Kiwi Can.

Last week Thursday, room 10 visited, Kiwi Can in room 11, after morning tea. Mrs Tofa, spoke to us before we entered room 11 and told us to try to be on our best behaviour, because it was the last session and we wanted to get the most points to earn the prize.

We walked into room 11 and we were seated in a big circle, we talked about our topic for the day and our topic was “Empathy”. Mr Numia went around and asked us what we thought Empathy was. Some people put their thumbs up, but then after they had finished, Miss Tuia, told us what it meant, It meant “ To feel sorry for someone”. We split up in 4 groups, and Mr Numia asked us to plan a skit, to show how we show empathy for someone, He went around and gave every group a paper that had what we were going to do, He gave us a paper which said, A friend broke her/his arm at lunch time, what can we do to show empathy, Taoula was the one who broke her arm, and everyone in the group had a part to play and showed empathy, When all was finished, we got back into our circle and had a game of GKQ (General Knowledge Questions), When we finished our GKQ, We were down to doing our points. Our total score for our points was 130. So we had one, every one in room 10 was filled with joy, and had smiles.

Maths.

Yesterday, Triangles had done a maths problem. The Maths problem was, Piri, Maia and Ollie are planning to make pikelets for afternoon tea. The recipe needs 3/4 cup of milk to make a batch of 25 pikelets. How many cups will they need to make 100 pikelets?
This is my working out.

 

Brachiosaurus.

The brachiosaurus is a herbivore (plant eater) dinosaur. It feeds on plants and tops of tall tree. The brachiosaurus swallows it food whole, without chewing. The brachiosaurus digests its food in its guts.

A brachiosaurus is one of the most largest dinosaurs. It has 4 huge legs. A very long neck, but a tiny head, and a long tail. The brachiosaurus nose is on the very top of it head. It has chisel like teeth and its front legs are way bigger than its back. A brachiosaurus is supposedly 40-50 feet tall, it has a bulky body. The Brachiosaurus name means “arm reptile”.

The brachiosaurus lived way back in the late Jurassic period, It lived on this earth 156-145 million years ago, with other reptiles.

It lived in the in, North America and Tanzania in the USA. A few of the brachiosaurus fossils were found without the head.

The brachiosaurus defended itself by simply smashing its predators with it tail or feet because it had no other way to defend itself. The brachiosaurus weighed between 60,000 and 170,000 pounds, which means it was the largest dinosaur to ever live. Because of its huge size, it was very difficult for other prey or larger predators to attack, even though it was one of the most least intelligent dinosaurs.

MADD Workshop.

Today, we had MADD workshop. The topic we talked about was “ Talents and Skills”. Petia was the only one there, First Petia welcomed us and we started talking about Talents and Skills. We talked about famous people with lots of skills and talents, Like, Paris Global and SBW (Sonny Bill Williams), We talked about their talents, Like what they had to do get where they were, and do what they can do. Petia then showed us some quotes on paper, One of my favourite quotes I saw was “ NO is Knowledge” and “10,000 Hours”. I liked those quotes because, “ No is knowledge” really pushes people, to keep doing what they loved, and 10,000 hours, it took that many hours for the stars to make it, why can’t we?. He then sent us in groups. I was in a group with Fusi, Mata, Kyana, and Manuae. Petia told us to practice a skit/play and perform it in front of everyone. We all did our skits, Moses and his group did a skit about, playing rugby, the message there was, One boy did not train, but when it came to the real thing, he did not know what to do. Then it was our turn. We did a play that was about the quote “ No is knowledge”. We had Fusi audition for New Zealand got talent, and the rest of us were the judges, Fusi first came and was terrible, we said no, The year later Fusi came back and she was, well, the best. When we had finished, the other teams went, Petia said when we all finished, that our team was the best. Then Petia drew a chalk art and it was Wonder woman. I felt that session was really cool, and the quotes were very meaningful.

Term 1 at GBS

Term 1 of school has been a bumpy ride. Good stuff has happened, and so has some bad, and ugly stuff. The topic for this term was Dinosaurs. In term 1 Glenbrae school went on a journey to butterfly creek to learn more about our subject, dinosaurs. We had a great time at butterfly creek and learnt so much. We had came back from butterfly creek and put our information into presentations, so that we could share it with the world and our families.

Some students from Glenbrae School, were very lucky and got chosen to go on Saturday with teachers from Glenbrae to a cricket tournament at Eden Park. It was a match against, South Africa and Pakistan. South Africa was our second team that we were cheering for, after the Black Caps. We travelled by bus to Eden park, where we were dropped off, we had to take a 10 minute walk to get to the station we were supposed to be at. As we were walking, we were surrounded by people in light green t-shirts who were cheering for Pakistan, and others in dark green t-shirts, who were cheering for South Africa. When we had got to our places we sat down. That day was such a blast, some of us even lost our voices, cheering so loud, but at the end of the day we were all happy and so proud of South Africa, Even though we never won, South Africa did their best.

This term hasn’t been all that good, we’ve had some down parts at Glenbrae School, but this term has been o.k. This term the year 7 & 8 had technology at Tamaki College. It’s very useful at technology, because it teaches us how to make stuff. Tech at Tamaki college is awesome because it give us the opportunity to do some things that we are not able to do at our own school. We finish tech at 10:45, and we walk back to school, when we reach school, the bell rings and it is morning tea.

