Do you want to visit the never-ending tunnel?

Today Room 11 did there first ever Quick Write for 2018! Our image was a never ending tunnel. We then wrote a paragraph about it! Here is my quick write!

Family Fun Day

Today I attended Glen Taylor School's Family Fun Day. Family Fun Day is a chance for parents to meet the principal and teachers of there children. There was also music, sausage sizzle, Mr Whippy and the swimming pool was open! I had a lot of fun dancing to the amazing remixes from DJ Vino! There was also a bouncy castle and different tables set for people that came in from the community! Like Marist Rugby Club, SKIDS and the TRC! Here are a couple of photos from Family Fun Day!

You thought the bouncy castle was only for kids!

My Waka

In class we creating small waka's. What is a waka you ask. Well, a small boat or canoe but NO - it wasn't a real waka. It was a paper one that we folded to be 3D. We first added some colour and then cut it out. Afterwards we glued the sides and it turned into a beautiful waka that is now hanging on the wall. Here is my waka that I created!

All About Me Box

In class we created amazing All About. What is an All About Me box you say! Well, There are 4 flaps. On each side we included our values, goals culture and family. What I liked about this project was that we got to be very creative by including glitter, stickers, envelopes, colour, images and as many things as we wanted. I had tones of fun and I am very proud of my end result! Here is my All About Me Box!

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Room 13's Assembly

Today was Room 13's Assembly. They presented some of there pepeha's and sang two songs. We then presented certificates, PB4L prizes and ended with the Duffy Song! They also sang "This is Me" from the movie The Greatest Showman. It was a very short but simple assembly and very engaging!

Softball - How was it? How did you do? Highlights and Lowlights?

For the school app me and Rikki-Jo were asked to write a small text about how softball was for us and how did we do in our different teams. We wrote about our highlights and our favourite moments. Here is our writing!

Softball

On Wednesday 2 Yr 7&8 teams had represented Glen Taylor School in Softball. Team White and Team Gold! Team White came out in 8th place and Team Gold came out in 3rd place! I was also included in one of the teams and it was a very great day! We had a lot of fun wearing the sports uniforms with pride and giving each game a go! Not only that but we all got certificates today at assembly!

Team White: MVP - Amy

Most Improved - Nia

Team Gold: MVP - Siaosi

Most Improved - Paige

Nia's Certificate

Amy's Certificate

Princess Diana

Today Room 11 did some writing about Princess Diana. Miss Tupou chose her as our focus because for writing we are learning how to write explanations. Our theme is Leaders. Princess Diana had done a lot for this world and I have learnt a lot about her! Here is my work about Princess Diana telling you how I describe her and the meanings of the words. I then told a time where she had shown that.

For example - She was caring - (Definition)

   (A time where she felt or showed care towards others)

My Reading Project

This week my reading group was given a special project. We worked with one of Room 13's reading groups. Our project was to first fill a whole heap of padlets and then create a poster, presentation or video including our answers to different questions that we were given. Today we had presented our presentations to the group. Here is my presentation I created about "How I learn best!". 

Enjoy!!!

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Homework W3 T1

This week we were assigned another set of homework including Reading, Writing, Spelling, Extra Work and Maths! Here is my slideshow including all of my work from my homework! Enjoy!

Fire & Ace

Today Mr Victor assigned the early finishers to get into buddies and create a poster about Fire & Ace! Me and my buddy (Anaysha) created this poster.

Choices, Choices, Choices!

For inquiry today we creating a poster including choices/decisions that we had to make. We could add videos, colour, pictures and be creative! Here is my poster!

All About Me 2018!

  

Talofa Lava! My name is Amy and I am a proud Samoan! I am a Year 8 student attending Glen Taylor School and also the Head Girl of Glen Taylor School for 2018! This year I am in Room 11! My teacher is Miss TUpou. Some of my favourite hobbies would be reading, cleaning, singing, listening to music, drawing and learning new things!

At times I like to be active and work with my peers in class or I'll just want to chill and work independently.

