Mrs Tofa has a go at a Summer Learning Journey activity

Today, Mrs Tofa completed this activity which is one of the activities for the Summer Learning Journey 2021-2022. 

It was quite fun to learn about the different names for fruit in Te Reo Māori and the sentences in Te Reo. 

Here are the slides Mrs Tofa created for her activity.

Year 8 Graduation 2021

It is the end of an era for our Year 8 students as they graduate from Glenbrae School and prepare to enter the various colleges they have enrolled in for 2022. We have had some fun times, challenging times and most of all memorable times at Glenbrae School. 

For most of our Class of 2021, they have been at Glenbrae School since they were Year 1. For some, they joined later on in their primary school journey. Regardless, Glenbrae School is part of their educational history. 

Congratulations to all the graduates of 2021. May 2022 be a successful year for you all as you start college. Remember the lessons you learnt while at Glenbrae school, treasure the memories and the friendships and bond you have made with your peers.

Here is a short movie which was shown at the graduation today to celebrate the memories of our Class of 2021.

End of year prize giving

What a wonderful day to celebrate the success of all our tamariki at Glenbrae School. We are so proud of all our class members who received awards today. We hope you will keep up the good work and persevere with your learning. 

Although our parents and whanau could not be present to witness our prize giving, they were able to watch on the Facebook live. We would like to thank all our parents and whanau for supporting our learning this year. Room 7 has had a very busy year from our learning activities, fundraising, sport, trips, cultural activities, online learning during lockdown but our whanau have always been there to support us. We are grateful for you all.

To the teachers of Glenbrae school, our principal Mrs Patea, our teacher aides, office staff and everyone who has helped us along the way this year. Thank you very much. 

With gratitude: Room 7 2021

Soane shares what he has been learning in technology with Mrs Sharma

Today, we learnt heaps about Invertebrates and Vertebrates. We learnt about the different habitats of many animals too. I loved today's session because animals are one of the basic things I used learn when I was little. At the end we had a fun Kahoot game to play as well. I place 3rd but I still had a phenomenal time.

By Soane

Pitara has completed the PWC Toitoi Challenge

Pitara has completed the nice tasks for the latest PWC Challenge. Well done Pitara proud of your efforts. 

This ia Maria's work on religions in India

Maria has learnt a lot about religions in India and created these slides to share her findings with others. There are some really interesting facts about religions in her slides. Well done Maria.

 

Mahdieh's work on Indian leaders

 Mahdieh has been researching leaders from India who have had a role in the history of India. She has created these slides to teach others about her findings. 

This is AJ's work about the flag of India. Our class are studying India for our last project for this year. Great effort here AJ.

Today I have completed my first task on our new subject on Project Based Learning which is India PBL. The task I have completed is about the Indian Flag. I hope you enjoy it.

By AJ

Congratulations to Arman who has finished all the PWC challenge activities on the day it was launched. Awesome effort Arman!

 

Pitara's speech about New Zealand granting women the right to vote

 Pitara did a lot of research reading for this task. It is a topic which was of great interest to her and she certainly has learnt a lot from completing this task. Well done Pitara.

Aj presents his speech about Sir Edmund Hillary

Here is AJ's speech about Sir Edmund Hillary a wonderful leader and role model in New Zealand.

Dame Whina Cooper

 Fine had to choose one New Zealand role model to research and write a speech about. She chose to research Dame Whina Cooper. Here are her slides presenting the information she found.

The migration of Pakeha to Aotearoa

Ali-Jon created this presentation to show the migration of Pakeha to Aotearoa. He has used google slides for this and has done a wonderful job. If you want to learn how to make this animation do leave a comment and Ali-Jon can teach you.

This is Uinita presentation about native plants in Aotearoa

For Science, we have been learning about native plants. This is Uinita's research about native plants. She has collected some wonderful facts through her research.

New Zealand's native plants by Pitara

In Aotearoa, we have an abundance of native plants with many uses. Pitara has done some fantastic research about our native plants and created these slides to teach our blog viewers about them.

Jasel has been learning about the early settlers and why they came to Aotearoa

Today also for Social Studies , I worked on answering some more questions about Pakeha . I really enjoyed this presentation, I learnt a lot . Hope you enjoy. 

By Jasel

Te Tiriti o Waitangi work by Soane

Soane, has been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. He has enjoyed learning about the history of New Zealand the what happened before, during and after this important document was signed. Here are the slides he prepared to tell us about his learning. Well done Soane for this fantastic work. 

GBS Room 7 News

Lockdowns can be a drag but not if you make it fun with your bubble members. Our movie this year is about what we have been doing to keep active, happy and engaged while on lockdown. Check out our stories through our news report. 

