Recount of Vaivasa'a holiday

This is a recount of how Vaivasa spent her holidays. She went to Sylvia Park and Mt. Wellington.

Recount

This is a recount about Tamika's school holidays. She went to the North Shore, restaurant and Sylvia Park. She also visited her uncle and aunt.

Keren's recount

This is a recount about what Keren did in her holidays. She went to her aunt's, McDonalds and the movies.

Tatiana's recount

This is a recount about what Tatiana did during her school holidays. She went to the pools.

Changes in Term 2

Hi everyone

Our new school term has started on the 27th of April. We have more changes for our readers. Room 8 at Glenbrae School has me as their new teacher. My name is Mrs R. Moopanar and I am really excited to teach Room 8. What's more exciting is that I have been given the opportunity to be the lead teacher for Manaiakalani and I am looking forward to developing some exciting writing with these talented bloggers. Please continue to support this blog by reading it and adding your comments.

We will soon be publishing some of our new work for you to enjoy.

Room 8's visit to the Auckland Zoo

On Wednesday the 1st of April Room 8 at Glenbrae School went to the Auckland Zoo. We had a wonderful day out. Here we are seen feeding the giraffe. It was so much fun. In the picture, this is Samuel and Siupeli waiting their turn to feed the giraffe. We were all given a piece of celery because giraffes love eating vegetables. They are herbivores and only eat plants. At the zoo we also got to explore and visit other animals. We enjoyed watching the elephants have a bath, the hippos swimming under water, listening to the birds chirping and especially looking at the baby cheetahs. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. If ever you get a chance to visit the Auckland Zoo, you should in the near future.

Room 8's Science Study

Hello everyone,

We are working very hard in Room 8 at Glenbrae School at present. For Science we are studying "Habitats and Adaptive Features" of all living things. We have had many interesting discussions about this topic and have even done a huge brainstorm about the different places where living things live. Our understanding of the word "Habitats" is a place where living things survive, thrive and reproduce. We have been learning that for living things to survive in its natural habitat, they need water, food, sunshine, shelter and oxygen. Only then will they be able to reproduce. This will help them from becoming endangered and/or extinct. At the moment we are doing some research work and will be producing some interesting projects closer towards the end of term. Room 8 will be more than happy to share these projects with you.

We have also posted a copy of one of our group's brainstorm of ideas. We hope you find it useful.

The students in Room 8

Glenbrae School

A perfect holiday activity-Making Recycled Paper

Don't know what to do with that Christmas paper, that was used to wrap your present. We've got the answer for you!!! Use it to make recycled paper. If holiday boredom has got to you and you don't know what to do then this might be a perfect holiday activity to do. Just remember to ask Mum and Dad about using the Equipment and keep safe around using the appliances. This is a great activity to do, and your recycled paper could be used for: writing Thank you Letters to your friends and family, Making Cards, Mini Posters etc. When you've finished making your recycled paper, let it dry and then peel it off the boards. Six Cups of ripped paper makes about 4-5 sheets. You can mix your colours together or use separate colours. You can use glitter, once it is beaten up or you can use flower petals or fragrances such as lavendar. Enjoy making your recycled paper.

Christmas Greetings

Merry Christmas to all our listeners from around the world. Hopefully it is not too cold where ever you are. Here in New Zealand we will be celebrating our Summer by going to the beach, camping, fishing and having plenty of BBQ's.
We would like to Thank you all for tuning in to listen to our podcasts and visiting the blogsite during 2008. At the moment the schools are closed for our long Christmas Holidays, but there will still be posts/podcasts on this blogsite for you to enjoy.

Have a great Christmas and Best Wishes for 2009
From Room 8 at Glenbrae School & Miss Joy Paton (Classroom Teacher)

VIP Poems

It's that time of year again, CHRISTMAS TIME and what better way to celebrate Santa Claus' kindness and generosity is to write VIP poems on him. A VIP poem is based on writing on a Very Important Person. A VIP Poem is set out like this:

1st line: Noun/ Name of person
2nd line: 3 adjectives describing the appearance or personality of the person
3rd line: With what or whom do you associate that person with
4th line: 3 action words (ed or ing words)
5th line: When or where this happens
6th line: Your opinion or reaction to the person

The Room 8 poets have been very busy and from this day until Christmas Day they will be sharing their VIP poems on Santa with you. We hope you enjoy them. If you have got any fond memories of Santa or want to give some feedback on how well we have done feel free to make a comment on any of the VIP poems.

