Information report writing.

Our inquiry topic this term has been all about the human body. Students in Room 9 have been learning about how to write information reports about the topic. Below is an example by Melepalu about how the digestive system works.

We are learning about the digestive system.

The digestive system starts in the mouth. The mouth helps breaks down the food we eat and turns it to smaller pieces, easier to swallow .Then it travels to the esophagus. The esophagus helps us swallow the food we eat and it makes it easier for us to swallow by having strong muscles that push the food down into the stomach.

The third stage is the stomach. The stomach stores the food we eat and mixes with the acid juices but then the food breaks down into even smaller pieces and sent to the small intestine.

The forth station is the small intestine. It absorbs the food from the stomach even more, and absorbs nutrients and minerals into the bloodstream. It then gets pulled into the large intestine. The large intestine comes fifth and pulls the water and the salt from the leftover food.

Finally the last part of the digestive system is the rectum. The rectum helps us go to the toilet and let's the waste go.

By Melepalu

The Digestive System

We have been learning about the digestive system in class. 

Alyanna has created a slideshow about her learning using google slides and adding interesting images. We hope you learn something new about the digestive system!

Food for thought

This week in Room 9 we have been learning all about the nutritional value of food products and how to read food labels. We started off by learning about different food groups and what they included. Then we moved on to reading food labels. When reading food labels, we looked for these 5 things: energy, fat, sugar, fibre and sodium. We were lucky enough to head to Pak n Save to put what we had learnt into action. We went around the supermarket looking for certain food products and completed the form about their nutritional value. We had SO much fun learning about food and how to read food labels. 

Thanks Adelle for all your help!

How to be an active listener

In Room 9, we have been learning about how to be an active listener. We brainstormed lots of excellent ideas as a class. The students then created their own slideshow about what an active listener is and tips on how to be an active listener. Here is a great example by Rose. We hope you enjoy reading some handy tips on active listening.

Slip, slop, slap and wrap!

Sunsmart

We have started off the year by learning about how to be SUNSMART. Students have been working hard to create a poster all about being sunsmart. 

Wear a hat, put on SPF 30 sunscreen, find shade, drink water, wear sunglasses and cover up!

The students posters have been displayed in the class.

Fun in the sun

What a beautiful day to have some fun in the sun with lots of water! Glenbrae students enjoyed an awesome day competing against each other in their house groups. They competed in 5 different activities and rotated around each one, trying to fill up their house buckets the fastest!

Swimming!

WOW! Look at this beautiful weather! We have started swimming every day at Glenbrae School and the students are having a great time cooling themselves off in the pool and learning how to swim!

Make sure your children remember their togs, because we swim EVERY day!

All About You... Teachers

This movie is all about teachers and why students appreciate us. They had to think about why they think teachers are important.

Mālō e lelei

This week is Tongan language week. Room 9 has been learning new Tongan phrases in class. 

Here is a phrase you could learn yourself: Ko e 'aho faka'ofo'ofa eni - Today is a good day.

Here is a picture of some Tongan students in Room 9 who dressed up to celebrate Tongan language week! You guys look great!

Our AMAZING art

In Room 9, we have been learning about warm and cool colours. First students had to measure out a 2cm or 3cm grid on a blank piece of A4 paper using  rulers. Once they had their grid, a protractor was carefully used to form a circle. Then they drew a 'Y shape' in the circle and then a trunk below it.  They added branches to their Y and coloured it in black. They coloured the grid within the circle warm colours (red, yellow, orange). Outside of the circle, students used cool colours (green and blue). The green was used to create 'grass' and blue to create the 'sky' This was done in a checkered pattern using light and dark shades. 

Science INTENSIVE!

Room 9 had lots of fun during Science Intensive! They begun by learning about stage makeup and the science behind makeup by watching some exciting and interesting videos. They then got to create their own 'makeup' on a blank face to change the 'look' of the person. This involved researching what they wanted to draw, sketching their design on the face and then heading down to the art room to paint in the details!

Our FANTASTIC Book Week

Glenbrae School took part in book week. Students dressed up as their favourite book characters and got to show off their costumes in front of the whole school. Even the teachers took part! What a FUN day. 

Te Oro 2018

Room 9 and Room 5 went down to Glen Innes town centre to Te Oro. Students were welcomed into the building by a traditional Maori welcoming. Students learnt how to do different traditional Maori crafts such as flax weaving and learnt a song about Matariki.

My Awesome Self by Soane

Talofa lava, Malo lelei and Bula Vinaka. My name is Soane. I'm a year 5 and I’m Tongan.
My role model is Jason Taumalolo from the Tongan team from Nrl.  I have 8 cool brothers, 5 beautiful sisters and my lovely parents. My favourite movie is Rampage and Black Panther because in both of the movies it has my favourite movie actors, Dwayne Johnson and Chadwick Boseman.

I like to do sports and the best and awesome teacher I've had is Miss Smith. My favourite rugby team is the Warriors and the Hurricanes. When I get older I would like to work at McDonalds so I can make frozen coke for myself, my family and maybe my teacher , Miss Smith.  Thanks for reading and hope you learnt something about me.
Visit my blog here

Sailing

Six lucky students from Room 9 were chosen to go sailing along with students from Room 7 and Room 10.  The students learnt lots of new skills and had lots of fun out on the water!

Gently with the keys by Gideon

We have been learning to look after our chromebooks.

Room 9 are smart learners

Mrs Grant from Manaiakalani has been coming in to help Room 9 students become smart learners on their chromebooks. Room 9 loves having Mrs Grant teaching them new and exciting tricks to help them navigate and use their chromebooks more easily!

Art in Room 9

Room 9 have been painting their background colours for their Onomatopoeia (sound word) designs.

Water Fun Day!

Room 9 had the best time on Water Fun Day! They competed against each other in their houses (Nikau, Rata, Kowhai and Kauri). There were lots of different activities that the students had to rotate through and collect as much water as they could for their house! Congratulations to Kowhai house who collected the largest amount of water! 

Glenbrae says Goodbye to their Dawn Redwood tree

Glenbrae School had to say goodbye to their beautiful Dawn Redwood tree. The tree was chopped down due to safety reasons. The students loved watching the arborists cut down the tree and learnt a lot about how trees are cut down safely.

Volleyball

For the first 6 weeks of term 1, we were lucky enough to have coaches from Sport Auckland come and teach students the important skills involved when playing Volleyball. Room 9 had the best time every Thursday morning learning new skills and having fun. Thank you so much Sport Auckland!

Music

We are lucky enough to have music lessons every Monday morning. Every student got given a recorder and they are learning how to read music along with learning how to use a variety of different instruments! Thank you Mr Kim from Jelly Beans Music for providing excellent music lessons!

Swimming

During the first 6 weeks of term, Room 9 swam every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We had lots of fun learning new skills in the water and practising different strokes such as freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke. Room 9's favourite skill to practice was floating on their backs! 

School Matrix

During the first 2 weeks of term 1, Room 9 discussed the School Matrix and the importance of it. The School Matrix is all about respect: respecting self, others, learning, environment and property. They brainstormed in small groups about what 'respect' looks like in all of these different areas. It was great to see all the students working as a team to think of examples of showing respect.