Treaty of Waitangi learning from Pitara

Pitara had some guiding questions to research about the The Treaty of Waitangi. Here are her responses on these slides. She has done some good reading into the Treaty of Waitangi and what happened before, during and after it was signed.

Maths problem solving today

Today, we had a bit of fun solving this problem. 

Mr Nath gave Mrs Tofa the alphabet saying each letter had a value. He told her she had to work out the value of each letter using two equations. He said:

A = 3 

B = 12 

C = 27 

D = 48

E = 75

F =108

Here are some strategies some of our class members came up with:

A = 3  1.5  + 1.5     (=3)

B = 12 2.5 +2.5 (5)(=12)

C = 27

D = 48

E = 75

A = 3  (1X3) = 3 (x 2) = 3

B = 12 (2x2) = 4 (x3) = 12

C = 18 

D = 48

E = 75

A = 3     3 - 2 = 1 + 2 = 3

B = 12   12 - 2 = 10 + 2 = 12 

C = 27   27 - 2 = 25 + 2 = 27

D = 48   48 - 2 = 46 + 2 = 48

E = 75   75 - 2 = 73 + 2 = 75

F = 108 108 - 2 = 106 + 2 = 108

Here is a solution we agreed on at the end

A = 3 ( 1 x 1)= 1 x 3=3

B = 12 (2 x 2)= 4 x 3=12

C = 27 (3 x 3)= 9 x 3=27

D = 48 (4 x 4)=16 x 3= 48

E = 75 (5 x 5)=25 x 3= 75

F =108 (6 x 6)= 36 x 3= 108

or

The number of the letter in the alphabet sequence squared X 3 = value of the letter. 

The class then had to work out the value of each letter of the alphabet and add the value of their names. It was quite fun to see the value of our names. 

Christ Church in Russell

Want to learn some facts about the first church in New Zealand? Here is a presentation Ali-Jon prepared to tell others about what he learnt from his research.

Maria's learning about Hone Heke

Maria has been researching who Hone Heke is for our New Zealand history project. She has found some interesting facts about this famous Maori leader and created this google drawing to teach us about him. 

Hone Heke, warrior, chief, leader and many more. He was known for his courage and independence. 

Thank you Maria for this informative task.

Maori leaders presentation by Mahdieh

This is Mahdieh's presentation about Maori leaders as part of our New Zealand History Project. She has included some very interesting facts and also images to support her text. Well done Mahdieh.

Happy Diwali everyone

Today, Room 7 hosted our Glenbrae School online assembly. Today's theme for assembly is the celebration of Diwali. We learnt a lot about Diwali from the sharing of our Glenbrae Whanau who celebrate Diwali. Here is a short movie we prepared for our assembly today. 

Happy Diwali to our school community and everyone around the world who celebrate Diwali.

Marshall's work about rongoa

Marshall has been working on his science task for our current project of New Zealand history. He created this presentation to teach us about native medicinal plants we have in Aotearoa. Thank you Marshall for this very informative presentation.

Soane's learning about the Treaty of Waitangi

Soane has been learning more about the Treaty of Waitangi as part of our New Zealand history project. Here is his screencast of his learning so far.

Treaty of Waitangi task by Maria

Te Tiriti o Waitangi task by Pitara

Victoria discusses what she has learnt about the Stone Store in Kerikeri

Pitara's work celebrating Niuean language week

Here is some of my task that I've done for Niuean language week. Happy Niuean language week.

Being on lockdown means you have more time to spend at home. Jaydin spent some time making a home made toy

This is my toy that I made out of paper and a glue stick. It was fun to make and it was also fun to play with and it can be folded and unfolded.

Link for video

Gideon's learning from technology

Today in technology we learnt about the three states of matter which is gas, liquid and solid with our technology teacher Mrs Sharma we had a lot of fun learning about the states of matter and we also got to play a Kahoot about it as well and I enjoyed it.

Haircutting and ear piercing celebrations are special events in Niue. AJ did some researching and found out some more information about these celebrations

 

 I hope you like this work I have done about Niuean Hair cutting & Ear Piecing

Fine's presentation about a special dish from Niue

 Fakalofa Atu and welcome to my blog. This week is a really special week because it is Niue Language week and for today's task we had to watch a video and write down how to make Takihi.

Takihi which is a well-known favoured dish back in the island of Niue. This Niue dish is kind of like a pudding in a main in one meal which only needs 3 ingredients that are Coconut cream, Taro and Pawpaw.

The way you make this dish is basically just layering thin pieces of Taro than Pawpaw on top of each other and once you get to the top you put coconut cream all over.

How did Niue get its name? Let Jaydin explain to you

 Today for Task 2 I did a Screencastify on how Niue got its name.

