It's ZUMBA Time!

Room 11 and Room 12 decided that it would be great to end our day with some Zumba before we head of to Technology! It was very fun while we laughed and danced our hearts out! We had a crazy time! Here are some photos!

Technology

Today was the last day of Technology! We had cooking and we got to cook some delicious chocolate truffles! We are really sad to be ending our sessions of Technology and we can't wait for next year! Here is a photo of what our chocolate truffles looked like!

Softball

Today for Softball Room 11 played a game. We had a lot of fun hitting the ball and participating in the activities! We can't wait for our next session! Here are some photos!

My 4 Highlights!

For one of our end of year tasks we had to create a poster with 2 main highlights of the year, best thing about our class and a message. The kick was that we were only allowed to use illustrations. No words at all! We then gave our posters some colours and they now look amazing. Here are some of our posters!

7 Wonders of the Modern World

Yesterday I posted about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient Wonders. We then had to do the Modern World and I had completed both tasks. I posted about the Ancient World and this is my Modern World work. I hope you enjoy! I learnt a lot during our activity. 

Thank You for visiting my blog!

Tamaki Athletics

Running until there feet don't stop. Hearts Beating like the wind. Representing there school proudly and with passionate. Giving everything they've got. Eagerly pushing themselves to reach the end.

Today some students went out to represent Glen Taylor School at the Tamaki Athletics where they versed other students from different schools. Our boys and girls did great in their heats and only some made it to the finals. Tiana and Liston were our amazing stars today coming first in their finals. Glen Taylor School is very proud of all the hard working students they went out today and we were very happy to see them back at school! Go Us!

Figure Me Out Poster!

For maths today Room 11 worked on an awesome and fun activity. We had to think of 8 questions about ourselves that include numbers. For example: I am 22 yrs old. I would then need to think of a sum that would add up to 22 using multiplication, addition and so on. 11 X 2 = 22. After we recorded our 8 questions we then created a figure me out poster. It was very fun designing our posters and we all had creative ideas! Here are some of Room 11's posters!

7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Today we were given the task to complete a slideshow about the 7 wonders of the ancient world. I had a lot of fun learning about them and learnt a lot of cool things. Stay tuned for my other slideshow about the 7 wonders of the modern world. Here is my slideshow. I hope you enjoy!

Team Building

Today for the senior camp meeting the teachers decided to do some team building activities so that our group would learn how to work better as a team and have trust in one another. Working with the blue lizards was amazing. We had the fastest time of getting our pyramid done and we did great with the maze activity! Here are some photos!

Here is the Yellow Whales working together in the Trust Fall activity!

Here is the Blue Lizards completing there pyramid!

Orange Band!

Today at assembly I was awarded the orange band which is the 4th band. These bands are awarded to students that show the school values. Each band is worth 200 clicks that are given by teachers. You only get clicks when you show the school values. This is a very fun and exciting way to help Glen Taylor School show the school values - FIRE! Fun, Integrity, Respect and Excellence! Here is my Orange Band!

Maths - Camp

Today our task for maths was to use the list of our food we will be taking to camp and calculate how much each of the items are using the Countdown Mailer. We then had to calculate how may we think we might need for 60 people and write the cost next to the items! I decided to work with Honey for this task. Here are our calculations!

Room 9's Incredible Assembly

Today Room 9 had showcased there work and items that they have been practising for their assembly. I really enjoyed Room 9's Assembly because they never fail to make me unexcited. They presented there Wonderopolis, Book Blurbs and much more! Here are some photos!

Rainbow's End

Today some of the student leaders took a bus to .... Rainbow's End. Most of the leaders (including myself) have done an amazing job this year. Each of us have attributed to the school by being great role models for the younger students and leading by example. That is why we got the chance to take a trip to RAINBOW'S END! I had a lot of fun spending time with the Year 8's - as they will be leaving next year. I went on all of the rides except the Power Surge which is the worst ride ever! My favourite ride would have to be the Scorpion Carts and the Invader! Here are some photos!

