An experience of a lifetime. Our movie about our wonderful camp to the Bay of Islands.

NEUROPLASTICITY

The brain is an important and powerful part our our bodies. It controls our muscles so we can move and speak. It enables us to create, invent and think. It also allows us to feel, laugh and dream. It really is a hard working mechanism and each of us carry them in our heads. 

This week we learnt about neuroplasticity. It refers to our brains having about 100 billion neurons which travels around our brains helping us to think and make decisions. Can you imagine 100 billion? That is a huge number and that is roughly how many neurons we have in our brains. 

One of our activities was to make our own model of neurons. We had fun using the play doh to create our individual neurons.

We would like to thank Mrs Turner for coming in to Room 7 and teaching us about neuroplasticity. 

Glenbrae is a accredited Sunsmart School. This means in Term 1 and 4 all students and staff have to wear hats when outside in the sun. We also learn about why it is important to protect ourselves when we are out in the sun. This is a Powtoon presentation created by Lindakiki and Maara to share their learning about being Sunsmart. Enjoy and please leave a comment.

School holidays

Wishing all the students of Room 7 a safe and happy holiday. Do not forget your reading logs and to continue working on your Wonderings. Looking forward to reading all your blog posts about your adventures in the holidays. 

See you all on Monday 16 October.

An experience of a lifetime

Our camp this year was an amazing experience. We can not stop talking about our experiences and the fun times we had while we were away for camp. A full 5 days of challenges, laughs, struggles, learning and sharing. 

The activities we took part in were:

• Bushcraft
• Sleeping outdoors over night
• Kayaking
• Kerikeri Stone Store
• Kemp house
• Rewa's village
• Pomapplier Mission house
• Flagstaff hill
• Sailing
• Waitangi Treaty Grounds

As you can see from the list above we were very busy during our time in the Bay of Islands. We also had opportunities to view penguins and dolphins. Totally unplanned for but such an amazing experience. 

As well as extending our learning about early New Zealand history, we have also learnt so much more about how beautiful our country is and what it has to offer. All the people we met in the Bay of Islands were so kind and welcoming. We also became closer as friends and as a team. 

The staff who attended camp with us did a great job looking after our safety, guiding us when we needed guidance and also ensuring we were fed and prepared for lunch. Our special thanks would have to go to the staff of Adventure for Good. They were so knowledgeable and helpful to us. 

A special mention also goes to the parishioners of the St Ignatius church who donated so much money for us to go on this camp. We are so grateful for your kindness.

Yera 7&8 camp 2017

Week 5 is just around the corner and Room 7 are excited to be going on camp next week. We will leave on Monday at 9 am and return on Friday around 4 pm. 

We will be learning about the history of New Zealand, Maori culture and taking part in physical activities such as kayaking, sailing and much more.

We will be staying at a camping ground in Russell and we are excited to bond and share this wonderful experience with our peers and teachers. 

So many people put in their help either financially and through volunteering their time to help us with this camp. Our special thanks goes out to the St Ignatius church who donated so much money for us to go on camp.

Here is my activity from our PD today about Learn, Create, Share.

Grease lightning at Auckland Girls Grammar School

We were very fortunate today to travel to Auckland city to watch a production of Grease by the students of Auckland Girls Grammar School. 

We had a very enjoyable time watching the performance. The actors were very well prepared knowing their lines and the songs they had to sing. The costumes were amazing. They were very similar to the costumes of the actors in the movie. 

We would like to thank Miss Elia and her niece for giving us the opportunity to watch the production.

Our students have been learning about being safe in the home. Fire safety is the topic which Mr Nath taught during his Science Intensive session. Here is Luisa's drawing reminding us of what to do if we ever (and we hope not) catch on fire.

Manaiakalani ambassador at work.

Our dedicated Manaiakalani ambassador presented today and this is her presentation about Earthquakes. Well done Aaliyahna on the presentation and you are doing a very good job representing our school.

Our wonderings. Room 7 have started what we have called 'Our wonderings'. It is an opportunity for students to inquire into any topic of their choice. It is a time for independent learning exploring. There are so many topics being covered during our wonderings from actors, sports players, dinosaurs, sports, motor vehicles and much more. Here is Luisa's first presentation about one of her favourite actors.

