Snow Planet

I felt so excited because the year 7’s and 8’s were going to Snow Planet. We had to wear 3 layers of jumpers and some warm pants because the company said to bring warm clothes because it will be cold. We went by bus and It was an two hour drive from Glenbrae School to Snow Planet, when we got they I felt so scared because what if the ice would break but I still went to have a try, when we walked inside the building the place was packed there heaps of people at the Snow Planet and I thought to myself “WOW!! This place must be very famous”, each one of us got a pair of boots, and warm waterproof pants. When it was our turn to go to the ice place I was so excited, I ran as fast as I could to go on the mini ice slide and THEN!!! When I saw the long ice slide I was like, “I HAVE TO TRY THAT” so I ran to get a blue little a donut seat so I can use it to slide down, when I made up to the top of the slide and it was my turn to go down, I WAS READY TO GO FAST AS FLASH!! When I was sliding down I was bumping onto the sides, going fast and just having fun.

I got to do that many times, slide down and then walk up, I was tired but it is what it is. When it was our time to head back on the bus to go to school I had so much fun, and it was a great experience, we first had our lunch outside of the building and then jumped on the bus. When we got to school we waited outside our school hall for the bell to ringe, when the bell rang we some of us colleted our siblings and went home. 

 

A recount of our trip to the Sky Tower

 As I hopped off the bus and BOOM!! I was amazed by the tall as Sky Tower, a lot of the Room 7 students were very excited because it was some of us’s first time at the Sky Tower. When we got inside we met a lady named Maria and a co worker that also helps Maria and to help us look around the Sky Tower name Cooper, when we went under ground I was very amazed because  they had shops and different kinds of things under the Sky Tower and I didn't know all this time. Maria showed us some videos that were about the history of the Sky Tower and why it was built, when it was built, what they used to build the Sky Tower, some of the videos were interesting to me and now I know some facts about the Sky Tower.

Next Room 7 and I walked in  an elevator to go all the way up to level 51, when we got up to the top I was so  scared to go walk around and near the window because we were so high up. I walked more close to the window and got to see the lovely view, I could see heaps of places around the Sky Tower and I also when I was walking around the floor was a window and I could see people walking and where people jump off the Sky Tower and land on this blue floor. When we finished on level 51 we went downstairs but this time we used the Stairs, we went to a level where the people who work at the Sky Tower do their functions and some of their activities that they do at the Sky Tower.

After Maria talked about what they used to build the room because that room the wool's are concrete and Metal, why did they build that room, they have that a lot of the medical things are in that room so they could use it if someone got hurt. We walked around the room and saw a Dinosphere that helps the Sky tower not getting hit any thunder, lighting or anything else, we went back in an elevator to go on the very top floor, I was so excited because we got to lay on the window and we felt like we were gonna fall down because it was such a big window that it can’t break even if you shoot at it.

At last we made our way back down underground where we came into the building to say our final goodbyes to Maria and Cooper, one of our students name Soane said ‘’Thank you’’ for teaching us a how the Sky Tower works and they said ‘’We are very welcome to have you’’, we hopped back onto the bus and headed to Glenbrae School.

Thank you - Mr and Ms Tofa

 Thank you to the Tofa family for sponsoring prize's for the 5 people that won the Whanau Challenge. I love the prize's you guys provide for us and thank you for making this challenge up, because I really love it and my family enjoyed it so much last week, but thank you again Mr and Ms Tofa

NEWS! NEWS!

 Today my family and I watched the news today. there was two important news on the TV, first it was about the earthquake and tsunami that happen in the East of the North Island, the next thing that Auckland will be moving into level two! but the rest of New Zealand is gonna move into level 1. I was so excited when the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that Auckland will be moving into level 2, she also said Auckland has been so good for five straight days because we didn't even get one case from the past five days. She said that only 100 people are allowed to gather together so that alright then not gathering togerther, she also said that everyone in Auckland can go to School and Work, so i'm very excited to see my teacher and my friends because its been to long and I can finely make my work more easier because when I get introuble with my work I will get stuck or a long time but if i'm in school i get heaps of help.  

How I feel about hangouts for school in lockdown level 3?

I feel is that I feel a little bit sad because I do not get to see my teacher Mrs Tofa and all of friends at school.

We miss doing stuff at school like helping if the teachers needed help and not seeing everyone in person, I miss getting teach in a class room because, for me when I am in a class room I get a lot of help from my teacher and from the students in my class.

Right now I struggle sometimes but I get some things finish when I try my best. Why I miss getting teach in a class room is that I always lag on my Chromebook and sometimes I have to refresh my page and that takes so long.

How I feel about online school is that its cool to see everyone on it everyday and to see that no one has got Covid - 19. 

