Last Tech Day Of 2019

Wednesday was the last day of Tech this year. I have developed new skills in cooking such as slicing and dicing ingredients to add flavour, the proper equipment to use, how to use it and how to cook, obviously. I know these skills will come of great use in the future, with the use of providing self care.

How To Make Nacho Cheese

For our last tech we made nacho cheese and if you would like to make it then here are the ingredients, coking equipment, and steps to make it.


Ingredients
- Oil
- Mince
- Onion
- Chilli sauce
- Bake beans
- Doritos
- Mix herb

Cooking Equipment
- Frying pan
- Big bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Serving plate
- Serving spoon


Steps- Step 1) Dice the onion and fry until soft.
Step 2) Add the mince and fry until cooked.
Step 3) Add bake beans, chilli sauce, and mix herb.
Step 4) Steam for 5 minutes.
Step 5) Serve with chips.

Hey that's nach'o cheese! That's mine

40th Anniversary Of Erebus Disaster

The Prime Minister and Air New Zealand have apologised for failures that led to a huge plane crash.

In a special ceremony for this disaster Jacinda Ardern issued a ''wholehearted and wide reaching'' apology. Neither the government nor Air New Zealand have ever made a full apology before.

The apology mark 40 years since the crash of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 on Mt Erebus in Antarctica in 1979, with the loss of 257 lives.

It remains New Zealand’s worst airplane disaster. The plane was on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica.The disaster was a shock for New Zealand. It affected almost everyone in the country and led to years of investigations.

How To Make Hangi

Dice the vegetables
onion (slice)
carrot (square)

Cabbage (slice)
Orange kumara
Potato (square)
Pumpkin (square)
Chicken (cut in half)

Put the chicken in first and top up with vegetables, spices and salt.

Bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes

How To Make Mince Gravy- Wk 8

Yesterday at tech we made Mince gravy. I thought it was delicious and full of flavour. Here's how to do it.

1) Dice the onion.
2) Add the mince.
3) Add the mix vegetables.
4) Add 1 tablespoon of flour with all spices.
5) Serve it with rice.
6) Enjoy.

Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Visit New Zealand

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are scheduled to arrive to New Zealand this Saturday, on a seven day tour. This trip is the couple's third visit to New Zealand.

On Wednesday the couple will visit Waitangi Treaty grounds. This will be the first visit to Waitangi since the Prince of Wales 25 years ago. They will receive their official welcome at Government House and meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Several Rats Washed Up On West- port Beaches

Hundreds of rats have washed up on West-port beaches.

Over 600 rats have been washed up on the beach, and scientists are worried that more may follow. Some of the rats have been taken to tested why this is happening.

Some people believe that rats could have been washed out by 1080 poison operation 140 km away.

Residents have been warned to keep their dogs off the beach.

Government Invests In Measuring Cow Farts From Space

The government has invested $26 million dollars towards this project. These things called methane emissions are causing some problem and using a satellite with the money can help track and reduce those emissions.

A  key part of the programme will be looking at agricultural emissions.

The satellite will also measure methane emissions from global humans

Bean and Vegetable Patties- Tech Wk7

Step 1- Mash the beans using the potato masher.

2- Dice the onion and red pepper.

3- Grate zucchini and carrot using the cheese crater.

4- Combine all your vegetables, beans, two eggs an mix well.

5- Fry in small batches, on a frying pan with some oil. Enjoy

Smart Learners- Cybersmart

In order to become smart learners there are sites that are easy to access in order to help students in training confidently navigate through different sites. Smart learners use new and clever ways to hook their learners into blog posts and etc.

Smart learners are consistent but somehow find a way not to bore their audience. It is definitely critical to be surrounded with people who help you develop your knowledge, but in this case the Kawa Of Care site will help you become more confident online, so basically the same thing.

Astronauts Trying To Bake Biscuits In Space

Over the weekend, a cargo craft loaded with scientific instruments, such as an oven and other supplies launched from Wallops Island, Virginia this Saturday. This will be used to attempt to bake chocolate chip cookies in space.

They have decided to do this because they would like to see what the reaction would be in zero gravity and the shape and consistency of the biscuits would be.

This is supposed to happen on 10:10 pm (nz time)

Facial Admission For Sheep?!

A company in Dunedin has announced the beginning of the development of facial recognition for sheep.