Fire safe with Mr Nath by Stephen

Glen Innes then and now presentation by Luisa, Linda and Maara

Poetry/poet focus in Week 10

This week in Room 7 we are focussing on poems and poets. We kicked off our poet focus with who else but William Shakespeare. Room 7 have been excited to learn about this man. Through our reading we have been putting a face to the name and much more. This is Loto's work showing what he has learnt about William Shakespeare.

 

Lindakiki, Maara and Luisa have been looking at the changes in the Glen Innes shopping centre over the years. This is the presentation they create to show what they learnt from their research.

Our Kakapo reading group have been looking for information about William Innes Taylor. In their research they came across the obituary written when he passed away in The New Zealand Herald.

24 March 1890

Obituary of William Innes Taylor

Another old pioneer settler has passed away in the person of Mr William Innes Taylor, son of the late General Taylor, of the West Tamaki.

In his last illness (pneumonia), which was somewhat sudden and a general break up of the system, he was attended by Drs Haines and Lindsay.

Mr Taylor was born in 1821 at Hyderabad, India, and was the son of the late General William Taylor, and brother of C. J. and A. K. Taylor. He was educated at Glasgow College and spent two years in Perthshire learning practical agriculture. In October 1843, he arrived in Auckland by the ship 'Mandarin'; bought land and settled at Tamaki West, where he began his career as a farmer, living in a tent. After six years real hard work he made himself a comfortable home and married, pursuing his career as a pioneer settler with energy, forethought and ability and was nearly always successful in his undertakings. Being of a generous and trusting nature, he sustained many heavy losses, but notwithstanding this, as time went on, fortune seemed to smile on him. He was an original shareholder in the Bank of New Zealand, in which he always took a deep interest, becoming a director and retaining his interest (which was considerable) to the last. Mr Taylor was also a shareholder in most of our local companies. Besides his farm at Tamaki he owned land in the Waikato and always took a keen interest in all agricultural matters.

He leave a widow, four sons and five daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral of the deceased gentleman took place on Sunday, the 9th instant, at Tamaki West Presbyterian Church, the remains being followed to their last resting-place by a large assemblage of the Old Identities and most of the leading men of Auckland.

The principal mourners were:- The deceased's four sons, William, James, Walter and norman; his brothers, Messrs C. I. and A. K. Taylor and sons; F. C. Barber, Arthur Taylor, nephews; and three sons-in-law. Messrs T. Kissling, Rev T. Farley and H. C. G. Walker. The procession consisted of about fifty carriages, and many horsemen, while a number of settlers followed on foot.

The Revs J. Macky and Steele conducted the service in a most impressive manner. The former dwelt at length upon the many good qualities of the deceased, whom he had known for nearly forty years. He spoke of him as Christian man, whose piety was unostentatious, as also his charities and those who knew him best respected him the most.

Among those present at the grave we noticed the Revs A. Carrick, R. F. Macnicol, R. Sommerville, D. W. Runciman, Mr F. Lawry, M.H.R., Captains Colbeck (president Bank of New Zealand), Irvine, Wilson, Clarke, Hawes, H. F. Anderson, Messrs Tolhurst (Bank of New Zealand), W. B. Thompson (Union Bank), Goulstone (Loan and Mercantile Company), Messrs S. George, A. Thorne, M. A. Clark, J. Macky, J. Alexander, T. Macky, Johnston, Main (Kohimaramara), R. Hall, J. H. Kirkwood, R. W. and H. Andrews, T. W. Wyllie, Osborne (Newmarket), E. McLean, A. Buckland, S. Jackson, sen., Howard (2), H. Atkins, S. Baird, Stewart (2) (Waipuna), Massey, Wallace (2) (Mangere), J. Wallace (Papatoetoe), R. Udy, J. Haultain, S. Vickers, etc.

The last couple of weeks Room 7 have been learning about being responsible pet caregivers. We have been reading, discussing, creating and sharing our knowledge about different animals. This is Lindakiki's creating work from her Reading and Inquiry work. She collected information and has used the information to create a Care Book for Dogs.

Luisa wrote her report about Chow Chow dogs. Luisa worked tirelessly to write, edit and use feedback to complete her report.

Introduction

The Chow Chow is a dog breed that originates from Northern China, where they are indicated  as Songshi Quan (鬆獅犬), which means “Puffy Lion dog”. It is also referred to as Tang Quan, “Dog of the Tang Empire”.

