Island Skittles - Water Safety Project

Hey there! My name is Leanah. I am a Year 9 student attending Tamaki College, I am part of a project based learning class with 29 other students. We are Akomanga Kaihanga.

In Akomanga Kaihanga, we have five separate teams, Team Renegade, Team Polys, DonkCorn, Team Jax and Island Skittles! I am part of Island Skittles, my team consists of six hard working students, Mary-Ruth as a note taker, Paikea as our team spokesperson, Cherry-Anne, Mathew, David and I as their leader and one of the students on the student council.. Our team is trying to raise awareness about how important it is to know how to swim and what to do in dangerous situations surrounding water.

In our current project we are trying to extend Year 10 water safety lessons to Year 9 and we are also trying to build a pool at Tamaki College. I hope that our project will help students become wiser and more educated in and around water. I also hope that building a pool at Tamaki College would make it easier not only for teachers, but for students to receive their lessons.

At the moment, my team is doing well in being able to focus on their tasks and get their work done. We have each been assigned 1-2 tasks that we are aiming to complete in the next two days. When we complete our tasks, I hope that we'll be able to action our project by talking to staff and students about whether they support our project or not. When our project is completed, our team hopes to have made a positive impact on a child's life.

Last Cooking Class For 2018! 😟

Today was the last day for tech this year. 

Here is the method and ingredients.

Sausage With Cheese

Step 1. Slice sausages in half.

Step 2. Top each sausage with cheese.

Step 3. Slice tomatoes can place on top of cheese.

Step 4. Bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. 

Voila! Enjoy!

Manaiakalani At Sylvia Park!!

Today was the annual Manaiakalani Film Festival at Sylvia Park.

We left school around 10:30 and arrived at Sylvia Park around 10:45. We were seated in Cinema 3 with Pt. England, Panmure Bridge School, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Puau Te Moananui A Kiwa, Glen Innes and Tamaki College.

I was excited to watch all the different films made by all the different schools, but most of all I was
excited to watch the films that were made by us, Ruapotaka School!

My favourite film that was produced by another school was called Girls Don't Fart by Pt. England School. It was hilarious!!

This was the film Room 12 made and watched at the film festival!

Chocolate Muffins - Henry, Mary And Me!!

Today Mary, Henry and I made chocolate muffins with Mrs. Tuipolotu!
Ingredients & Method:
1. 2 c of Self Rising Flour (SRF)
2. 1 c of sugar
3. 1/2 c of oil
4. 1 c of milk
5. 1 egg
6. 1/4 c of cocoa
7. Combine all and mix well , scoop into muffin tray.
8. Bake 180 degrees for 15 mins
Enjoy!!

Last Week Of Tech With Mr Pineda😢

This was the last week of Tech with Mr. Pineda. 
We didn't do much because our Tech teacher was away and we had a substitute teacher. The substitute teacher let us draw whatever we wanted and we were also allowed to paint the finishing touches to the papier-mache we created a few weeks ago.

Next week we are going to be moving to a different activity. I am very excited!