Our Rainbow Bracelets

This week Room 8 learners made bracelets using different colours of beads, which the teacher bought from Look Sharp store. After making the bracelets the learners were to write a recount how they made it by giving lots of details. It was challenging for some as they found putting the elastic cord in the holes quite difficult. Some even had their beads falling off from the other end of the chord. However it was nice to see learners assisting each other and coming up with a vibrant colours of bracelets which look like rainbow. Above is a little video to show how their bracelets look like.

Remembering Christchurch

15th of March is certainly the darkest days according to our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for all the New Zealanders. This is because our Muslim Community lost 50 of their loved ones as they gathered to pray on Friday (Jumma Day). 

Whole of New Zealand mourned with the Christchurch Community by providing necessities to the needy, showing their love and compassion in so many different ways as possible. 

On 22nd of March at 1.32pm the nation in unity prayed for the lost souls. Most of the ladies in solidarity wore scarf to support the Muslim Community. Below is a picture of how our school got together and prayed for the lost souls. May those beautiful souls rest in peace. 

Swimming Sports

"It was just awesome" This morning we as a junior syndicate took part in the Swimming Sport Competition. It was more of having fun and kind of celebrating the last day of swimming. Year 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 got to display what they have learnt so far in their swimming lessons. Mainly the skills were displayed and we were so proud as most of our parents also came to see our swimming. The 3 main categories were 1. Swimming the whole length without touching the floor of the swimming pool. 2. Swimming from one end to the other with and in this race learners were allowed to touch the floor of the swimming pool. 3. Freestyle swimming and learners were allowed to use the swimming board. It was a great experience for most of the learners as they gave their 100 percent to make the class and themselves proud.

Chinese Lantern for Chinese Festival

On Friday I made a Chinese Lantern.

So how we made it we used Glue, Scissors, A4 color paper and lastly sellotape.

So we started by using the A4 color paper and folded it in a hot dog and use the scissors to cut straps but not fully. Then you unfold the color paper. Then you roll the paper and glue the end and stick it together. Next we used white A4 paper and cut a strap and glue the ends and stick it on the lantern. Also we then used sellotape and hung it in our teacher's space.

By Ahou

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On Friday we made chinese lantern. We used scissors, colorful paper, sellotape and glue sticks. We made it perfectly. We had fun and it was easy. The whole class were sad because we had to finish it on Monday but they were happy again. I felt happy and excited when we learnt how to make a chinese lantern. We didn't know how to do it, Miss kumar showed us so we followed her instructions. Then we hung it on one of the frames so we could see. We wrote our names on it so that people know, which one their son or daughter made it for the chinese lantern festival. Also what we are learning all about. When we were making our lanterns we liked and when we made, it felt easy.

By Tavita
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We made colourful paper lantern. I liked how we sticked it up. It was so beautiful we made these on Friday. I liked this because it was my first time making chinese lantern. We used glue, A4 coloured paper, scissors and sellotape. We didn't finish making it so the next day we made it in the morning. It looked like a real lantern but it is made out of paper. You can make it with any coloured paper. Lots of people knew how to make it after Mrs Kumar showed us. We were so happy once it was finished and hung in the class. Some people learnt it from Skids. Some people made it for the first time. Once it was done I saw everyone were so excited even I felt happy.

By Sunita
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To make a Chinese Lantern you need some colourful A4 paper. Then you put it in landscape and fold the top. After that you cut the folded part so it is almost at the end and do that all the way along the piece of paper until it is finished  then unfolded it and put the ends together and glue it. Then to make the handle you cut a strip of paper and glue it on the top of it.

By Pippa

Maths - Place Value

    For our Maths we have been revising ones and tens. Room 8 can also successfully split double digit numbers as well. Some learners can also split 3 digit numbers too. But for our Number Work today we used materials to find our how many 5's are there in number 49 and then how many 10's are there in 49 and so on.

Stretching, Splits, Planks and Butterflies!

For Gymnastics we were divided into two teams. One team were suppose to put the bottom up of the cones and the other to put the bottom down of the cones. we played few rounds of this game. It was fun playing this game as we were challenged as a team.

We then did some stretching, splits, planks, butterflies and so on.

To the whole class our instructor showed what we had to do at each stations and then we as a class gave a good go. We pushed our boundaries and gave our hundred percent as you can see in the presentation..

Right Place Right Time by Pippa

I learnt how to take a screenshot on my Chromebook and insert the picture on my slide. I also learnt how to bookmark. Bookmarking helps me find my learning sites quickly.

Introducing Room 8 Learners

We are an energetic and enthusiastic bunch of Year 3/4 learners from Room 8 in Glen Innes School. Our class consists of 26 learners. There are 16 learners from Year 4 (12 girls, 4 boys) and 9 learners from Year 2 (3 girls, 6 boys) and 1 boy who is in Year 2.

We inserted 2 photos here because in the first photo we have got our 25 learners and in our second photo we have our new learner who just started today. We never wanted to miss her and wanted her to feel part of our Room 8 family.

New Learner in our Class.

Today Loise  from Te Mataraunga School, Manurewa enrolled in our school. She is a Year 3 learner. Her family has moved to Glen Innes and they live very close to our school. Her hobbies are playing with friends, writing and reading. Louise has got three sisters and two brothers. She is the youngest sister.

Happy 63rd Birthday Terry!

Today Mrs Kumar invited Terry to our 

class so we can wish her Happy Birthday. 

Terry is one of our caretakers in school. 

Mrs Kumar made her a birthday 
card since only at morning tea it was told in the staffroom 

that it’s her birthday.

When Terry came to our class she answered lots of burning questions us learners in Room 8 had. 

We were surprised to learn that Terry has got 17 siblings. 

Once the question session was over we played her a YouTube clip 
wishing her Happy Birthday followed 

by Illaise who presented her a birthday card on behalf of Room 8. 

Below are few photos we would like to share. 
Hope this small celebration will bring loads of good memories for Terry.

                                                     

The Corvettes

For a change we as a school had our special assembly on the astroturf. At first Mr Hendricks congratulated and said Thank You to all the runners who ran along the Glen Innes police. All the participants received a special gift bag containing Active brand towel. They all felt really excited.

After that Eloida from our class and one of the other girls from our school received a Happy Birthday card with a candy. We all sang happy birthday to them.

Something special was yet to come when Mr Hendricks announced that the 2 best writers from the seniors will be getting a special ride to their home in a vintage car. Everybody cheered for two writers when the names were announced. They were Eden Ngakiau and Jasmine April Sonny Tiame. It was such a proud moment for the 2 girls and Glen Innes School as well.

BARK NZ - Djando was Back

Djando came back to our school today. While Andy was taking him for a walk, the funniest thing Djando did was - within a split of a second he ran  and jumped into the pool. Cheeky Djando! 

It was a warm day too. Heather reacted quickly and took him out of the pool. 

Andy's reaction was caught as well on Heather's iphone.