Phoenix Ruku/Legend Drugs Assessment.

Cocaine.

Other names for cocaine,Booger sugar,nose candy,snow,charlie, and coke.

What is cocaine,Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant drug which is made from the leaves of the south American coca plants.

Cocaine is a small white powder similar to baking soda or powder.

How is cocaine used,Cocaine is used via snorting,inhaling,smoking,or swallowing.The most common of these methods is snorting because it causes a quick high usually a few minutes due to it being absorbed into the soft tissue and blood vessels of the nose being the most efficient way to get high on cocaine.

 

What influences teenagers and adolescents to do drugs in the first place,I think that family life will have a major impact on how a child starts doing drugs,because if a child is raised in a home where it is normal for that type of behavior a child may just begin to mimic this habit,This is interpersonal.Another influence may be peer pressure,a child may be trying to fit in with their friends and they believe that doing drugs is the only way to do this,but this doesn’t form any real connections,This is also interpersonal.

 

It is the start of interval; you receive a text. The text is from your friend. Your friend tells you to meet them at the back of the field to use cocaine with them.

Options.

1.You go to the field meet with your friends and do the cocaine.

2.you don’t go to the field and don’t to the cocaine.

3.You tell a teacher about your friends doing cocaine behind the school field and they are caught.

 

 

Consequences.

1.You may become addicted to the cocaine and become unable to function normally without it,This will impact your Wa Hauora negatively as you will lose friends and become sad.

2.You will be completely fine but your friends may not like the fact that you didn’t want to do it with them and shun you out,This will impact your Wa Hauora both ways as you will lose friends impacting your Taha Whanau but you will stay true to yourself helping all your other parts of Wa Hauora.

3.You tell the teacher about it anonymously and your friends get busted and kicked out of school,This wont really effect you apart from Taha Whanau as many friends will need to move to a different school after being caught.

 

 

Feelings.

1.You will feel sad because you will become addicted and this will ruin your life for the most part.

2.You wont really feel any bad emotions you may feel proud for not doing what your friends did and being better than them.

3.You may feel guilty for snitching on your friends and not telling them.

 

 

Best option.I believe that the best option would be to not go with them and do cocaine,because if you don’t do cocaine you wont become addicted,any friends that stop hanging out with you after it probably aren’t good friends and you will have a clear conscience for not snitching on them.

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Drugs Assessment – 2026

Magic Mushrooms

Also known as shrooms, mushies, boomers, magics, etc.

magic Mushrooms are wild or grown fungi that contain natural mind-altering chemicals which cause hallucinations. They contain psilocybin and psilocin which are drugs that changes how your brain perceives reality.

Magic Mushrooms look like ordinary, small brown or tan mushrooms, but their exact appearance varies by species. Dried magic mushrooms typically look rusty brown, tan or of-white with darker patches. They are consumed by eating them fresh or dried, brewing them into tea, or mixing them with other foods and drinks. Certain cultures in Mexico and central america have documented the use of magic mushrooms in traditional practised and spiritual rituals.

Teenagers are influenced by a mix of different things to use drugs, most commonly peer pressure or a bad family environment. Underlying mental health issues can also have a big effect on the influence of using drugs. Teens feel a strong pressure to fit in and match their friends behavior to gain acceptance. Poor parenting can raise the risk of subtance abuse, as well as academic pressure or social anxiety can raise this risk aswell.

Positive short term effects of magic mushrooms include: elevated mood, spiritual experiences (deeper connection to people or nature), laughter and playfulness, mental clarity, and ego dissolution.

Negative short term effects include: Nausea and vomiting, coordination issues, sweating, chills or shivering, poisoning risk,  extreme anxiety or panic, confusion and disorientation,  and temporary drug induced psychotic reactions.

Positive long term effects include: reduced deppression and lower anxiety, cognitive flexibility, greater openness and deep spirituality.

Negative long term effects include: HPPD, persistent psychosis or mental health changes, trauma distress, risk of dangerous behavior (which could result in severe physical injury) and lingering fatigue.

Magic mushrooms are a class A drug, making recreation use, possession, and supply strictly illegal. Possession or use carries a maximum penalty of 6 months in prison and/or a $1000 fine. Supply, manufacture, cultivating, importing, or exporting carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. New Zealand police have operational guidelines that encourage a health-based discretionary approach (such as referrals to health services or warnings) rather than automatic prosecution for minor personal possession.

