97 year old graduates high school

After being forced to drop out of high school at 17 to help her family, Margaret Thome Bekema has finally received her diploma – at age 97!

Margaret was heartbroken when she had to drop out of high school without graduating but left school in order to look after her 3 younger siblings after her mother became sick.

Hearing of Margaret’s lifelong goal to receive her diploma, administrators at Catholic Central High School in Michigan presented her with an honorary diploma 80 years after she dropped out.Way to go, Margaret!

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Can Taylor Swift SHAKE THIS OFF??

Taylor Swift may believe in shaking things off but can the pop star ‘shake off’ the lawsuit against her? U.S R&B singer Jesse Barham has accused Taylor for   stealing the words from a song he wrote called( haters gone hate). 

Taylor swift is now sued  for U.S $42 million dollars meaning $52 million NZ  over her 2014 hit SHAKE IT OFF.   Jesse says that he has copyright ownership. As well as money Jesse wants from the lawsuit  

 his name written on the track as the writer of the song.  

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Anyone Up For A Halloween Dog Parade??

The Halloween parades that took place around the world were not only for humans..??..  this year marked the 25th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade in New York’s Times Square. Thousands turned up to admire dogs in  costume in honour of the spooky holiday. Check out the pics below!

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The Vampire Witch Costume

Tomorrow I was thinking of being a witch , but I also wanted a vampire too. So I managed to put them together in one to form a vampire witch costume.

A bitten buger

A woman in Auckland was left disgusted after she received a Big Mac from McDonald’s that already had a bite taken out of it!

Lakyn Taite-Allen posted a photo of the burger on Facebook and explained her experience. Lanky went to the manager to complain but was told that it was impossible and that she must have made it up.But the CCTV footage said that there was a customer came and took a bite and left  

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Touch rugby for term 4!

What I'm really looking forward to this term is to play some touch rugby.

 the reason why I'm looking forward to this is because touch rugby is my second choice game for me to play with others. I'm looking forward to learning new skills in touch. Touch rugby is the main thing on my mind for this term. If I had the choice to pick rugby or touch it would be obviously be touch rugby. 

Cool Facts About Technology :)

 

Akanesi:

Technology devices have helped kids escape from the real world to the online world. A technology device is the first step to be on the internet, the internet is a fun place to go to and to be at and sometimes it could be dangerous as well, you can do a lot of fun things on the net. But technology can really affect a child’s life. A child with a technology device can spend as much time as that child wants to, and that can affect the human body’s brain.     

Mele:

When anyone mentions the world technology every one thinks about phones computers and laptops. 54% of world's people would rather watch t.v then going to sleep or play outside. Technology makes a big gap between parents and their children.Kids that spend more time watching TV or playing video games tend to have have worse grades than those

who are active and social.

 

Henare:

Technology is a fun topic that covers a wide range of interesting areas including the Internet, video games, computers, cell phones, robots and more. These technology facts are perfect for kids, the cool information will keep them interested as they learn some important ideas and concepts along the way.

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Working Together

This whole week Room 11 worked on solving problems on ixl.com. We got to choose our own group too. But before we choose we had to do a subtraction speed test and put in our google drive. Then that's when we can choose. It was fun working out problems with our friends. When we got it wrong we kept quiet, but when we got it right we let it out and said We got it right!!

Helping The Poor

Yesterday my mum and I went to Otahuhu to buy things for my aunt as she was leaving  to Tonga because my nana died last week. I wanted to go but I had to stay for school.

So…. While we were walking I saw people walking past a poor man that was asking them for money. I was across the road but I had a great view of him.
He reminded me of life in Tonga. He reminded me of starving children in the street.

 

I put my hand into my pocket and felt a note. I saw it was 10 dollars. I gave it to him and he said thank you in Tongan because he heard my aunt speak in Tongan. My aunt said it was alright in Tongan.

I knew it was the right thing to do.

By Mele.

What I Like To Do

Hi there my name is Mele. My favorite subject at school is ART  because I love to draw when I'm bored. As for sports I love to play soccer and netball. I love the wilderness and everything about Ruapotaka School. My learning goals are to be better than before. I love to eat butter chicken with my loving family. I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters. The person I look up to is my teacher Mr Reid. By Mele.

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