Senior Assembly

Last week Friday was our Senior School Assembly. We decided we would change it up a little bit by assembling a video so it could be more eye catching to watch. So kick back and enjoy.

Ballerz - Manaiakalani Film

'Ballerz' 

This film includes Quinton, Seth, Raymon and myself. This film is about group of boys who love to play basketball, but one group of boys got a bit too overheated with the other boy's skills. At the end the humble group of boys won. This can teach you to always be humble. Relax and enjoy.

Film Festival Comments

This was a task that was set by Mrs Grant. We had to select six other manaiakalani schools that were part of the film festival from the past years . We also had to draft our comments on a google slide that was set up by Mrs Grant and when we were ready we got to publish them, Here are my Comments !

Cybersmart Learning

This is our Cyber smart work that we worked on today. Here is a photo of what we have completed today. 

Orienteering 2017

Today we had Orienteering it was really hard but tiring. Me and my buddy were one of the first groups to finish and we tried our best.

Cross Country 2017

 Yesterday we had cross country. We had a lot of fun and it was interesting to see who came out on top for every year group. We all enjoyed the morning and we all had fun. Here are some photos from Glen Taylor School's Cross Country 2017.

Term 1 Reading Work from 2017

1.Why are wetlands important for our environment?

Because they bring life into this world and also because they protect our shores from wave action like floods and tsunamis.

2.What are some of the Nz bird species found around wetlands?

Blue ducks,brown tail,Pukeko.

3.How are our wetlands important to plants and animals?

Because they keep the animals alive and also help the plants grow, and then we can eat them.

Where are some of the wetlands located in Auckland?

Tomarata Lake,Ototoa,Tawharanui Regional Park,Wetlands and whatipu Dunes

TJ's 30 Word's or less

    TJ And 30 words or less

Tall

Fast

Sporty

Skinny

Games

TV

Brother

Strong

Love Food

Happy boy

Like Sleeping

School

12 years old

Youngest sibling

Music lover

Funny joker

Bucket of Laughter

Loves Rugby

Always active

LIke chromebooks

Proud Samoan

Kind person

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. New Zealand is filled with the following ethnic groups: Maori, Asian, Pacific Islanders, Middle Eastern, Latin America, Africa and 1.7% other.

The normal temperature in New Zealand is always between 10-20 degrees celsius. During summer the average temperature is in between 20-30 degrees and during winter it’s between 10-15 degrees.

New Zealand has a really good rugby team that is known around the world. They are the All Blacks. They won 3 world cups, 1987, 2011 and 2015.

New Zealand people eat a lot of meat and other fat stuff. They love to have bbqs during the summer and they love to go to cafes in the morning for breakfast.

Paraphrase Writing

      Passage From Book

In 1857, a british expedition led by richard Burton and John Speke set out to find the great lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. After reaching lake Tanganyika, the two men split up because Burton was ill.

In 1857, Richard Burton and John Speke seeked to find Great Lakes shown on Ptolemy’s map. But then they had to split up because one of them were feeling ill.

Toku Pepeha

Toku Pepeha

No Tamaki makaurau  ahau

I tupu ake ahau I Glen innes

Kei glen innes ahau e noho ana inaianei

He Akonga ahau

Ko Glen Taylor toko Kura

Ko taurere te maunga

Ko Tamaki te awa

Ko Collins te iwi

Ko Mel toku mama  

Ko Tanoa toku papa

Ko TJ toku ingoa

Samoan Language Week

Samoa is a beautiful island

Apia is the capital City

The Size 1758 square miles

100 percent adults can read

Everybody can speak fluent Samoan

Greetings

Hello - Talofa

How are you - O a mai oe

Well thank you - le manuia faafetai

How about you - ae a oe

I am fine also thank you - manuia foi

Hello how are you - Talofa o a mai oe

Have a good day - manuia nei aso

Goodbye - tofa

Please - faamolemole

Excuse me - Tulou

Thank You - Faafetai

Numbers

Tasi - 1 one

Lua - 2 two

Tolu - 3 three

Fa - 4 four

Lima - 5 five

Ono - 6 six

Fetu - 7 seven

Valu - 8 Eight

Iva - 9 Nine

Sefulu - 10 Ten

Homework

Week 5 Homework.

23x8 = 184

35x5 = 175

40+20 = 60

21+34+19 = 74

92-35 = 57

82-19 = 63

2354 x 5 = 11770

234. 8 - 142.5 =

Measurement

My weight - 53.2

My Height - 163cm

Parents Height - Mum= 156cm Dad= 159cm

Friend’s shoe size - 10 [Raymon]

Savings - No more Money

Bed Length - 203cm

Index Finger - 80ml

circumference of my head - IDK

Shopping List:

2x Butchery Stockhill Beef Mince Prime each 1kg pack

Tux Dog Food Kibble Savoury Beef bag 2kg

Emma Janes Ice Cream On Cone Cookies & Cream 480g 4pk

Cadbury Oreo Chocolate Block Mint 180g

Cadbury Chocolate Block Black Forest 200g

2x Kiwi Soft Toilet Paper 18pk White

Head & Shoulders Shampoo Apple Fresh 200ml

Protex Soap Gentle Antibacterial bar 90g

Ajax Spray N Wipe Spray Cleaner Lavender & Citrus Trigger 500ml

Lynx Male Body Spray Deo Dark Temptation 100g

Bluebird Delisio Potato Chips Sweet Chilli Relish 140g

Shoulder Bone In 1.6kg min order per kg

2 Just Juice Fruit Juice Tropical 2.8l

2 2.25 Fizzy Drinks

2 Starburst Lollipops Sucks Single 13g

Scenery - the natural features of a landscape

Atoll - a ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral.

