaking

Today was my first time going kayaking.

First we had to put our swimming clothes then our wet suits with some shoes. We then got our kayaks and paddles then went away like a plane.

We had to go around a little course then come back to shore and get changed in time for the bus to go back home for our lunch break.

I felt nervous at the start but then had a great time, besides tipping over 6 times it was so cold. Hope we could go back again.

Antarctic Blast

Antarctic Blast hitting the Bay Of Plenty, with snow falling from the sky in Mamaku near Rotorua. The pupils of Mamaku woke up to a thick layer of snow out their windows carpeting the landscape.

This comes known as heavy snow warnings and watches are in place for the central North Island. Mt Ngongotaha had some snow dusting as well. 

NZ Loses World's Steepest Street Title

NZ loses it's the worlds steepest street title dew to the fact that Welsh Seaside Town of Harlech stepping forward to take the crown. This street officially has a gradient of 37%.

Baldwin Street of West Dunedin has had this title for years and had been called long neck road. 

To qualify for the record you have to have a street paved all over with houses this also has to have a measurement that is based on the highest gradient over a section of 10m.       

The Tamaki Rubbish Pick Up

On Monday Ruapotaka School went on a school trip to the Dunkirk Reserve and picked up the rubbish along the border line of the water. When we got there the tide was out so we saw a lot of birds. I saw my favorite bird which is a seagull.

We were then told since we are walking towards the park while we pick up the rubbish we could go and play on it. My group and I were too busy walking with Hazel picking up the rubbish we even discovered a jellyfish ashore.

The Jellyfish looked astonishing because of the variety of colours that it had, it was a great day.

Skiing Season Opens For 2019

Mount Ruapehu marks the starting of "Skiing" season for 2019.

Ruapehu is the first main field to open for skiing this year. The exact date for this to happen is unknown.

All they had to do was to leave the decision to "Mother Nature". 

Teachers Undertake The Mega Strike

Primary and Secondary school teachers have taken over the mega strike due to the reason of low payments.

In total there was around 50,000 teachers on strike and had failed to show up at school.

Most schools were closed and the teachers and government are still in negotiations to decide on how much the teachers will get payed

Earthquakes Struck White Island

There have been over 100  earthquakes hitting New Zealand. Most active volcano, GNS scientist have been saying " As the quakes have been getting stronger the volcano will continue to get stronger and ready to erupt ".

22 quakes have happened so far right now and the magnitude measured are 3 or over the highest is 3:9. 

 

ERO Powhiri

Today Ruapotaka had a powhiri for our special guests from ERO. We started with the welcoming of the people from ERO and also had a haka with it. Then there was a prayer from Tristan, Leaapeni and I. 

We were then lead of by three songs and then we had Mrs Hamilton come to talk to us. As soon as it was finished we had a Hungi from ERO, Mrs Hamilton and then from our Kapa Haka teacher Mrs Riley. 

Kiwi Can

Today we had a special day with the Kiwi Can association. We had two tutors today and their names were Mrs Mac and Miss Tuia. There was a topic we had to focus on, today was Respect. We were able to shove three game into our session and they were called Bang, Changes and GKQ (General Knowledge Question).
Kiwi Can Association

Term 2

It is now term two of 2019 and everyone is back at school ready to learn. We have many events happening such as sports, trips and others. We all have many things to accomplish this term and goals to complete.

Rm 12 Syndicate Assembly

Yesterday we had a syndicate assembly which was hosted by the Y7's. We had a major fun time and they  created a game which was really fun but it took them a little time to process what to do.

We also got to sing some songs, the first was Somewhere Over The Rainbow. We then sang Count On Me after the activity, everyone was happy and enjoyed the entertaining assembly.

School Assembly

This week we had a school assembly and it was being run by Room 6. They had put on a really entertaining assembly and it was packed with Music and  Arts. The first thing we did was our National Anthem, Karakia then Ruapotaka School's Waiata.

Room 12 was also part of the assembly for only one thing and that was showing our

Teko Teko, and also the prefects' speeches.

Some of Room 12 had received Staff Room duty badges and I was one of them. 

Cooking Class

Today we had a switch at tech. We had been split up into our year groups. We year eights made Courgette Cabonara.
Ingredients

• Tomato
• Onion
• Pepper
• Fettuccine
• Courgette

Slice and dice all ingredients. Get a pot and fill it with three cups of water, put on the stove and heat it at max capacity.
Then put in all your ingredients and wait till bubbles have covered the top area. When it has fully cooked then dish out and enjoy.

Stuck In A Game ( Duffy Show )

This week Ruapotaka School was so lucky to have Duffy and his friends come to our school to perform how his holiday was going. During their holidays they started to play a game called Magic Bricks.

The game they were playing was no ordinary game. It was a weird, game that teleported people to a gaming dimension.

Tech ( Cooking Class )

Yesterday we went to Tech. I was in Cooking Class and we were cooking CornsSilverside with vegetables. This week I had a new buddy named Timu and got through cooking class perfectly fine.
INGREDIENTS                                                               

• CornSilverside               
• 2 Mushrooms                      
• 1 Carrot 
• 1 Potato
• 1/2 Onion
• 1/2 Cabbage
• 1/4 Cauliflower

Slice and dice all ingredients, heat stove at maximum capacity.

Fill a pot with 2 cups of water and and heat it. 

Put all your vegetables into your pot, wait until bubbles cover the top of the vegetables.
When it has fully processed dish it out and enjoy

Vector

Today we were lucky to have a lady from Vector come over to our school to show us the different forms of energy and how they work.

We learnt about the different ways to generate electricity. There are 7 ways to generate the electricity and they are Solar, Hydro, Wind, Bio Energy, Marine, Geothermal Energy, and Fossil Fuels.

Technicraft ( Cooking Class )

 Today was our first day at tech as it is 2019 and I was in Mrs Tuipulotu's, cooking class.

Today we were making pancakes.

INGREDIENTS 
              

1 1/2 Cups of Self Raising Flour

1/2 Cup of sugar

1 cup of Milk

1 Egg

• Combine and mix all ingredients to make your batter. 
• Heat stove to 180 Degree.
• Then put the  butter pancake mixture on the pan and wait.
• When you see bubbles reaching the surface of the pancake you then need to flip the pancake over to the other side.