Softball Rules

During our Kiwi Sport, we had Softball, we learnt the rules of the game.. So there were two teams, one team was fielding and the other was hitting the 3 softball's with the bat. My group was the fielding team at first, then we swapped over. To remember how to hit the ball, we made up a chant...

"Use door knocking knuckles, put the bat by your ear, eyes on the ball, stomp on the bug, squish the bug, then swat the fly." 

The rules with the bat were:

• Check your surroundings before swinging the bat.
• Don't throw the bat.
• Don't run with the bat.
• Don't use the bat until the coach tells us too.
• And definitely do not hit anyone with it!

Our team won in the end with 49 points, and the other team got 31. I felt very excited to hit the ball, that's probably why I missed it twice. But I still got the chance to run around the bases two times, and I was kind of proud of that. I had a lot of fun, and I hope my class had fun as well.

Our first Kiwi Can lesson of the term

Today we had our first Kiwi Can lesson of the term, after our School holiday. We were talking about the four School values. Our energiser included the four values. After that, we got into four groups and all groups got a card each, then we had to make up a skit on that topic. 

"Kiwi can says, I show respect, you should too. Respecting our School, is what we do!" 

Financial Literacy

Today Mr. Mike Morgan and Mr. Matthew Hawley from Price Waterhouse and Coopers - an accounting firm, came to teach us about financial literacy. They taught some ways to earn and save money.

I think I've learnt more about money, earning and saving. It was great for us, because we were learning more, and thinking hard, meanwhile we also had fun.

Glenbrae School's Cultural / Music Festival

During the night of Thursday 25th of August 2016, Glenbrae School presented their performances based on music and culture to everyone who came, including parents, family members of ours or maybe friends of staff. Everyone and anyone was invited to come and watch.

All classes took part in these performances. We had a lot of rehearsals as each class, and groups such as the Kapa-Haka group, the Samoan group, the Tongan group and the Cook Island group. Then we had two rehearsals with the whole School, so we knew what to do and say. The Kapa-Haka group kicked off the festival with their amazing performance. Then the Juniors performed their cute and funny dances. 

Finally, it was now our class' turn to perform. Our class was going to play the drums, tambourine's and shakers. The drums we used looked kinda like a Djembe. 

Djembe

The drummers were sitting in a half a circle, while the shakers and tambourine players were standing at the back of them also in a half a circle. Mr. Nath (Our Teacher) was also playing a drum. I was playing the tambourine. One of our class members was playing the bass, and every time he hits it, we had to hit our tambourines to make a good rhythm. The students playing the shakers just hit them continuously against their own hand. The beat was magnificent to my ears. 

As we got into it and started to have fun, our teacher started to dance.. causing other teachers / parents to dance as well. One of the staff members came up on stage and starting dancing with Mr. Nath, and everyone started to laugh their heads off. 

After all, we had the last group to perform, which was also the biggest.. The Cook Island group! First, the smaller children performed their Cook Island dance. A lot of people were cheering them on. Then the older classes came on stage and showed us their fantastic dance. There were also Cook Island drummers which made the dance more exciting!

We had this festival so we could raise some money for our own outfits, the ones we were using weren't ours. There were a lot of parents giving their money for us, so that's great! We're very thankful. That night is definitely a night to remember, it was super fun to experience watching different dances from different cultures and some of us weren't even apart of that culture, so I'm super proud that we gave the dances a try and entertained others.

Rio Olympics 2016 / New Zealand Results 12.08.16

Today is day 6 since the Rio Olympics started. Here are some quick catch-ups for the New Zealand results, just incase you've missed it. 

• 1 Gold Medal for Rowing
• 1 Silver Medal for Canoe slalom
• 1 Silver Medal for Shooting
• 1 Silver Medal for Cycling - Track
• 1 Silver Medal for Rugby Sevens 

1. Hamish Bond - Rowing

2. Eric Murray - Rowing

3. Terina Te Tamaki - Rugby Sevens 

4. T. Fitzpatrick - Rugby Sevens 

5. Niall Williams - Rugby Sevens 

6. Shakira Baker - Rugby Sevens 

7. Ruby Tui - Rugby Sevens

8. Tyla Nathan-Wong - Rugby Sevens 

9. Gayle Broughton - Rugby Sevens

10. Zackery Williams - Cycling - Road

We now have 1 Golden Medal and 4 Silver Medals!

Here are the results of how many medals we (NZ) have.

12.08.16

What does fair play mean to me?

What does fair play mean to me?

WALT: Interpret the meaning of fair play

It is fair to expect me to:

• Learn the rules of the game and follow them.
• Be polite and respectful to who I’m playing with or against.
• Work together as a team.
• Be a good winner and a good loser.
• Share the equipment, and make sure everyone gets a turn.
• Play and try the best for the team.
• Obey the coach, and follow their instructions.

        By Shannon

Tokyo 2020 Logo Design

For the Winter Learning Journey, one of our weekly activities said that we had to use a website called 'Designmantic' to make a logo for the next Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020. 
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My design is simple, it is a small Rabbit, but the Rabbit's shadow shows more.. that it is big, tough and not just some little Rabbit you can mess around with. There is strength in that little Rabbit, which also means there is strength in the athletes.

#Tokyo2020