Senior Camp on Kawau Island!

 In Week 4 (Monday 24th of May - Friday 28th of May), the Y7&8 classes from GTS went to Kawau Island for our Senior School Camp. We absolutely loved it. For many of us, it was our first time away from home so it was frightening but the FUN times outweighed that.

We got to go kayaking, sailing, raft-building, orienteering, rock-climbing and abseiling. 

On Wednesday night, we had to do a Burma Trail through the bushes and on Thursday night, we had a FIAFIA night. Our students were organised into groups and each group performed a dance performance and came up with a chant!

There was a big group of us who went. 12 teachers/staff members and 63 students. 

Here are some photos of how camp went for us!!!

Classroom Paepae

 This Term, Room 11 has made a commitment to learn more Te Reo and about Te Ao Maori. Every morning we begin our day with our classroom paepae. We have someone to lead our Karakia Timatanga, then we have someone who acknowledges the karakia and continues to share the Kupu o Te Ra and Whakatauki for the week.

Here is a slide of what we go through!

Maritime Museum Trip 12/4/21

 On Monday 12/4/21, the Senior School went on an expedition to Maritime Museum. 

The highlight for us all was the Waka experience. The Waka called Haunui is 1 of 7 that are part of the Te Toki Voyaging Trust. 

Te Toki is dedicated to revitalising and celebrating traditional Pacific voyaging culture. We heard stories about our Pacific Island ancestors who travelled the Pacific Ocean to settle and inhabit the islands that we know today as Hawai'i, Tonga, Samoan, Rapanui, Cook Islands and Aotearoa and many more.

This trip was amazing! Here are some photos from our day at Maritime.

Room 11 Chocolate Hedgehogs

 In Week 9, Room 11 learnt about Procedural/Instructional Writing. We studied the purpose of Instructional Writing, the structure of writing recipes and looked at including action verbs, linking words and precise vocabulary in our writing.

As an incentive, our class decided to make some chocolate hedgehog slices. We worked in groups, created our recipes and then on Wednesday, we spent the whole middle block making our slices.

Here are some photos of how our cooking day went.

Art Week for Week 6!

Fresh out of lockdown, Room 11 has is dedicating Week 6 to a week of ART & FUN!

Here is a glimpse at some of the awesome art work we have been working on.

1. Face Study Art - We had to sketch one half of our face with pencil (using techniques such as shading/blending), with a bit of colouring using coloured pencils.

2. Sandra Silberzweig Abstract Art - Created our abstract masterpieces incorporating elements of art such as lines, shapes and colour. Some of us included in our work cultural patterns & symbols.

3. Visual Pepeha - We wrote our pepeha and created a visual version of it.

4. Graffiti Name Wall Art - Used graffiti art to illustrate our names with a brick wall background effect.

5. Cultural Class Mural - Selected a symbol that represents our ethnicity and collated it with everybody else's work to create a class mural.

Benjamin's DEAR LIFE writing

Today for our #KIAKAHAROOM11 task, we had to write a letter to LIFE. We watched a very inspiring video about GRATITUDE. We had to sit back and reflect and identify the good things in life that we are grateful for.

March 4th 2021

Dear Life: 

“You’re valued!” Some people in this world doubt themselves and judge their own looks, but you always value your looks, skills and life. In this world life means everything,  don’t think your wrist is paper so don't cut it, your neck isn't a shirt so don't hang it, so instead of thinking like that make the most of the oxygen that the lord has given to us, because loads of people “value” you in this world.

1. “Thank you Anime”, you’ve taught me big time important things in life even though you’re not real, but you taught  me “giving up isn't an option” - Naruto Uzumaki , “don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest, so let's keep on going till the very end !” - Natsu Dragneel, “Don't worry about what other people think, hold your head up high and plunge forward” - Izuku Midoriya, “the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams'' - Shouyou Hinata, “ Appreciate everything around you before moments turn into memories” - Naruto Uzumaki, “No matter how impossible it is, never lose sight of your goal” - Monkey D. Luffy, “When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back, it's not like anyone is going to save you if you start babbling excuses” - Roronoa Zoro , 

2. Thank you Lord for waking me from my slumber sleep everyday and breathing life into me. Thank you for bringing negative things in my life to an end, for friends hopping abroad my ship to discover new things, and thank you for guiding me through the dark with your light shining rapidly down on my crosshairs.

3. Thank you Strength. You’ve always been there for me, you never stopped proceeding to make me energized and make me “look alive” everyday. Thanks for the strength to wake up, brush my teeth, eat, drink and also get my work done everyday. I have a purpose to fulfil and I need you to keep me going.
   
   

4. Thank you School for making me a superior student to my youngsters out there. Thank you for teaching me life lessons to proceed with it in the future and use it when I need it. Thanks for building me up to be a smart character in learning and also in sports and the real world.

5. “Oku ou fiefia koe Tonga au” I would love to give thanks to my culture = Tonga. I am above happy to be born as a proud smiling Tongan, my culture will never abandon me because we’re like an anonymous duo that is unbreakable. Thank you Tonga for always helping me out and being there for me. !

               Malo 'aupito - Mani

Tracey's cybersmart challenge task

 

For Week 3's cybersmart challenge, we had to take a screenshot of our class site, class blog, school site, and our own blog. We had to create a google drawing including all the 4 screenshots and add labels to it. Here is what I have created.