August Bloggers of the Month

This month was far to hard to choose just one blogger of the month. So the title of blogger of the month is to be shared between two people, a boy and a girl, and both for different blogging reasons.

Firstly, Honey. Throughout the year Honey has consistently applied herself and worked hard to meet the blogging criteria: labels, title and a short description of her learning. This hard work has paid off and her blog is becoming a great portfolio of her learning journey.

Congratulations to Honey. You can view her full blog here

Our second blogger of the Month is Salesi. Salesi has over the month of August really begun to take pride in his work, which is reflected in his blogposts. He has been completing work on time, updating the blog log with the link to his posts and making sure to include the WALT. Salesi was also the first person from Room 7 to create a post a Movenote. Movenote is a great app which records the screen and ourselves so we can talk about our learning for the audience to listen to.

Ka Pai Salesi - Keep up the great work. You can view his full blog here

Kākāpō's reading activity

Kākāpō reading group read a narrative called "The almost rescue" by Diana Noonan from School Journal P.3 N.2 2009. It's about a girl who nearly saved a whale... Honey interviewed the main character Ella (Luisa), see what they learned about the story, and their technical skills of green-screening.... 

Hic, Hic, Hiccup!

What are hiccups? Honey, Whitney and Davarni wondered the same thing so they went about learning more.
They created a poem to share their learning and recorded it in their own news show. I look forward to seeing more from their news show (If you have trouble viewing this video please follow this link). 
They also created some posters to share their learning which is proudly displayed around our classroom! Well done girls.

What causes hiccups?

• We hiccup because we eat too fast, or too much.
• Also hiccup become an diaphragm that gets annoyed .
• Sometimes people get really annoyed with the ways they do hiccup
• Sometimes you can do a hiccup that sounds like a burp
• When you hiccup the result is involuntary, the diaphragm follows by the closing of the throat.
• Drinking too much alcohol
• Swallowing too much air
• Smoking

Ways to stop hiccuping?

• Hold your breath  10 seconds then breathe out slowly. Repeat about 3-4 times
• Somebody could give you a fright unexpectedly.
• Drink entire glass of water with a straw and block your ears
• Putting sugar under your tongue
• Try to burb
• Put your tongue out
• Get a massage.

How long can hiccup last for ?

Hiccups can last for a couple of minutes, sometimes it can even last for 48 hours.

It can also last for weeks and months, if it does last for this long then you might most likely have a medical condition.

Here is a link for a site, go visit it if you want more information

Information about the hiccup

Wow.. what a performance

Today Glenbrae School was treated to a wonderful performance from Motuhake called I Am Special. They were a group of actors/dancers who performed a story WITHOUT TALKING. Instead they used dance, gesture and sound effects to share their message.
Everybody was so entertained and couldn't take their eyes off them, we were laughing so loud. 
Some of the senior students got the privilege of helping the performers with their "Because I'm Happy" song. Honey, Sean, Tamati and Davarni from Room 7 got up there and took part in the show. They were absolutely fantastic. 
Watch the clips below to see some of the action. 

The stars of the show