What I like about is that if we needed help we could just unmute our self to ask for some help and that we get share our work to everyone and have a laugh if there is something that is funny. 

What I feel about Auckland is in lockdown level 3 is that I don't get to see my family more offend as I used to do because everyday I see my Nana after school and auntie's and uncle's when they come to my house. 

Its sad that we have to wear a musk where ever we go and wash our hand all the time, sad that I don't get to eat my favorite foods for a whole week but to me I think this lockdown is gonna make me lose some KG's for once, But yeah lockdown is alright but that its sometimes ruin things in life but yeah keep safe every one.  

Day 2 of lockdown level 3

It was a Rainy day and I was ready for day number 2 of online school. Today at 9:00 am I went on my class hangout, today we first did some reading in our reading groups and, then we did some writing to finish off our explanation Writing, after that we blog our work like a our reading work that we have finish and our writing.

We then had a break because it was morning tea, after that we had maths, today's maths was pretty alright but it was still a little hard for me but we had to blog our maths work too. After maths is was lunch break, but when it was lunch break we had to do our Whanau Challenge, we had to do a family tree because we had to show our parents is name and our grandparents and even to our great grandparents but we had to try to go all the way to our ancestors.

When we got back from our break we had to share about our family tree but when it was turn I showed my class who my parents are, my grandparents and even my great grandparents that I haven't even meet, after our sharing we had a little talk about our next day and then we had say goodbye to each other.

After my online school I got to have some and the food that I had was cooked chicken and cooked banana and with a 7 up drink on the side. next I went back upstairs to play my Ps4 for quite a long time I hopped off the game and went for a shower, after shower I jumped on my bed, watch some videos on Tik Tok and fall asleep.

Day 1 of lockdown level 3

It was a sunny day and ready for the first day of online school. Today was the first day of lock down level 3,I had to do a hangout from 9:00 am  to 3:00 pm and I was to tired but I did get to have some breakfast and lunch, after that I went with my family to get some food for us. When we got back home we ate our food and then went outside for a fresh air and to let my siblings play outside, we went back inside and I straight away played on my Ps4. but after that we took a shower and then jumped in our beds and had a lovely sleep.

What I learn in Kiwican?

Today in Kiwi Can we learn about how to show Respect at different places or to others. We also learn how to play fairly and share with others so that was very cool about our discussion, first we talked about respect, Respect means that when someone is talking we should listen and  do eye contact with the person who is talking, also we have to show respect everywhere we go. Second was Fairness or Sharing, fairness means by if you are using like a Phone or a Ipad but if someone wants have a turn we should let them cause both of use will have fun together and will be happy, after that we had an Energizer and a activity it was every fun but sorry I forgot the names of the games but yeah those games were very fun. We finished off our session by playing a game of G.K.Q/Around The World but we were laughing and also having fun when we were playing that game so yeah but today I learn heaps about Respect and Fairness/Shearing.    

Water Fun Day

 Everyone was excited because it was Water Fun Day. This was placed at Glenbrae School, we started at 9:30, we had 6 activities and Room 7 and I first activitie was Lava Flow, we had to skoop some water out from the bucket using a cup and, then we had to walk on the blue bench jump down zig zag around the cones and through the hola hoop. After going through the hoop we had to pour the water inside of our cup into our bucket with our colour on the bucket.

Our second activity was Water side, we had to fill our cup with water from the bucket and then we had to slide down on the side but we still had to hold on to our cup but try to leave as much water inside of it. After we side down on the side and ran with our cup to pour it in our bucket and that was actually pretty fun, our third game was spongebobo we had to get the sponge put it in water and then we had to pass the sponge over our heads and under our legs and then have to run to our house bucket to go and squeeze out all the water that inside of the sponge.

Our fourth game was pools, we had to go to the swimming pool (At our school) we just had heaps of fun inside there cause we just played around inside the pool and it was cool and fun. Our fifth game was called Holy Mole, we had to skoop water inside on our cup but there were holes inside the cup, so we had to cover and try to leave as much water inside of the cup. After that we poured all the water inside of our bucket. It was pretty hard because we have to use a strategy to cover the hole in the cup.

Our last game was called Water balloon, we had to get a water balloon jump on the blue chairs and then jump down zig zag on the cones, go under the desk and over it and then go throw the hola hoop and then run to our bucket with our colour. That activity was alright cause my legs were sore, after that all of our activities were finished, so all houses got together and then our teacher told us who had the most water inside of there bucket was Kauri, they won the whole Water Fun day but it was a great day to be wet and have fun

Narrative - Topic - Help, I am stuck in

 There was a kid named John, he was a student at Glenbrae School, he took his chromebook home, to do his homework, BUT!!. ONE DAY, he was watching Youtube on his chromebook, then this ad came up, and there was a man that said ‘’ if you press this button right next to me, there will be a big surprise’’, so John thought if he should press it. After he pressed the button she got shrinked into his chromebook, he didn’t know what to do.

