7 Wonders Of The Ancient World!

Today I finished my presentation on the 7 wonders of the ancient world. I was assigned to research about what the 7 wonders of the world are. Here is my presentation...

Quality Blog Comment Film Festival

Today room 11 had another session with Mrs Grant and this is what we have been doing.  We needed to create a Quality comment about our favourite film then had to screenshot our comment and paste it onto a google drawing template that Mrs Grant provided. This is the finishing product.

Glen Taylor's Annual Athletics

Today was Glen Taylor's annual athletics and it was amazing! First off we had had sprints then high jump, everyone did awesome, In the middle block the teachers set up some fun activities for us to do, and to finish off the day we had a water fight and everyone got wet. Here are some photo's...

Be Courageous

                                       'Be Courageous' by the L.M.N.P.P

Malo e lelei, My name is Praize and our film is called 'Be Courageous'. This group included Leetia, Marcus, Po Lu, Nia and myself. The moral of our film is to be confident in your talents and embrace it with others because you never know what kind of opportunities you could be offered.

Film Festival

Today was the 10th annual of Manaiakalani and it was the first time Glen Taylor ever participated in the Manaiakalani film festival. 6 films we're chosen to be presented at the Sylvia Park Hoyts. It was an amazing experience and here are some photo's...

My Name In Sign Language

Today I learnt how to spell my name in sign language and I got to take a photo of it and put it into a google drawing. Here it is...

Inquiry Presentation T3

Quickwrite : Swamp Life

A few weeks ago I wrote a short and quick paragraph of a picture showing and alligator in his territory. A Swamp. Here it is...

Narrative Film

2 weeks ago Rm 11's assembly was coming up and my teacher decided to make someone's narrative writing into a film but with pictures to tell the story while our voice's were in the background reading the story. I wanted to show my writing so I asked if I could present it. Here's my presentation but you can't hear my voice. Sorry for that...

Kawa Of Care

Yesterday rm 12 came into rm 11 so we can talk about Kawa Of Care. After the teachers talked to us one person from rm 11 and one person from rm 12 were paired together and the aim for them was to have a poster or a presentation ready by 10am. I didn't get to present yesterday so my partner and I presented today and here is our poster showing our understanding of Kawa Of Care...

Keeping Our Language

Last term our inquiry was based on community and we had to make a presentation about anything about your community. I picked language because I realised how weak the language is in the 21st century. Here's my presentation...

Inspirational Leader

A few weeks ago, my teacher instructed the class to gather some information on our inspirational leader. I picked Tupac because he stood up to racism and having rights to live equally. The message I understood from the words he spoke was " Everyone was made the same, yet some people want to treat others differently". Here is the information I got...

I am poem...

This poem was for an activity in kiwi can. We we're instructed to write down a poem with the title "I AM". This is my I AM poem.

My Understanding Of F.I.R.E

F.I.R.E is GTS's school values. These 4 simple words also make the school a better place. Here is my understanding of F.I.R.E...

The Commonality Key

This is my commonality key, it talks about common points between a builder and a policeman.

Student Led Conference!

Today my family came to school for my student led conference. With the use of my Chromebook I was able to show them my learning. Here is a photo of us working together.

My Goals For Term 3

These are my goals for term 3.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s9v5Utp9nlFjKyFMmYQ9vTBRbKvx03aXRpgNKem3qnQ/edit

My Holiday!

In the Holidays I spent two weeks with my cousins. We held our own holiday programme just for the family. Boys VS Girls. It was a lot of fun because everyone was so competitive. We did some baking, watched a movie, had a disco night and many more. We played basketball, netball and rugby. Here is a photo from the holidays.

Character (Amanda Smith)

This is my character Amanda Smith.She's a four year old girl who likes to scare people that come into her house... I'm currently writing a Narrative based on horror. Here are some similes I used to describe her looks and personality.

Cultural Festival

Last term was Glen Taylor Schools cultural festival. It was so much fun to see other cultures perform their traditional dance's. I loved every bit of performing. The costumes we're beautiful and it was a nice hot sunny day for the festival. Here are some Photo's from that day....

Revolting Recipe

This is my revolting procedural writing. Hope you enjoy!

Slimy soup

This recipe can feed old grumpy teachers and

makes a great snack...