To a teenager I would suggest firstly understanding the risks that come particularly towards teenagers, avoid poisoning and contamination and follow basic harm reduction rules (eg never mix substances, tell a trusted person to stay with you and stay sober, control the setting they are in, and knowing when to seek emergency help.

Scenario: It is the start of interval; you receive a text. The text is from your friend. Your friend tells you to meet them at the back of the field to use magic mushrooms with them. 

option 1: Say no  and get the teacher to confiscate the drugs. – you don’t do drugs (pos), your friend doesn’t talk to you and makes everyone else stop being your friend (neg) – might feel lonely

option 2: Say yes and do the drugs with your friend. – you are considered “cool” (pos), you experience negative effects of the mushroom and injure yourself (neg) – might feel well liked, but worried about the safety of these drugs.

option 3: Say no and hang out with someone else. – you friend doesn’t mind (pos), you hang out with someone else doing something safe (pos) – might feel proud of saying no, and happy to hang out with someone else.

The best option is option 3 because it keeps you safe from doing something unsafe and that you don’t want to do, as well as still keeping your friends (whanau, Hinengaro). It also keeps you safe from physical negatives of the drugs (Tinana) and avoids peer pressure in the future.

 

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Te wiki o te reo Māori 2026

Like all other language weeks, te wiki o te reo Māori was celebrated at our school. First we started with our opening assembly and our senior Kapa Haka roōpu performed. The challenges were announced and everyone had a week to complete them. You can find them on the site here. Here’s our entry for the pukana challenge.

At our closing assembly, our junior Kapa Haka roōpu performed and we found out who the winners were for our challenges. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

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Emergency Ready with Hato Hone

On Monday, we were lucky enough to meet Jess, our Emergency Ready instructor from Hato Hone (St John’s Ambulance.) For the 45 minutes we were with her we learned so much about what to do in an emergency. An emergency can happen anywhere – at school, home or out in the community. We have to be READY and know what to do because a person’s life depends on our actions.

At the beginning we learned how to open someone’s phone and find ‘Emergency’ on it. This is important because we do not have our own phones but if an adult has one but isn’t able to use it at that time, we can access the emergency number of 111. When the operator answers they will ask “Police, Fire or Ambulance” and we need to say “Ambulance” and give a brief description of what the emergency is. We will then give them the address. They will say, “and ambulance is on its way.”

When there is an emergency, we always have to check that we are safe. Jess said if someone has fallen at the pedestrian crossing, we must check for traffic before crossing, because it’s no good if two people need help!!

     

We practised how to check that the person is responsive (their airways are open to allow them to continue breathing) by tilting their head back and going down next to their mouth to check that their chest is moving up and down. That is a good sign!

Then we learned how to put a person into the recovery position. You place their one arm (closest to you) under their head, like a pillow. Then you put their other arm across their body like a seat belt. Finally, you raise both their legs so they look like mountains and gently turn the person towards you, onto their side.

The last two activities we learned about were how to treat a nose bleed and a burn. For the nose bleed you must put your head down on your chest and squeeze your nose on the bony part for at least ten minutes. If you can get a cool flannel or something cold, that will be good. For a burn, Jess said you must hold it under cold running water for 20 minutes (not 10 or 15 but 20!!!) Then you wrap the burn in plastic glad Wrap.

We felt very confident at the end of our time with Jess, that we could help someone who is in need. Thank you Hato Hone and Jess.

 

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Drugs assessment – LEGEND

Methamphetamine.

What are some street names of methamphetamine? Some examples are Meth, Chalk, Speed, Crank.

What is meth? Meth is a highly addictive drug stimulant that speeds up the nervous system. It can make you restless, cause rapid speech, increase heart rate and more.  

What does meth look like?  Meth comes in multiple different ways. But, Meth is commonly found as a white powder or a pill. There is another form of meth called crystal meth. Crystal meth looks like white glass shards with a blueish tint.

How is meth used? Meth can be consumed and used in different ways. For example, it can be smoked using a glass pipe. However, you can also consume it by swallowing, snorting it or injecting it.

What influences adolescents/teenagers to use drugs and why? Teenagers can get influenced easily by different situations. Breaking it down using P.I.S helps. For personal, teenagers can be influenced by their own curiosity, to find a new high and more. Interpersonal affects a small group of people. A good one to look at for interpersonal is peer pressure.

 Peer pressure is when someone tries to push you outside of your comfort zone to do something that can harm you, harm others or do something that isn’t the best decision.  Some people who can pressure you can be your friends, distant family members or your significant other.

