NCEA Exams Start

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the group that organises these exams. They are expecting to mark more than a million exam booklets, as well as 48,000 online exam entries from this year’s exams.

How To Make A Simple Bean and Vegetables Patties

On Wednesday 6th we made Bean and Vegetables Patties in cooking class.

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.

6-Serve, Eat, Enjoy.

How To Make An Easy Little Pizza

On Wednesday 30th of October 2019 as usual  we went to tech and we made a little simple pizza.

Step 1
Paste the top of the pizza bread with tomato sauce.

Step 2
Dice the pepper, tomato, red onion and ham.

Step 3
Spread all your vegetables, ham, cheese and pineapple on top.

Step 4
Put sauce on top and bake for 15 minutes.

Step 5
Once it is ready take it out of the and eat or enjoy it.

Can New Zealand Become The First Dark Sky Nation

New Zealand currently has three accredited dark sky sites – Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, Great Barrier Island Dark Sky Sanctuary and the Stewart Island/Rakiura Dark Sky Sanctuary.

About 120 delegates will attend the conference, talking about light pollution and the benefits of a nation-wide approach to dark sky accreditation.

How To Make Fettuccine😀

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 succini  using the vegetables pastor.

Step 4

Combine all ingredients.

Step 5 

Add cream for spices

Step 6 

Mix well and enjoy.

How To Make A Chocolate Muffin.

Ingredients                         1.One half C.S.R flour
Flour                                    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 milk
Milk                                              5.1 egg.
Oil.                                                   6. Mix well.

Kakapo Numbers Hit Record High

New Zealand Kakapo numbers have hit a record high.

This bird has officially reached  a record high at 213 adults.

Experts say that there are more Kakapo is alive today then in the last 70 years.

Despite the population increase, kākāpō are still critically endangered.

How To Make Lasagna

Today is Wednesday 18th 2019 and me and my group are make lasagne for this week.

Step 1
Boil lasagne with two cups of water until it is soft.

Step 2
Cook mince until it is cooked and  add, sauce, cheese.

Step 3
Taste and add salt, spices ete.

Step 4
Serve and enjoy.

Recording- Tech

Step 1
I used a pencil to sketch and a ruler to make a full size working drawing of my box.

Step 2
I used a ruler to copy  the measurements from my drawing onto the paper.

Step 3
I marked a square line at (90 degrees) across by using a trisquare.

Step 4
I then cut off the first piece of wood by using a saw .

Step 5
I then cut out the joints by using a chisel.

Step 6
I put a peace of wood on the joint and glued it in.

Step 7
I then waited 30 minutes for it to dry so then Mr Grundy stuck a peace of thin wood to the side of my project using glue.

That was the last step for my project but I had more to do. But time was over and Mr Grundy said he will finish it of.

Government To Trial Free Lunches In Schools

On 30th of August 2019, The Government says it will be trailing with free lunches in some New Zealand schools. 

It will start with 30 primary and intermediate schools by next year. This plan is to develop the activity to 21,000 children in 120 schools by the beginning of  2021.

Christchurch named New Zealand’s friendliest city

Christchurch has been ranked as New Zealand’s friendliest city.

The garden city was only New Zealand city ranked in the Big 7 travel poll. The poll looked around places where people are most comfortable and welcome. Big 7 website said that Christchurch local's are being resilient and has a positive attitude. 

The survey found that Vancouver was the friendliest city in the world, followed by Kuala Lumpur, Bruges in Belgium, Taipei, Hamburg and Dublin.

NZ Scientists Discover A Giant Extinct Parrot

On August 7th 2019, New Zealand scientists discovered an extinct giant parrot.

This gigantic parrot is 1 metre long and has a massive beak that could break food sources. They named the parrot Heracles Inexpectatus because it's huge.

The fossils are  twice the size of a kākāpō, which means this parrot is the largest of all. 

Wellington Fittest City

In Wellington it has been crowned NZ's fittest city and I think it's because it has a lot of hills for people to run up and down from.

People say they voted for Wellington because it's hills are good for running which also helps with their health. People also say their so lucky to live in a active and healthy place.

Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern Went on South Pacific Tour.

The Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern went on a South Pacific tour and is directly overseas visiting Samoa and the New Zealand territory of Tokelau.

This trip is part of the New Zealand Government’s Pacific Reset strategy.It is the first trip to Tokelau by a NZ prime minister since 2004. 

While she is there she has to meet with the village councils and women committees. 

Kris Faafoi, New Zealand’s first cabinet minister of Tokelauan descent is also taking part in the visit.

Technology Wood

On Wednesday 24th of July my group and I  went to tech.

I have chosen to make a jewellery box for myself .
I think this is the best choice for me because my sister sometimes plays with my things and usually ends up breaking it.
It will be used to hide my jewellery in it and it will be used at home.
For this project I will have to consider how to get my measurements as accurate as possible.

Silver Ferns won Netball World Champions

New Zealand net ball team(the Silver Ferns)won the world champions to Australia by 52 to 51 points.

Silver Ferns had been the worlds champions since 2003 and on.
This  means that New Zealand has now won the title 5 times.

Australia did their best to fought against New Zealand and won 3 goals but New Zealand did enough to hang on.

Picking Up Rubbish To Save The Environment

Yesterday On Monday 1 of July the whole school of Ruapotaka went down to the Tamaki Estuary. Freaza and his team was telling us how we can save the environment and experiencing how birds can die from plastic and rubbish that are chucked around the sea.

We picked up rubbish around Tamaki Estuary and found some rubbish and news papers under the rocks and all the way to the park.

We finished picking up the rubbish and we sat down the next to the park and ate our lunches. After we ate our lunches we went and played at the park for few minutes and head of back to school.