TPPA

TRANS
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

The New Zealand government is negotiating an agreement that will involve the 11 Asian and pacific-rim countries including the United States. If this agreement goes ahead then it will become a huge issue to the people of New Zealand but mostly have an impact on the children. Since the agreement is being negotiated in private nobody really knows if the tppa is a safe decision or a threat to our environment.



Year Eights graduation dinner

The year eights graduation dinner was amazing.  Everyone was beautifully dressed.The food was sensational and everyone was surely to clean off their plates. Everyone was filled with laughter and that made the year eight students have a night to remember even with a few other celebrations such as Whaea Christin's birthday.The desserts were rich and the teachers and year eight students demolished there desserts in secounds,also the inspiring speeches from teachers were mindblowing followed with a few gifts.That was an outstanding night to remember and the year eights will never forget that precious night and surely we made alot of memories of this special occasion. "Cheers to the year eights students."

Pygmy Seahorse

The Pygmy Seahorse  is as small as a paper clip. The babies grow tubercles and they can change colour so that they camouflage.

Scientists went to the Philippines to get  Pygmy Seahorses to take them back to San Francisco because they want to find out if Pygmy Seahorses change colour.

When the baby   Pygmy Seahorse came out of the males pouch they changed colour. They  camouflage with the coral.




                                                      BY CHARLES TURNER OWEN

Grandparents story

Grandparents Story

My Grandparents are natural born hardworkers and are both fluent in Te Reo Maori. My granddad is a man of many trades, but the one he shines through the most is being a builder. He's also a great cook in the kitchen. As for my nan, she's a retired teacher and taught me everything I know. She's a walking encyclopedia, she can whakapapa right back to our ancestor Hine-a-maru and knows alot about our maori history. Nan will fight for what is right and could probably teach everyone here a thing or two!

I strongly believe my grandparents are the best because both my grandparents are really supportive and help me any way they can.They come to every netball game to support and cheer on my team on. I love them for that!

My grandparents have taught me to never give up when things get rough and to always try my best at achieving my goals.They also try to teach me maori but I sometimes don`t know what they're saying. They don`t give up on me and I love that about them. My nan always tells me storys about the olden days. I love listening to her stories! 

I will always love my grandparents for as long as I live. I will never forget them. My granparents are the best!.

hoanis book review

 There are over 460 different types of sharks .Sharks teeth are not the same shape because they need to be able to grip on to there pray the biggest sharks recorded was 30 thousand tons the tiger and hammer head shark are the most vises sharks . I judge this book 8 out of 10 . By hoani Reid 

Room Four Pakaraka School: STANDING NEXT TO A T-REXI WOULD INMANGEIN STANDI...

Room Four Pakaraka School: STANDING NEXT TO A T-REX
I  WOULD INMANGEIN STANDI...: STANDING NEXT TO A T-REX I  WOULD IMAGINE STANDING TO A T-REX IT WOULD BE 20 FEET LONG 20 METERES TALL HAVE RAZES SHARP TEETH AND LOO...

STANDING NEXT TO A T-REX

I  WOULD INMANGEIN STANDING TO A T-REX IT WOULD BE 20 FEET LONG 12 METERES TALL HAVE RAZES SHARP TEETH AND LOOK LIKE A MONSTER I STILL WISH THEY EGSESTED AND  I WILL TRY TO TAME ONE BUT THEY DONT EGSEST  ANY MORE  MAN DONT THEY SOUND COOL  

Horses

Kia-ora my name is Hoani reid and my speech is about horses.Did you now that horses sleep standing up.

Horses use their ears eyes and nostrills to express their moods they also communicate their fellings though facial expressions.

 Horses use a range of diffrent nosies to communicate to other things.

truck departmint

Pakaraka school

Ruma toru

RD2

Kaikohe

Monday 3 august 2015

dear truck department you should slow down your trucks because they speed drift and nock over animals we are trying to persuade truck drives of speeding.

Speeding trucks on Otiria  road are dangerous because the container swings around the cornersand if a car is coming around the coner and a truck it will course a accident so truck department can you slow your trucks down

your sinecely

hoani joel reid

Firemen

Firemen are important to our community because they put out fires for civilians when they are in trouble. Firemen save people and animals.

Most Firemen are volunteers in New Zealand. They are dedicated people in our community because they give most of their time to the fire station.


It is also important for fire men to have protective gear for breathing and stopping them from getting burnt. They practise putting out fires so they can be really fast at it.

A Diary Entry from Gallipoli

Bang! Bang! It was 1914 when it all started. I felt so scared when I heard all the gunshots.

I felt like I was going to die but I fought on. It smelt like gun smoke on the battle field. Most of the smoke went into my lungs. There was blood everywhere, I just wanted to scream out loud.

It looked like I was the only one alive after an attack...but I saw shadows and thought it was my team. Lucky I was still hiding because it was the Turks. They walked towards me but they didn't see me, they were going to destroy our trenches.

It was my turn to fight for our country. I got up and screamed out loud so they could hear and see me. They all turned around and started shooting at me but they missed. I picked up my gun and shot everywhere. No one was let standing but me.

Light finally came, it was day time. The war was over at last. I said, "I  helped saved our country".

By Inverness

Duffy Assembly

Tuesday 31st March, 2015, was Pakaraka School's Duffy assembly. James Jennings was our Duffy role model, he asked children questions and sang the Duffy song. 

Other guests were Pam and Sandy from a local church in Kerikeri, they donated our Duffy books and helped give them out to students at the assembly.

