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”