Appearance

Chow’s are very fluffy animals with thick fur, that come in a variety of colours. This is including  fawn, cream, red, blue, dark brown and black coloured fur. They are sturdily built, with a broad skull and with, triangular, upright ears. Chow chows are eminent due to it’s bizarre blue-black/purple tongue and straight hind legs. The blue-purple tongue is dominant. Many mixed breeds that come from a Chow Chow contain that feature. Chow’s are the only dogs with a peculiar coloured lip. Other dogs have black or piebald patterned rims and the Chow Chow’s lips are bluish.  Their eyes are customarily almond shaped and deep set. Another distinctive aspect, is it’s curly tail. It has a thick amount of hair and lies curled on it’s back. Female Chow’s weigh 20-27 kgs, and male Chow’s weigh 25-32 kgs. They’re average height being, for females, 46-51 cm high and male Chow’s are 48-56cm high.

Personality

Chow chow’s are not your typical looking dogs, they are more loyal, independent, dignified, intelligent, aloof and quiet dogs. This distinctive breed has a noble, subservient spirit that some describe as cat like. It’s said that the Chow has the dignity of a Lion, the drollness of a Panda, the appeal of a teddy bear, the agility and independence of a cat and the allegation and devotion of a dog.  It’s look might make you think it’s mean or testy, but a well-raised Chow Chow isn’t aggressive.

Characteristics

They have a variety of impressive/weird characteristics. Types such as adaptability, all around friendliness, trainability and health grooming. When it comes to these dogs, their ability to adapt is adequate. Chow’s can adapt to an array of homes. From palaces to apartments. Chow’s can tolerate being alone and cold weather but not hot weather, so keep them indoors when the weather is oppressive. They are more suitable to live with older children or adults, who know how to treat dogs sensibly(most adults!). If the Chow has positive encounters with strangers during it’s more innocent and impressionable years as a puppy, it would handle strangers with more composure as an adult dog. adaptability

Having an amicable chow is not very common. Because Chow’s are very aloof, they wouldn’t show much affection towards some owners, they aren't  dog friendly towards kids, or strangers. They aren’t very fond of hugs or loud commotion but they’ll be a silent, observant companion to its cherished person, and their adherence enhance other family members. All around friendliness

As for their ability to be trained, they are quite obedient, though it takes time for them to be tamed. Their potential for mouthiness is very likely, they like to gnaw on humans at times. The same goes for their potential to gain weight, they have a high risk of gaining weight so owners of this breed have to be careful what they feed them. Health/grooming

One of the greatest of the Chows characteristics is that their tendency to howl or bark is very uncommon. They aren’t energetic, nor are they playful. If you are looking for a dog to run, exercise, play with, Chow chow’s aren’t for you!. Trainability

History

Songshi Quan, very ancient dogs, are believed to be one of the first dog breeds and genetic testing has proven this to be true. Depictions of dogs that resemble Chow chows appear in pottery and paints in Han Dynasty(the second imperial dynasty of China). One emperor had stated that he had kept 2,500 pairs of Chow Chow’s for hunting. In addition to hunting, Chow’s were used to guard their owners most prized possessions.

In China, the breed has been called by several names. Black-tongue dog (hei shi-tou), wolf dog (lang gou), bear dog (xiang gou), and Canton dog (Guangdong gou).

British merchants incorporated some of the lion like dogs in their cargos. Sundry items, including canines, were referred to as “chow chow” and the name stuck to the breed.

The dog breed was quite popular in England. Queen Victoria, who loved dogs, took a interest in them which made their popularity grow. In 1895, a breed club formed in England because of Chow’s. Chow Chow’s have also encountered with President Calvin Coolidge, yes!, that’s right President of America!. Calvin and his wife kept a red and black Chow Chow. They were indeed very famous.

According to Chinese legend, chow’s got it’s tongue colour at the time of creation, when a Chow licked up drops of the colour as the sky was being painted.

FoodDiet

How much Chow chow’s eat and what they eat depend on their size, age and activity level. Chow Chow’s have been found to have a very delicate diet, so they should be fed carefully. In China, the Chow’s were fed various  food that other live stocks were fed, including rice, soy, and certain kind of fish. Modern day chows, who are living a more civilized life, can still eat these kind of food as well. Rice can be fed to the dogs, but should only be served a small amount, for they could get nightmares. Vegetables are also part of their diet, their diet should contain at least 50% of Protein. Introduce new food gradually. That way you can wait to see for bad or good reactions. As for normal dog food, it’s been recommended that they be fed  2 to 2 3/4 cups of a high-quality dog food daily. The trick for a healthy diet, is to balance those foods with the food us modern people know are favourable.   