Region - an area, especially part of a country or the world

Suburb - an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

Canal - an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

QuickWrite

 Every Morning Miss Tupou displays a photo on the TV and we have about 10 - 15 minutes to write about the photo. Here is one of my Quick Writes.

Battle with the Storm Troopers

The time has come , they have arrived. We stock up on ammo, grenades and guns ready to fight against the Storm troopers. I got all the kids and people safe as our enemies start marching forward. I gathered up my army and we stood firmly in front of them. Their ships started shooting at our houses, we got angry and fought back with our guns. We undertook the war and won with pride. Until this day we still remain owners of our land.

Changing Landscape Thinker Keys

* You won’t see People being bright and happy.

* You won’t see People relaxing.

* You won’t see People keeping calm.

* You won’t see Buildings standing strong.

* You won’t see Undamaged Buildings.

* You won’t see uncracked pathways and roads.

* You won’t see a nice smooth ground.

* You won’t see open Roads.

* You won’t see People walking around like a normal day.

* You won’t see a couple of people driving around in their Cars.

Bubble Gum

Today we had the special  right to watch the Bubble Gum dance crew. I was very excited and the best dancer was Psalm and Brianna. I was happily singing along with the songs that they played and i was cheering them on , pumping their confidants dancing hard out. Hopefully next  year they will                                                             come back and  perform                                                                                                 

Last Volley Ball Lesson

Yesterday was our last day of Volley Ball. It was funny , fun and cool. It was a cool tournament , playing against our teacher and our friends having fun.It was the best Volley Ball session, and i hope we can have more Volley Ball lessons next Year.

Kiwi Can

                                             

                                   Kiwi Can

In Kiwi Can we learn new values that help us seniors be better role models for the young ones.We learn new things every Monday and it helps us  learn how to be responsible for our wrongs and it helps us be honest at all times even if you are the  person who gets in trouble. We also play games and do learning activity's which help our teamwork improve with others and it helps us be confidant all the time. We learn new Values every term and we always have a different theme every week. Here are the values that we learn every single Kiwi Can session. Integrity, Honesty, Reliability, Encouragement, Responsibility, Respect, Positive Attitude.                                                                                           

                                                     

School Photos

A couple of weeks ago it was class photos. Most people were going to the bathroom to fix a couple of things before the photos. We got into one big line smallest to tallest. We listened to the camera man for instructions. He count's up , 1..2..3 and takes the shot.   

Rugby

Thursday 7th June

On June the 7th on a Thursday we had a Rugby tournament down at Dunkirk. We versed 3 other schools and we came 3rd out of the 4 schools.We had a good tournament but probably next time we can come 1st.

Inquiry Questions

For Inquiry this Year we had to figure out what our Big Question is so that we could do a research for it. After you pick your Big Question we had to have 6 or more questions that lead up to your big one and we had to make a google slide presentation for our Inquiry Research and so that we can present our work in front of our class and get marked on our levels from the class on how we done on our presentation.

Ngati Whatua

Today's learning we have focused on the Ngati Whatua. I learnt about where they are located and what happened with them and the government. Ngati Whatua is the local iwi in my community. Their Marae is located in Orakei.

Kawa Of Care

On Tuesday we finally got the chance to take our own Chrome books home. I was really excited to take mine and do Homework, and play games in free time. We all had to bring our parents to come exam -ante what we will be doing at home and also where we should be online and places around our house. We discussed everything together and agreed on the terms of our Chrome book. I got given my own case and charger now i have responsibility's to take care of it.

Volley Ball

Every  Thursdays we do a volley session with a kind hearted lady who takes time out of her day just to teach us a sport that she has been playing for years.She teaches us new and useful skills that can help me when i play and challenge my Family.Skills - Serve, Set,Passing,Block and my favourite Spike. 

Top Tip

For Cyber-smart we had to open up a new Google Drawing so that we could type out our favourite tip on our Chrome Books.This is my tip that is useful is CTRL SHIFT Q.CTRL SHIFT Q helps log off your Chromebook faster.

All About Me

Talofa Lava, My name is TJ.
I am 12 years old and I am a year 7 student at Glen Taylor School. TJ stands for Taulima Junior and I am Full Samoan and I am the youngest in my family.I love playing Rugby and Touch but also, i enjoy playing other Sports too.I enjoy learning maths. Learning new things and my challenge everyday is to finish my work on time.My goal for this year is to Be above the standard in all my subjects and hope i have a good report for the end of the Year. At the end of this year I wanna be above for all my learning areas. Also I want to be a leader and collect awards at the end of this year.
Looking up to the leaders really boosts my confidence and gives me motivation, maybe I could portray my bad actions and become a awesome leader towards the young ones.

How To Make Chocolate Hedgehogs

       My blog

Last Week Friday my class got put into groups of 4 or 5’s so that we could make Chocolate Hedgehogs. We first wrote a procedural piece of writing of how to make it. My group was lit! We all bought Dark Chocolate and plain sweetened biscuits to take part in the form to make hedgehogs.[I let my group do the dirty work.] My part was to eat and demolish the rich savoury slices.