Room 8 learn essential basketball skills through fun games activities

  Room 8 tamariki enjoyed learning essential skills for basketball through games on activities!

In this scene below they got into pairs to practice throwing and catching the ball. They showed great hand eye-co-ordination and arm movements in passing and catching the ball! Each time they were able to catch the ball they would take a step back until the last pair standing won. If they dropped the ball they would have to sit in their peers .

Here they are playing a game of octopus, but in this twist they had to dribble the ball from one end of the court to the other without getting tagged! It was great to see the determination and how they navigated the court :-)

Last but not least, they played a game called 'Golden child' where one team are shooters and the other team runners!

Here team a line up to shoot hoops and team b take turns to run the court, if the shooter gets the ball in the hoop then the runner has to freeze (stop) where they are , and the next runner goes. After a while , once it gets to the last runner they are the 'Golden child' all the frozen players have to make a dash for the base/home base.However many make it home without the shooter getting the ball in the hoop that is how many points are scored.

Overall, great learning of basketball skills through fun games :-)

Room 8 Learning

Rom 8 super learners have been learning about 'My Place ' places within communities that have a special place and/or purposes in our lives and the lives of those around us. We are thinking about the places that make up our own community .

Here is some learning from Atu..

Turangawaewae- The place I stand (My place)

Over the past week room 8 super learners have been learning about places and how they may have purposes or are a special place to us because they give us a sense of belonging too.

  Kalo shares her learning about special places among other people Hopoate wrote about the places that are special to him

Learning in Room 8

For the past two weeks Room 8 learners have been super busy. here is some work done by Kalolaine and Leva. It is all about 'The Treaty of waitangi'.

Here is some lovely explanation writing by Danielle

Below Kaylarni shows some math strategies she uses to solve maths word problems.

Welcome back to school and happy blessed 2022 !

I would like to give a warm welcome to our new students Tupou and Hopoate to Glenbrae School! This past week Room 8 tamariki and myself have been getting to know one another. We have enjoyed playing games, fitness, learning through the arts , writing and having lots of laughs.. Room 8 tamariki certainly are a very creative bunch and enjoyed exploring the environment and learning about 'the Treaty of Waitangi'to end the week..

Some of the fun activities Room 8 super learners did this week!

Kalolaine did some resarch around volcanoes in New Zealand, and found some interesting facts about them. Kodi coloured an interesting piece of art here! I think it definately speaks a thousand words..

 

This maths is By Habibah! I used multiplicative thinking strategy to solve this word problem

 

This week to end our challenging but rewarding year 2021 we celebrated with a trip out to the beautiful 'Parakai hot springs'

This week we celebrated the year 2021! It has been a challenging but rewarding year for each one of us.. We would like to thank our beautiful prinipal Mrs.Patea for rewarding us with a trip to Parakai and shouting us lunch! But most importantly for all the hard work she does for our kura, whanau and kaiakos, we are very thankful and grateful for her kindness towards us all. Thank you Glenbrae staff and whanau for all your support, perserverance and patiece during a challenging year.. 'He waka eke noa-We are in this together!' Love and light to you all, and have a very blessed, safe and Merry Christmas