Matariki Poem ~ by Siosifa

Matariki is the year of celebration

 

Of joy,

Of harvest,

Of cooking and preserving food

It is about the 7 stars shining brightly

In the northern east sky

About 7 beautiful sisters

And 7 handsome boys

A legend affected by the 7 sisters

now the 7 sevens stars of matariki

Which is celebrated through  

Singing,dancing to lively music

Weaving and also telling stories

About our ancestors  

Also when the whanau get together

And also about having fun together

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Week 8 Friday Flash

Another superstar week in the world of Glenbrae. So much learning and a few exciting extra-curricular activities too. 

Garden Club... 
We discovered a few of our students had green thumbs in the Monday Garden Club, they made a fantastic job of weeding and tidying our school gardens. 

I wonder what wonderful things we can grow this year!


Festival of Education...
Several of our students also enjoyed a trip to the Festival of Education to showcase their learning. A huge thank you to Lennyx, Hannah, Danielle, Te Puawai, Edwina, Jerome, Mrs Raj and Mrs Elia who gave up their Saturday to share how and what we are learning at the Festival of Education. 

Literacy Learning .... 

In literacy we are currently learning about Information Reports. 
To help get us started the Kiwi reading group successfully analysed an information report to locate all of the features. Well Done! 
I look forward to seeing these features showing up in our writing too. 








Celebrations.... 
A huge congratulations to our Certificate Recipients this week: 

Jack - Working independently and improving work using feedback. 

Atelaite - Working well and asking good questions in reading. 

Molimauola - Producing quality work in reading 

Siosifa - working independently and focusing his learning. 

Eseki - working diligently and producing high quality writing 

We also had a bonanza in the wonderhoop this week with 11 names being drawn!

Blogger of the Month... 

In case you hadn't checked it out yet, February's Blogger of the Month was Edwina!

You can catch her blog here or see the updates live on the front page of our class site

March Blogger of the Month is soon to be announced so keep blogging and watch this space! 

Coming up.... 

As part of our Survival in the Wild inquiry this term we are learning about how to prepare for bush walk, information about medicinal plants, native birds, plants, insects and animals. 
Next week we are going on a trip to the Zoo to learn more about the native bush, and the following week we will be going to Long Bay on the North Shore to learn about outdoor survival skills. Stay tuned, for more updates on our learning. 

Friday Flash... this week in Room 10

Another exciting week in Room 10. 
We started with our explanation writing and have been developing our statistical thinking. We've also been learning about Hellison's model and been having fun practicing our freestyle and backstroke in the pool. 

Today we were given our Rangitoto Challenge - Homework assignment for the term. We were all excited to be able to take responsibility for our own learning and choose what tasks we want to complete this term. 

We introduced the WONDER HOOP this week too. Every time we do something wonderful we get a ticket to slam dunk in the hoop. There were a whopping amount of tickets in the hoop this week, with some wonderful people getting multiple entries. Before lunch we drew 8 names from the basket to select a prize. 

This weeks wonderful recipients were: Alex, Anthony, Wairua, Te Puawai, Nikita, Nunia, Edwina and Eseki

Congratulations - Tu Meke 

At the end of week assembly Room 10 had the privilege of leading the school in karakia!


During assembly four of our team also received certificates:

Alex for developing his leadership skills.
Lennyx for taking responsibility for his own learning.
Wairua for active listening and contributing to class discussions  
and Siosifa for making a great contribution to all Room 10 activities in his first week at Glenbrae School - Welcome Siosifa!

Next week we have our Softball Tournament, some of the Room 10 team are participating, we wish them well!

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