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

Connecting and looking after our hauora

This week Room 8 students were amped to be back in class! We spent our first few days connecting and checking in with our hauora which is an important part of uniting together.. Here are some ways in which we connected back at school this past week... We learnt about the zones of regulations and did some team activities based around them.Here is Katrinas writing to a character .. We played squid games on the senior courts

We celebrated our classroom online talent quest winners for Room 8 ! In class and online 1st place-Daniel (science & engineering) 2nd place- Kalo (Solo) 3rd place- Habibah (Duet)

We learnt how to 'Recognise the importance of noticing others and the benefits of being kind'. Here is a picture of our brainstormed ideas about what the benefits of being kind means to us

After listening and sharing about the story 'Tu meke Tuatara' we created our class mural together. Here are some photos of us

FINALLY here is our finished class art mural !

lets not forget our learners from home also! Check out Kalos pixel art piece she created and a short blurb she wrote:-) Kalo wrote: So the dog is stuck because the stick is blocking the dog and the dog is trying to ask for help and the cat is sad but the parrot is trying to cheer up cat but cat is still isn't happy so while they were walking they herd a dog barking for help so the cat ran to the dog and tried to move the stick.

Stories retold

 

Kai made with love

“They say the way to our hearts is through our stomachs, so the kitchen must be the heart of the home.” "Nau mai haere mai and welcome into the heart of our whares where puku are full  and joy and laughter reign"...

Learning so far..

Room 8 learners have been learning about our NZ native birds, we been making connections with what  we already know and learnt some interesting facts about conservation. We have a shared knowledge of what it means to be a good kaitiaki. We enjoyed learning about 2D and 3D shapes in real life contexts! So we had an activity where we needed to explore inside and outside our home for different shaped items and write what we know about those items. It was interesting, and some of us searched online for different shapes and wrote and shared what we knew about them. 

Also, we enjoyed the celebrations for Tongan language week also! Well done to some of our own Room 8 students Sisilia, Leva and the Griffiths sisters of Katrina family for sharing poem recitals in Tongan at assembly this past week :-). 

Some of us, including Mrs.Manuel shared our baking skills too ! It was so nice to see Glen brae students, whanau, and staff enjoying baking at home, and sharing it with us all..

This is how Room 8 have been moving and grooving in their own bubbles!

Room 8 students have been keeping actively busy in their bubbles enjoying each others company online google meets and within their own bubbles!

                                                       Kalo and Viana moving