Conclusion

These puffy lion dogs are unique. From its blue tongue feature to its fascinating history.  A dog who shows signs of maturity through their actions and their body language itself, would be easily recognized as a Chow Chow. These canines have been revered by many, for centuries. It is very likely that they will continue to be kept by pet lovers for many years to come.

Cherise shares her learning about Pembroke Welsh Corgis

Salesi's reading group have been reading about spiders in New Zealand. He decided to use a Google Drawing to share what he learnt about Katipo spiders

Newsam created a dog profile about the Gold Retriever. She used Google drawing to present her work.

Luisa's created a profile about the Chow Chow dog and she created this Google drawing to present her work.

Animals and pets

We are starting this term with learning about animals and being responsible pet owners. Yesterday at our ignition assembly the staff members shared resources, stories and videos about their pets. Miss Elia also shared her special friend with us who is Lily her dog. Lily is like our school dog. She is very friendly and the students love being around her. The students often ask to take Lily for a walk even after school when they are waiting for their parents to pick them up. 

Our class activity yesterday for Inquiry was to create a profile about a dog which is of interest to us. Some students created profiles about similar breeds to their own dogs and other students created profiles about dogs they wished they owned. 

Being a sensible pet owner is very important because pets are very special and they too have needs and wants. For example we learnt yesterday that Miss Elia takes Lily for walks everyday and that Lily is getting old now and is not as active as she used to be. 

Cruelty to animals is a crime in New Zealand and it should never happen. We are excited to start this short unit study about this very important topic. 

What would life be like without trees? Shannon and Whitney explaining how terrible life will be without trees.

Sustainability

AAliyanah, Cherise and Lindakiki have been working on the concept of Sustainability. They wanted to cover a lot of topics on sustainability and therefore called their work Sustainability on a variety of topics. Here is the presentation they prepared to share their learning.

 

Glenbrae Reserve

Alfred and Loto have been working on an inquiry about the Glenbrae Reserve next to our school. The reserve is used by some of our students as a shorter path to their homes. However, the boys have identified that the reserve has a lot of rubbish around it and also in the creek. Their research involved taking photos, finding information about the history of the Tamaki area and also planning our class clean up of the reserve.

Here is their presentation to show what they have been working on.

Reading is cool

Reading is such an essential skill for us to learn. We are always being reminded about the value of being able to read. In our class Mrs Tofa is working with a group of students to accelerate their reading. It is a very fun group where they discuss extra reading materials they take home as well as keep reading logs to record the stories they read. 

On our class site there is a drawing under reading and when you click on the photo of each student you will be taken to their reading log and you will be able to see all the exciting stories they have been reading.

This is a reading journey and along this journey there will be a lot of discussions, questioning, researching and  travelling. From the Duffy presentation our school viewed this week we were taught that reading is like watching a movie and you make the movie in your mind. Isn't it great to create your own movie? 

Our busy hub in Room 7

Right now Room 7 is a very busy hub. We are busy preparing for our Inquiry presentations and we are very excited to share our learning with our whanau and community. We are in small groups working on our inquiries and each group is studying an area of concern or interest to the. 

We are also working on our class play for Te Oro and we are having a lot of fun preparing our play. In between rehearsal we have a good laugh at our mistakes then we try again. 

This week we had our last tennis session with our fantastic coach Campbell. He was so awesome and believed in us and our skills development. Campbell says a lot of us have real skills in the game of tennis. We thoroughly enjoyed each session with Campbell as the skill level needed for the lessons became more demanding. 

Also on Tuesday we had our first visit to Glenbrae Kids which is the Early Childhood Centre next to our school. We enjoyed our visit being teina to the younger ones. Their playground was very exciting and we enjoyed taking our little friends around the playground. 

Speech by Cherise as Thomas Bunbury.

Hi I am Thomas Bunbury I have fought  in the Napoleonic Wars in the 1830s and I have sailed here to the east coast and to the south Islands to gather more signatures for the Treaty of Waitangi. I am also here to inform everyone that my men and I will be staying  here and backing up  Lieutenant Hobson as Maori think it's okay to disobey commands and break rules as instructed by Governor Gipps due to Hobson’s unfortunate ummm LUCK. Yes that's exactly it. Hobson's health issues are unfortunate but the work has to be done as we are running out of time.

