Summer Learning Journey

From Us To You

The Ruapotaka Primary Cultural Groups would like to present you with these small gifts as a reminder of our performance today and with it our heartfelt thanks for your support and encouragement towards our cultures for the many years you have been a Principal.

December, 2018

Welcome Mrs Hamilton 🙂

Yesterday at approximately 10:30 am we had a little powhiri for the new principal, Mrs Hamilton.

First the powhiri started off with a karanga that I had to lead.

It went like this "Haere mai ra e nga manuhiri tuarangi e, Haere Mai Haere Mai Heare Mai." Then Miss George replied in Maori. After that I carried on with my part which was "Haere mai i runga ite kaupapa o te ra nei e, Haere mai ra." Once the visitors were inside I said, "Whakatau mai ra, Whakatau mai ra Whakatau mai ra."

When Mrs Hamilton had approached the hall the whole school sat down then Saluselo said a little whaikorero (speech) for Mrs Hamilton. After the speech was done we sang the school song which was E Hara. When the song was finished Mrs Vickers stood up and said her speech which almost made me cry. Then we sang 2 songs after that which were He Honore and He Kohako.

Last Cooking Class

Today was my last cooking class at Tamaki College. 

Today I made Sausages with cheese and chips.

Method: 
Slice sausage in half
Put cheese on top and thin slices of tomatoes
Bake for 10 mins
Serve with tomato sauce

After doing all of that eat and enjoy.

Xmas Crossover 🎄🎅🤶

Yesterday at approximately 2:00 pm every Ruapotaka Student got split into 9 different. After being split into different groups we all went to a different Xmas activity. Three different groups went to watch a movie. I was apart of that group and the movie we watched was Santa Buddies. Sadly we didn't get to watch the whole movie as there was a certain amount of time for the activities but I hope I get to watch the whole movie someday.

Armistice Day

Armistice day is this Sunday on the 11th of November. This is what Room 12 have learnt and studied about Armistice Day. I hope you have learnt something new from looking at this slide.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Today at approximately 10:30am majority of the Ruapotaka students went to Sylvia Park because of an event called Manaiakalani Film Festival which only happens once every year.

This gives the schools in the maniakalani cluster a chance to showcase what they've learnt or it gives them a chance to tell many different positive messages.

When we went into the theater I was excited because I got to watch many different films and learn different things while sitting, listening and observing.

I really enjoyed the one from Point England School and it's called Karaoke Fun. The reason why I really
enjoyed this is because it helps me understand that if I was on a boring trip somewhere with my family then I can kind of turn it into carpool karaoke.

The other film that I really enjoyed was here from Ruapotaka School and this tells us why Aotearoa is unique in its very own way and how it's different from all the other countries around the world. This film is called Living In Aotearoa Film 2018.