Jonah Lomu, Robin

Jonah Lomu

This week Room 9 studied Jonah Lomu as he died recently.

I learnt a lot about Jonah Lomu that I did not know.

Now I know a lot more about Jonah Lomu.

Here is a presentation about Jonah Lomu.

I believe in Myself

This movie we made is about believing in ourselves, setting and achieving goals. A girl named Fusi tries to learn to play the piano but is mocked by her peers. She decides to prove them wrong by her perseverance and hard work. Finally she is able to play the piano gracefully and she is admired by her peers who had initially mocked her.

Nelson Mandela, Fusi

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

This article is about the life of Nelson Mandela. I learnt a lot about Nelson Mandela’s life story.

Nelson Mandela was born on the July 8th 1918 on the eastern coast of Africa in Mvezo. Nelson Mandela’s father died when he was 9 years old.

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and was sent to prison on Robben Island in South Africa,  because he was charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela was in jail for 27 years.

This article was very interesting because it had a lot of information about Nelson Mandela, and how Nelson became President of South Africa from 1994 - 1999. I learnt that Nelson Mandela was a brave person. He was commonly known as Madiba by his countrymen. Madiba means Father, but he is often described as the Father of the Nation.

Nelson Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013 at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection. Nelson Mandela died in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Duffy Role Model Assembly, Inoke

Duffy Role Model Assembly

On Thursday Morning there was a Duffy Assembly in the Glenbrae School Hall.  Our Role model was Myron Simpson.

Myron  is 25 years old. In 2007,  he won the silver medal in 2007 Junior World Championship in Mexico. He started riding bikes when he was 3 years old. He wanted to ride bikes because his 2 brothers were also BMX bikers so he wanted to be like them.

He loves to cook and eat at home. His favourite food is pizza. His favourite country visited is  Italy because he likes to eat pizza. He liked the beaches in Italy.   

By Inoke

Pacific, Fusi

Pacific

Today, Glenbrae Pacific Group went to the Glen Innes Library to learn about the Pacific and also it was the Cook Island Week. When we got there, we met the Kaiakos from the Auckland Museum. There names were, Viliami, Mama Piri, Freda, Daren Kamali. Viliami was a Tongan, Freda was a Samoan, Mama Piri was a Cook Island, and Daren Kamali was a Fijian.

We learnt about the history of the Island countries these Kaiakos came from and how they used to catch fish, make their fishing hooks and what kind of food they ate.

We also learnt about the Tree of Life. The Tree of life is a Coconut Tree, In the Cook Islands, they call it Niu which is the same as in all of the Island Nations. They call it the Tree of Life because you can eat out of it, you can use it as your bowl, carve it and use it for Kava, use the husk to braid it into a long kafa for fishing and to put the hook on.

We learnt so much about the things we didn’t know about, even our own ethnicity, but we had so much fun. At the end the Librarians gave us some food that was delicious. I feel like going back to the Islands.

Tonga

By Fusi

Water Safety, Angelica

Water Safety

Children who are between 1 and 4 years can drown or get injured if they are left unsupervised.

Safety Tips:

Never leave your child unattended around water.

Empty all tubs, buckets, containers and wading pools.

Life Jacket:

Make sure that you wear a life jacket to keep you safe from drowning.

By Angelica

Dental Talk, Fineasi F

Dental Talk By Fineasi

Dental Talk

Last week, we went down to the hall to listen  a Dental talk by a Dental Hygienist who came from a dental clinic. She came and talked to us about how to keep our teeth clean and strong. She also talked to us about food and drinks that had sugar in it and were bad for our teeth. I learnt that a can of baked beans has sugar in it.

I learnt that a can of Red Bull has sugar, 7 Up and and Coca Cola has 23 table spoons of sugar and it is the most sold item in all of the super markets.

By Fineasi F

Car Seats, Moese

Car Seats

Decimats, Mafoa

Decimats, Mafoa

Today we learnt about decimals in Maths. We used decimats
to help us learn. 1/10 is written as 0.1 in decimals and 1/100 is written as 0.01 in decimals.