Meet our Manaiakalani Ambassador

Congratulations to Aaliyahna who has been chosen to be Glenbrae School's Manaiakalani Ambassador for 2017. The selection process involved Aaliyahna applying for the position and giving reasons as to why she wanted to be a Manaiakalani Ambassador for Glenbrae school. 

Here is Aaliyahna's application letter. Congratulations Aaliyahna and all the best for your role this year.

28 February 2017

The Principal

Glenbrae School

102 Leybourne Circle

Glen Innes

Auckland

Dear Miss Elia & Mrs Raj

I would like to individually thank you both for giving myself an opportunity of a lifetime.

The Manaiakalani Ambassador of Glenbrae School would be an absolute dream come true.

My accomplishments on being a leader is not entirely perfect, but, as you would know, nobody's perfect. To be fair, I would never think negatively, so I think I am impeccable for this leadership role.

Towards being the Manaiakalani Ambassador, I have quite a few reasons why I should become the Ambassador. You may know that, I have been at Glenbrae School for several years, have received quite a few Top Academic Awards and have been a leader throughout my amazingly beautiful, years here at Glenbrae. I would now, finally love to give back to the school by becoming the Manaiakalani Ambassador of Glenbrae School and representing Glenbrae proudly and definitely eagerly.

Stepping outside of my comfort zone and being confident was always a big problem during my previous years at Glenbrae, as I was always very shy. The job as an Ambassador would definitely help my situation and also with enormous life decisions. Although I may not be attending Tamaki College, being the Manaiakalani Ambassador of Glenbrae School, would help my acceptance into Auckland Girls Grammar School.  My final logic is about myself becoming an inspiring Role Model, considering there are many younger students attending Glenbrae who could benefit from this. I believe I have always set good examples, I am passionate, approachable, determined, motivated and genuine.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Aaliyahna ~ Hoping to be “Future Manaiakalani Ambassador”

Luisa decided to research Queen Victoria. She found some key information about her majesty and she also wrote a speech as Queen Victoria for our school assembly.

Queen Victoria was Queen of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Queen Victoria was married to Prince Albert Consort(Fact: Apparently Prince Albert is her cousin!), who died on  the 14th of December, 1841( by a fever and died at 42 years old). As for Queen Victoria, she died from Intracerebral hemorrhage, (A type of stroke). She died. on the 22nd of January 1901. Victoria had 9 children, she had 5 daughters and 4 sons.

Victoria sent James Busby as a representative on her behalf to create the treaty and to convince the Maori to sign. She also sent a few other europeans too. Some Maori chiefs had to protect the Queen back then which was part of an agreement in the treaty.

“Victoria is my name, Queen Victoria to be exact.  I am the Empress of India, Queen of England and the Queen of Ireland also. As the  queen of England I am  prepared to take on any country I come face to face with, allies or non allies. As one of the most longest reigning monarchs who has ever ruled England, I need to make the days of being a Queen count. Speaking of rules, New Zealand(Odd name, soon to be New England) needs a couple of them. What a great opportunity to rule another country, and help of course, they seem reasonable. Creating a treaty is a great way to settle things between our countries, though we need the Maoris, is that correct term, Maoris?, to sign the treaty before the French get to them first. I put my trust in William to accomplish this for me, as well as James too. From what i've heard, Maori warriors are very fierce men and women. I could use some more protection up in the Palace, perhaps I could add that to the treaty, but that is to be determined later.”      

Sustainability - Water pollution and sustaining water

Today in Room 7 we learnt about water pollution. We started with what we already know and then learnt about how water systems are polluted by simple items such as our food packets, animal waste, household items being dumped in streams and then big companies polluting water systems with their product wastes. 

We also took a walk around our school to identify if we are doing our part to maintain our

water drains clean. Unfortunately we found a lot of rubbish in the drains and also around the drains. Again they were mostly food packages and food scraps. 

We decided to work in groups of three to create presentations and learning experiences which will educate our students and staff members about what we can do to clean our drains and keep them clean. 

One of the activities today was watching a video where it shows people in Africa walking for three hours to collect water which is often contaminated. We are lucky to have clean water to drink in New Zealand and we must do our part to keep our water, streams, rivers and sea clean. 

A successful assembly

On Friday 24 February, Room 7 had the privilege of hosting Glenbrae School's fortnightly assembly. Our class item was about the Treaty of Waitangi and what we have learnt. Each student researched a person who was part of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. 