Iris Data Science, thought this would be a good idea instead of ear tagging sheep or electronic identification. The project has earned about 40 thousand dollars to eventually make this happen.

This project works by taking a picture of the sheep and looking for the similar features when the sheep is out in the open.

New Zealand Becoming The First "dark sky" Nation?

New Zealand has about three accredited dark sky cities. Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark sky reserve and the other two Dark sky sanctuary. The tittle "dark sky" is when the night is lit with starry stars. 

How to Make Chicken Curry Wk6

Step 1- Dice the chicken

Step 2- Fry until cooked

Step 3- Add curry and spices

Step 4- Add vegetables and potato

Enjoy!

How To Make Fettuccine Wk5

Ingredients 

Step 1 

Boil Fettuccine with 2 and a half cup of water until it is soft.

Step 2

Fry mince with onion until it is cooked.

Step 3

Scrape zuccini  using the vegetables pastor.

Step 4

Combine all ingredients.

Step 5 

Add cream for spices

Step 6 

Mix well and enjoy.

Silver Fern's Steal The Win Against Australia

Early on the Silver Ferns led by six. The Aussie's continued to fight back in front of an outstanding number 13, 497 fans at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena last Sunday. Ameliaranne Ekenasio made the winning shot with just a few seconds on the clock due to some errors, made by the Aussie's and Silver Ferns.

Chocolate Muffins- Tech Wk4

Ingredients                         1.One half C.S.R flourFlour                                    2.One quarter of a c of cocoa powder.Cocoa powder                     3.One half of a c of sugar.Sugar                                   4.One half c of milkMilk                                      5.1 egg.Oil.                                        6. Mix well

Lasagne Tech 2019 Wk3

Ingredients
Pasta
Cheese
Tomato Paste
Salt

Boil Lasagne with two cups of water until soft.

Cook mince until cooked. Add sauce, cheese.

Taste, add sauce, add salt spices and enjoy.

English Breakfast- Tech Wk2

Ingredients

Bread 

Bake beans

Bacon

Egg

Step 1- Toast bread in oven or toaster.

Step 2- Warm up bake beans and put to the side.

Step 3- Fry half a slice of bacon.

Step 4- Fry egg too.

Step 4- Serve on plate, and dig in.  

Tuna Salad (Tech) Wk1

Ingredients:
Pasta
Onion
Red Pepper
Mayonnaise
Tuna
Spring Onion

Step 1- Boil pasta with 2 and a half cups of water until soft.
Drain under cold water using the colander.

Step 2- Dice onion, red pepper.

Step 3- Mix all with mayonnaise and tuna.

Step 4- Serve on white plate or bowl and enjoy.

Paramedics Told To Keep Patients In Ambulances For Over TWO Hours!!!

Crowded ambulances and hospitals are becoming more and more frequent. This is becoming a huge problem and are leaving the patients at risk, when ambulances are needed for other emergencies.

The Health Minister confirmed that he was aware of the problem and blamed it on underfunding by the previous government. St John said, "while significant delays do happen minimising impacts such as moving non-urgent patients to medical clinics, would work wonders".

When will paramedic's get a break?!

Evaluation (Tech)

1. How well did I do in completing all of the things that I needed to do for this project?   
In my opinion, I think that I did very good. I think this because, I was eager to finish this project and so I did everything I could, to finally complete it.

2. The design ideas? 
For my project I had come up with four ideas, a Train, Jeep, Truck and Automobile.

3. The final choice?
After some thinking I decided to build a Jeep.

4. The working drawing?
After I decided what I wanted to build I had to complete a working drawing. Since Mr. Grundy (teacher) has already made something like this before, I had to, or could copy his working drawing. I first had to trace the length of the wood and complete the rest.

5. The marking out? 
Now that I finished my working drawing I could now work on the wood.  I grabbed a piece of wood that would be the joint and marked out what I was going to cut. I had to mark out what looked like a ''U'' shape.

6. The sawing?
Along the lines that I marked out I had to saw all the way down to the line.

7. The chiselling?
Next I had to grab a chisel and mallet, to chisel the inside. We had to do it pointing upwards so that the joint wouldn't break.

8. The assembly?
Then I had to place the wood that I cut off into the joint. It couldn't fit so Mr. Grundy trimmed and sanded it so it could.

