Prize giving

It was a warm and breezy Tuesday morning when Glenbrae School had their very special prize giving assembly. All of the students lined up in a straight line and waited till they could go into the hall. Finally we could go in after we sat down about five minutes later the assembly had started. First we sang a song called Ate ha Mori ora that last for 3 minutes and then we sat. Everyone staring at Miss Elia as she says, "Room7 will be the first class for the awards" All of the students in Room7 looking around. "This award is for Danielle Mailata Top Acadimic girl" Miss says clearly and I pause and then walk to the stage.

Netbook Reflection 2012

This is a hyperlink to my work: My Reflection 2012.

An Ode about Martin

LI:To write an Ode

An Ode about Martin Luther King

O’ Martin Luther King

Your glasses were so old but you were so young you past as a great man smiles never end

your eyes lit up the room

as you told us about your dream

You made me think I had a place in this world

You were a great pastor to your church, You told them all about your dream, that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, you were truly a saint

You were my inspiration to never give up and listen to my heart even when people say im wrong you were my hero

Manaiakalani Film Festival

3D displays

Room 7 and Room 10 collaborated this year to create a movie for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. Our movie is called Powhiri. In Term 3 we had been learning about Maori customs and traditions. We visited the Auckland Museum where there are lots of different artifacts that helped us learn about how Maori use to live. You can read more of our blog posts here.
We created 3D displays for the classroom sharing what we had learnt about Maori traditions and also read and retold Maori legends for our blogs.
In our movie we shared a Powhiri including waiata (songs) and Mihi (speech).

Learning at the Museum

Saturday Rugby League Practice

Monday 12 of November 2012.
Saturday Rugby league practice:11 in the morning still tired from all of the fun we had at church which was awesome and scary at the same time. The reason for me being scared was because we played dodge ball and it wasn’t your typical game it was run or get hurt. wake up my dad tells us we are all still half asleep. Then I hear him say we are going to go to the park because all of our church mates are have a Rugby league Practice.

My Nana's Bio Poem

LI: To write a bio poem

Cheryl

Funny, generous, loving, silly at times

Sibling of five sisters and three brothers

Lover of gardening, books, and clean houses

Who feels in a rush, and cranky at times

Needs her books/magazines also to garden and a daily dose of fresh air

Who freely gives knowledge and laughter

Fears Gossipers and high places

Would like to see the Eiffel tower

Resident of Glen Innes Auckland

Fepale is her last name

It's a MYSTERY

LI: To have onomatopoeia, similies and speech.

Crunch! crunch! crunch! As they walked over the dry autumn leaves.Ahhhhhh someone screamed out so loud that everyone looked at the area were the car was. "Wait where's the car gone?" shouted Tori. "It should be here" Blake answered standing in suspense. Emily and Zayn run over to Tori and Blake. "Look there's a cabin over there" Zayn shouted, now he a little bit more faith that they were going to get of there. "Someone might live there, but it does looks deserted but, still it might be our only" Tori said. Well im not going in there I'll wait out here were it's safe" said Emily. Emily waited and waited and waited but, they didn't come out it was like they just disappeared

To be Continued...

Scruffy and Duffy

Today on this very cold day Glenbrae school rushed to Tamaki Collage for an awesome Duffy show. The show was called the best book in the world and so it was. There was a boy named Duffy and had a little brother named scruffy. Duffy went on a lot of adventures with the best book in the world but, Scruffy would not have it and he would try his hardest to scare the book. At the end of it Duffy read the book to Scruffy and signed the book. My favourite part in this play was when it was Emmy's Birthday because she was really happy about her present, she was crazy happy.

My Favourite Colour Poem

My Favourite Colour

Blue

Blue feels like I’m floating on the ocean with glowing starfish. Blue feels like fresh chewy blueberries. Blue is a symbol for sad on a dull day I always feel blue. Blue tastes like my favourite milkshake with blueberries on top. Blue is a symbol for grey sharks floating in the ocean.

Blue is my mum’s top that she wore on her 40th birthday

Biography Poem

Thing I Abhor

The sun burning my skin on a hot day. Seeing my mother or Father get hurt.Going to a family member's funeral and see them laid to rest. Moving houses and leaving friends behind. Changing schools because it’s a different environment. Being woken up early in the morning

Auto Biography Poem

Things I Adore.