Being proud of our cultures. Here is AJ's presentation about his culture

 

 

I hope you enjoy my work. :)

Niuean language week activitiy by Victoria

 

Niue landmarks by Marshall

Niue have some amazing landmarks. Marshall did some research about some of these landmarks and shared his finding in these slides. Great effort Marshall.

Room 7's Cooking Challenge

Today Room 7's activity was a Cooking Challenge. It was an awesome day to be in the kitchen putting together some yummy kai and sharing with our class at our online shared lunch meet. 

The delicious entries from our class members and teachers were:

• Burgers
• Chocolate cake
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Frooze balls
• Chickey curry
• Fried mashed potatoes
• Maori bread
• Donuts
• Pineapple pies
• Curry mini pies

Well done to all the Room 7 students who took part today and also to Miss Woodhall, Mrs Naidu and Mrs Tofa.

Frooze balls by Arman for his cooking challenge

These are my Frooze Balls. They are made from condensed milk, desiccated coconut, nuts and food colouring which is optional. They were a little challenging to make but I succeeded at the end. My dad tried them and said they were good.

 

This is Fine's presentation about Benee. An artist she chose for one of her tasks in The Arts

Have you heard of the artist Benee? Let Fine tell teach you about her in her slides below.

 

Arman reports on five environmental problems we have in New Zealand which he has learnt about

One of the Social Sciences tasks for our NZ People and Places project is to learn about five environmental problems we have in New Zealand. Arman has done some great research and learnt about the environmental problems he has presented here. 

AJ has been very creative in presenting one of his Social Sciences tasks

Hello there. Today I completed Task 3 for Social Sciences, I also made a SISOMO. I hope you enjoy my work.

Pitara presents her work on a historical event in New Zealand she researched

This is Pitara's work on a historical event which was significant in New Zealand. Well done Pitara on this great work. 

Presentation about Taika Waititi by Uinita

 This is Uinita's work on Taika Waititi. She has done a great job in finding out information about him and presented the information using her own undertanding.

What do you know about Taika Waititi? Can you add what you know in the comment box? 

Mahdieh's speech about Jacinda Ardern

Mahdieh chose to focus on our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her speech. First, she researched the information and then wrote her speech. The second part of the task was to record herself presenting her speech.

Here are the slides she used to present her speech. You will need to click on each link as she has recorded the speech in three parts.

Well done Mahdieh for your effort in this task.

This week's art challenge by AJ

This week, our school is having an art challenge. We are also encouraged to incorporate Maori designs to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. This is AJ's entry for the art challenge. He has used chalk to create his art.

Maria's tourist brochure for her Social Studies task

This is Maria's tourist brochure promoting places tourists can visit when they come to New Zealand. She has chosen some beautiful natural sights from Aotearoa. Have you been to any of these places? Leave your answer in the comment box.

Looking at lockdown effects from another perspective

This week our class discussed this poster as our warm up discussion for our meet. We looked at the poster and discussed what it meant to us and whether we agreed with what it said and why. Fine has explained her opinion through this recording. Great thoughts there Fine.

Arman's work at technology

Even during lockdown, Room 7 are still participating in their weekly technology lessons with their Tamaki College teachers. This is Arman's task for today.

Pitara's family baking for our Glenbrae School Challenge this week

Pitara and her siblings participated in our Glenbrae School Challenge this week. The challenge was a bakikng challenge. The treats they baked look so delicious and their team work is fantastic. Well done Pitara, Kira and Tamatoa.

Mahdieh's Maths task for NZ People and Places

This is one of Mahidieh's activities for her Maths tasks in our current project of NZ People and Places. She has had to do a lot of research reading to collect the information to complete this task.
 

 Well done Mahdieh on your effort with this Maths task.

Gideon learning to count in Tongan

  So today I got to learn how to count from 1 to 12 in Tongan and i really had fun because I got to learn how to count from 1 to 12 in a different culture.

Here is my SISOMO about me count from 1 to 12 in Tongan.

This is Marshall's speech about Taika Waititi

Marshall has researched information about a famous Kiwi he has chosen for his literacy task. This famous Kiwi is Taika Waititi. Have a listen to his speech and leave a comment for Marshall about his work. Well done Marshall for the mahi you put into this task. 

This is Arman's speech about a great New Zealander. Sir Edmund Hillary

This is my speech about Sir Edmund Hillary. The task was to write an informative speech about a important place or person in New Zealand

By Arman

Pitara's task on Manuka Honey

 

Manuka Honey. New Zealand's yellow gold

Soane has been learning about our famous Manuka Honey as part of our New Zealand Places and People project. He has shared a lot of great information in this presentation. Well done Soane for this great work. 