Human Sized Penguin Found In Waipara

The fossils of a human sized penguin that lived about 56 to 66 million years ago. The fossilised bones of Crossvallia waiparensis were found by an amateur palaeontologist named Leigh Love.

Evidence showed that this giant bird weighed about 80 kg and was about 1.6m tall. 

Unique Flag Taken Back To Kingitanga

In 1929 this, rare flag was taken to England. It appears that this flag was taken there in 1865 and had forgot that they had the flag for almost 100 years. Ross Bay said, It was about time the taonga, finally returned home.

The flag will be taken in next week with Waikato Tainui, now proceeding their role as kaitiaki of the taonga.

Our Kayaking Trip (Vero Whitewater Park)

On Friday the 9th of August my class, Diego's mum, Madisyn's dad and I went to the Vero Whitewater Park for kayaking. This was my first time kayaking and I was terrible at it. I struggled a lot with trying to keep the kayak straight and so did some of my classmates too.

My arms were so tired but we weren't even finished or close to finished. I was always so close to falling in the water but I found my balance in time, so I didn't.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

NZ Attempts Saving Yellow-Eyed Penguin

Conservation minister Eugenie Sage has announced a new plan to save the Yellow-Eyed Penguin. The plan is to find out the struggles that they face as in human activities.

 Breeding is a struggle and the minister is trying their best to help. 

Jacinda Ardern Touring Pacific

Jacinda Ardern is touring Samoa and Tokelau. This is a part of New Zealand Government's Pacific Reset Strategy. This is a very special trip due to no Prime minister visiting the Pacific since 2004, Helen Clark.

While Jacinda Ardern is in Tokelau she will visit the capital of Tokelau, along with that she will also visit village councils and women's committees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

Design Concepts

I want to make a Jeep because I want to see how fast or slow the Jeep will go. The purpose of making this Jeep is so I can play with it. I have chosen to make it for my siblings and I.

One of the tools that I used was a ruler to make a full size working drawing of my project because I had to be exact with my measurements.

Step 1- I used a tri-square to copy the measurements from my drawing onto the wood.

Step 2- I marked a square line at 90 degrees across the wood with the ruler and I marked with the tri-square.

Step 3- I cut off the first piece of wood using a saw and slightly sanded it. 

Step 4- I then marked the wood with a pencil that would be the joint.

Step 5- Next I cut the wood with a saw and chiselled the rest of the wood out but not past the line.

Step 6-I tried to fit the piece of wood that I cut into the space but it couldn't fit. I tried sanding it but only half of it could fit in. So I took it to Mr. Grundy and he trimmed and sanded it so it could fit.

Step 7-Mr. Grundy grabbed a new piece of wood that would be the front of my Jeep, this piece of wood was sanded smooth an was curved but still a square shape.

Step 8- He then glued the piece of wood to the joint and secured it with rubber bands.

Step 9- We now cut a little thin piece of wood that would go on the top and glued it on.

Step 10- I now had to draw a seat, that was similar to stairs twice. I was very confused while doing this. Even though I had my drawing by reference I was still puzzled.

Step 10- Mr. Grundy came and was confused as what I was trying to do, but said he could still work with it.                                     
So he cut and glued it on with super glue. Then later secured it with rubber bands.

Loss Of New Zealand's Steepest Street Title

Unfortunately Baldwin Street located in the South Island, is now the second most steepest street in the world.  A street in Welsh, the seaside town of Harlech has snatched the ''The World's Steepest Street'' title.

To certify for this title this street need to have buildings paved along the side. This street was surrounded by a shop, houses, a laundry service, a caravan park and a restaurant.  

Silver Ferns Steal The Win 52-51

New Zealand had the chance to take the World Cup against Australia. I am extremely proud of them since they have stolen this win and taken the Netball World Cup. The Silver Ferns led by 28-25, by half time.

Australia didn't give up and sooner or later fought back. At this point Australia thought that they maybe might have just swiped this win, New Zealand held on and came walking out of the arena, The Champs.

Helping The Environment (Tamaki Estuary)

Monday the first of July marks the beginning of Ruapotaka's way of helping the environment.

This special moment took place at Tamaki Estuary. We first collected green and blue buckets to put our rubbish we collected in. We had to partner up with the children from Room 7 and my partner was Sefo.

We walked along the footpath and bridge searching for rubbish. Madisyn found a golf ball and had a bucket full of rubbish. When I saw all the buckets full of rubbish I was sure this river wasn't clean at all.

