Fair Play

This week we have been learning about fair play. 

As a class, we unpacked what fair play meant. 

Then the students created a poster on google draw about what they think fair play is.

Collaborative Problem Solving

Students in Room 9 love solving maths problems collaboratively during problem solving.

We unpack the problem as a whole group and then the students are split into smaller groups of 3-4 to solve the problem together. 

At the end, one group will come up to the front, explain how they solved the problem and write it neatly on the board.

Kiwican FUN!!

Thank you Kiwican for a really fun lesson!

It was REALLY hard to stay inside the hoop with so many people trying to fit!  We had to hold on tight!

What a great team building activity.

Abstract Tree Art

Room 9 has been working on some creative abstract art pieces.

They used a template and painted the tree trunk black. They then painted the grass and the sky using blue and green paint. After, students had to cut out different coloured circles and layer them up to create effect.

I can't wait to see the final products!

Classroom Treaty!!!

Room 9 work together to create a Classroom Treaty. 
Students then signed a handprint and decorated using vivid, coloured pencils and pens.

Room 9 students will work extra hard to follow the Classroom Treaty.

Water Safety Poster by Irene

Well done to Irene for completing her Water Safety poster! 

I love how colourful it is and I have learnt heaps of handy tips to keep safe!

Can you think of anymore safety tips for when you are in, on or around water?

Wonderful Water Safety Poster

Room 9 started off the week doing a Cybersmart lesson. 

We learnt how to create a poster on google draw, save it as a JPEG and then upload to our blogs.

Keep an eye out for some excellent Water Safety posters on the students individual blogs!

Google Draw Poster!

Here is an example of a poster Andronicus made using google draw.  

Well done Andronicus for creating a poster about how you solved a maths problem. 

Can YOU think of any other ways to solve this problem?

Learning how to create a poster on Google Draw

Today Room 9 students learnt how to create a poster on google draw. 

We did it together as a class, step by step.

Fun in KIWICAN

Thanks Kiwican for the fun lesson today. 

We had to listen very carefully to the instructions so we knew exactly what movement to do!!

EXCITING writing prompts!

WOW!!! Room 9 students couldn't keep their eyes of this exciting short animated film we watched for writing today.

At the moment, we are learning how to retell a story in our own words. This short film had every single student fully engaged! 

I can't wait to see all their wonderful writing pieces and their creative art they will do about this short film.

The short animated film is called The Catch! 

You can find it on the Literacy Shed.

Marvellous Music!!!

We are very lucky to have a wonderful music teacher at Glenbrae School. Room 9 loves going to their music lessons to learn a variety of different skills.

One of the students favourite activities is instrument bingo. They have to listen very carefully to the instrument being played over the speaker and then try guess which instrument it is using their bingo sheet.

Thank you to Mrs Naidu, who is doing a wonderful job teaching our beautiful tamariki!

Learning to float on our backs!

Room 9 students have been learning to float on their backs for long periods of time. Floating on your back in a very important skill to learn so:

 a) you can breathe

 b) you can float 

c) so you can swim

Well done Room 9 for learning how to float so well! Keep up the hard work.

TOP SCHOOLS 2020

On Sunday the 1st of March, a group of Year 3/4s and a group of 5/6s competed at the Top Schools Event at Churchill Park, Auckland.

The students had lots of fun competing against other schools in different activities. The waterslide was a favourite by far!

Well done for all those students who came and participated, and thank you to the parents who came to support and help their child/children.

Keen for KIWICAN

Thank you to our wonderful Kiwican instructors who teach our tamariki important life skills. 

Room 9 loves coming into Kiwican and having lots of fun doing different team building activities.

Well done Room 9 for always having smiles on your faces and giving everything a go!

We love Softball!

Glenbrae School competed in the cluster Softball tournament on Wednesday 26th February. 

We took a Year 5 team and a Year 6 team. Both teams played incredibly well and both got into the finals. 

We ended up getting two 2nd places overall! 

Well done to Glenbrae students for such a wonderful day out. You were all excellent team players!

Reading Time

For the first 3 weeks of this term, Room 9 has had Miss Smith (#2) in class who is in her final year of her teaching degree.

Thank you for reading to us Miss Smith and being an awesome student teacher. We can't wait to see you again in a few months!

KIWISPORT - Volleyball

This term, the senior classes are learning how to play volleyball. 

We have instructors from Sport Auckland teaching different skills.

Thank you Sport Auckland for teaching our students how to play!

Swimming!

Room 9 has been enjoying swimming in this very hot Auckland weather!

They have been learning all about being safe in, on and around the water.

Well done Room 9 for being such active listeners.

Buddy Reading

For reading today, Room 9 read a book about keeping safe around water. They were paired up with their learning buddy and had turns at reading to each other. 

Well done for working so well with your learning buddies!

Creating our own Pepeha

 This week Room 9 have been working on creating their own pepeha.

Students used a template to help them to write their pepeha and then wrote it up neatly on A4 paper. They used vivid to go over their writing and then used dye to colour each section.

At the bottom of their pepeha, each student will add a picture of themselves.

Water Fun Day 2020

Glenbrae School has a great day participating in Water Fun Day 2020. Students competed in their house groups and did lots of different activities.

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to NIKAU house who took out 1st place!

Class of 2020

Room 9 started off the year by creating self portrait art.

 Students began by decorating their sunglasses and then they drew their head, neck, shoulders, hair, mouth and nose using pencil. After drawing, they coloured in their portraits using different coloured paint.

Well done Room 9. Your self portraits look beautiful!

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!