Snake Mistaken For a loom band.

Summary:

The two men were shifting an old sofa in their van then a little snake was hiding in sofa and the two men thought it was a loom band but then the snake started to move!

Mac the little snake is now in a care of charities Aberdeenshire animal rescue. The snake is now gone back to Re-home Centre.

Opinion:

I think that men should sell the snakes for a lot of money.

Worlds Tallest Man And Worlds Shortest Man Meet.

Summary:

On the 13th of November the tallest recorded man in the world and the shortest man world met for the first time in London for the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day. The event celebrates record-setting around the world and brought Sultan Kosen the tallest man from Turkey and brought Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal so they could meet. Sulta is 8 feet and 3 inches tall. Chandra is 54cm tall.

Opinion:

I think that the tallest man is lucky because he could reach tall things from the shelf. I think the shortest man is lucky too as he can look under tables.

Kiwi Kids Attribution

All blacks Beat Scotland.

Summary:

Jeremy Thrush scored 74th minute try from victory, winning against Scotland. The first five eighth Dan Carter return from a injury, he kicked three penalty kicks over first half. Victor Vito try meant that the All Blacks  went into half-time break. The score in the first half was 14-10 but at full time the score was 24-16. The All Black’s next game is against Wales and is going to be the last test for the year.

Opinion:

I think that the All Blacks are too hard for all the other teams. The All Blacks should play a team that they have never played before.

All Blacks Win Big In Chicago.

Summary:

The All Blacks beat the United States 74-6.  The All Blacks scored 7 tries in the first half and 5 tries in the second half. Midfielder Sonny Bill Williams and winger Julian Savea scored 2 tries each. The All Blacks next game is against England.

Opinion:

I think that the USA were too easy for the All Blacks. They should play a harder team like South Africa.

Watch All Blacks Smash USA Kiwi Kids Attribution

Taranaki Wins NPC Rugby Title

Summary:

Taranaki claimed their first national rugby title beating Tasman 36-32. Taranaki led 16-10 at half-time. Tasman scored four tries to three but the winger Codey Rei kicked all the conversions over for Taranaki.

Opinion:

I think that Taranaki deserved to win because they proved lots during the past season and got amazing tries and cool conversions over.

 Tasman vs. Taranaki - Final Moments (ITM Cup 2014 ... Kiwi Kids Attribution

Literacy Online

At school we had a very special assembly. The special assembly was all to do with having no rules at school. As soon as Mrs Vickers said “there will be no rules” everyone sprinted outside and we all did whatever we wanted.

After that everyone decided to go home early. The next day I came to school at 7:00am, the teachers were having a party in the middle of the top field and celebrating for having no rules. Then Mrs Vickers shouted at me “SIMON” you're in charge for the year. Then I went into Mrs Vickers office and took lots of money out and threw it everywhere it was like raining money. I will get my own limo. After having a Blast at school I went home. When I got home I went to sleep.

Don't Look Down.

Summary:

There are lots of people visiting the Eiffel Tower and looking through its  new glass floor to make it interesting and scary. The glass floor is 57 metres off the ground.

Opinion:

I think that the new glass floor looks cool but doesn't  seem safe for other people to walk on, because it might not be safety glass.

Tessellation

My tessellation has different colours but has the same patterns.

Cruden Misses Flight – out of All Blacks

Summary:

The All Blacks next game is against Argentina and then South Africa. The first five eighth Aaron Cruden had missed his flight while he was hanging out with two girls in a bar drunk!. Aaron Cruden was deeply embarrassed about it. Beauden Barrett is finally going to wear the number 10 jersey and also play full-time.

Opinion:

I think that Beauden Barrett deserves to wear the number 10 jersey than  Aaron Cruden. Beauden Barrett is a way better player than Aaron Cruden.

John Key denies GCSB spied on New Zealanders

Summary:

The New Zealand prime minister John Key announced that the GCSB HAS NOT undertaken surveillance of New Zealand. He said it was all made up

Opinion:

I think that New Zealand needs a better Prime Minister than John Key.

(Also, he later admitted that the NSA from America HAS SPIED ON NEW ZEALANDERS using the same system as the GCSB but the GCSB hasn't actually done it,)

 

                                  Attribution Kiwi Kids News

All Blacks hold off South Africa

Summary:

The All Blacks have won against the Springboks. The rugby game was held in Wellington at the Westpac Stadium. The score at first half was 7-6 and at full time the points were 14-10.  In the final last 10 minutes the Springboks gave lots of their energy and gave everything to get a try but they couldn’t break through the black wall.

