National Anthem

E Ihowa Atua

O ngā iwi mātou rā,

āta whakarongo na;

Me aroha noa.

Kia hua ko te pai;

Kia tau tō atawhai;

Manaakitia mai

Aotearoa.

God of nations at thy feet

in the bonds of love we meet.

Hear our voices, we entreat,

God defend our free land.

Guard Pacific’s triple star

From the shafts of strife and war,

Make her praises heard afar,

God defend New Zealand

My Narrative

One glorious afternoon our  family had set off to the beach to enjoy  our  family time together. While we were at the beach we started to set up food on the BBQ so we could start cooking the food. The BBQ was as hot as ten ovens.  While  we were waiting for the food to be cooked we played a fun game of  volley ball .

A few minutes later  everybody gathered around  the table as the food was ready.  My dad had to pray for the food as it got to the  end of the prayer we all sat down and started to plate our food. The  food was delicious and  mangoes.  After was our dessert, we had ice cream and chocolate cake.  At the  of  the feed, we had a game of rugby.

We finally left the beach and everyone felt so tired from eating all that yummy food and playing those games.

Our Hip hop lesson

On Thursday room 10 had there first hip hop lesson that was in the hall.The instructor names  were Captain and Christina.They took us through some steps on how to hip hop dance.

After the dance steps  we added the music with the moves.

 the end of our lesson  our instructors said at the end of this we can play a game.  We learnt how to do window wash, brushing, tick tock moves etc. When it got to the end of the  lesson we had a dance competition girls versus the boys and the boys won.

At the  end everybody was tired and sweating. But we all enjoyed ourselves.

My Presentation About Train

Pumping Paddles

“Pumping Pedals” by Maggie Lilleby

SJ Part 4 Number 3 2004

1. Recall

Give a brief summary of the story.

Answer: This book is talking about Pumping Pedals

And about racing dirt bikes.

2. Infer

What kind of a person is Sally Davies? Tell why you think this.

Answer: Sally is a BMX racer,and she has only been racing for a few

mouths.

3. Evaluate

Explain why you think the author entitled the story as “Pumping Pedals”

Answer: Because how they pump padles.

4. Think about it

Why do you think Sally would like to attract more girls to the sport of BMX racing?

Answer: so they could practice and learn.

5. Recall

How are the bikes designed and what are they made of?

Answer: These bikes are design for racing  and competing

6. Think about it.

Why did Sally groan as she remembered her first racing bike?

Answer: Because her first bike had huge large  wheels and they were

heavy as well.

7. Please explain the racing technique called “pumping” and why it might be important?

Answer:Sally describes a technique called pumping,where riders use gravity to help them

to go faster.

8. Do you think BMX racing is a dangerous sport. Tell why or why not you think this.

Answer: I think BMX racing is a dangerous .

9. Synthesize

Please tell what you liked most about the story and why or why not you would like to be a  BMX racer.

Answer: Because its too dangerous and risky.

10. Design a flyer to attract and introduce new riders to the sport. Be sure to tell when and where it meets and what equipment is required. When you are finished please upload to your blog.

Battle of the Monster Trucks

Why are monster trucks awesome? Answer: Because it is awesome. What is Bigfoot? Answer: Bigfoot is a monster truck. What happens at a monster truck competition? Answer: There are serious crashes. How many monster trucks are in New  Zealand? Answer: There is only one monster truck in New Zealand. What is the name of the monster truck in New Zealand? Answer: The name of  monster truck is Kiwi Thunder

Explain what the driver does in a monster truck competition Answer: They crush cars.

Research what type and size of tyres monster trucks use Answer:monster truck tires must be 66 inches high

Douglas & Ma lulu's Persuasive Writing

Rubbish Dumping

Are you scared you might get arrested for littering? In my neighbourhood people are dropping rubbish on the ground. I feel strongly that it should stop because it is going to look like a rubbish dump as well as polluting our community.  It is illegal to dump rubbish on any public or private land without permission. I believe that the police should have surveillance cameras everywhere and especially public areas.  I know that the people of New Zealand can put their own rubbish in the bin.

First of all, we need to show the world that we have a clean and healthy environment to live in and that will also attract more tourists where I feel that will definitely better our economics.

In addition, I believe that the police should have surveillance cameras everywhere. So we can catch the people who litters and give them a $500.00 dollar fine.

Furthermore, by law if you dump rubbish in public or on private land, the possible charge that the mayor could give you is $1000.00   But they still do it because they think that it is okay to dump rubbish anywhere and everywhere.

Finally, I can assure you that people can help each other to keep New Zealand clean.

I believe that the people of New Zealand can put their own rubbish in the bin.  Just imagine what it would be like to live in such a litter free country.  Everyone will live healthy and most of all will probably live longer.Please help me stamp out polluting our environment.

Sunshine online

Today I read a book on sunshine online.

This book is about ants one day a girl

named Tammy wanted to know a lot of facts about 

ants. 

Softball Recount

Today my classroom and I had a  session of softball with two sporty instructors from Auckland sport. This morning the instructors said that we would be learning how  to roll, catch and throw the ball.