An interesting read in currents events discovered by Soane

 It was a normal day in England when all of sudden an unusual situation caught the eyes of big amount of people. On August the 27th , a bunch of animal rescuers and fire fighters encountered a unusual situation in the lands of England. A adorable hedgehog was found horribly trapped in a parking lot drain nearby the Seaford, East Sussex parking lot. A brave crew from the East Sussex Fire and Rescue service was called to help out in the scene of this poor hedgehog. A few minutes later of trying to rescue this animal it finally came out free. After getting out the poor thing they took it back to their community to check if it had any health issues. Once they took care off that they let it go free back to its ordinary wild life.

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Current events reading by Arman

Today I read about the the Paralympics swimming event. Kiwi swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won the first swimming sliver medal for NZ after placing second after being beaten by Ireland’s Ellen Keane in the 100 m SB8 Breaststroke Classification. She was out-touched by just .39 seconds. 

A little kindness goes a long way

This week, our school are working on showing kindness to our whanau in our bubbles. Here is Marshall's act of kindness.

Image analysis by Sione

Sione is a really deep thinker. Here is his analysis of what this poster is representing. Have a look at what has written about the poster and add a comment to add your thoughts to the discussion. Great work Sione.

Character descriptions by Sione

Sione has expressed his understanding about the main characters of the Refugee book by Alan Gratz through these slides.  Leave him a comment if you are able to gain an understanding about the book through his character descriptions.

Short, powerful words, echo a lot of meaning

This is the start of Ali-Jon's poem about the situation Josef was in from our novel of study Refugee by Alan Gratz. He is still working on the rest of his poem but here is a taster of the masterpiece he is working on. 

Refugee should care for each other

Unlike Hitler, the dude who didn’t bother

His attitude so bad

It made a lot of people sad

The Nazi’s didn’t care

Life became a roller coaster called the Stratofear

Soane sharing one of his tasks for our Great Books unit

 This is a task Soane has completed for his Great Books project. He had to analyse some videos and make connections between the videos and the Refugee novel our class has been reading. His discussions are very well thought out and has made some very good connections between the novel from Alan Gratz and the videos. 

Our class having a Covid Lockdown drill

Today we had a lockdown drill in case we go to Alert Level 4 and have to learn from home. We had to check if all class members have a device with a working charger, then we all had to log into our class meet link and wait for Mrs Tofa to accept us. We also discussed meet etiquette which some of us might have forgotten. It was a good experience especially for our new class members who have just joined our class. We also hope we will not be going into Alert Level 4 because we love coming to school. 

Social Studies task in our Architecture unit by Mahdieh

Mahdieh created this task using google slides. The task required her to discuss how buildings reflect the cultures of countries they originate from. Mahdieh has done a great job also describing what culture means and has included some facts about different cultures including her own. 

Taylor presenting 10 buildings which are of interest to him

Mahdieh's presentation on flamingos as part of her animal project

 Mahdieh's favourite animal is the flamingo. In this presentation she is explaining some interesting facts about flamingos and their capabilities. These are amazing animals which are often not thought about because they are not always visible to communities. 

Mountain lion research by Jaydin

 Jaydin decided to research Mountain lions for his animal project. He found the information interesting and used slides to present his work.

Financial literacy lesson with PWC tutors Kobe and Frank

Our Financial literacy tutors this year are Kobe and Frank. They both work for PWC and are auditors. 

The lesson we learnt today focussed on making money, aiming to make more money and considering the risks. This was through a game where each team member had to throw a bean bag on an amount of money. The closest amount was $5 and the amount further away was $20. A lot of teams aimed for $20 but it was hard to achieve. The team who won the most money aimed all their bean bags on $5. Kobe explained that sometimes we aim for the biggest amount but the risk of achieving that goal is higher. 

After the bean bag game, we learn about NEEDS and WANTS. Some of our students identified needs which are actually wants. This is a great way to reflect on what our needs are and what our wants are. Kobe explained needs are essentials which we need for survival. He also explained that wants are our personal consumption. For example, Playstation 5 is not a need. We don't really need it but we would want it. It is a want and not a need. 

Our next activity was spending our income we earned from the bean bag activity. Each group had the money they earned from the activity to spend. There was a sheet of activities with costs and we had to decide what we were going to spend our money on and how much we would save. It was a great discussion to have about what we really needed and what we could do without. 

After morning tea, we learnt about Lender and Borrower. A lender is someone who lends something to another person. A borrower is the person asking for something. Frank taught us about being a responsible borrower and being wise as a lender. We have to choose who we lend our belongings to. Do we trust them to return our belongings? How valuable is the item to us? We finished off our lesson with role plays about borrowing and lending.