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My dog Elton

A couple of weeks ago my nan brought my dog, Elton, into class for everyone to see. Elton is only 10 weeks old so he is still a puppy. He likes to chew jandles and socks. He also likes to lick people's faces. A3 loves Elton and so do I.

By Gracen

Yr 6 Orientation at Rotorua Intermediate.

Our school's Yr 6s went to Rotorua Intermediate because we were going on an orientation visit. It was on Tuesday. We got to go there to find out about the types of things they do there. We were in groups and we had group leaders. The group leaders were some of our parents. Mrs Vercoe and Mrs Owen were our teachers who took us over. The Rotorua Intermediate Student Councillors helped lead our groups around to the different classrooms.

We got to try out 2 different activities, that was all we were allowed to do.

I did food technology, it was really fun. I was the cook and my buddy was Garnet. The parent at our station was my dad. I forgot the name of what we made but it was delicious.

The next thing I did was music, it was also fun. We said a poem that is called a round. Then after we did that we said it with untuned instruments, it sounded really cool. After that we got to play on the pianos. They are black. We got to play on one by ourselves and we got to press any number. We then played a tune on the piano, it was the tune of Hot Cross Buns. I liked playing on the piano, it was fun.

After that, we went back to school from a long afternoon there and I had to do road patrol.





From Danielle

Te Kura o Glenholme School Haka

Kia ora ano koutou



We have another recording and here you will see us learning our school haka.



Our haka is based on our school's 'go for it' attitude.



Like the waiata, Karangatia Ra, we are still learning to perfect our performance so it's a work in progress at the moment.



We are learning to put lots of emphasis into our actions by using our bodies effectively, especially our eyes, to convey a 'challenge'. We are also learning to keep a steady pace and not rush through it. It's also important that we pronounce the words accurately. Lastly, we are learning to simply 'give it heaps'!!

Mrs Vercoe says the boys should be all puffed out, breathing heavily, and red faced at the end of it.



We hope you like our haka. Please share your comments and feedback :)



Nga mihi nui atu ki a koutou



A3 students

Waiata - Karangatia Ra

Tena koutou katoa




This is our class learning and practising the waiata 'Karangatia Ra'.
We haven't nailed it just yet. We have some sharpening to do and are still working towards a perfect performance.




Our specific focii during practises have been on correct pronunciation of the words, projecting our voices, and keeping the actions crisp and in time.



Hopefully you will enjoy viewing our recording of this waiata.



We welcome your comments and feedback. Thank you :)



Nga mihi



A3 students

Horses

Horses are tall animals that live in lots of different countries. People use them in many ways.


Horses have four legs that are very very strong to help them balance. They have two eyes two ears,one nose, a mane and a tail.


Horses live in lots of different places like farms, paddocks, stables, the wild, zoos and animal circuses.


Horses run, jump and gallop alot. They also go to yhe toilet and eat.



Life cycle:


Horses start as a foal (male) or a filly (female). During the first 12 months the foal/filly has long legs compared to its body. Two months later it will stop drinking from its dam (mother).



Did you know?


The foal or filly is born with no teeth. as it gets older,the horse grows teeth.


After this it goes onto the middle years. These are when it is 5-10 years old. By then the horse is fully formed. After this stage it is into the late years when the joints become puffy as the circulation might become less effertive.



By: Danielle

Our end of term shared lunch

Today A3 had a shared lunch. We had it to celebrate our achievements and the end of the term. We only have one more day of school until the holidays. We had fruit kebabs, carrot and celery sticks, and bacon and cheese burgers. We had a healthy lunch because we have recently visited Pak n' Save to learn more about healthy food choices. Healthy foods can be identified by their fat total and sugar total. The fat total should be under 10 mg and the sugar total under 15 mg. I think it was a fantactic lunch and so did the class. We chose our lunch and we loved it. I liked the fruit kebabs the most. They were made of apples, oranges, bananas and a marshmallow.

