Kiwi Can

Today, Room 7 had Kiwi Can, with Mr A after Morning Tea. In class we sat in 4 lines on the mat and Mr Afutoto introduce himself to the class, because officialy our teachers are Mrs Tuia and Mr Numia but there absent today so Mr Afutoto came in today as out teacher. Our theme today at Kiwi Can was 'Resilience' and the Topic was 'Goal Seting'. Resilience mean coping with Challenges, and bouncing back up, which means Never giving up. Goal Setting is something you want ahieve in future, and Striving to Succeed.

After talking about our Theme and Topic, we moved on to the next activity which was a game and it was 'Rock, Papper, Sissors'. Mr A played it diferent, like we had to challenge each other for a peg. Each person gets 1 peg each, then vs someone playing Rock, Papper, Sissors, and who ever wins gets their peg from the other person and if you have no pegs on you, good bye, you are out. So basically, the peg is your life, and your trying to get more lives. After that, Mr A seperate the Girls from the Boys.

 Us girls had to vs each other and try and get the most pegs, but if you have none, you are out. So who ever gets the most pegs out of the girls, thats the Best girl, but at the end the Best girl had to vs the Best Boy. The Best girl, was Mele and the Best Boy was Levi G. Mr A was in the middle of Mele and Levi G and said 3....2....1..GO!" Levi G shoots Sissors and Mele shoots rock, all the girls cheered for her and we were so happy but Mr A said there's 1 more round, so he let Mele and Levi G of to their group and dicuss what should they think beofre actions. All the girls whispered to Mele to do sissors and thats what Mele was thinking about too so Mr A called them back and said "GO!" rock, pappers, sissors, Levi G shots pappers and Mele shoot sissors, everyone started cheering for her and she thought she lost. It was fun at Kiwi Can with Mr A.

Netball Game

Today the Glenbrae year 8 & 7 girls, had a awesome Netball game at AMI Netbal at 4:15 pm, court 23. The team we were vsing was St Cuth's which is a school. They were pretty good compared to the other teams we'd vsed lately. I was playing GA and GS with Mata, because we both love shooting, also blocking too. We had a close game with St Cuth's, but the 3rd and the last quater, we had catched up because Luisa and Dora had done a great job with their blocking and getting the rebounds from the other team, and they had passed it down to Mata and I, and into the hoop. GOAL! everyone cheered for our team. After the game, we looked at each other and we all said "I think we might of lost", but we went to our coach Mrs Atuahiva, and checked the score, we couldn't believe it...WE WON!....yay we were all happy because the scores were 28 - 16, and we thought we lost from 1 point, so we had done a awesome job playing. Later on, I called in the girls to huddle and hands in, for our cheer. I shouted out "3 cheers for St Cuth's!", 'Hip-Ray, Hip-Ray, Hip-Ray'. We lined up and went to shake their hand and thanking them for the nice game.

Our team positions:

Fusi - GA                          Aaliyahna/Melenaite - WA

Mata - GS                         Maara - WD

Luisa - GD                        Amelia/Luisa - C

Dora/Whitney - GK

My Holiday

Today, my Holiday in 1 day was fun and exciting, because my Aunty and two of my little cousin and so as my sister are here spending our holiday in Hamilton for two nights. We are now staying in a Hotel called The Ambassador, in the city. I was given $100 from my sister to spend while we are in Hamilton.

When we arrivied in Hamilton it was 12:20 and 2:00 was the time we had to check into our hotel room. While we were waiting we walked into their mall, and we had a nice feed at their foodcourts. Later on we went into different stores and looked around and also bought some clothes.

After that we went to Pak'n Save to buy some food. It was almost 2:00, so we drove across the road to the Hotel because Pak'n Save was just right across The Ambassador which is the Hotel, so my Aunty hopped out of the car and went to the reception room to check in to get our key for our room.

After a while we entered into our room, my little cousin ran in and started jumping on the big huge bed. There we 2 single beds and 1 huge bed. My sister and I will each have a single bed and my Aunty and the 2 littles ones has the big bed. There was a bathroom and kitchen, but it only had a Kettle, Mini Frigde, and a Microwave with some little packets of surgar, coffe and milo.

Next, we unpacked the car and put our bags near our beds. After that we relaxed for only 1 hour because my Aunty booked 4 sits to the Movies, so we left the Hotel and went to the cinemas in town. We went to go watch Ice Age - The Collision Course. It was an awesome movie and funny in the same time. We had popcorn and drinks, and that was delicious. Lastly, we went to buy KFC, and that was our delicious dinner.

Kiwi Sport - Netball

Today we had Kiwi Sport with Coach Anne. We learnt to intercept the ball between two people, chest passing to each other. Next, Coach Anne taught us another activity called Four Corner Attacked. For that game, one person stands at a corner with a ball in their hands, and a attacker needs to be in the middle. Then one person calls out a number and the defender tries to get the ball. Lastly, we played a game of a shooting game. To play that game we need to be divided into two groups. Each student will be numbered and and when their number has been called they need to run to the middle and get the ball, and pass it down to each person in your group and into the goal. Today was good day because I and fun and also I was pumped and excited.