My Mihi, Linda

My Mihi

Raapa 12 Here turi Koka 2015

My Mihi       

                               

Ko Linda Kiki toku ingoa             My name is Linda Kiki

Ko Isadora toku whaea              My Mum is Isadora

Ko Filipo toku matua                  My Dad is Filipo

Ko Motuhavili toku whanau         My Family name is Motuhavili

Ko Maungarei toku maunga    My Mountain is Mt Wellington

Ko Tamaki toku awa                  My River is Tamaki

Ko Vaka toku waka                    My Canoe is Vaka

Ko Ruapotaka toku marae          My Marae is Ruapotaka

By Linda

Junior Warriors, Angelica

Junior Warriors

A few days ago, we had a Rugby League Tournament  organised by the Junior Warriors Team from our school. They were not the real Junior Warriors but they were just like them.
After setting up the field, the referees, score keepers and the timekeeper got ready. There were 5 games played altogether and there were five teams. The teams were  Bulldogs, Rabbitohs, Broncos, Warriors and Junior Warriors. Each team went head to head and everyone had a lot of fun.

By Angelica 

Car Seats, Sam

Car Seats

Cow Eye Dissection, Robin

Cow Eye Dissection

Today at Tamaki College I did a cow eye dissection. Here are some photos: See if you can see the lens, the aqueous humor and the iris (with the gap from the pupil)?

Cow eye fully dissected

By Robin

Rugby League Tournament, Fineasi L

Rugby League Tournament

On Thursday Room 9 and part of room 10 went up to the playfield  to play Rugby League. The tournament was organised by the Junior Warriors. There were 5 teams. Their names were as follows:  Junior Warriors, Warriors, Rabbitohs,Broncos and Bulldogs.

The first game was between Broncos and Bulldogs and I was in Broncos  team. The Broncos won  this game because they  got the first try and it was a close game.

Next, the Rabbitohs played against the Warriors. The Warriors had 5 tries  and the Rabbitohs had 3 tries and it was a tough game because both teams had strong and were fast.

The semi final  was played between the  Broncos and the Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs won by 3 tries to 1. Bulldogs were a tough team and they  played very well.

Finally it was the finals and it was a good game because both the teams were strong teams. The Junior Warriors played  the Bulldogs in the finals and the  Junior Warriors won this game by 5 tries  to 0.

After the tournament was over, all the teams got together for team photos. The Junior Warriors organised thie tournament very well. I had a great time playing and watching my friends play.

By Fineasi L

Decimats, Hemi

Decimats, Hemi

Decimals 
Today we learnt about decimals in maths.We used decimats to help us learn.1/10 is written as 0.1 in decimals and 1/100 is written as 0.01 in decimals .

by Hemi

                                                                                      

Decimats, Linda

Decimats

Today we had a session with Sue and Mr Nath. We learnt about decimals in Maths. We used decimats to help us learn. 1/10 is written as 0.1 in decimals , 1/100 is written as 0.01 in decimals.

By Linda

Maori Language Week, Linda

Maori Language Week at the Glen Innes Library

Today, Room 9 travelled by bus to the  Glen Innes Library.

We were met by  the Kaiakos there. They taught us how to use the  Rakau and the Patu, two of the most used  Maori weapons.

Then the Kaiakos read us a story about Mt Maunga, Awa, Pirinihi , and Matou. All of us Tahua tauira had a mock war using the the Patu and the Rakau  while the story was being told.

I muri I e tatou huihui ki te porotaka. Na tatou huihui ki mohio pehea ki hanga e pokepokea ,

Te mauri koe e kia hiahia ko:

Ringa o Paru * Hononga : Mould designs Mould Makings

Ta hei Matau

Ma Tauera

Wai pene

Some Maori Kai words you could learn?

Kuku - Mussel

Tuna - Eel

Ika - Fish

Eventually we had to leave for our te kura Glenbrae.

I had the most wonderful time learning about  Maori and how Tamaki Makaurau used to be flat. I hope others enjoyed too.  

Whakawhetai ki a koutou & Me te poroporoaki

By Linda

Basketball, Miami

Basketball

Basketball in the Hall.