Timeline of Kawau Island

One of the task we were given for our camp activities was to choose 10 memorable events that happened at Kawau Island and create a timeline using the ten events. Here is me and Anika's timeline!

Kawau Island - Then and Now

Later in the term the seniors will be shooting of to Kawau Island. Why? Well, we are going to have our first ever official camp on a different island. We all are going to meet at 7:30 and take a bus to Sandspit which will be about 1-2 hours. We then take a ferry to Kawau Island! We were given the activity to study up with someone and finish off the work that was given. I was with Anika and here is our research about Kawau Island. Stay tuned for our timeline!

Session with Mrs Grant

Today Room 11 had a session with Mrs Grant where we created posters about our quality blog comments. here are some photos.

Technology

Last week for technology we made the filling for our pie. This week we made the crust and the base of the pie. We used the filling we made last week to finish of the pie and we got the chance to try them. They were absolutely delicious. Here is a photo of what it looked like!

Session with Mrs Grant

Today Room 11 had another session with Mrs Grant. For today's session we had to post on our blog one of the comments we wrote for films from other schools. We had to describe why we think our comment is a quality blog comment. Here is my comment. Enjoy!

Softball

Today Room 11 had another session of Softball. For today's session we played a game of softball. We had a lot of fun and can't wait for our next session. Thank you Craig and David!

G.T.S F.I.R.E

Today the entire school had to lie down on the field in the burning sun. We did this because we were taking a photo of the whole school for our reports. The teachers came up with a creative way of spelling G.T.S F.I.R.E using our bodies! We used the drone to take our photo. We had a lot of fun getting our faces burnt but it was truly worth it! Here is the finished result!

The seniors are spelling GTS.

The middles are spelling FIRE.

The juniors are the line at the bottom and some are forming the exclamation mark.

The teachers are in the middle.

Cybersmart Comments

Today for Cybersmart we had to choose 3 films from other schools and comment on them. Here are my comments!

Number of the day!

For maths our warm up was to do Number of the day. Number of the day is a website where you are given a number and you have to answer the questions that are given. For example - My number is 528 5 more would mean 528 + 5. Here are my answers.

How does technology help students learn better?

Here is my explanation on why technology helps students to learn better. Enjoy!

Why is regular exercise important?

Here is my explanation about why regular exercise is important. Enjoy!

Explanation Planning

Today for writing we had to plan out an explanation about how technology helps students learn better. We then had to write an explanation about how exercise is important. This explanation was just a practise one. After that we wrote our real explanation about technology.

Here is my planning. Stay tune for my 2 explanations.

Dogo News

Today we got independent work. For reading we were assigned to read an article on Dogo News and fill in the task that was given. Here is my worksheet. Stay tuned for more of my work.

Dogo News - Toggle

For our Dogo News Activity we had to create a toggle about it.  My toggle is shaped as a house because that is the logo of the Dogo News website. Here is my FANTASTIC toggle artwork. 

Technology

For technology today we didn't get the chance to eat anything because we made a filing for our pie. Next week we will make the crust of the pie and that is when we get to enjoy the pie. For our filling we used stock, mince, onions, soy sauce, cornstarch, hot water and nutmeg. I always enjoy technology, today was very fun!

Session with Mrs Grant

Today Room 11 had another session with Mrs Grant. Today we commented on a film that was in our session for the Film Festival. We then published it and created another comment for a film that was in a different session! I enjoyed this session with Mrs Grant and getting the chance to interact with other people! Here are my comments!

SOFTBALL!

Today was Room 11's second session of softball. We enjoyed learning how to bat. We used a tea for more help and we had a fun game of Tea-Ball. We can't wait for our next session!

Glen Taylor School Athletics 2017

Who would enjoy a

 day with running, sports, fun activities, water activities, outdoors ALL DAY, music, slip and slide, tug o war, food, zumba, laughter and SMILES! I know I would! 