Opinion:

I think that the All Blacks should play a stronger team that they have not played before.


                     Attribution Kiwi Kids News

Government announces 5 new Marine Reserves

Summary

The government had opened 5 marine reserves. The marine reserve is on the West coast of the South Island. The reserve will protect a range of marine ecosystems. The 5 reserves have already been named Kahurangi, Punakaiki, Waiau Glacier Coast, Tau Parihaka and also Hautai. The reserves were made to protect our wild animals like the blue penguins.

Opinion

I think that the Government did a good job in deciding to make 5 new marine reserves.

Attribution Kiwi Kids News

Rugby Champ!

We have been learning to create a positive digital footprint.In the future I want my future digital footprint to encourage people to became a Rugby Champ like me.

Asteroid To Pass Close To New Zealand

The NASA experts announced the asteroid just passed New Zealand just this morning. The asteroid was the size of a little house and was heading directly to New Zealand. The asteroid was over 40,000 kilometres away (LUCKY). The asteroid passed New Zealand at 6am in the morning.

I think that the asteroid was pretty cool. if it was going to hit us, then I hope it wouldn’t hit AUCKLAND.

Money Truck Crashes

The police said that the truck lost control and swerved and crashed to the side of the grass. The truck crashed in the middle of the highway. When the truck crashed lots of money flew out of the packets. Most of the money were coins.

I think that if I was there I would steal every bit of it and be a dollar-Air! Oh and help the injured man.

Tall Blacks lose To Turkey

It was the 2014 championship game and was held in Spain. The Tall Blacks played against Turkey and they lost 76-73. Corey Webster was shooting most of the shots in for his team.  This was their first game and they lost. The Tall Black’s next game is against Dominican Republic and were beaten 72-62 by Ukraine.

I think that the Tall Blacks could beat the next team and I think that Corey Webster is going to get even more shots in.

GO THE TALL BLACKS!

                                           Attribution Kiwi Kids News

My Necklace.

I completed this necklace at Hard Material Tech at Tamaki College. My necklace feels smooth and it can reflect light. I chose the cross because I can use this cross and wear it to church or at other occasions.

Warriors Struggling To Make Top 8

The Roosters lead the Warriors by 7 tries and the Roosters move up the ladder into 3rd place and the Warriors have dropped down to 10th place after losing 46-12.

I was so angry that the Warriors lost to Sydney Roosters.I thought that the Warriors would win but the Roosters smashed them by scoring lots of brilliant tries.

NZRFU To Stop Fireworks At Games

I was shocked that the firework displays have been suspended at the rugby union games. The fireworks had landed on three people in the crowd. The NZRFU chief Steve Tew has already banned them and said there will be NO! fireworks anymore.

I agree and think that they shouldn't do fireworks anymore because it might  hurt more people and could even hurt one of the rugby players.

All Blacks Win Bledisloe Cup

I was glad that the  All Blacks won the cup. Aaron Cruden finally kicked all the conversions over and all the penalties. The score at half-time was 23-6 and  Richie had two tries and Kieran Read had one try. The score at full-time was 51-20.

I saw the All Blacks playing Australia and it seemed like the All Blacks were thrashing them by lots of tries.

All Blacks Draw Match!

The All Blacks played in Sydney and draw with Australia 12-12.
Aaron Cruden scored 4 penalty kicks over the post as well as the Wallabies.

I was so disappointed that the All Blacks nearly lost against the
Wallabies and lots of the All Blacks players got injured

Attribution KiwiKids News

New Zealand views supermoon

Sky gazers around New Zealand were able to look at a ‘SUPER MOON’ last night.

Last night was the full moon and it was closest and largest of 2014.The moon won’t get closer to earth again until September 2015. The moon looked like it was just sitting there close enough to touch. For those people that stayed up the moon was cool to look at. The MetService said the east of the north island enjoyed the best viewing conditions due to a bunch of clouds.

Super Moon -Large

Pakistan National Symbol

I chose Pakistan national symbol because the moon and the star represent their country.I picked Pakistan to represent the people that have been arrested and other people looking for help.

Why are they looking for help?

Breakers Re-Sign Jackson.

The New Zealand basketball team the Breakers re-signed Cedric  Jackson for the team. Cedric  Jackson came from America and he used to play for  Cleveland State . He came to play for the Breakers because he wanted to be in the Australian National League Season with some of his old team mates. Cedric Jackson spent two years at the club, winning two championships and an  MVP award. Jackson’s signing means the Breakers now have seven players on list for next season but they still have one import player spot to fill.