This morning Room 9 students  played   basketball in the hall. First we played ship and shore. Next we played stuck in the mud and I got tired and it was fun.  We  played with the girls

We used a round hard  basketball and Maya explained the rules to us. Then room 7 came in and  we went back to class. I was very tired and I went for a drink.

Friday, 16 July, Dora

Friday 16 July 2015

On Friday the 16th of July, my Grandparents came over to visit us.  Everybody in the house were busy cleaning up. I cleaned the sitting room. Then I did the washing.  My Grandma helped me clean and my Grandpa helped my Dad mow the lawn outside.  The rest of the whanau continued to clean the house so that we could go out later.

My Mum made my Grandpa and Dad a Sandwich.  Later on during the day, my grandparents had to leave  and so we also left for the shops in Glen Innes. My Mum bought my brother and I some spring earphones and I also got a ring and some rubber bands. My other Brother Tini, got a truck as he loves playing with trucks and it is one of his favorite things to play with.

When we got home, we had a shower, ate some food, brushed our teeth and washed our faces and then went to Bed.

By Dora

Maori Language Week, Aaliyahna

Maori words

This week was Maori Language Week. I learnt some new words from the text I read for my reading activity.

Words in Maori	Names in Maori
Paua- A shelled seafish Tapu- Restricted or apart Pipi - A common edible bivalve Rata - Large forest tree with hard red timber. Totara - Large forest trees with prickly olive green leaves. Piwakawaka - A fantail bird	Tumatauenga - Tangaroa - Leader of all sea animals. Atua - A God or demon of his/her group

By Aaliyahna

Science Club Visit to Tamaki College Science Lab. Fineasi

Science Experiments by Fineasi

Today, the 4 of August 2015, the Science Club went to Tamaki Collage. When we got to Tamaki Collage, we all saw a big bouncy castle. After that we looked at the bouncy castle. Then we went into the hallway and a man came and took us to the Science Lab. When we got into the Science Lab, there was a teacher and two teacher aides. The teacher's name was Mr Molhtra. The teacher aides were Ms Graaf and Ms Caws. Mr Molhta  told us that he played with big boy toys. Then he showed us his toys. After a while, we finished the class and we had some lollies.

By Fineasi  F

Being Creative, sam

Taking a picture

I was trying to be creative.

Making Bread, Robin

Making Bread

One day in the weekend I decided to follow up on our science learning at school so I made 2 loaves of bread. I used the Edmond's Cookbook recipe to make the Wholemeal Bread.

First of all, I combined the first ingredients in a bowl. The yeast fed off the honey in the warm water and created froth with water underneath.

Yeast is a single-celled organism and needs four conditions if it is to begin dividing and growing, which is how it raises the dough. The sugar starts the fermentation. The heat makes the yeast start working but too much heat will destroy it. Another condition required for yeast to work is moisture which, like the heat, is provided by the hot water. Time is needed to complete the process.

Next I put in the wholemeal flour and the high grade flour in a another bowl. I then mixed the frothy mixture with the solids. I then kneaded the dough, put the dough in how water and waited. I then kneaded it again then put it back in hot water. I let it rise then baked it.

It was yum and I made 2 loaves.

Science Week, Maara

This week,the senior school had its science intensive week. All the students from Rooms 7,8,9 and 10,went to different classes and learnt different things.

On Wednesday Room 9 students went to Room 8 with Mrs Moopanar and we made fizzy lemonade and it did not taste so good. It tasted like a rotten orange. We also did another experiment with ice cubes.

On Thursday, Room 9 students went to Room 7 to make some bread. We walked inside and there was a table of ingredients for the bread. There was yeast, sugar, flour and much much more. We made a mixture so we could pour it into a bottle and put a balloon on top, we put it into the sun to make the balloon rise.

On the same day, we visited Room 10 to see what we were going to do. We walked in and there was ingredients to make scones. There were 2 ingredients that were standing out to me. L & P and Sprite. We made the sconces and ate it with milk, it was so yummy.

By Maara

Science Week, Inoke

   Science Intensive Week                                                                                          This week. the senior school had its Science Intensive Week. The major focus of the lessons was to look at the properties and changes of matter. We now know that there are three states of matter. they are solid, liquid and gas.