Design Brief

I have chosen to make a Jeep for myself. I think this is the best choice because I would approve of a moving object. It will be used to play with and trials will be held. Since it's a Jeep, it will be adequate to move due to it having wheels.

 I will most likely play with the Jeep at home and my sisters will play with it too. For this project I have to consider how to get the stairs right on my vehicle.

Our WET Adventure (Vero Whitewater Park)

Friday 21st of June marks the very first day I have ever done rafting or kayaking in my life. This special moment took place at the Manukau Vero Whitewater Park.  

My favourite part was swimming. We had a chance to jump off the plastic barrels and we later got pushed by the current and the big waves. Once we went past the metal stairs  we had to perform freestyle until we went to the stairs. We couldn't MISS it or else we would have ended up in the middle of the lake. 

White Ferns Lose To Canada

The White Ferns have lost to Canada and now have 14 games left in the women's world cup, although they have already lost two. In Grenoble the team lost by 2-0. Canada attempted 17 goals and only two got in.

The White Ferns only hope to have a chance against Cameroon, the next team they're up against.  

Hawke's Bay Apple Grower Starts Compostable Stickers For Apples

NZ was first to add compostable stickers to help improve the environment. The apples from the company wants to reel more compostable stickers next year. Although the compostable stickers are more expensive, Bostock hoped that the manufacturer would start using them. 

Current 52km Bike Trial Conductive To Otago

This new trail will be called The Lake Dunstan Trail. The first chunk is said to be completed by this summer, and it to be finished and opened by next year. This trial will be part of the $26 million dollar New Zealand Cycle Trial Project.

I think this is a great time to open up new places for tourists, to enjoy and have fun.

Teacher's Concerned About NZ's Future, Which Leads To Strike

Teachers around the country have taken over the cities of New Zealand and decided that it's time. Teachers have an uneasy feeling about the future of New Zealand. Majority of the teachers are thinking of quitting over the next five years into their journey or even retire.

Even though teachers want a 16 percent increase in money, it's more about not having enough staff members. The government has offered a 3 percent pay rise over the next three years. Teachers are not 100 percent about this transaction and want more. 

Samoan Language Week

The premier of the seven Pacific languages to be held is Samoa. This years' theme is 'weaving an environment for a better future'. There are numerous events being held around the country to celebrate this happening. The Ministry of Pacific Peoples are coming up with exceeding phrases to say.

A Flock Of Earthquakes Zap White Island

Around 200 earthquakes have hit White Island, one of New Zealand's most active volcanoes. There are some speculations that this volcano could erupt or increase the chances of landslides happening.

I hope that this volcano doesn't erupt anytime soon.This could be a huge impact on the community leaving people in disbelief as a result of the last happening in 2001.

Interschool Soccer At Point England

On Wednesday my team mates and I went to the Inter-school soccer competition.  My team mates were, Mary-Ruth, Madisyn, Joanalisi, Kate, Liza, Jessica, Leanah, Limiteti, Storm and Winnie. This competition was held at Point England Reserve. We had six games, we tied three and lost three.

We had a year five and six team that I am very proud of. I'm also extremely proud of my team mates and how well they played.




The first school we were up against was Panmure District. They were a really good team to go up against and were tough competitors.

Clarke Gayford's Proposal To Jacinda Ardern

Mr. Gayford and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have officially announced Mr. Gayford's proposal towards Jacinda Ardern. People around the community are pleased and excited for this event. The couple were on top of Mokotahi hill a beautiful lookout of Mahia the happening of the proposal.

Kiwican Wk 1 T2

Recently, students at Ruapotaka School met two of Kiwi-can's craftspeople Miss Tuia and Mrs Mac.

We talked about the meaning of integrity, which was our theme this term. My classmates said that integrity was giving it a go and having enough courage to do something.

We played three fun games, BANG, Changes and GKQ. During BANG Miss Tuia was leading and didn't remember our names, I was next to her and she asked for my help.

Changes was a another game that we played if you have done something, or been there, you have to move to a different place. GKQ stands for general Knowledge questions and was the game.

I really loved playing all these games and I could tell my classmates enjoyed as well. Especially from the looks on their faces!

Waiho Bridge Washed Away Caused To Heavy Rain

Westland is struggling with extreme weather that caused the Waiho Bridge to be completely destroyed from the heavy rain. The heavy rain has caused rivers to rise and evacuation warnings have been sent throughout the area.

