Technology/Enterprise: Our Star Wars Arcade Game

How to make a Star Wars Arcade Game.

Materials:
Cardboard, egg carton, string, scissors, stapler, cellotape, newspaper, vivid.

1. First cut the cardboard sides out of the box.
2. Get some pieces of string cut at different lengths.
3. Make alien war ships out of cardboard and write the number of points on the back of them.
4. Tape the string on the back of the alien ships.
5. Next, staple the string with alien ships to the to top of the box.
7. Tape the egg carton to the inside of the cardboard box.
8. Roll newspaper into balls.

Now you have your very own Star Wars Arcade Game!

How to Play:

1. Player 1 stands behind the one meter mark.
2. Player 1 aims the newspaper ball at the alien ships and throws.
3. Player 1 continues until all balls have been thrown.
4. Player 2 writes down and adds the points together.
5. The player with the most points wins.

Tip:

Good players can move behind the two metre mark and younger players can move closer.

By Charles and Braxton

Soldier! Soldier!

 I agree that we should have soldiers in New Zealand and overseas because we need them to protect our people and others living in foreign countries.

More and more people in NZ are getting murdered .That's why we should have soldiers to protect our people and others that are in danger.

Author - Renata Palmer

Please Bring Back Swim Safe!

Pakaraka school 
RD2
Kaikohe

Monday 14 April 2014

Dear Mr Singh

Can you please bring back the Swim Safe Program, I have learnt about what we need to do to survive. It's cool, fun and safe!

We need to learn more about swimming because it is important to know what to do when in trouble. I like swimming because we learn more and it goes into our brain.           


Yours Sincerely

Manaia Simon-Hau

Arcade games By Renata

Kia Ora my name is Renata Palmer, I am writing about my Arcade game. My Arcade game is called Zombie Hoods. I have two buddies that are working with me. They are James and Manaia. Materials used were: paper, cardboard, foil rolls, a box, vivid, fruit tray. We made a weapon, zombies and bombs from those materials.

I will tell you about the Zombies, there are small zombies and big zombies too. But watch out for Zombie Tom, he is very strong and has a robot arm that can blow you up. Zombie Tom also has a laser, that's why there is a strong as weapon that can destroy all zombies. It is called the R.M.J 2000.

By Renata.

Rubbish!

It is really special to have native bushes in New Zealand. Throwing rubbish in our bushes is not good because it kills the native trees, animals and insects. If there are a lot of plastic bags in the rivers and the ocean, they will kill fish and other sea life.

By Charles Turner

Road Safety

Road safety is a good thing, it teaches you how to cross the road safely. Car crashes are not a good thing because they can kill you. Red light means to stop. Orange light means to slow down. And green light means to go.

By Charles

NZSL Week

Last week we celebrated New Zealand Sign Language Week. It is important to learn sign language so we can communicate with people that are deaf. In that week I learnt how to sign my name; my favourite sign is 'computer'. Alana came in to help us learn some more sign language, she taught us the abc's, names of animals and colours too. Alana played Ninga Bingo with the whole class. I really enjoyd playing Bingo, it was fun!.

By Charles

Stop Littering!

It is important to not litter in our native bushes because rubbish ends up in rivers and the Pacific Ocean. Plastic is created by humans but is killing our native species and insects, that's why we have to stop littering. In the U.S.A people have been dumping their rubbish in rivers and the Pacific Ocean. In NZ many people leave their rubbish in native bushes. Native bushes are a taonga to maori people. We need to protect them so the kiwi, insects and native birds do not die.

By Renata Palmer

                                          

                                          Your Sincerely                                                                                                                                                                                By Renata piri karl komene palmer  

ANZAC Day by Renata

ANZAC Day means a lot to me because everybody celebrates it. My family makes ANZAC biscuits and our whanau gets together. On ANZAC Day I wake up and then wake up my family so we can celebrate and put some music on really loud.

I like ANZAC Day!

By Renata

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R3 CLASS PARACHUTES

Ruma Toru made parachutes during Science. Materials we used were: plastic bags,string, paper, scissors and a hole punch. We folded newspaper and cut out a template then used the pattern to cut out a plastic copy. Holes were punched in the corners and string was threaded through and tied, then we knotted all the pieces of string. Next we went outside on the playground to test our parachutes, the first time we tried it fell to the ground quickly. Our class discovered that when we added too much weight to our parachutes they fell to the ground fast. As we threw our parachutes off the playground, we felt excited, and happy.