My favourite subject is reading because it is a great activity I like doing when being independent and it helps me stay focused and relaxed. I have definitely learnt a lot from reading and can't wait to learn even more. Maths is my weakest subject which is why I would really like to aim higher in maths and maybe even get an award at end of the year!

My goals for this year are to succeed more in learning and extra-curricular activities, help out Glen Taylor School as a senior of the school and head girl, show our school values F.I.R.E in everything that I do and leave primary as a well achieved student, learner, leader and friend!

I can't wait to share more of my excellent work on this blog throughout the rest of the year.

Room 1's Assembly!

Today was Room 1's assembly. They showed the school a presentation of all the work they have been up to, some nursery rhymes that they learnt and we also sang songs together as a school! There were also PB4L Prizes, Certificates and Summer Learning Journey Prizes for those who had blogged during the holidays! Here are some photos of Room 1 - 2018!

My Homework!

We are now in our second week of 2018. It has already been a blast and time has been flying past us! Lots of activities have happened and lots more are about to come! I can't wait for the rest of the year! Anyways, here is my homework for Week 2 Term 1. I have put everything together into 1 presentation! Here it is!

Technology has started!

Technology has just started for 2018! Here are some images of us students zooming through the process! 

Albert Wendt

Albert Wendt is a well known poet and writer. For writing each group had created a poster about there author that there group was named after. My group was name after Albert Wendt. We then had to write down 8-10 interesting facts about them. Here is my poster about Albert Wendt.

What makes a good leader?

For writing today we created our planning for the explanations we are soon to write - What makes a good leader? We first chose a someone that we think is a great leader towards he world and gave 7 reasons why we chose them. I chose Martin Luther King. Here are my 7 reasons why I chose him.

Key Competency GOAL!

Today we had written our Key Competency goals for this term. Our Key Competencies are Relating to Others, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing and also Using Language Symbols and Texts. I chose my goal to come under Relating to Others so that I can get to know my new class and collaborate with different people. Here is my Key Competency Goal for this term! I hope to achieve it before Term 2.

Maui and the Sun #2

We also used the story Maui and the Sun for our writing task. We had to use the 5 W's and H to create 6 paragraphs that described the different parts of the story. Here is my story 

Maui and the Sun

For reading today we were assigned to watch a video about the Maori myth - Maui and the Sun. We then had to find as much words as we could that we weren't quite sure of and give the meaning. I had a couple of Maori words included in my list. Afterwards we used only 17 words to paraphrase the story. Here is my reading work.

That was SUMMER!

One of our writing lessons was to write a poem based on the poem  "That was Summer" by Marci Ridlon. The poem was about using your senses to write about moments that had happened in your Summer. I really enjoyed this task and I think I came out with an amazing poem. Hopefully you do as well. here is my poem about Summer.

Student Leaders Assembly

Today was the first ever assembly of 2018. Every term the student leaders will be hosting the first assemblies. Hopefully during our next assembly their will be more leaders as we still have the house captains to be announced. Us leaders had to introduce our self and tell the school a little bit abut ourselves. It was very nerve racking as it was our first time doing an assembly as a student leadership team. Anyways, here are some photos!

My Pepeha

Today Miss Tupou assigned us to do a pepeha. A pepeha is a way to introduce our self except in Maori. We included our name, family, mountain and lots more. Here is my pepeha of 2018! Enjoy!

Bring it on 2018!

A new year!

A new start!

A new beginning!

A new journey!

A new adventure!

Now that 2017 has come to an end, 2018 has just begun.

School has already started and we have already been up to a lot of stuff. More learning, sports and events that are soon to come! I can't wait to see what 2018 will throw at us and I hope to make the most of it as it is my last year but I also can't wait to move on to College. 

So, 2018 here I come!

Team Building Activity!

Today is the first day of school so we need to know how to work as a team with our new classmates. Miss Tupou gave each group spaghetti and marshmallows. We need were given the challenge to create the tallest tower using those items. It was very difficult as our tower had fallen apart in the last minute! Anyways, here are some photos!