Room 7 have just completed our Ko Wai Au learning model which was also focussed on the visual arts. For our action, we all created artwork which represents who we are as individuals. We are very proud of the artwork we were able to produce and display for our whanau to see in our classroom.
Kia ora, Room 7 have been reading poems. Reece’s group read a poem by Brian Bilston called Refugees. Here is Reece sharing his understanding of the poem.
On Friday 8 March, Room 7 hosted our Glenbrae School Assembly. We had presentations of our learning such as the New Zealand leaders presentation where our class members shared their learning about Dame Whina Cooper, Sir Peter Blake and Sir Edmund Hillary. We also had some students present their Ko Wai Tatou statements as part of our inquiry work.
Mrs Tofa had a surprise presentation and it was this movie which she created for our class.
Junior has been learning about Sir Edmund Hillary. He is very proud of this kiwi who followed his dreams and conquered Mt Everest.
Today was our first day of school. We had 21 very eager and happy learners return to school today. They also found out that they are in Room 7 for this year.
We started the day with Mrs Tofa introducing herself to the class then each member of the class had to share something about themselves to the class. We learnt about favourite colours, favourite food, favourite sports and many other interesting facts about our class members today.
We also went outside in the morning for fitness and of course we had to play our favourite game of Invincible Touch. After fitness, we came back to class and started desining our name labels for our trays. The name labels are so unique and add vibrancy to the colours in our classroom (way better than Mrs Tofa’s sticker labels).
Middle block, we worked on a maths problem and it was a bit of a challenge to push the brain after a six week holiday but we got there in the end. Our connect today involved Mrs Tofa teaching us some strategies we will need for further problems to solve.
We are so fortunate to have school lunches and today, our lunches were LOADED WEDGES. They were delicious. It had bacon, melted, cheese, wedges and brocolli. Amazing!
In the afternoon, we started our novel called 928 Miles to Home. We have only read a few pages but we hope it will be a good read. The blurb cetainly looks promising. After novel, we did a KWL chart about the Treaty of Waitangi. Our sharing back was good because some facts were shared that some of us didn’t know and then some questions were asked which will research.
Ezra presented his proposal to our class with such enthusiasm. He really is trying to make this proposal come to life as he is wanting to start saving some money. He has through about many components such as materials, dangers, regulations about when he can mow lawns.
As part of our economic component on our unit of How Societies Work, Melepalu has put this proposal together to earn money for herself.
Did you ever think Matilda Wormwood would go to school in Glen Innes? Or did you ever think Auggie from Wonder made his way to Glenbrae school? Here’s a great question for you. Did you ever think your school work would haunt your dreams? Well watch our movie and find out more.
Kia ora, its FRIIIIDAYYYY and the last day for our Holiday Learning Programme. Well done for coming back to do the last activity. We are looking forward to your blog posts today.
Kia ora koutou, here is our activity for today. We hope you will enjoy this activity. We are also looking forward to your logo designs.
Have a wonderful day
Ezra, Talaofa, Taika, Kodi and Mrs Tofa