Cinquain Poems

Have you got a special person in your life?
The children in Room 8 have. They have chosen their Mums, Dad's and Grandparents.
As part of the Written Language programme for this term, the focus has been on poetry. Tune in and listen to these beautifully written Cinquain Poems.

A Cinquain Poem is set out like this:

1 Noun
2 Adjectives
3 "ing" words
4 word phrase
1 Synonym-relating to the noun

Tune in and hear about the amazing people in the children's lives.

Movie Fest Update

Well the big day is almost here. In less than twenty four hours from now the movies will be revealed.
At the moment the Glenbrae Movie is top secret-sworn to secrecy. The clues we can give you are that we worked hard writing the script and learning our lines for the movie. Our movie appeals to all ages and we know you will love it. The grand opening time on this blog for the Glenbrae Movie is 7:30am, Thursday November 13 2008. We look forward to receiving your comments.
Come back and visit the blog tomorrow, you won't be disappointed!!!

Halloween Haikus

This term, our writing topic is on poetry.
During the week of Halloween the children have been writing their own haiku poems to be read out as podcasts. The format of a Haiku Poem goes like this:
1st line: 5 syllables
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 5 syllables

In total the poem is 17 syllables.

Tune in and listen to these Haiku poems. Some of the children have put on their scariest voice to scare you our listeners.

Room 8 Tells Tales

These are not the every day tales that are made by students. These tales are based around Modern Day Fairy Tales. Each of the students stories have their own Super Hero and Arch Villain. As part of the Narrative Writing process we used this structure:

Orientation:-introducing the main characters, setting, time etc.

Problem:-outlining the problem the main character is experiencing

Sequence of events:- the lead up after the problem. 

Resolution:- how the problem is solved

The common themes of the stories were based around bullying, stealing and tagging.

Tune in to listen to some amazing stories, and expect to hear the unexpected. 

Upcoming Episodes: The Next Installment

That's the end of our report writing. We hope you enjoyed listening to our reports. At the moment the Room 8 Writing team are busy at work learning about Super Heroes and Arch Villains in Fairy Tales. Within the next few weeks the children will be creating their Super Heroes and Arch Villain characters in their very own fairy tale stories. Tune in to hear some very exciting stories written by the children.

The Pet Shop Play

This week the Turquoise group have been learning the School Journal Play the Pet Shop as part of their independent reading activity. It is a very funny play about a shop keeper and a customer. The customer would like to buy a pet. The pet they choose makes a different animal noise to what they were expecting. This play is about confusion, with a twist. Tune in and listen to this humorous play.

Little Red Riding Hood

The Silver Reading Group have been learning the School Journal Play "Little Red Riding Hood". This group has been learning the play as part of their independent reading activity. This play was performed in front of the whole school in assembly. As this group did a fantastic job with their performance we thought we would share the play with you as a podcast. Tune in and Enjoy.

Let's meet the Silver Group:

Lost Dog Advertisements

This term we have been very busy writing Lost Dog Advertisements for the Chinese Crested Hairless dog. The Chinese Crested Hairless dog was chosen because it is different to the ordinary every day dog and it gets the children thinking about this dogs unique qualities such as its physical appearance and it's health problems through being hairless. The writing was made into posters and then made into podcasts. All advertisements are fictional-There is no lost dog, but this exercise has taught the children a number of things: how to write an advertisement for a lost pet, providing sufficient detail on the appearance of the dog, the date, time and place it went missing and contact details.
We hope you enjoy listening to our podcasts.

This is the dog that the children wrote about.

The Swimming Gala

Get ready to listen to our Vodcasts.
The Glenbrae Podcast Artists are busy again, recounting on the exciting events that happen at Glenbrae School. This time the team have created vodcasts on the school's Swimming Gala.

Tune in and listen to their amazing recounts.
Dive your way into the action!!!

Let the recounts begin

The writers are busy again in Room 8. They have been working on sequencing their ideas correctly and making sure that their writing appeals to you "our audience". They have put together some excellent recounts on their favourite outings. Tune in and Enjoy.