These are some of the boys making their burgers.

This photo is of Kahlia, Tiana, Gracen and Zoe. They helped make the lunch. Zoe and Gracen did the kebabs on the blue platter. Kahlia and Tiana did the celery and carrot sticks on the red platter.

By Jeni

Hemi's new earthquake game

Last week we had an earthquake drill. We got under the tables first and then we went outside fast and gathered on the field.

As a practice, I made up a game. Mrs Vercoe has to say eathquake 2 times and A3 has to go under the tables fast.
You have to go under 5 tables then it gets harder each time because you then go under 4 tables then 3 tables and 2 tables until there's only one table left.
You get out when you can't fit under a table.

Hemi was inspired by Mrs Stevens when she called the drill over the speakers.

By Hemi (supported by Jeni)

Saturday netball (by Kahlia)

Last Saturday Glenholme Diamonds played against Rotokawa Huia, we lost 18-19. It was a close game because we only lost by 1. The player of the day was me. I played GK,WD and WA. It was a fun game, but we couldn't beat Mrs Vercoe's twins and their team mates. Our umpire was Whaea Vera and Mrs Vercoe umpired for the Rotokawa team.

our ict lesson with mrs v

This week we are learning how to put pictures from the camera onto the computer and then upload it on our blog. I haven't tried it yet but I want to, it looks challenging but fun. Mrs V knows how to put pictures on our blog so it looks more amazing and awesome. The photos are on our Anzac learning, our new student councillor and soccer reps by Daniel. By Libby

Interschool sports. (By Tiana)

On Thursday the Totara team played sport against Lynmore. All of the soccer people played at Lynmore and so did the hockey people. Both our soccer teams lost our games.

All of the netball and rugby people played at Glenholme.

Lynmore had no miniball team so almost all of the miniball people went to other classes.

Some of the miniball people stayed with their own teachers.

Mrs Owen and Mrs Norton came to Lynmore and Mrs Vercoe and Ms J stayed at Glenholme.

By Tiana

A3's Awesome Singing.

One morning we were singing nice and loud, it was fantastic. We always sing first thing in the mornings. When we were finished singing A2, the class next to us, started singing. I think they were trying to out sing us but they didn't so Mrs Vercoe, our awesome teacher, sent one of our class mates to tell them LoL, which means laugh out loud. I told them that we out sung them, it was very funny. A3 started laughing alot, that was a fun moment.



By Cornelius.

Jens birthday

Today is Jeni's birthday and we sang 'Hari huri tau kia koe', that's happy birthday in Maori. We sang happy birthday in English after that and then Jeni told us what she was doing for her birthday.
By Chardamay

Learning dance mat typing

I learnt how to put my fingers on the keyboard and type fast.

Now that I know how, I don't have to look at the keyboard some times.

We all are to type fast so that we can complete work quicker.



By Kevin.

DANS SOCCER GAME

On Saturday I had a game of soccer, we were versing Eastlake. In the first half, Eastlake got one goal and we got one goal. In the second half, we got six goals. I got two of them. I got player of the day too. Next week I have to take the oranges for the players to eat at half time. The oranges are for us to receive some vitamins to keep up our energy.

Eggy Schmeggy

During week 6 we had rotations on different topics. On Friday the 28th of May we had Eggy Schmeggy with Mrs Vercoe. Firstly, in our groups we cracked open an egg and looked at the 3 major parts which were the shell, the yolk and the white. Another name for the egg white is albumen. We also talked about some detailed parts of an egg which are chalazae, membranes, and air cell. After that we drew a diagram with labels. My diagram is the image at the top.


Following that we predicted what happens when parts of an egg are beaten. We separated the yolk from the white of an egg and put them in separate bowls. We also had a yolk and it's white in another bowl together so we had 3 bowls altogether.


