Feed the Whanau

Two students from room 9 were lucky enough to go into the city to NZME to talk about the Feed the Whanau programme. They got to decorate healthy carrot cupcakes to look like reindeer and take them back to school.

Letters to Santa

Students have been writing letters to Santa over the last couple of weeks. Here are is an excellent example by Alyanna.

Dear Santa Clause,

My name is Alyanna and I am 10 years old.

I have been really good because I helped my parents take care of my baby brother.

This year I want 3 cute stuffed toys. One of them is a puppy, cat and reindeer but I would love the reindeer more.

I watch a lot of Christmas movies and my two favourites is home alone Christmas and Elf.

I hope you have a good trip going back to the north pole after Christmas and please say hi to Mrs Clause for me.

Love from Alyanna.

Kiwican - teamwork

Students have been learning about how to work together as a team and trust each other. Thank you Kiwican teaching us important life skills. 

Snowman Art

Students created snowman art in class to celebrate Christmas time.

Well done Room 9 for the beautiful art pieces.

Try Not To React

Kia Ora! For our film, Room 9 wanted to have a bit of fun. Here are some 'fearless' students from Room 9 attempting to not react to various different videos.

Enjoy!

Room 9 Daffodil Display

Our finished Daffodil art was displayed in the office area for everyone to enjoy!

Talented Artists

We have some talented artists in Room 9. Students created daffodil art. They had to sketch a daffodil first and then paint it carefully or use pastels to blend.

Well done room 9 for creating such bright and colourful art!

Howick Historical Village

Room 9 went to Howick Historical Village to learn about the olden days. We had lots of fun playing indoor and outdoor games, learning about what people did in the olden days and what they brought with them in their trunks from Ireland and England.

Thank you Howick Historical Village for having us. We learnt lots!

Shake Out!

Today Glenbrae School participated in National ShakeOut 2019.

Well done Room 9 for getting under the tables so quickly when you heard the earthquake bell ringing!!

Energy!

Today we started learning about our new topic ENERGY! We started learning about the different types of energy and then did a fun interactive activity matching pictures with the energy type.

Life Caravan

In week 10, term 3, we had Life Caravan come to our school. 

Harold the giraffe taught us lots of important things about social situations and how be hygienic.

Thank you Life Caravan for coming to teach us, we learnt lots!

Kiwican Prize

Room 9 won Kiwican points Term 3!

Kiwican had a cake decorating competition organised for the students. Each student was put into a group of 5, and then they had 20 minutes to decorate their cake.

They had lots of yummy ingredients such as cream, chocolate, grapes, banana, caramel sauce etc.

After they had decorated their cakes, the Kiwican teachers and I voted for the best one.

The students had lots of fun! Thank you Kiwican.

SKIDS Feed The Whanau

Thanks once again SKIDS for the awesome Feed the Whanau programme you provided for Room 9!

We loved eating all the yummy pasta we cooked.

Spring Art

For Art this week, students have been creating their own flower garden art pieces. They sketched it out first inside the template, then went over it with vivid. Once that was done, they used different colour dyes to dye their picture!

Well done Room 9!

Glenbrae Kids

Thank you Glenbrae Kids for having Room 9 yesterday! We had lots of fun playing with the little ones in your wonderful adventure playground!

We can't wait to come for another visit!

Ngatu

For Tongan Language week, students learnt about Ngatu. They then sketched out their design and once completed their sketching, they painted over it with dye.

I can't wait to display their wonderful art pieces!

"The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate"

Students from Glenbrae School were lucky enough to be gifted seats from Gift a Seat to watch the performance "The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate" by Margaret Mahy.

The performance was very entertaining and funny.

Thank you Gift a Seat and thank you Te Oro for having us!

Vodafone Event Centre

Room 9 was lucky enough to go to the Vodafone Event Centre to watch Story Lines.

Illustrators and authors from New Zealand presented their wonderful books.

It was a great day out!

Thank you for the 20 brand new books you presented to us - they will be put to good use in our school library!

New Baby!

One of the students in Room 9 brought their new baby sister in for show and tell! The class was so excited to meet her.

What a great show and tell to share with the class!!

Sentence Starters

In class we have been learning how to write information reports.

We used sentence starters to help us start our writing.

Our day at the museum

For the first hour, students learned how to use the iNaturalist app. Students explored the domain and gardens around the museum and used the iNaturalist app to take pictures of insects, trees, flowers or anything they find.

These pictures are shared to a database and scientists analyse they pictures and let you know what they are!

The second half of the trip, students got to explore the museum with their adult helper. They were split into groups and explored lots of different sections.

They got to use a microscope to have a look closely at different bugs, leaves and shells.

They explored the insect section and got to look at heaps of different insects in glass cabinets.

We had lots of fun!

Cook Island Language Week!

We have had a great week at Glenbrae School celebrating Cook Island language week. On Wednesday we had a mufti day where all the students could dress up in their cultural gear.

We had a disco in the hall and all the students got an island donut. They danced to cultural music and had lots of fun!

Cook Island Language Week

Kia orana!!

It is Cook Island language this week and we started off the week with an assembly all about the Cook Islands. 

We had a beautiful dance presented to us by members of our Cook Island dance group. Thank you to our wonderful teacher aides for organising the dance (and the wonderful assembly).

BEES

Melepalu has been studying bees in her reading group. She created a lovely slideshow presentation about what she has learnt.

Spiders!

Here are some fantastic spider makes that students from Room 9 created on google draw. We hope you learn something new!

Caterpillars and Butterflies

In week 2, students in Room 9 have been learning about caterpillars and butterflies. Here are some fantastic posters that they have created on google draw. Well done Room 9!

Creepy Crawlies

This term we are learning about CREEPY CRAWLIES. Here's a slideshow created by a student in class showing what she has learnt so far.

EXTREME weather

This term, Room 9 has been learning about EXTREME weather. We have had lots of fun learning about different storms!

Well done Alyanna for creating this informative slideshow presentation about different types of extreme weather.

Ready for the day!

At the start of the day, students in Room 9 sit in their house rows (kowhai, kauri, rata, nikau). They receive house points for being the best house! 

Well done Room 9 for always sitting so nicely in the mornings and being ready to LEARN!

Thunderstorms!!

Students from Room 9 created thunderstorm art.  They started off by creating a background colour blending shades of grey, white, purple and blue. Once the background was completed, they drew a silhouette of buildings at the bottom and a big great cloud in the top right corner. Lastly, the students drew lightning strikes coming down from the dark clouds.

Trusting each other

In Kiwican, Room 9 had been learning about reliability. Today in Kiwican, we learnt about people who we can rely on and trust.

The students did a variety of different trust exercises with a partner. They got harder and harder, and they had to rely/trust each other to complete them successfully. 

Thank you Kiwican for a fun filled session!

 

Dialogic Conversation

Room 9 was lucky enough to have Jannie Van Hees come in and teach them about dialogic conversation and how to add detail when they are speaking to others. Students had a lot of fun creating interesting conversations with each other and trying to add more into their conversations.

Thank you Jannie for coming in to work with R9. We look forward to seeing you next term.

THANK YOU PwC

Thank you for the certificates PwC. We LOVED having you in Room 9! We look forward to seeing you at our school next year.

Financial Literacy

Today, we had  employees from PwC come in and teach Room 9 about money. The students learnt about saving and earning money, and also about borrowing. Thank you PwC for teaching Room 9.  We had lots of fun!