Societal can be how actors show the high of the drug. Other things can be from music/music videos, ads, influences talking about it and more.

 What are the positives and negatives associated with the use of this drug? Taking methamphetamine has a lot more negative impacts than positive impacts. Some of the positive effects of methamphetamine is the high feeling, using it to cope, feeling happy and hyper and more. With all of the positive effects of meth, they are all short term. Meaning that after a while, these symptoms and impacts will slowly fade away.

Looking at the negative impacts of meth, there are a lot more impacts than the positive ones. One of them – and the biggest one being the risk of addiction. Meth is a highly addictive substance,  If you do develop an addiction of meth, it can lead to serious health problems. Things like permanent damage to blood vessel, lung damage or maybe even a stroke.

What are the laws or restrictions of your chosen drug and what are the penalties? In New Zealand, meth is classified as a “Class A drug” – which is the dangerous class of drugs you can take. Meaning it is highly illegal to make, supply, use or have meth. Possession of this drug can lead to a maximum penalty of 6 months imprisonment OR a $1,000 fine. But, with things like selling or manufacturing meth can lead to a maximum penalty of life in prison.

What strategies would you suggest to a person between the ages of 13-18 about things that they could do to keep themselves safe around your chosen drug? For starters, I would advise them to not take meth. Due to the fact it’s highly addicting, bad for your mental and physical health and more. But, if they were to try meth, I would say to make sure you are in a safe environment. Meaning that at least one person should be sober, an adult is near in case something bad does occur and it is in a place where you know you’re guaranteed to be safe – like your house, your friends house ect.

 Decision Making

Using this scenario, answer a- d. You can do this in paragraph format or create your own boxes.

Scenario: It is the start of interval; you receive a text. The text is from your friend. Your friend tells you to meet them at the back of the field to use meth with them. 

  1. State what 3 options are that you have in this scenario.
  2. Explain what the consequences are of each of these options. (Positive and negative consequences of each option are higher-level thinking.)
  3. c. Explain what the feelings are that a person would have based on each consequence. (Positive and negative consequences of each option are higher-level thinking.)
  4. d. What is the best option for you to take? State why taking this option is the best option for the 4 areas of wellbeing.
Tell a staff member a student has drugs at school. Your friendship with this friend can stop because you told a staff member. (NEG)

Everyone stays safe and sober during school. (POS)

 You feel sad about impacting your friendship with your friend.

You also might feel worried about getting called “the class snitch”. 
Politely decline the offer and find someone else to  hangout with. You stay sober at school and find a better group of friends to hangout with (POS)

You couldn’t find anyone else to hangout with, so you have to sit by yourself. (NEG)

 You feel proud of yourself because you didn’t cave in and take the drugs.

The morals you hold are still not impacted, meaning you don’t feel as much guilt as you would if you were to say yes to the drug.
Cave in and take the drugs. You found a new way to relief stress and the new “high” (POS)

You get caught being high at school, leading you to get stood down. (NEG)

 You feel a sense of guilt about taking meth during school.

Even though the high lasts, when it crashes down you might feel sorry, sad or even disappointed in yourself.

 

The best option would be option number two. Option number two is the best because it keeps you safe mentally and physically since you didn’t take meth during school hours.  This reduces the negitive outcomes and effects that meth could have over your overall health. This option also maintains your taha whanau because you are not allowing the situation becoming worse and affecting your friendship with this friend. It also supports your taha wariua because your staying true to your personal beliefs, values and morals.

Overall, choosing option two helps your hauora by making responsible decisions that does not negatively impact your wellbeing, health, relationships and values.

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Art Blog:

This term we have been creating 3 pieces of art for our Art Show which is next term. Our art is based on the artist Vincent van Gogh. We have painted a landscape of the Tamaki River and it like Vincent’s Starry Night.

We have done a crayon and dye Sunflowers as a still life. Our last artwork is a pencil portrait made by tracing our photo.

My favourite is the sunflowers because they are my favourite flowers.

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Art Blog“

This term we have been creating 3

pleces of Art for our Art show which

is next term.

Our art is based on the the artist Vincent Van Gogh.We have painted a landscape of the Tamaki River and made it look like Vincent’s Starry Night.We have done a crayon dye Sunflowers as a still life.Our last is a pencil portrait by tracing our photo.My favourite is the Sunflower becuase it looks colourful.