Walking in the rain as if it was just me and the world. Playing with my cousin’s puppy until I can’t breathe. Singing to my Mum when she is sick. Drinking hot chocolate on a chilly day. Forgiving people who have hurt me. Reading books on a summer day under a shady tree

All About Me Biography Poem

DanielleFunny, Kind, Unique, and Generous at times. Second oldest of two silly sisters named Taniesha and Cherise, also one crazy little brother named Jahsiah. Lover of animals, music, sports, and technology Who feels silly, excited, creative and emotional. Who needs closure on a daily basis. Who freely gives laughter all over the school. Fears dark places and armed people. Who would like to discover a pirates treasure. Resident of Glen Innes in Auckland 
Mailata is her family name

Drill, Drill, Drill

In this picture Phoenix is drilling a hole with a wooden drill. We all had a turn it was very hard for me because we has to balance the drill so that it was straight and tall. Tama was very good at drilling on his first try I thought it was very smart how they used this drill in the ancient times I was so fascinated.

Rock Warriors

Thursday August 2 2012.
The Rock Warriors
Retold by Danielle Azaria Mailata

Many many years ago, there lived two tribes on Ngongotaha Mountain. There were handsome and beautiful woman, gentlemen and children, but the other tribe were giants called Tipua people and they were smelly and yucky.

One day the Tipua warriors were planning to take over the Patupaiarehe people’s village. The people of the Patupaiarehe could feel thumping and so one of the people ran up to see what all the noise was and they  saw that it was the giant warriors. The people ran to their leader so that he could help them because their leader knew how to use magic spells and he was very good at it.

The chief had a plan. He went to the top of the Ngongotaha mountain and made a fire and started to chant an old spell that he learnt when he was a kid. He did not know if this would work but he tried his hardest.  When the Tipua Warriors stopped to have a rest they stood there too long and became stuck and their skin started to get stiff and hard and they soon realised that the spell had worked and they turned into rocks.

Some people say that on a sunny and cold day, they can hear the rock warriors moaning, probably because they are so uncomfortable from standing in the same spot for a very long time..

Monday 15 August 2012.
Many years ago Rata was wandering, and feeling very maudlin as he walked across the stream by the bank. He wanted to go find his father because he had died not so long ago, but Rata was not able to attend his funeral. Rata was thinking and thinking and suddenly he found himself in the  forest. So Rata wandered around the forest looking for a big enough tree to make a waka for him to go get his father.  Rata gave a sigh of relief because he remembered that there was a totara tree not far from where he lived. So Rata went to the totora tree and he cut it down and he cut of all the chips so it was nice and smooth.

Early the next morning, Rata was stunned with surprise because he could not see the tree that he had cut down and chipped, and there were no leaves or branches, nothing, it was bare. He was struck with wonder and he had no explanation of where the tree had gone. So he cut down the tree a second time. This time he carved it and made it hollow. It was smooth and it had no leaves or branches. When night fell he went home and had a rest.

The following morning the tree was gone. He felt like crying. He dropped onto his knees and felt very maudlin again. He was so determined to make this waka now, that he had made it hollow, and had smoothed it out and made sure it was tough and solid. When night fell he  went home. Rata came back to see the if the Totora tree was still laying on the ground. He was amazed to see  the birds and insects working together to fix the tree up. He was happy that now he knew what was happening to the tree. He could not help it but come out of the dark. The birds were silent and they all disappeared. He shouted  “Okay I get it, I will never ever cut a tree again, I am so sorry”. A small voice said to him, “You can cut a tree but you will have to ask Tanemahuta, the god of the forest”.

The following morning he saw a waka and he said to himself, “Is this mine?”. A small voice said yes. From that day onwards he never ever forgot what these birds and Tane Mahuta did for him.

Costable Julie's Visit

Today Constable Julie came to Glenbrae School. She came to us from the police station. The reason for her visit was to teach us all about road safety. First, she talked to us in class and then we did an activity outside on the court that was all about distance. I really enjoyed the activity because we were practising how to estimate distance. This helped me to learn how to measure better and how to be safer on the road. It was very hard to estimate the right distance. I think that this visit helped me in all different areas of my learning.

Cultural Walk about

Today we had a cultural walk about we had a entire term of studies we had to study all about one of the students culture. My class learnt all about South Africa Alex was South African so that is why we learnt about that country. I learnt a lot of great facts that can help when I am a adult. When I went around in a rotation around my school I found out that in the Netherlands they were clog shoes so that there feet would not get wet. This is a great experience that I will never forget.

A Life Changing Experience

We are at Pac ‘n Save so that we can learn all about the different kind of foods to eat and not to eat. Ansley has been our instructor for the last two weeks. She taught us all about all of the sugar in fizzy drinks and how to read the nutrition guide.Ansley said to my group that we had to look at all the different good and bad snacks that we could not and should not eat. We had to choose two different snacks and then we would have to choose which one is better for us. I was very surprised to see all of the sugar, fat and salt in the snacks we eat daily because I thought there would be only a little because they don’t taste sugary. This was a life changing experience and I know I can eat healthier from now on.

