Black or White

For the 2009 Manaiakalani Film Festival we chose to produce a music video we have called "Black or White". We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it.

The Samoan Tsunami Interview

We were lucky to come back to school safe and sound. The people of Samoa were not so fortunate. There was a devastating earthquake followed by a tsunami. Many men, women and children lost their lives and many parts of the island were ruined. Kupakwashe interviewed our Deputy Principal Miss Waetford who was in Samoa at that time.

Room 15's Career Choices!

Room 15 has been looking at different careers. We have gathered information at the careers expo and from the career's website. We would like to share some career choices that students have made.

So You Want To Be A Fashion Designer

This is Joel interviewing Kupakwashe on her career choice of becoming a fashion designer.

Making Bread Cases

Introduction

Do you want to make something quick and delicious? Try bread cases. They are great for any time of the day and you don’t need to be a professional chef.

Ingredients

1 packet of grated cheese

1 loaf of bread

1 can of spaghetti

2 tablespoons of butter

Equipment

Muffin tray

1 tablespoon

Chopping board

Knife

Bowl

Microwave

METHOD

1.First preheat the oven to 150®C

2.Then cut the crust of the slices of bread you need.

3.Next put 2 tablespoons of butter in a bowl.

4.After that put the butter in the in the microwave for 1 minute until the butter has melted.

5.Spread it evenly on the bread slices.

6.Next press the bread gently into the muffin tray.

7.Then add one table spoon of spaghetti onto the bread.

8.Next add the grated cheese on top.

9.Put it in the oven for 15 minutes.

10.Wait 6 minutes for the bread cases to cool down.

Conclusion

Best eaten with a hot drink.

Swahili Lesson 2

I hope you enjoyed my first Swahili lesson. Have you been practicing the words? Remember practice makes perfect. Are you ready for Lesson 2? Well let's being!

Television should not be banned on weekends!

I definitely disagree to television being banned on weekends.

My first point I will mention is about family time. Saturday night is the best time to watch movies with your family. Many parents work on weekdays and they don’t get much family time except Saturday night movie time. How will they have Saturday night movie time? We can’t have it on Sunday because there is school the next day.

My second point is about wet days. Many families don’t have board games so the only thing we can do is watch television. We can’t go outside because it’s raining! What will we do if it’s raining? We can’t sit down and do nothing because that’s just a waste of time.

My next point is about disabled people. They can’t go out like normal people or run around. They’re stuck on wheel chairs or have broken arms. If T.V. is banned how will they enjoy themselves? Disabled people can’t sit down all day and look at the clouds because that’s just BORING! If television is on in the weekends they can watch T.V. and enjoy themselves. So think about it. Do you want disabled people doing nothing all day while we go out and have fun?

My last point is about the cost of things. Some people can’t afford to go out to theme parks on the weekends or go to places where they can entertain themselves. The only entertainment we will get is watching television. How will we entertain ourselves if television is banned? I know sometimes television can be bad for you but I’m not saying we should watch television 24/7. I’m saying that television shouldn’t be banned on weekends!!!

By Kupakwashe, Room15

Let's Learn Swahili!

Joelle is our student from the Congo. Let's learn Swahili is the first of a series of lessons in Swahili. Today Boaza and Kupakwashe are her students.
She will teach them greetings and introductions in Swahili. Enjoy the lesson and look out for more lessons.