 

 

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My Favourite Story For Term 3

Doomsday

On the doomsday of 2012 me and my roommate Fred were having a movie night, the movie had many weird things like flying boats and magnitude 11 earthquakes, we didn’t think much of it. As the sky turned darker we heard a big BOOM! The loud boom echoed through the hallways for a long time, then suddenly we started to hear firefighters come speeding to our building!

By the next minute they were evacuating everyone including us, we had no idea what to do so we followed the safety procedures, we had to get in our car and drive away not looking back.Fred’s curiosity took over and he stared back into the unknown.

“DON’T LOOK BACK” Shouted Fred as he stared back into the abyss.

“What’s wrong” I Replied.

“I CANT MOVE MY EYES” cried Fred.

I hit the brakes and tried to slap him out of it but his eyes wouldn’t move they would only blink. I went to the driver’s seat and hit the pedal but a car hit me and spun our car 180 degrees I didn’t know what to do so I opened my eyes and saw a giant looking worm destroy our city. I was so scared so I screamed as loud as I could but then the worm shifted its body and faced straight at us.

The worm blasted out a silk web onto our car, the web was so strong I couldn’t drive the car a single inch. But then an idea popped in my head what if I grabbed a knife in the glove box and thrashed it on the webs, and that was exactly what I did. The knife worked perfectly on the webs and after I finished getting rid of the webs the car could move again. I hit the break so hard that the car started on 6o km an hour, the big worm tore through the concrete at an astonishing 50 km an hour the only reason I knew this was because I studied speeds for just below a year. Anyways it came close to getting me until it ran out of energy when my car had just a quarter left .I drove all the way to Idaho and told everyone what happened to me and Fred did the same.

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Rock Climing

                          Rock Climbing 

On Friday the 26 of June me and some of my classmates went rock climbing at Charlestown. When we were waiting at school for the van and once it came we all went to the van and hoped on a site and we drove to the polytech to get our equipment. They showed us how to put the harnesses on and they gave us helmets. We played a game to get to know each other. The game was that there was a tidy and how ever we chucked it to we had to say their name.

Once we were all finished talking we went back outside we all went back to the van Mr S was our driver none of us trusted him to drive but we all just sucked it up and let him. Me, Maddie and Kaleigh were in the front seat. After a little bit we all got bored so we asked Mr S to sing and he did at the moment he likes Alex Warren so he sang Odanairy for us and it was really interesting.

It was a really long drive but after a bit we finally got there. I was so happy to get out of the van and stand up once we were all out of the van Mr S went to park up right there was a picnic table on the grass so we put our bags on it.  One of the guys showed us how to play a game and the was that we had to stand in a circle and some some would be in the middle and they would say someones name and if they said a name that person would bend down and the two people on each side would have to say the other person name and how ever said the name first the other person would have  to go in the middle.

The game was fun when we stopped playing, he told us that we had to walk to the place. So off we went on the walk. It wasn’t that long there were lots of parts that were muddy and slippery. When we had made it to the place that we needed to, we saw all the people seating up. Once they were all finished they took us down and we had to go into a cave it was really slippery and once we were down we went all the way back up.

We made our way to the rock climbing bit I was so so so so scared we had to get split into to groups me and Maddie got split into different groups and we were mad about that I was doing rock climbing first we went over to the wall they showed us what to do Ivy went first she made it to the top and then Mercedes went and it was my torn and did not want to do it but I did I didn’t go that hi once we were all finished we went over to the ab sailing they told us how to do it we all got a practice they said that I was good at it but there was no way that I was doing the bit one I was to scared.

 

I did like the rock climbing because it was a really fun experience! I would do it again.

 

  • Brylee

 

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Art blog.

This term we have been creating 3 pieces of Art for our Art show next term. our art is based on The tist vince van Gogh. we have painted a landscape of The Tamaki Rewer and made it like vincent van Gogh starynigh. we have done a crayon add dye sunflawers as a still life our lost a pincal portrait tracing our photo. my fravourite

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My favourite story term 3

Me and Ricky were chilling on a couch then I ask Ricky if he wants to go to the arcade.

I open the trunk  I seen a box I   didn’t worry about it.

We go to the arcade to play a few games then it closes .

Walk back  to the car. we are driving  then we see a flash of light.

We stop the car and open the trunk we see a giant marble  boom! the marble  starts levitating  in the sky  it starts moving around.

It  smashes in to me in to me  ow!  we grab the it  and put  back in the box then it fly back up the  it shuts off then I put  it back in the box and throws it away .

