Fiji Festival

WOW! A Fiji Festival at Glenbrae School.

The boys perfomed a haka to welcome the fijian family. It was very scary and some of the boys were shy. We done the haka to show them that we welcome them into our school. They taught us some fijian words like Bula means hello and Vinaka means thank you. Then after that we all stood up and done a fruit song. It goes like this "watermelon Watermelon Pineapple pineapple banana banana fruit salad fruit salad". We sang faster and faster and were very tired. It was a really amazing fruit song. 

Then we settled down and then the fijian boys done there haka and performed there dances and done there Meke. Some of the haka boys went up on stage to dance with the others. They sang they natinal anthem and it was very beautiful. What a very beautiful fijian festival at glenbrae school.

The weekends

         The weekends

On Friday night some of us stayed up to cook and make the food for the birthday. Then we went to get the tables and chairs. We set up the chairs and tables. We put the tents up outside at the back and in front of the house. It was so windy that day and the tent broke and ripped open so we took it down. My uncles started cooking the food on the BBQ. When it was finished the bouncy castle had arrived. We were very excited because we wanted to play on it straight away. It was 2 hours then everyone gathered into here the speech that was prepared. Then my Mum’s brother prayed for the food.

Then people started eating and drinking. We talked about the birthday and everyone gave presents to the birthday boy. Then everyone played tag and rugby. Then had a few relays and races. It was really challenging because some others were faster than you thought they would be. We came back to the garage and sat down. Then the parents said a speech and thanked the others for helping set the party up and thank you for the others that came and celebrated Iverson’s 1st birthday.

After the party my cousin’s stayed and we played a game of pool on the pool table. It was easy because some of them didn’t know how to play. I versed someone older than me and I still won. We had a good laugh and played some rough wrestling on the bouncy castle. I speared my brother very hard and he started to cry. I felt guilty but happy because everyone laughed. I said sorry for going rough on him. Then we started throwing each other to the other side of the bouncy castle. We chased others around and ankle tapped our little brothers. then we all had to get off because the bouncy castle was going. Then on Sunday we had a huge clean up and took everything back washed up and rested on Monday. What a long challenging fun weekend.

Dance fever

This week for Foxtrot we learnt how to dance and had a lot of fun. we chose our partners and learnt the dance. Inside outside, side to side, spin the girl.We done and finished cha cha and completed it. We put the finishing touches on and we done really well. Cha cha is a lot of fun so when you have wedding you know how to dance.Yay, we finished doing our hip hop routine. Hip hop is fun and you meet new people and learn new dance moves.

My Class

Mighty Muscles

1. Think about three kinds of athletes-sprinters, weightlifters, and gymnasts. They all use muscles in different ways. How are they different? What do they need their muscles to do? Can you think of other sports in which athletes use their muscles in similar ways to these three kinds of athletes? When do you use your muscles in the way they use theirs?
Flexible Muscles, Strength muscles, To gain speed.

2. Now think of an activity that you do, for example, making a ham and lettuce sandwich. Mime all of the actions (taking the ham and lettuce out of the fridge, picking up the knife, and so on) while your partner writes down the parts of your body and the muscles that are involved. How many muscles does it take to do this simple tasks?
Finger muscles, Arm and shoulder muscles, elbow muscles, legs, spine.

3. Together, read through the card again. Take turns to explain how pairs of muscles work. How many pairs of muscles can you find in your body-for example, the ones you use to open and close your mouth?
There are 642 muscles in a human body, A baby has 300 bones, There are 206 bones in a human body, You use 4-22 muscles when you lift dumbells.

National Anthem

E Ihowa Atua
O nga iwi matou ra
Ata whakaraangona
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai
Kia tau to 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 after
God defend New Zealand

When we heard a splash

When we were at camp it began when we heard a splash! We got a huge fright and we were scared and frightened. Everyone was so scared of the sound. Then it got louder and louder. The others were walking away from the splashing sound. When we got very close to the sound we heard a huge splash. We were so scared with fair down your spine. We turned back and ran towards our cabins. First we tried to figure out what the sound could be. It couldn't been a shark jumping out of the water. Or just might be others doing huge bombs.Then we went to look and hear the sound. It came back but it got quieter and quieter. We looked over the rocks and saw nothing.When looks out to sea and saw splashes and bubbles coming up from the water.The surface was like steaming hot. It looked like some island from underwater was coming out of the water. I think that was an island. But then it vanished. We wondered what it would have been. The next day we heard it again but this time we ran down and there it was. Mermaids splashing and flicking their tails making huge bombs and water jumped out onto the rocks. We told everyone the great news and the next day we played with the mermaids and talked to them about everything and everyone lived on happily ever after.