Some schools have been closed and extreme winds up to 120 km have surfaced. The town of Haast is encountering a one in 100 year flood. As a result of this weather, the main road from south of town to Hokitika has been closed. Unfortunately there have been reports that this dreadful weather will only continue.

I think this is a tragedy and I hope that this bad weather will stop in two weeks or so.

Making Different Colours- Tech

At Tech my classmates and I had the chance to paint. It was a very simple exercise but was fun to do. Our three main colours were red, yellow and blue, also secondary colours that we had to mix together.

 Later on we had to practice painting a gradient with a single colour. There are various colour combinations that can be made. Red and blue makes purple, yellow and blue makes green etc.

Our task was entertaining, was not boring at all. It was very funny how one of my classmates drew an artist with the paint, that was funny!

Compare & Contrast: Tech

On Wednesday at Tamaki College the students in graphics class had to develop and complete a worksheet.

We had to figure out the differences and similarities between two types of clocks. Examining these two clocks shown was our main task, also including how it's used, the size of the clock, how much the two clocks cost, where the clock is used and etc.

It was really funny during tech. I could tell my classmates enjoyed themselves and were having fun. I thought I did good on this project but not as well as Riiana. Her work is always the best!

Designs For My Clock

Last week at tech my task was to draw different designs for my clock. I could do any design I wanted, but I couldn't copy from the internet. On a piece of paper I had to draw my four ideas. It had to be special. It couldn't just be a normal coloured clock. If the shape of the clock wasn't different, then the face of the clock had to be.

One of my designs was shaped like a sun and was coloured in red, orange and yellow. One of my other designs had Roman numerals, instead of the Arabic numerals. Around the numbers on my clock I coloured it in a nice light blue.

10 Most Common Passwords- Cybersmart

These passwords are the most prevalent passwords that people use. Are one of these passwords yours?     
password
123456
qwerty
abc123
let me in
monkey
myspace1
password1
blink182
(your first name)
(your pets name)

To create a strong password choose a quote or phrase that is eight characters long. Change some of the letters to symbols if you like. Do not decide to change your password to any of these passwords listed above. Be slick about what your password will be.

Clocks - Design Brief

During Wednesday's lesson I had to create a google drawing. I had to insert different styles of clocks like an analogue, digital, hour glass, hanging clock and more.

What I learnt in this lesson was a new way of telling the time. That way is through looking at a sun dial. The sun dial tells you what time of day it is by the location of the sun's shadow.

After this technology lesson I am now very excited and can't wait until the next lesson comes around.

3D Oblique Sketching

At Tamaki College I learnt how to 3D sketch and I also learnt how to shade a cube. I had to draw other shapes as well like a pyramid and a cylinder.

Another thing I learnt was how to create three different tones, light, medium and dark. We also had to master shading a shadow to make it look more realistic.

Duffy Stuck In A Video Game!

On Monday we had some memorable visitors who came to perform at Ruapotaka School. Every time they come they produce a phenomenal  performance that is very humorous. This weeks performance was about Duffy having an argument with his cousin, Sam, about which is better, reading or video games. When Duffy wore Nana's magical glasses and did her amusing dance, he gets sucked into a video game called ''Magic Bricks.'' The concept of the game is to finish building your tower before the Dismantler destroys it.

Syndicate Assembly

On Monday the eleventh of February the year 8's and prefects were in charge of producing an item for the Syndicate Assembly. Jessica, Tristan and Peni created their own version of the English New Zealand, National Anthem. In my opinion the new version was more easier to understand what it is all about.

Me- Technicraft Lesson

 My teacher's name for Tech is Miss Ferguson. The class that I am in is graphics. Our task was to copy and paste pictures that tell anyone who views about what we like, on a google drawing. I learnt how to make my own avatar.

Back At School! 2019

Monday was my first day in Room 12 at Ruapotaka School. I'll have to admit I was scared. The other girls were agitated.  Surprisingly, Monday wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

This year I have a lot of expectations and responsibilities to live up to.

 Every day at school this year I have to sit next to Liza. Then next to Liza is Winnie. Liza helped Winnie and I yesterday and today. Liza is extremely helpful, and a very good friend.

 Looking forward to going to Tech next week, I'm very excited.

Not looking forward to testing, very impartial.