 

By Bronson, Essica and Taaria

 

 

 

 

 

ANZAC Day means a lot to me...

ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corp.  ANZAC Day is a national holiday in Australia and New Zealand. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the first world war.

By Essica  Toia-Owen

Autobiography by Charles Turner

Hi my name is Charles. My birthday is on April the 4th, I was born in 2004. When I finish Pakaraka School I what to go to Bay of lslands College, it is in Kawakawa. When I leave college I want to work at McDonalds because it is cool.
                                       

Missing Flight MH370 PASSENGERS: ALIVE OR DEAD by BRONSON

THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD

PO BOX 32

AUCKLAND

NEW ZEALAND

Dear Shayne  Currie
 

Reference: Missing Flight MH370

I would like the New Zealand Herald to continue with the report about the Missing Flight MH370.

There are 239 families waiting to hear if their  loved ones are alive and safe . The families don't know what has happened to them. I think the New Zealand  Government should maintain the search for the missing passengers. Their families are very worried and sad and their children are wanting answers.


Yours Sincerely

Bronson Beckham

Statistics and Science: Testing Paper Planes

Last week for Math and Science, we did statistics on testing aeroplanes. We had to choose one thing we could make changes to on the plane and test how far our paper planes would fly. Then we had to measure with a metre ruler how far the planes flew.

Mine and Kadison's planes flew 5, 9, 2, 1 and 6 metres. After that we had to write  a summary of what we did and check it against our prediction. Then we had to put our results onto a dot plot chart. Kadison and I had a lot of fun!

Thank You

Naia Dunn

Letter Writing - Swim Safe Programme

Pakaraka School
R.D.2
Kaikohe

26/3/14

Dear Tracey and Jessie,

Thank you for coming to Pakaraka School to teach us how to swim and survive in water.

Tracey and Jessie showed us how to do a chain to survive, a huddle and a line. I liked the part when we put the clothes on to swim in the water. When we put clothes on to swim they were heavy.  I felt very good when I took the Life Jacket off .

Thank you for coming to Pakaraka School .

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An Artist's Dream

My name is Arohina Simon-Hau. I am a young student that has a mind full of creative ideas. I want to become an artist. My dream is to succeed in my learning so I can be one of those successful people that travel the word because of my artwork.

Some of the things I need to do first are to learn more art techniques like using symmetry, lines and shading. Useful skills I need to become an artist are patience, risk taking and to think outside the box for original ideas.

When I attend college, I will sign up for art classes so I can achieve my goal to become a successful artist. After I graduate from college, I will go to university and study more about art so I will become an even better artist. Then I will get a job that involves travelling the world to showcase my artwork.

Right now I have been selected by Mr Singh to design a school mural to represent our school. In the past few days I have been surveying other students for their opinion for the wall. Students have come up with interesting ideas like putting a Karaka branch in the middle or around the boarder. They also came up with ideas of the font type I should use for the writing and suggested what should be added and taken out. Next, I have to experiment with colours so they fit the design and represent our school.

Written by Arohina Simon-Hau

Survival Skill by James

Ruma Toru learnt sidestroke, survival backstroke, how to form a chain, line and huddle with swimming instructors Jessie and Tracy. They are teaching all these skills so we can practise water safety and keep ourselves safe in the water.                                                                                                                     

Safety tips: If you're out at sea and nobody can see or hear you, you can do all of these things to help you stay alive so you don't drown or die.                                                                                                                                                                                                               

These awesome lessons have been a big help in teaching us to safe.

By James                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Technology - Math Board Games

Taniwha versus Waka

Today the year 7 and 8 students went to Tech in Moerewa. While they were away, we made our own maths games. Atariyah, Naia and myself created our own math board game, it was similar to snakes and ladders and was in 3D. We called our board game 'Taniwah versus Waka' and created a set of rules and instructions of how to play the game.

After we decided what materials we were going to use and steps how to make it, we got to the fun part of making our own board game. It was like an arts and crafts day. When we finished, we got to play our games with our classmates.

 

By KC Jean Cooper

                                                    

Acrostic Poems - Waitangi Day

                                             

          Waka gliding through the water

          Attempts to get Maori land back

          It's an awesome whanau day!

          Treaty of Waitangi

          Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud

               New Zealand's native trees and birds

          Great day out!

