Keeping our school clean

A couple of days ago, our school caretaker was in distress and annoyed because our school was filled with trash and garbage. He talked to our deputy principal Mr. Ready saying that he was going to re-singh and drop out of his job, but our class teacher Mrs. Sharma didn’t give up on him. She said that “we could have rubbish monitors to pick up rubbish in the morning and during lunch time. These rubbish monitors worked continuously to help mike.

Then a couple of weeks later, our caretaker Mike noticed that our school environment has gotten a lot more cleaner, Mike was a bit shocked and confused on how our school environment is a lot cleaner, because he didn’t know that Room 6 has been helping with his job. But when he knew that Room 6 was helping he gave a warm thanks!! to the rubbish monitors that helped. And one of the monitors was grateful enough to make Mike a gift which had lollies including with a card from the rubbish monitors and Room 6.

After about 2 or 3 weeks later, Mike and our school rubbish monitors have been doing their duty continuously during the morning and especially lunch time.

Colours tell a story

Steps on how to make a foe.

Steps on how to make a foe.

Equipment.

A round saw.

Black paint with a paint brush.

A toki.

Varnish ink.

And finally a piece of sandpaper.

Steps.

1st. Cut out the general shape of the foe with a circular saw. Only an adult wearing safety gear does this.

2nd. Use the toki to give the foe its form. This step takes a lot of patience, careful work.

3rd. Use sandpaper to make the foe smooth. 

4th. Paint each foe with koru shaped designs. The designs represent waves.

And finally 5th. Varnish the foe. 

After you have finished the steps you then can practice your Te tiafoe with your friends.

Te Tiafoe

Bike celebration day.

On Monday the 16th of September. Our whole school had a Bike celebration day close to the school’s bike shed, because a kind guy that was from the Mike Greerer real estate company that built houses, donated our school 25 new bikes. After morning tea which was at 11:30 our teacher Mrs Sharma asked us to get into two lines because we were going to the bike celebration.

Once we got into two lines We walked to the celebration which was at our bike shed. As soon as we got there a teacher from Room 1 which was Mrs jalili told us that we (Room 6) could ride around the bike track two times. But we had to wear helmets to keep us safe. Once I got my helmet I quickly placed it on my head and buckled it up because of my excitement. The new bike was overwhelming because of how  it went very smoothly while I rode it around the bike track.

After my ride around the bike track I went to the Milo station and got a cup of nice and hot milo with also a biscuit. While I was drinking my hot milo I was also watching the kids go by me around the bike track. After drinking my cup of milo I then went to the custom badge making station, when I got there I got a piece of paper and decorated it. When I finished decorating my piece of paper I then gave it to my friend Eh htoo wah that was making my badge. Just after Eh htoo made my badge the bell rang so I went ahead and got back to my class.

Tongan games

      Tongan games

On Wednesday the 4th of september 2019,Our
whole school was having a Tongan games during
lunch time. There were about 5 to 7 games
prepared for the entire school to play the tongan
games prepared for us (T.P.S). Me and my friends
Keru and Mani where playing the first game which
was called home run because when we saw it. It
looked fun and exiting. We played for awhile,
then after awhile of playing the bell ring so me
and my friends went back to class. 

Paddy Stewart Japaljarri facts.

Tongan language week recount.

    TLW- Recount

Last week on the 6th of September was the Tongan Language performances in the Summerville hall with the school, Parents and Others were there to watch all the performances and Fakapale with money. We were the last ones to perform. We were sitting patiently on chairs Enjoying the other Performances.

When It was finally our turn, we did our Ma’ulu’ulu. It was really cool and fun because all the parents brought a massive feed for the school in our school hall.

After our performance we went to the city hall to eat lots and different types of tongan food. Me and my friends personal favourite was keke, keke is like a bun but has better taste.

Banana shake recipe.

Banana shake recipe.

Ingredients.

4 pieces of Banana.

A teaspoon of sugar.

A teaspoon.

A blender.

Milk and  yoghurt.

And a clean glass cup.

Method.

Get your blender and then pour a quarter of milk into the blender, after that then put the yoghurt in the blender with the milk. Then after you do those things, you then put the banana into the blender, and start blending them together. A banana shake is best for your health and if your on a diet.

Energy Saving

        Energy saving

On Wed,11 September 2019 we (Rm 6, some of rm 8 and 7) were discussing about two different types of light bulbs. The first light bulb is just a normal light bulb. The Normal Bulb is the Bulb that gets used by most people all around the world, this Bulb is bad because it processes 60 Watts per hour which is 30 cents each hour. This can be a huge problem because all of your Energy usage is added up to the billing Company and can cost an average over up to $112 - 200 dollars. The Normal Bulb also runs out of battery faster than a led Bulb which means you will have to keep buying new Bulbs for your home.

The LED for light Bulbs stands for Light Emitting Diode. A Diode is an electronic Component that has Two Terminals and Conducts Electricity into Light. The LED uses 3x the less amount of Energy that a Normal light Bulb processes. Not everyone knows about the LED Bulb but the word should really be spread about this life-saving money-lowering Bulb. The LED Bulb is only 4 Cents per Hour and will cost you only $30-90 dollars each hour. You will need 21 Normal bulbs for 25,000 hours of use but only 1 LED Bulb for 25,000 hours of use. The only two problems with the LED bulb, is that the LED Bulb can overheat and can give a major 2nd degree burns to your skin. The last problem is that you will need to buy a strong coated LED Bulb because any Weak ones can Explode after a very long time of use. 

Coronation Forest.

Filipe Tohi.

On Tuesday the 3-9-2019 we room
5 ,6, 7 and 8 had an assembly because an tongan
artist named Filipe tohi visited and showed us a little
few of his arts and crafts that he had made. He also
showed us the material to which he had used to make
the arts, He showed us the lashes which are called
kafa in tongan and that are made from the coconut
called bulu. Filipe tohi is an artist that makes different
types of patterns that has different meanings, he is 60
years old and has been an artist since the 1990’s. He
made a model of his grandmother which was the one
who inspired him,by using steel and wood, The steel
represents how strong Filipe Tohi grandmother is.
His arts and related to many cultures but especially
pacifica, Filipe Tohi likes making art but he also likes
to carve things and build.He then told us that the
tongan boys build the structures and the girls weave
and then attach it to the building roughly so it doesn't
break, They use the leaves of the coconut tree, which
covers the roof of the building. Filipe Tohi also told us
that he has traveled to Samoa, China, Fiji and many
other countries and islands.

 You did

He also made a beautiful model about a vaka meaning
boat in tongan. His biggest project which was a
statchue took 3 years to make. He also showed us a
picture of an ancient monument that was built along
time ago. This ancient monument inspired him to make
his own mini monument, Which was made out of rocks.
Most of his art are made from kafa which means
lashes. His arts like carpets have different meanings
and patterns also pictures. Some of his arts and crafts
sometimes takes years or decades to build.
By Keru Zapatos.