Kiwi Sport - Netball

Today we had Kiwi Sport for Netball with Coach Anne. Coach Anne is from Auckland Netball. We were learning how to Pivot and to jump and land on two feet on the ground. Next we got in to 3 groups of 7, and line up beetween the Hulahoop and the Balls. We had a relay by passing down the ball to each student in the line and into the Hulahoop. Lastly our last activity was kinda like Rugby Netball. We had to get into 2 lines and one team had no bibs and my team wore bibs. Coch Anne had to throw the ball into the midle and we had to catch the ball and throw it to the people that was in your team and try to get a score. At the end of the court, Coash Anne drew a line across the court and that's our tryline. The first team that score's up to 10, they win. My team that was wearing bibs was the first one to get 10 points and we won. The score was
10 - 7. Each team played fair and we had alot of fun.

NZ Native Trees

MRS GREN

For the last few days room 7 has been learning about Mrs Gren and how do we know living things are alive.

Rippa Rugby

Today, we had our 3rd session with Coach Matt taking a Rippa Rugby Lesson on our school field. All the cones were set out on the field ready for us to train.

First, Coach Matt handed out some yellow and white tags with the belts. After getting our tags on, we lined up in a line to play Bull Rush for our warm up. Coach Matt picked one student to be a tagger which was Mateaki. The tagger called out some names or colours then Bull Rush.

After the warm up, we got into four lines behind the cones. We were getting ready to do scissors which is passing the ball down through your players while running. We were passing the ball a few times, then we stopped to move on to the next lesson.

Next, we were split into two teams, White and Yellow. Coach Matt called out 5 students from my team, Yellow and 3 students from the White team. The yellow team had the ball and the White team was defending. We played for a while and changed the defenders with each teams.

Lastly, we play a game of Rippa Rugby. It was fun and also funny. I learnt from the session, to target the ball, calling for the ball, concentrate on the ball and to mark the player.

By Fusi  

Ripper Rugby

 Ripper Rugby

Today during school, when the bell rang, my class was getting ready to go for Ripper Rugby at 9:00. When the coach had arrived, we all assembled at the field.

The coach’s name is Matt. He is from the Varsity Club around St John's in Auckland. Coach Matt hands out forms to Primary and Intermediate Schools if they want to sign up for Rugby Union at the Varsity Club.

Coach Matt taught us, to put your hands out for the other player to target it, pass the ball back and hold back if they run in front of you. Coach Matt also taught us the rules in Ripper Rugby.

In Ripper Rugby there’s no defending the player, try the ball between the cone, 7 people on the field and equal teams, Off sides, did a forward pass, diving on the ball on the ground, Pushing, Tackling, Fending or kicking the ball, you will have to lose the ball and hand it over the ball to the other team.

Today, was fun because everybody was paying attention and following instruction what coach Matt was explaining to us and also I had fun playing Ball Rush.

By Fusi

Description - Sister

Loisi is the first child of the three of us. Loisi is so tall and skinny, and also she has long hair (blackish/Brownish) and she has brown eyes. This is Loisi’s second year in AU Auckland University. She is sometimes a scholar, she is nice and caring because she looks after us, and she is also a musical person, (she sings and plays piano). Loisi Loves to watch movies like Comedy or Action and sometimes Drama. She likes going shopping for clothes, jewelry but mostly shoes, oh yeah and one more thing, if you touch her clothes or shoes she will get mental and throw a punch to you haha .

By Fusi

Maths

Today my math group use Multiplication solve division. Our problem was 380 divide 15, what i use to solve the problem was my multiplication. I learnt today that Multiplication is grouping and Division is spitting.

Letter

Hi my name is Fusi Fa’avae. I was name after my Grandma who had past away when my mum had given birth to me. I am 12 years old and I was born in New Zealand.

I am Tongan. My parents came from Tonga, but lived in different villages. My dad came from Ma’ufanga and my mum came from Folaha, on the island of Tongatapu.

In school my favourite subjects are, Maths, Art, Music and P.E. I really like learning new things in life and helping others out in their work if they are needed. School for me is a place where I can share my knowledge that I’ve never shared before and not being afraid, because others can help me out in things I'm struggling with and so can the Teachers, they can encourage me through my learning.

In my own time I love to play the piano and ukulele, doing Maths with my cousin, Music and playing Sports. I never liked reading, but what made me read, was the books I was in too. Books I like are Scary books, Funny books, and Nonfiction. Another reason why I read books, is because it helps me understand the word problems in Maths.

My Dislikes

My dislikes are Spiders, Praying Mantis’, and also Clowns which are my biggest fear, but the thing that scares me is a “Molokau”. A molokau is what we called Centipede in Tonga. If you get bitten from one of them, especially a big one, beware, because it will cause swelling and it’s really painful.