The first room we went to was  Room 8. We learnt what matter stands for and the meaning of matter is anything that has mass and volume and occupies space.

Then the day after that we went to room 7. We learnt how to make bread. The most thing that you can smell was the yeast.

The things we used were yeast, vinegar, salt and baking soda. Then Mrs Pome’e took the dough to the oven and left it there to bake.. Mrs Parker said that she would give it to us after morning tea.  

Then after morning tea we went to room 10. We learnt how to make Scones with fizzy drinks. We used L & P and Sprite. Then we waited for half an hour. While we were waiting, Mrs.  Tofa told us to stand in a semi circle and we played 21. After half an hour the scones were ready. We ate it with our milk.  and it was yum.

Finally the Science Intensive was over. It was fun but my favourite one was in room 10 because we got to eat the scones I enjoyed having that Science session with the teachers..

By Inoke

 

Poetry Recital, Fusi

Poetry Recital

This morning Glenbrae School had its first  ever Poetry Recital in our school hall. Each class had 3 presenters, 3 Introducers and 3 people thanking them. Room 10 was the first class to present their poems.

Next was my class Room 9. Our presenters were Maara, Angelica and Moses. Our introducers were Dora, Linda Kiki and Alfred. The people who thanked them were Matangaro, Sam and Fraser. The highlights of the recital were when the year 1 students from room 4 and room 1 presented their poems with confidence and a lot of enthusiasm.

By Fusi

Poetry Recital In The Hall, Mata

Poetry Recital In The Hall

Today Glenbrae School had their first Poetry Recital in the hall. Each class had 3 presenters who were introduced and thanked by members in their class. From our class, the three presenters were Maara, Moses and Angelica. They were introduced by Dora, Alfred and Linda and thanked by Mata, Fraser and Sam. I really enjoyed listening to those funny, happy and sad poems that they recited.

By Mata.W

Scratch, Moses

Scratch at Tamaki Tech

Today I went on a site called Scratch at Tamaki College. This site lets you create digital animated stories. I enjoyed it very much because this site is very creative. It makes kids learn about making digital animated stories. I hope all of you enjoy my Digital Animated Story on dancing.

Digital Story, SAm

Year 7 and Year 8 Technologies

Today I went to tech to learn about digital technologies. I was learning to make a digital story about a party with people dancing. I have an image of the work that I did at tech. It was a cool time at tech because we were learning to use sprites, changing the background, adding colours and making the sprites talk. I finished my story about the party and then my task was finished.

My Digital Story, Fineasi

Friday 22 of May 2015, the year 7's and the year 8's, went to Tamaki College to have a class with the teachers in Tamaki College. We learn't lots of things on the computers like scratch and make a digital story with Scratch.

By Fineasi F

Digital Story, Levi R

Digital Story

Today I went to Tamaki College and made a digital story on My Reaction to Five Nights At Freddy's 4  and this is the end result. I hope you enjoy it :)

Keeping Healthy, Hemi

WALT: how to keep healthy and strong

Keeping ourselves healthy and strong during winter

• Keep fingernails short and clean by trimming and cleaning it.

• Keep your hair neat and clean by combing it. Have it checked for nits and lice

• Wash hands before and after meals and after visiting the toilet.

• Cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing.

• Exercise daily                                                                         

• Eat healthy food

By Hemiora

Keeping Ourselves Healthy and Strong, Moses

Monday 18th May 2015

Keeping ourselves healthy and strong during winter.

(Facts)

WALT:how to keep healthy and strong.

• Cut fingernails short and scrub off the dirt inside.

• 

  Keep your body clean, have a shower or a bath everyday.

• Comb your hair everyday so your hair can be clean. Have it checked for for nits and lice.
• Always wash your handsbefore and after you eat and after you go to the toilet

• Cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze.

• 

  Always change your clothes after you get wet.

• Make sure you don’t spread your germs to others around you.

• 

  Brush your teeth everyday when you wake up in the morning.

• Exercise everyday if you can, so we can keep strong and healthy.
• Eat healthy food and drink water to keep healthy.

By Moses