          Interesting people flock to the Bay of Islands

          Day to remember our history

          An agreement between two countries

          Year after year celebrating a partnership

           By Taaria

 

 

Writing Diary Entries - Signing the Treaty of Waitangi

When I first walked onto the Waitangi grounds to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, I saw many strange British people staring at me. I displayed my mana by walking with my head held high so the pakeha could see my moko edged deep into my face but felt scared inside because the British soldiers and their weapons frightened me.
I reluctantly signed the Treaty and was surprised I did because I was a fierce warrior in my own right.

Technology - Math Games

During Technology today, I had the opportunity to create a new math game. Trust me, it wasn't easy because we had to think of new ideas, list materials, record instructions how to play the game and make up a set of rules. It was fun!

My favourite part was designing and creating my math game. I can't wait to finish it! I wonder what my parents will think? I hope they like it! We'll be able to play it as a family.

By Essica





                                                                                          

  

Science - Hot and Cold

During science today, we got to explore hot and cold water. Each group had a cup of very cold water and a cup of very warm water. First we put our index finger into the warm water and described what it felt like, then repeated this with the cup of cold water. Next we used a dropper to carefully squirt pink food colouring into the cup of very warm water and watched the entire cup of water turn pink.

My group dropped blue food colouring into the cup of very cold water and watched awesome patterns form from the top to the bottom of the cup.

The food colouring did not mix with the cold water like it did in the cup of warm water. Some of us noticed the warm water turned dark purple when we mixed blue with the pink food colouring in the warm water.

By Josephine

Maths - Speed Gun

                                                                             

Every morning, we practise our basic facts with a game of Speed Gun. Speed Gun is really cool! I have improved a lot since we started at the beginning of the term.
First, we copy numbers from 1 - 12 in any order along the top of our table and down the side of the margin. Next, we add one of the math operations for addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. This term we are practising addition and subtraction.
The strategy I use to get faster at this game is by starting with the easy numbers I know first, then move onto the harder ones next because I can quickly record the ones I know. I like this game because it helps me get fast at recalling my basic facts.

By Teina Reid

Technology - Math Board Games

Hone Heke versus the Taniwha

Today was fun because we were making our own math board games to play with our friends and family. Members in our group were Inverness, Taaria and Kadison.
 

Materials:

Cardboard
Paper
Pencils
Vivid
Glue/cellotape
Ruler
Scissors

 Steps to create the board game:

1. Cut the cardboard  into whatever shape you want.

2. Glue coloured paper over the top of the cardboard.

3. Draw a path and rule lines along the path to create squares,        then write numbers from 1-50.

4. Draw pictures of Hone Heke and Taniwha at different places on the board game.

5. Make two dices for the game.

 

How to Play:

1. Player one roles both dices and adds the two numbers together.

2. Player one moves their counter the number of spaces along the board game.

3. Players take turns to see who is the first to reach the final square.

 

Rules:

1. If you land on Hone Heke, you short cut to the space he points too.

2. If you land on the Taniwha, you slide back down to the space his tail is in.

 

By Inverness and Taaria

                                      

Welcome to Ruma Toru - Term 1, 2014

Welcome to Ruma Toru! We have waved goodbye to last year's year 8 students and have welcomed our year 5 tamariki to our whanau and are very excited about the year ahead. Our door is always open
and we invite you to visit our classroom and look forward to working alongside of you and your families.

Ruma Toru is a sporty class and loves to play outdoor activities and attend sporting events. Some of our hobbies are listening to music, drawing and collecting cards. Our favourite subjects include The Arts, Maths, Science and Topic.

This term the theme for Topic is 'Communities'. We are currently examining the Treaty of Waitangi and investigating different types of Communities. We will study the roles, responsibilities and goals of Communities and explore services provided by the Community. We will also focus on the Sochi Winter Olympic Games and Anzac Day.

This blog is for tamariki to share their learning with their family and friends and will be run by students, so please excuse spelling mistakes as this is a vital part of their learning. Opportunities will be given to students to review their work and make corrections.

Please continue to visit our blog and we invite any feedback you like to share with us. Just go to the school website, click on 'classes', select the 'senior class' and click on 'blog'. You can leave us a message by selecting 'contact us' on the school website and addressing the message to Ruma Toru.

Finally, our Public Health Nurse, Margaret Connolly, is accessible to assist with any health concerns from Monday to Friday from 8 am - 4.30 pm. You can contact her on 0800 746 944, Option 5. Please remember to leave your name and a contact number you can be reached on.

Lets continue to inspire our tamariki and carry the positive momentum of our learning journey through the rest of the year.

Naku Noa

Whaea Dee
(Darnella Walker)