My likes

My favourite colour is Purple. I love Spicy food and Sour lollies. YUMMY!. My favourite kind of movies are Horror, Musical, Comedy, and Drama. My favourite sport is Tag, Tennis, Softball, Rugby, Basketball, Volley, and Netball. I play Netball and Volley because it runs through my family. My dad plays volley and my mum plays netball. My mum and my sister plays GS (goal shoot) and passed it on to me, I play GA which is (goal attack).

To me a great day at school is getting along with others, working as a team and having a great day with your class.

When I grow up, I want to be a Doctor or a Musician, and that’s what I'm aiming for.

By Fusi.F

My Pepeha

Tena Koutou

Ko Mt Wellington te Maunga

Ko Tamaki te Awa

Ko Waitemata te Moana

Ko Virgin Australia  te Waka

Ko Ma’ufanga/Folaha te iwi

No Glenn Innes te ahau

Engari no Tonga/Niue oku tipuna

Ko Siosaia/Tevita toku koroa

Ko Malia/Mele toku kuia

Ko Viviena/Fui toku whaea/matua

Ko Fusi Fa’avae toku ingoa

Earthquake In Christchurch

Christchurch has been shaken by a 5.7 magnitude quake at 1:13pm this afternoon (Sunday, Feb 14 2016). There have been no reports of serious damage or injuries. There was a cliff that had collapsed on top of Sumner Beach. Power was cut to about 500 homes, mainly in the north-east of Christchurch. There was 40 aftershocks that happened after the last earthquake in Christchurch, and it’s still continuing.

Here is a photo of the cliff that had collapsed on top of Sumner Beach.

The Treaty of Waitangi

In school Mata and I were working together of a google drawing about the Treaty of Waitangi.

By Fusi

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

This article is about the life of Nelson Mandela. I learnt a lot about Nelson Mandela’s life story.

Nelson Mandela was born on the July 8th 1918 on the eastern coast of Africa in Mvezo. Nelson Mandela’s father died when he was 9 years old.

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and was sent to prison on Robben Island in South Africa,  because he was charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela was in jail for 27 years.

This article was very interesting because it had a lot of information about Nelson Mandela, and how Nelson became President of South Africa from 1994 - 1999. I learnt that Nelson Mandela was a brave person. He was commonly known as Madiba by his countrymen. Madiba means Father, but he is often described as the Father of the Nation.

Nelson Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013 at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection. Nelson Mandela died in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pacific

Today, Glenbrae Pacific Group went to the Glen Innes Library to learn about the Pacific and also it was the Cook Island Week. When we got there, we met the Kaiakos from the Auckland Museum. There names were, Viliami, Mama Piri, Freda, Daren Kamali. Viliami was a Tongan, Freda was a Samoan, Mama Piri was a Cook Island, and Daren Kamali was a Fijian.

We learnt about the history of the Island countries these Kaiakos came from and how they used to catch fish, make their fishing hooks and what kind of food they ate.

We also learnt about the Tree of Life. The Tree of life is a Coconut Tree, In the Cook Islands, they call it Niu which is the same as in all of the Island Nations. They call it the Tree of Life because you can eat out of it, you can use it as your bowl, carve it and use it for Kava, use the husk to braid it into a long kafa for fishing and to put the hook on.

We learnt so much about the things we didn’t know about, even our own ethnicity, but we had so much fun. At the end the Librarians gave us some food that was delicious. I feel like going back to the Islands.

Tonga

By Fusi

Poetry Recital

Friday 5th June 2015

Poetry Recital

This morning Glenbrae School had its first  ever Poetry Recital in our school hall. Each class had 3 presenters, 3 Introducers and 3 people thanking them. Room 10 was the first class to present their poems.

Next was my class Room 9. Our presenters were Maara, Angelica and Moses. Our introducers were Dora, Linda Kiki and Alfred. The people who thanked them were Matangaro, Sam and Fraser. The highlights of the recital were when the year 1 students from room 4 and room 1 presented their poems with confidence and a lot of enthusiasm.

By Fusi

Fractions

Today in class I went on a Math site called IXL Maths and did a math quiz on Fraction and mixed numbers review, and my score was 79, Here is a picture from my previous quiz.

I enjoyed doing this Math quiz.

By Fusi

Keeping Ourselves Healthy and Strong During Winter

Keeping Ourselves Healthy and Strong During Winter

WALT: How to keep healthy and strong

• Keep Fingernails clean and short by trimming and cleaning it.

• Have a shower daily, morning and night.

• Keep your hair neat and clean by combing it, and also ask your parents to check your hair for nits and lice every Friday.

• Wash your hands before and after meals.

• Cover your mouth with your hands or if there's a tissue by you used it when coughing and sneezing.

• Brush your teeth everyday in the morning and night.

• Keep ourselves warm.

• Exercise everyday and be healthy and fit.

• Be Healthy and Eat Healthy food