Today Glen Taylor School had ATHLETICS for 2017! Everyone had a lot of FUN and it was great to see bright smiles everywhere! It was great to see everyone showing there house spirit while cheering for there fellow house mates. In the first block we started of serious with our sprint races and high jump. The teachers recorded the winners for each year level! We then got a chance to munch on some of the treats and food that was being made in the kitchen by Miss Siale and her special helpers. We also had some teachers working on the grill frying up some sausages! Once the bell went everyone went back to there house groups to enjoy the fun activities that were yet to be played. We also had ZUMBA because it started to rain. During lunch water was being splashed on everyone and in the last block we had relays! Her are some photos!

❤🍹🍴🏃🎶🎉💧😂ENJOY!❤🍹🍴🏃🎶🎉💧😂

BONUS! Here is a video of Christian being Christian!

My Profile

Today we had to create a personal profile with paragraphs that have 2-3 sentences in them. First we had to get interviewed by 3 people and use the answers we said to create our personal profile. Each paragraph would have a subject. eg: hobbies or goals Here is my personal profile!

Interviewing Myself!

Recently I posted about me interviewing 3 people. Today we were assigned to interview ourselves using the questions we wrote. Here are my answers to the questions I wrote! Enjoy!

Goodbye Miss Sadgrove

Today was the middle and senior assembly! The teachers decided to do a performance for Miss Sadgrove because she will be leaving soon to become a principal at a different school. We will all miss her and we hope her the bast on her new journey as a principal. The middles and seniors did a big flash mob for her and sang her a song! Here are some photos of the AWESOME assembly!

❤You will always be remembered at Glen Taylor School!❤

👫We will miss you!👫

Sign Language

One of the tasks we were given for homework was to find out how to say the phrases Miss Tupou gave us in sign language. Miss Tupou sent me a website where I could learn how to say different phrases and I decided to create a screencastify for all the phrases. Here are the phrases and the links to the different screencastify's!

👍👊✌👋👏Enjoy!👍👊✌👋👏

• Hello, how are you today? Screencastify
• Excuse me, do you know where the toilet is? Screencastify
• How many siblings do you have? Screencastify
• How was your weekend? Screencastify
• Take care of yourself. See you later. Screencastify

Thank you so much!

Today the working bee's have taken a day off to help someone in the community. They decided to help our school by painting our junior and middle/senior park and doing a lot of other things! We are truly thankful that our school looks absolutely amazing! The Pasifika Pearls and the Kapa Haka group presented them some for the performances they have been working on! Here is a photo!

WHAT! A storm in New Zealand!

One of our task for homework was to create a small paragraph about a big event in the country or city.  I found an article on NZ Herald about a storm that might hit New Zealand. Here is my work!

Calendar Art

Glen Taylor School students have been working hard on their artwork! This piece of art goes onto their very own calendar for 2018. It can also go on the cover of a diary or notebook that they can keep! I have worked on my piece of artwork that looks like this!

Cards for Miss Sadgrove

Today Room 11 have been working hard on creating a huge card for Miss Sadgrove (Deputy Principal) because she has got a role as a principal at a new school. She has helped a lot around Glen Taylor School and we wish her the best on her new journey! Thanks Miss Sadgrove!

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages!

In class we have been learning how to turn fractions into decimals and percentages. I enjoyed learning it and we also got some homework where we had to use the strategy we learnt to turn a fraction into a decimal and percentage! Here are my working outs!

Film Comments

Today before we went out to the film festival we got to see some of the films that wouldn't be screening from other schools. We then had to comment

at least three comments on three different films. I enjoyed watching the amazing and creative films that were created by others schools and getting to interact with them by commenting! Here are my comments!

Film Festival 🎥🎥🎥

Today they year 4-8 students travelled to Sylvia Park Hoyts to watch the selected films made by the students on the big screen. The other manaiakalani schools were there as well and we all got to see there films. We had a lot of fun but the sad bit was that we weren't allowed to eat during the event! I was starving! Here are some photos! Enjoy!

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