Malama Honua Welcoming

Today Room 7 and the other senior students from Glenbrae School walked to Point England Beach for a once in a lifetime experience. We were part of the welcoming of the Malama Honua waka that arrived from Hawai'i. There were all twelve Manaiakalani schools present and we sang to welcome the sailors ashore. Manaiakalani is a Hawaiian word which means 'hook from heaven'. The 'Children of the navigators' Russell Burt described us as because as Tongan, Māori, Samoan, Niuean, Fijian, Cook Islands, we are descendants of the navigators who first travelled here hundreds of years ago. This is why it was significant that we as Manaiakalani schools could be there to welcome the voyagers today. 

Waiting for the waka to arrive

Welcoming the waka 

Fractions with Pizza ~ Luisa

Luisa created this "pizza" by cutting it into eighths. Not only did she tell us how many eighths each topping was on, but also how many pieces of each topping altogether. Well done Luisa. Check her individual blog for the digital copy also. 

I learnt how to make pizza art using fractions.
I found it difficult to draw the pieces of topping on my pizza.

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

Birthday!

In Room 7 we have 30 birthday's a year and they are all special. On Friday was Alex's 9th birthday and this was extra special because we all got to share in his joy with this delicious chocolate cake. 

Thank you Alex and we hope you had a great birthday. 

Our Playground Upgrade

On Thursday last week we had consultants in from a firm called Atlis to repaint our playground and seats in the junior block. They worked hard all day in the warm weather, repainting our equipment.
Now it all looks shiny and new. Thank You Atlis Consulting!

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Buttefly Creek ~ by Penitoa

Penitoa wrote a recount about our recent trip to Butterfly Creek. To read more of Penitoa's blogposts go here


On Monday the 16th of March Glenbrae School took a bus to a field trip to butterfly creek. 

While we were there we ate our morning tea with the whole class.  While we were sitting there Paul and Sunita taught us where we are going to. Paul explained about the dinosaurs and the facts about what happened with all the items he had. 
Then it was time to go to the dinosaur kingdom we saw lots of dinosaurs roar! and we were scared. We had a photo there. 

Then we went to ride on the train. We went on a circle around the dinosaur kingdom. After that Room 7 went to the farm we were patting a rabbit in the little place. 

Then we went to the Aquarium we saw lots and lots of fish and a helm. After the aquarium Room 7 went to the butterfly room, there were lots of butterflies flying in the room. I tried to get one but it's hard getting one. After that Room 7 went to the crocodile room. The crocodile's name is Scar and Goldy. 

After that Room 7 went for lunch we were eating on the table. When we were finished we went to the butterfly room we saw a tarantula in a lunch box and it was scary but if you attack it it will bite you. 

Trip to Butterfly Creek ~ By Davarni

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