                                      

                  

Making Invatations

In the holidays I went to my aunt's house to help her make the invitations for my little nephew’s birthday.We sat there for hours designing them and printing them out and we finally made 64 invitations. They took ages to do. After that we made little bags with lollies,party poppers and  balloons in each for the guests.His birthday is on 26th Saturday.

Later on, we went to Dress Mart to get some new shoes,clothes and other things for the birthday, then we went somewhere else to get some decorations. When we got everything ready we delivered the invitations to everyone. We got home just before midnight , had a little feed and went to sleep.

His birthday is this Saturday and he will be coming to Ruapotaka School next week and will start in Room 1.

On Saturday morning my rugby team went to play against Suburbs red at the Avondale racecourse. Before the game we huddled up around in the circle and did some cheers.

We won 64 to nil and we made it into the A grade. My coach gave us some invitations for pizza night. At 7:00pm we went to the rugby club and me and my dad took some Domino’s pizzas there. When we got there, there were lots of people drinking and lots of us kids playing rugby on our number 1 field. We stayed and watched the All Blacks and England game.

War In Iraq

Last nights news showed a horrible war overseas in Iraq.When they were fighting there were lots of people in their buildings and they were being shot so the soldiers could use their houses as shelter. There were people running away from their homes and asking for help.

Its was really horrible because the news people were there showing us the video.

State O Origin

Last nights game was disappointing for Queensland because they lost.

Queensland and New South Wales played in Brisbane.At the game there were several fights on the field and some of them nearly got penalised .Queensland lost the game and I was sad.

While I was watching the end of the game Jarryd Hayne started to cry. “TEARS OF JOY” HaHaHa!

Next time Queensland will come back with lots of heart and energy.

My favourite team is QUEENSLAND!

Saturday Morning News

On Saturday morning I turned on the radio and it said  that the All Blacks game was on Saturday night. After that  they said that the next State Of Origin is coming up this Wednesday.When I watched the All Blacks game they had won 28 to 27.

I also heard that there were 4 guys coming to peoples’ houses in a van and knocking on peoples doors  and pretending they were plumbers but they go into your house and rob every thing.

Netball Skills We Learnt

At netball today it was pretty cool getting to learn new skills.First, we warmed up by jogging to the fence and back 3 times, We also did the ankle touch and heelflick runs.

After the warm up we each got a partner and grabbed a ball. We learnt how to do the over head pass.Our netball coach was Dona.

We also tried the fire pass which is when you roll it at another person’s ankles…

After that we had to get into 3 teams and the person in front needs to get a netball each and throw the netball through the hula hoop but the hula hoop has to stand holding down,middle and then high.We have been doing that game so we could learn our fire pass and chest pass and over head pass.The other was we had to get into a circle and pass around in a circle.

There was another that you needed to get 3 people and get into a square and passing it and the other person moves to another corner.

At the end we played a little bit of netball, it was fascinating.

My Secret Cose

Hopefully today I am going to have my own password for my school google account. From now on no-one will hack my account.My password is going to be extremely long so if they try to hack my account they are going to be confused. My code is going to be known only to me and I won’t give it out to anyone else.

Watching The Rugby Games

On Saturday night I watched two rugby games on t.v. One was the All blacks vs England the other one was Samoa vs Tonga. While me and my dad were watching he kept saying make me a cup of tea and make me some crackers. It was  annoying.  Samoa and Tonga drew  15 all. I was happy that Samoa did not lose,YAY! The All Blacks  won because Conrad Smith got the last try and the score was 20 to 15 .

That was a tough match to watch but I’m glad the All Blacks beat England.

Blog Post Personal Information

When we share online we will make smart decisions about what personal information we share

• I will use my first name only
• I am going to think carefully about what I share online and if I am not sure I will  ask my parents, teachers or principal.
• If I can’t ask anyone or I am not sure I will  keep it private
• I will be sharing what I am learning, new knowledge and information relevant to my learning

We have been learning to deal with inappropriate emails we don’t want to read and we can  forward the message to our teacher or the principal.

I also learnt that I shouldn’t share my personal information online.  A good way of doing it is to only post my first name and NOT share my date of birth.

This is my favourite thing to do and eat

Aloha!  My name is Simon and I am a year 7 student and I go to Ruapotaka School.My favourite sports I love  playing is rugby,league,softball,volleyball,soccer and my favourite hobbies are playing ps3 and play mine craft. My favourite foods are spaghetti boloney's,Hungry Jacks,Carl's Jr,Roast chicken with potato gravy. Yummy.My favourite rugby player is Rene Ranger because he is fit and fast.In the future I would like to visit all the super 15 rugby teams.