First we had a warm up game call Octopus so that when we begin our lesson we would be warm to start our learning skills.

Then we had a game that involved our whole classroom.  The instructors were willing to see who can go the farest with catching the ball and to throw the ball back to their partner. Who ever was the farest was the champion of the game. But we were not allowed to pass it to your partner or else you would have to stand where you finished of so that the instructors can see who are the top three.

The top three teams was Lisiate and Nathaniel, Christian and Siupeli and Moli and myself. The first team to start of was Christian and Siupeli. Second was Moli and myself. Then went Nathaniel and Lisiate. In the first round Moli and I got eliminated from the challenge. It was now the second round. The last two teams were trying very hard to see who would win. After Siupeli and Christian and Nathaniel and Lisiate finish their round the instructors decided that the winners were Lisiate and Nathaniel.

Even though Moli and I lost we still felt intense because we never wanted to play softball just to win. We wanted to play softball to become a champion at learning how to play sports like softball.

My Holiday Recount

It was a cold and dark night  and  it was my brother in law’s birthday. First we gathered up the family so we could pray for the food and his birthday.Then we brought the cake in so he could blew the candle out and to cut it then we sang the happy birthday song.

After the song we all walked to the kitchen and sat down at the table and ate the food. Later on, after dinner we ran to the cars  then we drove to the Tenpin bowling. At Tenpin bowling there were no lanes left for us so we had to wait until 8 o'clock.

While we waited for a lane  we played a game of pool table, it was fantastic and everyone had fun. Finally we got to play bowling and  it was as fun as riding a rocket. The ball rolled as fast as a cheater  hunting for meat.

At the end, I felt so excited and very tired that I wanted to go to sleep.  But when we got home we went back to the kitchen and ate some more food and the leftover birthday cake.

MEME Creator

People in New Zealand always remember 

that God is watching over us and he 

is protecting us from harm and 

trouble.

Maths whizz

Today I have improved in my 

addition. I am proud of myself

Maths whizz

Today I have improved in my counting

in 3s from 8. 

Maths Whizz

Today I  was on maths whizz and 

I was working on counting in 

three from two I am proud

of myself.

Sunshine

Today I read this book The Little Yellow Chicken.

This book is about a yellow chicken wanting to 

have a party so they did he invested his bug

friends over to the party.I really enjoyed 

this book and I would like to read it

again. 

The scary sound

It was a cold and dark night . There lived a boy named  Jack. Jack said, “to his  mum did you hear that scary sound"Jack rushed down the  stairs  to see what made that sound.

Then Jack hurried up stairs to his mum and said,”  mum I'm so scared can I sleep with you to night, mum said, “yes”.

Later on that night Jack heard the same sound he heard before he woke up his mum  if they could go down stairs to see what made the same sound so they ran down stairs as fast as a racing car.His mum said to jack”No it’s not a scary sound it’s just a man cutting a  tree down.Oh! Jack said to himself.

A little while later Mum said to Jack,” “next time you hear something you have to just look out the window to see what makes a scary sound like that”. Do not be afraid.

THE END!

Sunshine Online

 

Today I had a lovely reading session on sunshine 

online.This little girl Beth said why are there silver footprints on 

the drive way".Then grandpa said" that they are snail footprint.

I really enjoyed that book and I wood like to read it again.

Our wonderful soccer session 3

WALT: We are learning how to write a recount using similes and direct speech

It was a cold and windy morning and room 10 had  a soccer session. For our warm up, we had a game of octopus. Everyone was excited and  feeling enthusiastic about our game. Then Ben said “that we are going to have a mini soccer  tournament’’.  I kicked the ball as hard as a rock then I ran as fast as a cheater to get the ball into the goal.  We had a lovely and enjoyable  tournament.  At the end we were  thanking our coach.

  

Sunshine

Today I was on Sunshine online and I was reading a book called 

Tricking Travis.Travis was a boy who loved playing tricks

On Monday Travis put some ice on the floor in the 

kitchen and when dad woke up and slipped and 

fell on his head.I had a laugh.

Maths whizz

I was on maths whizz and I was working 

on my fractions  and I am proud of

my self

Maths whizz

Today on Maths Whizz I was working on my 

Addition. and I am proud of my self.

Soccer Session 2

Today room 10 had a soccer session.

Our Instructor’s name was Ben.

He taught us how to dribble the ball and how to scissors .  I really enjoyed this soccer session I am looking forward to do it again next week.