When he got inside of his chromebook, there was a man, he said to John, ‘’ Hello there Gentleman, I know you have been shrunk into your chromebook, if you want to get out of here you will have to do a challenge/ Parkour, you have 3 chances, if you don’t complete this parkour challenge, you will be stuck in here forever, so GOOD LUCK’’. John replied ‘’ OK thanks’’, John saw there were 4 levels to complete, he was scared to do it but he had no choice. 

The first level was, The floor is lava, he had to jump and stand on objects but try not to miss the object, if he will miss it he will lose a life and he has 5 seconds to jump off that object before it disappears.

So John jumped on Chair, a Bed, a TV stand, a Table and then a Toilet, after he jumped on those objects he completed and finished level 1.

The second level was, The floor is lava again but, he had 3 seconds to jump on and off an object. When he was on level 2, he saw there were different things to jump on, he first jumped on a Ps4, then a Xbox, then a Knife, and then he jumped on a TV but it was so far. He thinked if he should jump it in case he would fall, so he jumped very high and landed on the TV, and completed level 2.

The third level was different, he had to do rock climbing. What was different about that was he had no line to hold him in case he falls, so John looked up and was thinking how am I gonna get up there, if John has to climb up there and press the button to complete level 3. He started climbing, climbing climbing all the way to the top to press the button. When he was almost there, he felt tired and wanted to fall down but said to himself ‘’Don’t give up John’’, so he kept on climbing. When he got to the top he pressed the button and he completed level 3, he was so happy and tried at the same time. 

THEN IT WAS LEVEL 4, John had to do parkour on house’s, he had to jump to house’s and try not to fall down. He started jumping and jumping on house’s BUT THEN, when he was jumping on the next house he tripped and almost fell down but he held on for his life, he lifted up himself with all his strength and was able to get back on the house, and start again. When he got up he saw he had to jump 4 for house but he was so tired, he told himself ‘’Never give up’’ so he kept on jumping, when he jumped on his last house he was every, every happy because he made it and completed level 4.

When he was finished with all the levels, the man from before he said ‘’You did it, you made all 4 levels, now you are free to go back home’’, 

John replied ‘’Thank you very much’’ so join jumped back out of his chromebook and was back at home safely and happy, so John wrote about his adventure and lived happily ever after.     

       

      

Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu

 Today we got to meet our novel author Ta’afuli Andrew Fiu. It was such a big surprise when we saw him because our teacher said someone is coming to our class to talk to us but she didn't tell us who it was, he was talking about his life when he came to New Zealand and how him and his family were poor. He told us that it was very had when he was trying to get money for his family and was hard to get a job because he didn't finished school, so he told us that school is very impotent, he said that when he was 14 he had a heart surgery and he had to stay in hospital for 5 years. He also talked about how many stuff people will say about him because he never finished school but now he is older it still a little bit hard for him but now he can work properly, but it was so nice and grateful to meet him in person.   

How to keep safe from Covid-19 - PB4L

Today my class and talked about how to look after your self from Covid-19, our teacher was telling us that we should wash our hands all the time, we have to wear a mask everywhere and have to wash your clothes. We were also talking about keep your health safe as well, we have to drink water and don't share food around with your friends, for example you are touching other objects then you eat your food but you forget to watch your hands, but your friend wants some of your food, that's how you can speared it to other people.

How to make French Toast/French Bread

    Ingredients:

1. Bread ( How many you want)
2. 2 Eggs
3. Salt (As much as you want)
4. Milk (You can use how many you want)
5. Pepper (If you want to)

6.Oil (For your pan)

   

Equipments

1. Pan
2. Bowl
3. Spatula
4. Fork

First you start mixing the Eggs, Milk and Salt

inside your bowl until it looks nice and smooth.

When it looks nice and smooth, you get ready

your pan by putting any kind of oil onto your pan.

After that you get ready your pan, you ready up

your mixer and your bread to be fried on your pan.

Then you dip your beard into your mixer, but make

sure you shower both sides of the bread in the mixer

after you have dipped it into your mixer, you put it on

your pan to let it fry.

When both slides look nice and yellow, you then put it

on a plate and you are ready to eat it up

Matariki Ball - Recount

Today we had a Matariki ball, our teacher Ads and some students helped Design our Glenbrae School hall and there were teachers and some parents who helped with our food for the matariki Ball. At 5:30 pm we started the matariki ball. We had a DJ that was playing remixes and songs for us, so we were ready to dance, when people started coming in we turned off the light, the dance fall started to rock, the DJ was playing some good songs so my friends and I were singing and dancing at the same time. When it was 6:00 pm we had Room 1 and Room 5 did a Tik Tok, first was room 1 there dance was cool and then it was room 5, there dance was so funny and I wanted to dance at that time. After that our Mc Mrs Tofa said we can dance again but at 6:30 pm we will have room 4 and 9 with their Tik Tok dance.

