House WARS

Recently I posted about House Points. Which we earn by showing respect to one another, to property, by playing fairly, by looking after our school grounds. Yesterday instead of competing with kindness we competed with strength in a round of TUG-O-WAR.

First we competed Girls vs. Girls in house groups then Boys vs. Boys. Finally finishing with whole house competitions. 

In the girls competition we had two heats, then a final. The final was Kowhai vs. Nikau. Kowhai girls won, with Nikau coming second. 

The boys competition followed the same format. With Kauri and Nikau in the final. Kauri came first, and Nikau second. 

In the whole house competitions the final came down to Kauri vs. Rata. Kauri won again, with Rata coming second. 

It was great that all houses got a place on the leaderboard, and the thing I liked best to see, was that when houses were not competing, they were always supporting another house. Cheering them on and displaying great sportsmanship! 

Well done all houses. It was a great event. 

THE RESULTS 

Girls Competition                        Kowhai 1st vs. Nikau 2nd 

Boys Competition                            Kauri 1st vs. Nikau 2nd

Whole House Competition                Kauri 1st vs. Rata 2nd 

Friday Flash

This week in Room 10's weekly round-up.
What an exciting week in preparation for the beginning of the construction of our new Early Childhood Centre here at Glenbrae.
We have been learning the haka to perform at the pōwhiri of the sod turning next Thursday morning.
Beginning at 8am, we will have a special sausage sizzle breakfast and opening ceremony. It has been heard through the grapevine that Ministers and Politicians may even be there for the event!
We are going to be learning about the upcoming election and political cycle so this may be a great learning opportunity for us.
We hope you can make it for the opening!

We started our new round of House Sports today, Mrs Parker took Netball, with the game result being a draw. The teams were also even for sportsmanship and fairplay. The deciding factor was that Kauri players had more people in their house coloured T-Shirts, so won by 1 point. Remember to bring your house coloured t-shirts next week to earn your house more points!


Certificates this week went to Edwina, Gemima, Eseki, Baden, Nikita and Atelaite. Well done learners!

First week successes

We finished off the first week of 2014 with the annual Water Fun Day. It was great to all who participated in the activities, and competed for our House Teams. 
The winner of the competition was a tie between Rata and Kauri teams in first equal, with Nikau in second and Kowhai in third place. 

Check the class site for the full album of photos

In learning this week, we focussed on getting to know each other. First we completed a class scavenger hunt, learning about different skills and interests that people have and then we made Venn Diagrams to show things we have in common and things that are unique to us. Check out our personal blogs for the findings. 

Ka pai te mahi Room 10 and keep up the good work, we are off to a great start.