Friday Fun Day!

Today in Room 7 we had a great afternoon filled with celebration, food, fun activities and laughter. First we had a short assembly to celebrate the new murals that have been made for our school by our Kiwi Can leaders and the Lion Foundation. 
After the assembly we had a sausage sizzle and our lunch break, then we gathered in house groups and played some fun relays for the afternoon. It was great to see the teamwork and fairplay happening. 

Netball Tournament

On Wednesday the 12th of August Glenbrae School had the pleasure of competing in an inter-school Netball tournament. Three teams and 30 students from Years 5 to 8 competed. The day was a great triumph of fairplay and good sportsmanship with the three teams really working together.

In the year 5 team our most valuable player awards went to Danny and Mary, with Amelia getting most improved player.

In the year 6 team our most valuable player awards went to Luisa and Fineasi, with Angelica getting the most improved player award.

Well done to everyone who came along and made it a great successful day.
Thanks to the parents for coming to support and coaches Mrs Tofa (Year 5), Mrs Parker (Year 6), and Ms Atuahiva (Year 7/8). Also a big thank you to Ms Maruariki for coming along on the day to support the Year 5 team.

Welcome Back Tamariki!

Week one of term three has kicked off with a bang. We have some fantastic programmes happening this term including Keeping Ourselves Safe, Fair Play, Poetry, Speeches, Persuasive and Narrative Writing, Multiplication strategies, and film making.

This week we have started writing poems, check our individual blogs (linked down the side of the page) to see our creative writing.

Today we practiced a relay and discovered all the reasons why fair play is important to us. It helps the game become more fun when we practice taking turns and following the rules that we all agree on.

Taking turns in a adventure course

Following rules, and playing fair!

We've also had fantastic success so far in our maths thinking. we are learning to use Stage 5 and 6 strategies which means solving maths problems using our times tables instead of skip counting.
Check out some of our multiplicative strategies that we used to solve how many bunches of 5 can fit into 320. Check our other Math blogposts to see some useful videos showing how to use smart strategies.