Damn Berry!

This film is about a Healthy drink called DAMN BERRY. It is written and directed by a group of Year 7 & 8 students from Room 11.

The story behind the film shows a group of girls playing netball, one girl in particular seems to be getting all her shots in and is outstanding through the game and that's a result of consuming the product DAMN BERRY! When you consume the product, it's meant to keep you revitalised, energized and stimulated through the duration of the day.

The film was inspired by our Inquiry focus for last term "Healthy Choices".

SUKA SUGAR!!!!

Yesterday for Inquiry we made predictions about how much sugar we have in our drinks. Here are some photos of our session yesterday. We had awesome fun agreeing and disagreeing within our groups.

Answers will be revealed tomorrow!

Playdough making for Room 11!

On Friday afternoon for PLAY BASE LEARNING - Room 11 decided to make playdough! It was fun, hands-on, practical and we had a blast.

Here are some photos to share our experience.

Samoan Language Week UMU 2018

Lastweek we celebrated SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK and to finish off the week, some of Room 11 (Mario, Raymon, Evan, Dadak-Su, Juan, Alfonzo and Po Lu) Mr Numia and Mr Faalili (our teacher aide) made an umu - a traditional way of cooking in most Pacific Islands, including Samoa.

In our Umu, we had Taro, Fa'i (Green Banana), Luau (Taro leaves saturated in coconut cream), Ulu Pua'a (Pig Head) and Moa (Chicken). On the side we had surimi salad made by Miss Tupou and Sapasui (Chop Suey) made by Mr Faalili - with help from Paige, Amy & Precious.

Here are some photos and videos from our UMU.

Room 11 ANZAC work

ANZAC POST

For our first week back, we focused on ANZAC and its' relevance to us as learners in Aotearoa. We looked at letter extracts from 1915 to photos and videos about World War 1.

Here are a few of our Anzac Silhouette artwork we created to finish off our Anzac study week.

Dawn Raid Writing

Room 11 were motivated to write some awesome poems based on the Dawn Raids after watching a video.

We looked at Migration as part of our Inquiry focus and somehow, our class took an interest in the Dawn Raids the Polynesians experiences in the 70's.

Show don't tell!

Why do we read?

For reading today Room 11 had jotted down on the whiteboard their thoughts on "Why We Read". I feel like they did an awesome job and it was worth posting. So here is an image of Room 11's answers and thoughts on why we read at Glen Taylor School!

Turbo Touch!

This morning Room 11 had their third session of Turbo Touch! The had got split into two teams of five. Norelle (the coach) would blow the whistle and four people from the attack side had to try goal and three people from the defend side had to defend the attackers. Room 11 enjoyed their third session of turbo touch, we can't wait for next week!

Getting better in MATHS

Today we had Ms Pine come in and team teach with Miss Tupou for Maths. We were given a fraction problem to solve in groups. Good feedback for both Miss Tupou and Room 11 from Ms Pine.

Family Fun Day!

Last Saturday Glen Taylor School had their own Family Fun Day. Glen Taylor had family fun day so, that students parents could meet there teachers and get to know each other. Also it would be good for the students parents so, that they can see what their Childs learning in class. There was also sausage sizzles and the pool was open so, that everyone could go have a refreshing and cool swim. Here is some photo's of the family fun day.

Technology 2018 has started

Well, as most of you know - every Wednesday the Year 7 & 8 students walk down to Tamaki College for Technology. We have Food tech, Graphics and Metal Work.

First week for our newbies (Year 7's) but they settled right in. Successful first day for our Seniors.

Left photo: Year 7 class at Food tech.












Right photo: Year 7 & 8 students in Graphics.

Day One Team Building 2018 - Spaghetti & Marshmallow Structures

Welcome to Room 11, 2018! 

Part of Day One Rituals' = Ice Breakers!

Today's Ice Breaker was the Marshmallow and Spaghetti structures. Complete success and we all had fun. Check out our photos.