So we started dancing and dancing till it was 6:30 pm, when it was 6:30 pm the lights were on then room 4 did there Tik Tok dance, it was so fun to watch because they are little but already dancing like Professional, when it was room 9 I was saying to myself they are good, after that Mrs Tofa said at 7:00 pm room 7 will do there Tik Tok dance, so we turn off the lights and started dancing and singing again. When it was 7:00 pm my class room 7 did our Tik Tok, I didn’t know how good we were but I was say we were alright but after that we did some challenge, the first challenge was for the juniors, then the second was for the seniors and then for the last one was for the parents, I forgot all the winners but there were a lot of them. After all of those challenge we turn off the lights and danced and danced till it was 8:00 pm, when it was 8:00pm we shut off with a prayer and then said ‘’Goodbye to each other and then went home happy.     

Trip to Te Oro - Matariki

Glenbrae School had trip to Te Oro at Glen Innes. First we began with a Powhiri, as soon as that was finished we got split into groups to go work with the people over there. My group was the Clay group, we were with Whaea Whetu and Chop Boy, they we the people were gonna tech us how to make Patterns with Clay. The first thing that we learn from them was a Piko, a Piko is a patterns that Maori people use to create carvings in those day but they still use it at this time, They were teaching us how to draw it on paper and Clay, when we were finished with that we move on to Taniwha, we were so exited to draw Taniwha, when Whaea Whetu and Chop Boy teach  us how to draw Taniwha on our paper we were ready to draw Taniwha on Clay. When they gave us clay and water we started to draw, it was so fun drawing Taniwha on clay because it is cool to do what Maori people use to do in the olden days, when we were finished with our Taniwha drawing Whaea Whetu and Chop Boy put our drawing on to the paper that we drawled before, when we were finished with that we sat on ground to learn a Maori song, after learning that song we said thank you for having us, then they said your welcome in Maori, then they sing a song to farewell us back to school. When we were finished we ate our lunch, then hopped on the bus back to school.

Day 41 of the Lockdown

Today my family and I had a alright day. First was brush teeth, wash face and then go downstairs to have lunch. what we had for lunch was Pies and drinks, it was alright, next we watched TV and played outside. After we got tired so we took a little nap, next we woke up and then had a cold drink because it was hot, when it was almost night time we did a family prayer, had dinner, what we had for dinner was McDonald's, it was so yum. After we watch TV, then went upstairs to shower and sleep for another day. The End.

Day 40 of the Lockdown

Today my family and I had a good. First was brush teeth, wash face and then went downstairs to have lunch because we woke up late, what we had for lunch was Prawn, Chicken and Taro, when it was ready we ate it and it was yummy. After that we watched TV, played outside and then my uncle showed up to give us donuts and it was yum so we said ''Thank you'' to him, after that it was almost night time so we did a family prayer, watched TV and then went upstairs to have a shower and sleep for another day. The End.

Day 39 of the Lockdown

Today my family and I had a nice day. First was brush teeth, wash face and then go downstairs to have breakfast, what we had for breakfast was Tea, it was alright. After we watched TV, played outside, watch more TV and then had a afternoon sleep. When we woke up we had dinner, what we had for dinner was Prawn, it was so yum, next we watch TV, did a family prayer, watched more TV and then went upstairs to have a shower and sleep for another day. The End.

Day 38 of the Lockdown

Today my family and I had a cool day. First was brush teeth, wash our face's and then go downstairs to have breakfast, what we had for breakfast was Tea and Toast and it was all right. After my brother Mose and I got a haircut from our dad because for an online Birthday, because it was my cousin 21th birthday, next we got ready to join the online call, when we were on the call we did a prayer, open presence, do items and say Happy 21th to my cousin. After the online birthday we had dinner, what we had for dinner was left over from yesterday dinner, and it was yummy, after that we watched a movie, went upstairs to shower and have a great night sleep for another day. The End.

Day 37 of the Lockdown

Today my family and I had another relax day. First was brush teeth, wash our face's and then go downstairs to have break fast, what we had for breakfast was McDonald's, it was yum. After we ate our food we watched TV and played outside to have fresh air, next we had lunch, what we had for lunch was  Chips and Drinks, it was a basic one but it was alright. After that we watch more TV, did some homework, ate some snakes and watched a movie, then we had dinner, what we had for dinner was Chicken and Rice, it was so YUMMY, after that we did a family prayer, went upstairs to have shower and to have a great night sleep for another day. The End.