You will need the following ingredients:

 

• 250 grams of nits
• A handful of poop
• 2 litres of pee
• A handful of earwax
• A deadmans toe
• A cup of vomit
• Camel guts
• A cow tongue

You will need the following equipment:

• A cauldron
• One wooden spoon
• A sharp knife
• A bowl

 

Method:

1. Gather all your equipments and remember to wash your hands before you cook
2. Firstly make sure you have the correct measurements for all your ingredients. Heat your cauldron to 270 degrees for 10 minutes.
3. Secondly grab the handful of poop and plop it down into the cauldron and the 2 litres of pee after that.
4. Next pour in you 250 grams of nits, the handful of earwax and the cup of vomit and mix well with the wooden spoon.
5. Then chop up the camel guts into little pieces with the sharp knife and throw it into the cauldron (like literally throw it in so it could have a hint of air, if you miss and it falls to the floor...even better)
6. After that chop up the cow tongue and put it into the pot gently
7. And finally serve in a bowl to grumpy old teachers...

Newspaper Article

 This is a news article I've been working in March...

“I can’t wake mummy” Toddler discovered after spending two days alone with dead mother who died cause of asthma.

Mason Martin survived on cheese he found in the fridge for two days in Perth,scotland after his mother Lydia Macdonald died on an asthma attack.

Mason was found by Ms Macdonald's best friend Jodi Ann.

Jodi became worried so she came over and found mason sitting on the bed next to his dead mother and said “I can't wake mommy”.

Mason suffering dehydration was taken to hospital where he was told his mother died,leaving him an orphan. His dad died when he was 8 months old.

Masons grandparents Linda and Ron Macdonald are now raising him up.

“We are now bringing up mason and telling him everyday that his mommy is with daddy and they became the most brightest stars” Linda said.

School Disco

3 weeks ago the Glen Taylor's PT-FA held a school disco to fund raise money to the school. There we're glow sticks, rubber rings and food. There we;re sausage sizzles, popcorn, water and lolly bags. It was a fun night and we even had a special guest being our dj. DJ VINO!I had a lot of fun busting my moves with my friends and i'm happy i set a good example for the younger ones. Here is a photo from the disco night...

Rodents Inquiry

Last term our inquiry was based on Rodents and Streams. My presentation was on Rodents. I found out a lot about these creature and I emailed a company called the Department Of Conservation to provide me with more information on it. The question I asked this company was WHO is responsible for keeping our streams rodents free? Here is my presentation...

Hedgehog slice's

3 weeks ago, room 11 made hedgehog slice's. It was a fun activity to do especially when doing it for learning. The purpose of us doing this was because our teacher was preparing us for an assessment that was based on procedural writing. Here are some photo's of room 11 cooking...

Vollyball

The first thing that room 11 did today was volleyball. My favourite thing to do. We do class sessions with our volleyball coach Toni. We learnt how to block a spike and continued learning all different kinds of skills to use when playing against other teams. It was so much fun.

Taking home my Chromebook

Yay! I finally get to take my Chromebook home. First we had to take our parents through a slide show that Mrs Grant prepared for us. It was a good opportunity to train my parents how to use a Chromebook properly and where to be at the right time.

Photo of me and my dad

Writing Workshop

Today 4 people got picked to go to St Heliers library. I was lucky enough to get this opportunity to work with a famous author named Melinda Szymanik. We learnt how to structure our writing in narratives better. There were other kids from different schools whose writings were very descriptive. It was a good time to learn off of other students that have different talents in writing that we don't have.

This is one of Melinda's books...

Malo e lelei I am Praize

Malo e lelei my name is Praize and I am Tongan. I attend Glen Taylor Primary School and I am a year 8. My hobbies are all in music. I am planning to attend Glendowie College next year. My goal for the future is to become a singer/songwriter. I am the eldest of three. In Glen Taylor School for maths we are in mixed ability groups so we can increase the level of maths in the school. In reading my level is around 11.5 to 12.5 years. I am writing at level 4 which is amazing. I enjoy playing music and singing for my family. My goals for this year are to be above the national standard for year 8 in all the subjects. I am looking forward to achieving my goals and hoping to receive awards at the end of the year. In the past years I have won a few awards and I hope to see more in the future. My inspiration in life are my parents because they always push me to achieve my goals. I am looking forward to posting up more of my learning on my blog. Thank you for reading...