Cross Country Race

        On Wednesday the 16th we started our Cross Country race. Miss Ginders had called Room 12 up to the starting line. Before we started Miss Ginders  said, "When you start you have to do four laps. Then you have to come up to the field and pass the finish line." 
Miss Ginders said, "Go." Then me and Fotu started sprinting until we got around the corner. I ran all the way but I jogged as well and I came 1st for the boys. All the children  and adults were cheering for us. After all the running we all went to our classes. Year 7 did three laps and the other classes did less. It was so exhausting after we finished running.

Cross Country Certificate

When the teacher said "Chance up for 1st place," I was so happy that I came first in the school cross-country boys' race.  I was really exhausted after we finished, my legs were so tired and I felt like I was going to faint.      

Daffodil Day

On Friday the 31st of August, Ruapotaka School had to bring in a gold coin and children got a Daffodil from Mrs Vickers . Every class had made a daffodil and Room 12 made an origami daffodil. Then Sini made an origami vase and we put our daffodils in the vase and Mika took a picture of it with Sini, Kolotina and himself. Then we gave our daffodils to Mrs Vickers. We were happy that we finished.

Netball Tournament

Schools all ready, referees steady, the whistles blow like a confetti. We versed heaps of schools. We won all our games but unfortunately we lost in the finals against Sylvia Park School. Even though we didn’t come first we were all overjoyed. We came second. Yay!   At the end of the day we did our school proud.

Netball players, Quros, Chance, Raniera, Simon, Heilala, Miria, Ofa, Elizabeth, Sini, Estah.

Madd Messenger

Madd messenger

On Friday there were two Madd Messenger people who came to talk to us about what we can do to achieve and what we can do when we grow up like going to college, and university. Petia drew Wonder Woman to inspire us to never give up.

Spooky presentation

WALT: Discuss ideas and information that are communicated not so clearly and to make inferences by taking and using several pieces of information that are related in the text.

This is the original story by John Parker

Task: Turn the poem into a narrative interpreting ideas and themes from it.
Magdalen and I had used a poem from a School Journal Part 2, Number 3, 2002.

Spooky Presented By Chance & Magdalen

Spooky

In a galaxy far far away there was a big beautiful house in the woods. It was a misty and dark night where thunder, lightning, gloom and doom were all that you could hear.

You could also hear ghosts making creepy whispers in the night, and there was a witch who was making spooky laughter in the darkened room.

There were 2 little kids named Chance and Magdalen who were frightened of the sounds coming from the haunted house. So they shut their eyes and held on tight.

They opened the door and saw some crumbling steps and creaking doors. In side they saw screeching witches and snarling cats.

They looked to their right and saw ghost coming out of the floor and hissing snakes and flapping bats.

In front of them a skeleton with toothy grin appeared and started chasing them. Then they ran as fast as they could but he was gaining fast.

While they were running Count Dracula poked out of his coffin and scared them. They ran out the door. PHEW, safe at last.

They did not queue up for another look, instead they disappeared into the air.

WALT: Discuss ideas and information that are communicated not so clearly and to make inferences by taking and using several pieces of information that are related in the text.

Task: Turn the poem into a narrative interpreting ideas and themes from it.