Finding the Perimeter of 2D shapes

WALT find the Perimeter of 2D shapes

Formulae:

Perimeter of a Square = side + side + side + side or 4 x side

Example: The perimeter of a square of side  5cm = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20 cm or 4 x 5 = 20 cm

Find the perimeter of the following squares:

The perimeter of a square of side  10cm =  40cm  

The perimeter of a square of side  25cm = 100cm

The perimeter of a square of side  5m =20m

The perimeter of a square of side  50m =200m

The perimeter of a square of side  1km =400km

Perimeter of a Rectangle = length + width + length + width or 2 x l + 2 x w

Example: The perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 6cm and width is 4cm = 6 + 4 + 6 + 4 = 20 cm or 2 x 6 + 2 x 4= 12 + 8 = 20 cm

Find the perimeter of the following rectangles whose lengths and widths are given below:

Rectangle 1 - length is 8cm and width is 5cm

Perimeter = 26cm

Rectangle 2 - length is 10cm and width is 7cm

Perimeter = 34cm

Rectangle 3 - length is 8m and width is 6m

Perimeter = 28cm

Rectangle 4 - length is 16m and width is 10m

Perimeter = 52m

Rectangle 5 - length is 4km and width is 2km

Perimeter = 12 km

Evaluation: Today I learnt to find the Perimeter of

2D shapes

Watch me Watch me

 

Today I was reading on sunshine online and I was reading on level 15.

This story is about a boy who was sick and he kept on changing channels.

His Mother told him if you keep on changing the channels the characters

will jump out of the t.v. I like reading books.

  

                       

                     

Maths whizz

I was on maths Whizz today and I was working on my 

Multiplication.I am proud of myself.

Thank you letter

Douglas

Room 10

Glenbrae School

Glen Innes

17 June 2013

The Rotarians

Pakuranga

Auckland

Dear President

Thank you for sponsoring us to have Duffy books.  I love reading books because I find new words to help me with my story writing.

Please continue to support and keep giving us books because the students at Glenbrae love reading books.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

Douglas

Maths Whizz

Hi I was on Maths Whizz and I was working on my addition strategies

I  am proud of my self because I am learning from it.

Sunshine

Today I was reading a book called The Jellybean shop.

It was about a group of friends bought jellybeans and this girl 

lost her money and her friends decided to share there jellybeans with her.

Soccer session

Today room 10 had a soccer session. Our instructor was Ben. For the warm up we had a game of octopus.Then Ben taught us how to juggle the soccer ball with our foot. To end our session we had soccer game. I enjoyed it.I can’t wait for the next session.

How to draw a Giraffe

                  1.  Take a pencil and draw an oval.

                  2.  Now add an oblong for the neck.

                  3.  Draw the nose and mouth.

                  4.  Add ears and eyes.

                  5.  Now add another oval for the body.

                  6.  Draw four long legs.

                  7.  Add the finishing touches.

                  8.  Rub out the joining lines.

                  9.  Add  few spots to the giraffe.

How to make a Cup of Tea

Title: How To Make A Cup Of Tea

Things You Need:                                  A Tea bag A cup Kettle tea spoon

Steps 1. Boil the kettle 2. Pour boiling water in the cup. 2. Put the tea bag in the cup of the boiling water. 3. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar into the cup. 4. Then add 1/4 cup of milk to the tea. 5. Stir with the teaspoon. 6. Remove the tea bag.

Conclusion: Enjoy the cup of tea.

Maths Whizz

Today I was learning how to add numbers to 16. I felt I'm getting better with my addition.

Great big Spelling Problems

Today I was on sunshine online I was reading a book about Great Big Spelling Problems.This book is about Simpson having big problems in spelling .

Geometrical Shapes

 Today we are learning to identify and name 2D/3D shapes

Netball Lession

We walked out on a wonderful sunny day for our netball lesson. We were learning how to Chest Pass and how to step in a way to trick the defender. After our Chest Pass game we moved on to our next game. We had to split up into two teams and our team names were the Bulldogs and the Outlaws. The game was very exciting and competitive. It was a nail biting win for the Bulldogs!

The Sox Fox

Today I read The Sox Fox by Tandi Jackson and Illustrations by Nick Price
I am able to understand the story and complete all the related activities. I am very proud of myself.

Rounding Numbers

Today I learnt to round numbers
I got all my questions right
I am proud of myself

Machines at M.O.T.A.T

My MOTAT Trip Recount

We went to M.O.T.A.T to learn about simple machines.

Our tour guide was  Melissa.  

At M.O.T.A.T we first looked at a car engine. Then we looked at  some other machines that make electricity and steam.

Then we went to the Simple Machines room. In the room we pulled Mrs Raj up on a pulley. Mrs Raj thought that we could not pull her up but we did! Then we moved on to our next activity.

After that we went on our tram ride.   During the tram ride, the captain was giving us  information  about the tram that we were on. He said  the tram that we were on was made in 1974 and some other trams were made in 1902.

After our tram ride Melissa took us upstairs  and showed us lots of simple  machines like ones that can hold doors. During our lesson Melissa set us a challenge . Each  group had to build our  own simple machines. I took photos  of all the simple machine at the end of our lesson.  Then we had to  take our simple machines apart .

The last activity we were allowed to participate in was the mirror maze, it was a confusing activity.

Then we went outside to see the new exhibits such as military trucks and guns.

It was an awesome day for me and my favourite activity was the mirror maze. I would like to thank the M.O.T.A.T people for the  the wonderful displays  .

Thank you

   By Douglas