Mrs Vercoe used her electric beater to mix the bowl contents for 1 minute each. We watched each beating and noticed how the eggs changed. The egg white had changed to a bright white colour and went all fluffy. The egg yolk stayed the same colour and didn't fluff up. The egg white and yolk together became partly fluffy and the colour changed to a pale yellow. The images below show the eggs after they had been beaten and Mrs Vercoe beating the egg white and yolk together.

Mrs Vercoe boiled some eggs for 10 minutes and we predicted what the eggs would like look after two minute intervals. The ten minute egg was fully cooked and the colour changed to a lighter yellow. It was bright yellow before it was cooked. The two minute egg was hardly cooked and still very runny. It was a bright yellow colour. The eggs are in the image below.




We also talked about what we could make with eggs, some things are pavlova, cakes, pies, omlettes and many more.

After our talk and lesson we all had a treat. The treat was yummy pavlova with fruit salad and cream.





By Chardamay

Caylee's acrostic poem

Mrs Vercoe is so cool

Right on time

So nice to A3

Very nice to the environment

Every one in A3 knows her well

Right all the time

Caylee's best teacher in the world

Open mind

Every time I see her she says a nice hello

By Caylee

SATURDAY NETBALL 8 May 2010

On Saturday the Glenholme Diamonds netball team

played St Mary Angels. We won 17 to 14

and our player of the day was Keighley.

I liked playing goal shoot because I shot 3 or 4

goals over all. I think netball roxs:)

By Jeni

Interschool Sport Friday 7 May

Last Friday the Totara team played against Westbrook school for netball, miniball, soccer, rugby and hockey.

Westbrook arrived at 1.10pm and we welcomed them with a powhiri. Piri was our speaker and Montana lead our waiata. Westbrook then spoke followed by a waiata too. Mrs Owen then welcomed them too with a korero and spoke about the rules around our school and wished everyone good luck and good sportsmanship.



The results were:

Of our 3 netball teams, 1 team won and 2 teams lost.

Of our rugby teams, 1 team won and 1 team lost.

Of our miniball teams, 1 team drew and 1 team won.

Of our hockey, only 1 game and we lost.

Of our soccer, both teams lost.



We farewelled Westbrook at 2.40pm with a speech from Sophie Moore and Mrs Owen.



After that, we shared our results with each other in our team.



We enjoyed our first interschool sports exchange for the year, we can't wait for the next one against Lynmore in Week 5 on Thursday 20 May.

Star soccer representative

I have played soccer for four years,this is my 2nd year playing for REPS. I am in the 10th grade Rotorua A team. To get into REPS I had to play soccer in teams against the other people that trialled . In REPS you have lots of games in other places. When I am older I want to play for the under nineteen federation.

Congratulations, a new student councillor

Hooray for Danielle. Due to a vacancy on the school student council, Danielle Coote is now our new student councillor.


Danielle is extremely excited about her new role and is looking forward to contributing to the student council.


She will make a fantastic councillor because she has skills in building positive relationships, she is confident, very organised, has a strong work ethic and always strives to do her best. She attends school everyday and has a fantastic attitude towards learning.


We are remarkably proud of you Danielle!

ANZAC learning

Last week our homework focus was on aspects of ANZAC. Some students prepared a small ration pack each and shared it with the class. The object of the ration pack was to eat how the soldiers during the war ate, which was very little.
We also made some ANZAC biscuits. They were delicious!! Some photos will be coming your way shortly. Watch this space.

Naumai haere mai and welcome

Tena koe, gidday, malo elelei, talofa, bula, guten tag, konichiwa, namaste, bonjour and many more

Welcome to our brand new blog for A3. How exciting!!!

Our class is a mix of cultures, talents, skills and personality. We are all looking forward to the challenge and fun of journeying into the world of blogging. We will make regular postings so that you can see and read about what we are experiencing in our classroom and school. We are very excited at the prospect of uploading images and short movies and can't wait to share them with you.
Hopefully you will enjoy viewing our blog and look forward to your comments and postings.

Happy exploring fellow bloggers!