Willow-Jean Prime was another guest speaker, she brought her mum, Addy, and baby daughter, Hihana along. Willow-Jean said that her and her husband read to baby Hihana all the time. They read in both English and Maori, how cool is that!

Here are some Duffy facts: Alan Duff is the founder of Duffy Books. Duffy Books got its name by using Alan's surname and just added the letter 'y'. Duffy is the main character in all Duffy theatre plays. Alan gives books to children at low decile schools.

Children at Pakaraka School love reading Duffy Books and get really excited when Duffy and his friends visit our kura. We can't wait until you come back again Duffy!

Published by Inverness

The Mobile Technology Caravan

The Mobile Caravan is a van that drives from school to school and is fuelled with lots of cool technology. They have a 3D printer and have been wondering if one day, the 3D printer will be used to make pizza for dinner.


We played with a virtual reality phone, it had some cardboard around it with some glass lenses. We watched a video of a rollercoaster, it felt like you were really riding on it.


 
Another fun gadget was a little ball that was remote controlled by an ipad, you could take it up ramps and it would jump over stuff. It was fun! 

The Trenches

On Wednesday, Ruma Toru had to write letters from the trenches. It was like we were at war.

Children built trenches out of tables, chairs, pillows and sheets. Whaea Dee played some real recordings of gun shot sounds from World War 1. When she heard anyone talk, that soldier had to go to back to base camp for training.

Whaea Dee gave students 20 minutes to write letters home to their framilies. Ruma Toru wrote descriptive letters, so readers can feel what World War 1 was like.

By Hoani

Making Popcorn

Today, our class, Ruma Toru, had an exciting and fun experience to celebrate our learning. We made POPCORN! Students enjoyed it because at the end of the activity, Ruma Toru got to eat the popcorn.

My table was the first to make the popcorn, we are the green table. We followed the instructions, and waited...POP! A popping corn leapt out. Students got really excited and couldn't wait until it was their turn to make popcorn. Most students turned their attention to the sound of the pop corn machine.

Every student got a cup full of sugar, butter and salt free popcorn. It was delicious!



By Teina

Welcome to Term 2

Kia Ora te Whanau!

Welcome to Term 2. Ruma Toru has another extremely busy term ahead. Tamariki are currently investigating Gallipoli, WWI (World War One) and the ANZACs, to commemorate the 100th ANZAC Anniversary and remember the two and four legged (animal) ANZACs that served our country during war.

In the near future, children will be exploring Matariki, the Maori New Year. Tamariki will develop their research skills and work on a number of exciting projects for this topic. Together we will read Maori myths and legends related to Matariki, as well as explore stories from other cultures about this topic. Additionally, Ruma Toru will learn new waiata and celebrate our unique culture during this unit and continue throughout the year.

This is a crucial time for tamariki in their learning. Towards the end of this term, teachers will be reporting to parents about their child's/children's current progress in learning. Teachers will also be making projected OTJs (overall teacher judgements), about where your child is most likely to be, by the end of the year.

Some ways in which we can help set our tamariki up for success in their learning, is to make sure children attend school every day; keep healthy through regular exercise; eat plenty of fruit and veg and drink lots of water; get plenty of sleep, and set up regular and consistent routines for homework, bedtime, chores, sports and so on.

Other important events this term include:
Sign Language Week (4 - 10 May)
Road Safety Week (4 - 10 May)
Healthy Eating Week (1-5 June)

Remember to visit our classroom and see what we have been learning. Ruma Toru would like to invite parents and whanau who are interested in working with tamariki on various projects Have a great term!

Whaea Dee

Charles - My Autobiography

Kia Ora! My name is Charles. Let me tell you some interesting things about myself. I have thirteen brothers and sisters. One of my brother's always spoils me, he takes me to my favourite place in the world, it is MacDonald's. We eat there because we love munching on Big Mack burgers.

When I grow up I want to be an electrician because I like science experiments. One time when I was working with Whaea Christine, I put a torch together and it lit up!
      
By Charles

Letter of Request - A Statistical Inquiry

Dear Mr Singh,

I have identified a need, that we, the students of Pakaraka School would like to have at our school. That need is to have a music room. Through a statistical inquiry, I have gathered data by asking twenty four students in our class, if they would like to have a music room. Twenty four students in Ruma Toru, positively said yes.

The instruments we would like to learn are; piano, guitar, violin and trumpet. I was thinking we could have the music room near the back field, away from all the classrooms so the music room does not distract the kiddies from learning. We can add music to our rotation.

I really think we should have a music room because a lot of students at Pakaraka School are very talented and interested in music. I also think we should have a music room because we only have a few working and interesting musical instruments at our school.

Students could create our own music and songs, and quite possibly share them with the whole school. A music teacher would be a great idea. She/he could come in every second week, on a suitable day that you would prefer.

Yours Sincerely,


Teina Reid

When My Nana Tilly was a Young Girl

In my nana's days of growing up, she had no shoes. It was freezing cold! My nana Tilly and her brothers used to race for the freshest cow patties. If you were slow, you got dry, ugly, brown patties and your feet would be cold because the patties were hard. If you were fast, your feet would be warm because the patties were green and steaming hot!

In those days my nana didn't have to pay for the bus. Nana Tilly and her friends rode horses to school. If you went on the bus, it was free! But there wasn't a bus near where my nana lived.

 

By Jojo

How to play Ki-o-rahi

step:1   Put people in the centre to protect the bin in the paoa.

step:2   Spread 4 people out in the middle zone called te roto.

step:3   Scatter the rest of the players in the outer zone called te ao.

step:4   The other team spreads themselves in te ao and tries to hit the bin to score points.

By Charles