This is a chart that shows you all of the energy and sugars so that people can know what they are buying and if you are trying to eat healthy this should be the second thing you check on the box. One some of the muesli bars or other products might have a red tick that is called the heart foundation tick that means that the heart foundation approve of the product and that means that that product is good for you to have everyday.

Fruitful Light, Light Muesli Nutrition Guide:

Energy (KJ)	1570
Fat, Total (G)
Sugar (G)	19.9
Dietary Fibre (G)	8.1
Sodium (Mg)	110

These is a very good example of a very good cereal to have in the morning because it has no fat total. This muesli cereal would be very light.

How to Write a Good Comment

LI: to write blog comments that will help us with our thinking and our writing.

http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7319788885379921007&postID=2585175617381776294&page=1&token=1337552877963&isPopup=true

Why this is a Good Comment:

Question: Could you tell us what that word meant it would really help?

Thoughtful: I thought that you are very smart to use all those different vocabulary's bu t there was one word that I didn't know.

Experienced Similar: When I was younger I experienced this when I was 9 when I did Roots of Empathy.

Why this is a good comment:

Because it will help the author to improve his post and I can Relate to their experience and I have a Question

Tamaki College the time of my life

Yesterday we went to Tamaki College to do some sports with the students there it was like a physical assessment for the students at Tamaki. I had a blast with my group and instructors because they were fun and they didn't make us do hard stuff but some of it hurt because we played a game that involves two tyres. There were four people and two groups we had to use the two tyres to get to the other side of the  grass with out touching the grass or the concrete. My job was to hop to the other side of the tyre so that the other team mates could stand on that tyre and Setefano had to hop with the other tyre so that we could take turns of having a rest. My team won and they said "we won!" because we worked like a team. I was very proud to be in their team.

The reason I wrote about this experience is because it was very extreme

Polyfest is just like Pasifika

I was as tired as a turtle trying to walk. Saturday was almost the best weekend I have ever had you know why because I went to the Polyfest the Polyfest is just like pasifika but the reason why they do Polyfest is so that all the students come together and have a big comp. Most of the day I just sat down under my old friends tent she is selling stake and egg, waterMelon and ice-cream and my most favourite poke poke is baked banana and coconut cream.
Before we went to the Cook Island Stage we went to the Tongan and Maori Stage when me and my mum went to the Tongan Stage no one was performing so went to the Maori Stage the Maori Stage was very very yuk  because I don’t really like the trading clothing for boys it is almost nothing but the song they were singing was o.k. After we went to my Aunty Gina's in old pap so that my mum could get something filled out that was about 1 hour and a half after that we went to my Aunty Rosie’s that was about half an hour just to try on some dresses.

Diary

19th March Monday 2012.

Saturday was almost the weekend I have ever had you know why because I went to the Polyfest the Polyfest is just like pasifika but the reason why they do Polyfest is so that all the collages come together and have a big comp. Most of the day I just sate down under my old friends tent she is selling stake and egg, water Mellon and ice-cream and my most favourite poke poke is baked banana and coconut cream.

Before we went to the Cook Island Stage we went to the Tongan and Maori Stage when me and my mum went to the Tongan Stage no one was performing so we went to the Maori Stage the Maori Stage was very very gross because I don’t really like the traditional clothing for boys it is almost nothing but the song they were sinning was o.k. After we went to my Aunty Gina's in old pap so that my mum could get something filled out that was about 1 hour and a half after that we went to my Aunty Rosie’s that was about half an hour just to try on some dresses.

Glenbrae School Map.

This is the map to Glenbrae school.

Book Review The BFG

Rate: 3
Main Point: Sophie really wants to go to sleep but she can’t because there is a very bright moon beam that is keeping her awake so she gets up and goes to close the curtain she called really get in trouble is she gets caught walking around at lights out what will happen next.

Book Review

The Lighthouse Keeper’s New Friend:
Author: Ronda
Illustrator: Davide Armitage
Rank: 4
Main Point: Mr Grinling likes to look for mermaids on his days off. But the golden-haired creature he spots on a rock isn’t quite what he expected it is a dog.