Our assembly was a very educational assembly with each student presenting their speech from the perspective of the person they researched. We heard speeches from Hone Heke, William Hobson, James Busby, William Colenso, Tamati Wakanene, William Henry and many others.

Speeches presented on Friday will be posted to our class blog soon. WATCH THIS SPACE.

Water fun day 2017

One of the best ways to start our year at Glenbrae school is our annual Water Fun Day. It is a day of team work, problem solving, water fun and laughter. 

Our activities this year included - waterslide, holey cup race, three legged race, obstacle race, walking the plank and squeezing the sponge. 

The objective of the day is for the houses to fill up their buckets. The house with the most water in their bucket wins. Everyone joins in the fun and filling the buckets takes a lot of work especially if the water is going out of the holes or dripping on our way to the buckets.

This year our highlight was the awesome water slide. It was longer, stronger and more slippery. Every student had so much fun on the water slide as well as the other activities. 

We also had a water bomb game at the end and it was so much fun. Each student was given at least two water bombs and they had to try and throw it at someone else while hiding from others throwing water bombs at them too. The teachers got into the fun too.

A big thank you to the Glenbrae School staff for this great event.

Cooling off in the swimming pool

One of our favourite activities in Term 1 is our swimming programme. Our swimming time is at 12.15 pm and by that time we are hot and in great need of some cooling off.

It is not just splashing and fun in the pool, we also do some serious swimming. We have been focussing on our Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke techniques. Mrs Tofa always gives us little tips about our techniques. For example when learning to maintain our breathing we have a saying "Deep breath, bubble, bubble, bubble". This means we take a deep breath then blow out the air in bubbles and come up for some more air.

Being a confident swimmer is very important. There are so many deaths in New Zealand from drownings. It is not just about being a good swimmer but also a wise swimmer and recognising dangers in the water.

Congratulations to our holiday blogging stars

Congratulations to our students who were recognised for their excellent work in the Holiday Blogging programme. Well done everyone and keep up the great work. Also a big thank you to Rachel for the awesome prizes.

Week of Inspirational Maths

We have been working through a Week of Inspirational Maths. We enjoyed the activities and we also learnt a lot from the videos. One of our favourite videos is the attached video. Have a watch and comment with your thoughts and we will comment with our thoughts about Maths and speed.

Whitney has been exploring why the Maori wanted a treaty and why the British wanted the The Treaty of Waitangi. Here is her research about the two perspectives.

Maori perspective 

Maori chiefs were fighting among themselves. Queen Victoria offered the treaty so there will be law and order in the land. Maori also wanted the new technology brought in by the settles such as farming tools, weapons, tobacco and alcohol.

Some Maori were worried about the behaviour of some settlers especially in Russell. The Maori wanted law for the settlers so they could behave.

British perspective

For years the missionaries tried to encourage the Maori to form their own government and state. The chiefs could not come to an agreement themselves and so the treaty brought them together.

The British wanted to protect their place in New Zealand because they had more than 2000 settlers already living in New Zealand. They also did not want the French to take over. That is why the treaty needed to be written and signed urgently.

Our class have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. We have had a lot of rich discussions about the treaty and different perspectives about the treaty. Here is Alfred's slideshow about his understanding so far.

Being Cool in Room 7

Talofa, Kia ora, Malo e lelei and welcome to all our viewers. This year we have a great group of excited and energetic learners in Room 7. So far we have a total of 26 students on our roll. How awesome to have a big class. We have started this year with a cool start. Our focus for this year is to be cool. Quite fitting because its summer so we are also working on being Sunsmart and going into the shade to be cool. We also want to be cool with our attitudes towards each other and how we approach situations.

There are so many up coming events happening and we are excited about them. Next week we will have our Water fun day. Our annual event of having fun and competing in our house groups. We have also been playing some volleyball and we are getting very confident with our skills. We also like the team work that has been happening during our games. 

We have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi and have found so many interesting facts about the treaty. Did you know one of William Hobson's signatures is believed to be forged? This is because he had a stroke which made travelling a challenge for him and in one of the copies of the treaty his signature is William Hobson all other documents has his signature as W Hobson. Interesting isn't it? 

We look forward to the weekend to view the celebrations of Waitangi at the Treaty Grounds and Te Tii Marae where we are going for our camp, another exciting event we are looking forward to. 

Watch this space for more exciting happenings in Cool Room 7.

Ka kite ano