At Glenbrae, we have been doing a MADD (Music - Arts - Drama - Dynamics) Messenger program in term 1, This program has helped us through self confidence, and to believe in ourselves. One day in our MADD workshop there were quotes on the ground and every one had to go read one, and pick out their favourite. The quote that I had picked out was “ put your quote here “ I really liked that quote because, it really spoke to me, It told me to be glad with my failure, I have so much more times to get this right. I felt that it was telling me to be happy, even if I fail, failure is just another step in life. Every time we had the MADD work shop the guy, Petia, would always draw, a chalk art, he would draw a superhero, Superman, Iron man, Captain America.. and lots more. He drew the super heroes to inspire us

Term 1 we had been doing so much fun things, Water fun day, In the beginning of term 1 the whole of Glenbrae School had a water fun day. Kowhai (Yellow), Kauri (Green), Nikau (Blue), and Rata (Red) are our 4 houses. We all split up in our classes, and went to a station, there were stations all around the school, with fun activities, that involved water. Every house was all dolled up dressed in their beautiful house colours, I was dressed in yellow, cause Kowhai is my house. Each house, changed each other and had to collect an amount of water and fill up their bins. The house with the most water in it would be the winners, Eventually, everybody had done all the activities there was, so we gathered around and Mrs Tofa, called out the winners. At the end, we were all proud, even if we never came first.

Term 1 has been awesome, we did much more educational and fun stuff, I hope we can do even more in term 2 at GBS (Glenbrae School).

Our Culture

Today Wednesday 11th of March 2015 we, room 9 and 10 of Glenbrae School had Pitia and Leah (Caroline was out somewhere so Leah took over) visited us for MADD ( Music-Arts-Drama-Dynamics) messenger workshop. The topic we talked about by being proud of our culture and just being ourselves.

We were split into groups of our ethnicity like Tongans, Samoans, Cook Islanders, Maoris,Niueans, and Africans. I was in the Tongan group, because i’m a tongan. We sat in a circle and Leah came around and gave us a piece of paper and a pen. We had to answer questions like, What culture are you, What's your greeting and other things that important to our culture. When we answered the questions Pitia came and asked all of the groups if we could practice an item to show everyone that represents our culture. We practiced singing a song called Ta Koe Sola.

Then Pitia and Leah called all groups to come forward to the front of the hall.

We sat in a semicircle, first Petia called up south africa, Samuel was the only African so he stood up. When Samuel stood up and read his piece of paper I was very proud of him, because he had the courage to stand up and speak in front of everyone.  Then Petia called up the Niuean. They talked to us about their country and all sorts of gestures and traditional celebrations they do. Then the Niuean boys, Bono, Joseph and Justin did a very cool item which represented their island. Up next was Samoa, they said their part and did the siva tau, a Samoan item, then the cook Islands came up, They talked to us about some traditions about cook island, then, it was Tonga tapus turn. As we were walking up I felt a bit nervous, we walked up stood there and Alisi talked about our celebrations, and traditions that we have. We sang our song Ta koe sola and we were done. Next came the Tangata whenua/Maoris, they showed us what a hongi is and a pukana, which were all part of their culture.

We were finished, Petia talked to us about the meaning of that activity. When we're doing that activity I felt very proud about who I stood for, and what my culture is, I felt very confident about who I was and what culture I am in.  I was also very happy that I learnt about other cultures and what their traditions are. Then Petia did a chalk art for us and he drew Hulk. While he was drawing, a song named “don’t  forget your roots” came on, The song was very meaningful, because the lyrics told me not to forget where I come from and who I am.

When we were finished we went back to class. We really had lot of fun and we learnt about not only our culture but also the culture of others.

Facts about Dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs - Fact or Fiction?

What is a dinosaur?

Dinosaurs were reptiles, most hatched from eggs and none of them could fly or live under water. There are two types, of dinosaurs, Herbals and Carnivals.

When did they live?

Dinosaurs excited long time ago in the 230 - 60 millions of years ago. In a time they could Mesozoic Era before the first humans arrived.

Why can’t we see one today?

We can not see one today because all dinosaurs are extinct and some are fossils.

Did dinosaurs live in NZ?

Yes, some dinosaurs lived in New Zealand, because they found some fossils.

How do we know dinosaurs lived on earth?

They know that dinosaurs lived on earth because of all the fossils that they found.

Who discovered dinosaurs?

William Buckland was the founder of dinosaurs.

What types of dinosaurs were there?

Theropods - which were the types that ate meat and moved only on two legs, eg T-Rex, Sauropods, these types of dinosaurs were plant eating dinosaurs, which also walked on four legs unlike Theropods. Thyreophora was another type of dinosaur, these types of dinosaurs were herbivores and lived from the early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous.

What does the word ‘dinosaur’ mean?

”A person or thing that is outdated obsolete because of failure to adapt to changing circumstances”

What are some movies about dinosaurs you know?

Jurassic World, Jurassic Park, Ice age ( Dawn of the dinosaurs ).

Do you believe dinosaurs lived on the earth a long time ago? Why?

I don’t know if I do or if I don’t, because I'm Christian and my beliefs are that God made this world and dinosaurs are made up. But then on the other hand I kind of do believe that dinosaurs did exist because of all the fossils that were found.

What evidence is there that dinosaurs existed before?

The evidence is the fossils of the dinosaurs that were found.

What does the word extinct mean?

The word extinct means that there are no more living members of that kind.