Then someone else picks it up.

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My favounite story for team 3

I was working with Lewis on the way to school.

The strangest thing happened! we herd sum loud squawking.

We swung around and saw chickens were chickens Daisy and Hazel running down the road.

There were people screaming like elephants.

Our chickens stopped in front of us.

They looked at us but we weren’t scared so we climbed their scarily legs and realized they had shrinking and growing powers.

We rode them to school.

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My Favourite For Term 3

The Mysterious Package

Me, Masyn and ,Wyatt at my sleepover it was 3 am.

We got KFC but instead of my KFC we got a package. We started crying. “We have no KFC!” nooooooooo!.

So we started to opened. The package the package has are KFC it has lasers. We found a button we pushed the button and  we got are KFC we are so happy!

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｡.☆..My Favourite Story For Term 3..☆.｡

The Mysterious door!

Everyone in the city knew about the mysterious door. ” MUST NEVER OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE! “. The school was located at –  Paris Academy. This door isn’t like any other regular door, it’s the ” FORBIDDEN ” door. Well that’s what people call it, you are not allowed to even touch it. The door has been spotted in my school, in the library behind the bookshelves, The door has cobwebs, dirt, blood, and also cracks.

I really want to open the door, “CREAKKK.. “

I smelt bloody uniforms and dirty rust, but I think they just try to bribe us to make us not open the door. I decided I wanted to open the door because I was bored. My friends started shouting at me “ AUTUMN PLEASE DON’T OPEN THE DOOR! “. But I didn’t listen, I opened the door, ignoring my friends shouting at me. Then I suddenly started floating across the room, the door slammed shut! BANG.

I could hear my friends worries slowly turn into whispers, then suddenly I disappeared into a dark room. Two seconds later I heard nothing! Now I know why kids never come out, it’s because you get stuck in a basement, with cobwebs and even spiders. I looked around and I saw over twenty students suffering, it was freezing in there. I felt like it was snowing!

I try to find a door and all the other kids tell me “ There’s no way out, just give up… “ I realise I can send help. The reason why, is because my parents are paranoid now that, me and my siblings all go to different schools. So they added trackers and a send help button under my shoe.  A couple minutes later my dad came and he said “ How did you get in here “ I said “ I just wanted to see what was behind the door “ .

My dad said ” Oh well that’s a bit silly! Anyway let’s help everyone here ! ” I agreed. The other kids started saying ” YAYY THANKS!”. My dad told them to be quiet so no one heard and got freaked out. Everyone was with at least one of their friends, but I was there by myself now I wondered why my friends didn’t come. I thought to myself..                        Maybe they were too scared?

Now I know to never open a random door at school.

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:: ☆ My Favorite Story For Term 3 ☆ ::

Everyone in the city knew the main disturbing rule.

NEVER EVER GO TO the back door in Japan School Academy.

There was a rumor that someone spread around Japan School Academy, that anyone who goes NEAR the back door, gets dragged by a youkai (evil spirit), made of human body parts.  Iroha never ever believed them, even after watching real documentaries. She still thought that it was all a prank and that the myth was a lie.

Iroha’s classmates/students kept on telling her to not go in, and warning her, but she thought it would just be a normal, quiet, and silent classroom. But she let her dirty thoughts consume her…

Iroha rushed through the door like a cheetah smelling decaying bodies, HUMAN vomit and all other foul, smells you can ever think of. She heard screeching and raspy voices like they had been screaming for centuries. Iroha heard baby’s crying, ”wa, wa, wa, wa!’’. Iroha went in and all she said was ‘’AHHHHH MAJI KA YO!’’ (It means heck no in Japanese!). Iroha was already regretting her decisions until she saw…

“EUWALKH”, she gagged loudly because of the foul smell.

Iroha saw decaying students still in bloody and rotting uniforms. While vomit lay on the floor with flies circling around them, as though they were attracted to something… There was still bloody stationary clung on dead students, still in their precious hands. The youkai saw Iroha in the corner of his eye and charged at Iroha. While human body parts of teachers and students. It made Iroha panic and feel very uncomfortable and uneasy! Iroha was running for the door even though she was stepping on decaying students, and she almost tripped on a teacher! Then suddenly the door shut. It slammed shut, because the students did want the creature to enter the school hall, and murder everyone. Sadly it was for the best because either 1 student dies… OR all of them die.

RIP IROHA 07/09/2007. 🙂

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