Anti Bullying Day

Today is Anti-Bullying day, The History is Amazing for it...The original event was organized by David Shepherd and Travis Price of Berwick, Nova Scotia, who in 2007 bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after male ninth grade student Charles McNeill was bullied for wearing a pink shirt during the first day of school. In Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald proclaimed the second Thursday of September "Stand Up Against Bullying Day" in recognition of these events.

In 2008, the then Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell proclaimed February 27 to be the provincial anti-bullying day. It was then celebrated on February 25 in 2009. In 2009, Boys and Girls Clubs worked on pink T-shirts that say "Bullying Stops Here." and "Pink Shirt Day" for Anti-Bullying Day.

Hope you Help support it by wearing Pink!!!

Languages

For the past two Terms, The Rangatahi syndicate has been learning Cultural languages such as:

Japanese with Mrs Tesserero and Mr Tomita from Paraparaumu College,
 French with Mrs Burrows,
 Te Reo (Maori) with Rangi,
 Spanish with Mrs Gilmore and
  German with Mr Wynne.

In Each Language we learn something about that Cultural, Sometimes we get to try the Food that they eat at the end of the year or along the way. 

The Kapa haka group went to the Paraparaumu college to perform for over one thousand people there. Everybody enjoyed the performance. All the juniors were nervous at first but the seniors helped them through the performance.

Technology 2014

On Tuesday every week the Rangatahi syndicate is going to Otaki College for technology. Everybody loves doing tech it's their favourite day of the week. The classes are Art, Wood work, Sewing, Cooking and Metal work, year 7's do different work to the year 8's.

Year 8's
 Wood work make coasters and holders.
 Art we do a sweet treat e.g sundae, a layered cake, a cake and a cupcake.
 Sewing are making a swimming bag.
Cooking makes all sorts of food and they smell and taste great.
Metal work is making a fruit bowl. They learn how to weld and bend metal.

Year 7's
Cooking is the same as the year 8's but is not as good but still taste great.
Wood work are are making chocolate moulds and then half way through their season they then make a wooden pencil case.
Metal work is making pendants.
Sewing are making apron.
Art does a drawing of their shoe and some basic drawing skills.

Here is a recipe for Apple Turnover
Ingredients
About 200 g puff pastry
2 green apples
2 tablespoons caster sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

   Method
1.Turn oven to 190 Degrees Celsius. Roll pastry out thinly.
2.Cut into 6 squares 14 x 14cm
3.Peel and core apples. Cut into quarters. Slice very thinly
4.Put a few slices of apple in corner of pastry.
5.Sprinkle apple with a teaspoon of sugar. Add a pinch of cinnamon.
6.Fold over into neat triangles. Press edges with fork to seal well.
7.Prick a hole in top. Sprinkle a little sugar over.
8.Place on baking on a baking tray. Bake 20 minutes.