Our New School Song

Count On Me Lyrics

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you

Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

(chorus)
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Wooooh, Wooooh
yeah Yeah

If you toss and you turn and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will
remind you

Ohh
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

(chorus)
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
You'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah


Wooooh, Wooooh
Yeah Yeah

You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye

(chorus)
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
You'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Wooooh, Wooooh
you can count on me cos' I can count on you

Diary

12/3/12

“Oh no! rain and more rain, perfect weather for for ducks” Danielle said. Today is the day the day that my Dad was born well not today today like 38 years I guess, well I don’t really no how old he all I know is he is 30 something. Well enough about my lets talk about me today in the pull I was like a human nice block ha ha ha.
Today we had an assembly and Mrs Boyer talked about swimming and net ball I am in the net ball team so I was really skied about what she was talking about. Then Mrs Joice talked a little bit more about sports because she is the sports teacher. Mrs Holdeness came up in the assembly and gave out a Milo pack for the recyclable lunches.

8/3/12 Rainy day My Diary

Today we went to the pools I was very tired and I felt like I was going to fall down (just joking ). It was really damp and cold, it was also raining that made it even worse. We had a new instructor because every Tuesday and Thursday the instructors change so they can have a break.

It was fun at the pools because we had a little race so that we could see who was the speediest team. Because our group are the best swimmers in the whole class. The highlighted words are adjectives.

Flower Pollination

Flower Pollination

• Wind pollinated flowers: The grains of pollen are usually light so they travel by wind.

• Animal pollinated flowers: Pollen grains are large and stick to insects, birds and mammals body's.

In room eight we learned about flowers and pollination.

Diary

Diary

LI: To write a personal Recount.
23.2.2012 Thursday
A cold damp morning I looked at my brother lying down watching television he yawns because he woke up very early. I say to him” It is time to wake up and have breakfast”.
For breakfast I had cluster crisps vanilla it was really yummy I said to my self. Know I was ready to go to school.

24.2.12
I open one eye and pick at my mum she does not know I am it is five in the morning she is finishing her work on my Nana's lap top. I try to scare her but I think she did know I was awake. I go outside to say bye to my mum and my Nana I wave they both wave bake.
I watch Tv until my Aunty wakes up soon we are going to school I can not wait until we go to school because we are going to do a maths test and I love maths.

🎵 summer time rap

Summer Time

Too much darkness not enough sunshine

Too much heads not enough hats

Too much coldness not enough hotness

Too much sadness not enough happiness

Chorus

Cause it's the summer time and when it's summer, it is fun fun fun.

Too much cats not enough fish

Too much Tv not enough Beach

Too much Milo not enough juice

Too much happenin 'and not enough chilltime.

Chorus

Cause it's the summer time and when it's summer, it is fun fun fun.

Refrain

To much and not enough (x4)

Chorus

Cause it's the summer time and when it's summer, it is fun fun fun.

By Gemima and Danielle

📓 robber and dancing jane bee willey

Character: Bob Robber

Bob Robber is a thief he has black hair as bats and his eyes were the colure of the new moon. Bob Robber could stand so still that the spiders didn’t notice him and spun webs across his clothes.

🔰 a name that tells a story

A name that tells a story (SJ.2 NO.3 2007)

Aurthur Matereo Tangaere

Illustrated by Elspeth Alix Batt

1A) Because the Marae is a sacred place.

2A) Because in the olden days the Marae was like a Church for Maori people and know Marae are where people have special events.

3A) Te Whanaupani and Ipa saved Te Whanaupani.

4A) All of the children should have not gone there in the first place.

5A) Because she thought Te Whanaupani was dead and she was going to give her new born baby to Ipa and his wife.

6A) When I was little me and my big sister where playing with a rope at the edge of a cliff and my sister pushed be off it and I could not swim.

7A) My mum choose my name. My mum named me after my dad.

🌱 room seven experiment

The past week Glenbrae School had a plant Experiment we all got some seeds that we had to plant. Every class room in the School got a envelope filled with some seeds we did not know what kind of seeds they were only Mrs Holderness knows.

🌽 celery suprise reflection

Celery Surprise Reflection
Yesterday room seven had a experiment evolving celery water and blue food coloring. First we filled the jar with water and blue food coloring. After we filled the jar with water and food coloring we put one long green celery. After one night we took the celery out and we saw that there was blue spots we passed the celery to each person. We could have also put a flower in the water and food coloring

🎄 christmas recount

Hooray today is the 25th of December 2011. Christmas day I did not get that many presents but I did get lots of money. I guess it’s the thought that counts. Today we went to our Aunty Gina’s. We had a massive barbecue. There was chicken, steak, sausages and lots of desserts such as ice-cream, chocolate log, cheese cake and chocolate cake. At the end of the night we watched lots of movies such as Breaking Dawn, Cars 2 and Red Dog. Finally we went home after the best Christmas I have ever had.