Train Thank you cards

We had a great time at Glenbrook Railways and wanted to share our thanks to everyone who help to get us there.

Glenbrook Railway School Trip - Term 1 2019

What a neat day we all had from the youngest to the oldest.

Sorry for all the photos.

Cricket Skills Day 4

It was fun playing boys against girls. We were lucky today we had the same number of girls and boys, this doesn't happen very often.

Pasifika Nations Netball.

In support of Highwire and the Netballers we were invited to watch the opening ceremony and a few games. We went back the second day to watch Tonga play against Aotearoa Maori. Wow they are all good. I hope we can watch another game, maybe the Cook Island, the NZ Defence Force or Stars from The Southern Cross.

Half a Self Portrait

The children had fun doing a portrait this way and they took their time measuring with fingers to create an outline (dot to dot style). Giving their final copy a very life like look.

Cricket Skills Day 3

Today we were learning how to bat using a cricket bat. We found out there is a flat side for hitting the bat and the back of the bat. To hold it correctly you have to pick the bat using your strong hand and your other hand at the top. You must stand sideways, this helps to direct the ball.
 

Final Day of Swimming

It was sad to think it was our last day of Water Safety and Swimming. We were remind that if we are going to jump into a body of water we need to check it first. Do you know how to check it?

1. Check how deep it is, ask an adult to walk in or use a stick to see if it is deep enough to jump.
2. Check is there is anything sharp under the water like coral, rocks, glass...
3. If it is a river or a lake check there are no logs floating by, even if you see a small stick it could be larger log under the water (like an iceberg).

H - Heat
E - Escape
L - Listening
P - Position

If a group of people fall in the water huddle together to help keep you bodies warm. It will also be easier to see a group from the sky (a helicopter), than one person.

When you see a helicopter coming roll onto your backs and hold hands (legs out this time) and kick for 3 seconds (prevent attracting sharks and to draw the attention of the searchers). They will see the big white circle of splashing water.

If you are by yourself cuddle up into the help position with you hands across your heart and hold onto the life jacket, curl your knees up to help keep your body warm. When you hear a helicopter wave an arm. Can you see us in this position?



If someone needs help in the water there are lots of ways to help but remember you need to survive too. So jumping in to help them isn't always best. Instead you should...

Find something that will float and throw it too them. Or even better find a rope or long stick (we used noodles) and hold one end and get them to reach for the other end. Brace yourself then pull you don't want to go into!

Special Assembly

Today we farewelled the Pacific Nation Netballers who have been a wonderful help to our school. As they leave a part of themselves with us they take a part of us with them.

Thank you ladies for you help with our trips, teaching us netball skills and playing games with us.

As a farewell today our Seniors did a little dance and taught them the milk shake. They also shared dances from their Islands with us.
 

The part they leave with us is the memory of their community work and a beautiful set of murals around the back fence. That previous looked boring. Not any more, We can mow remember which Island they are from and when they came to visit.

Poly Festival Thursday

Today we took a break from swimming and went o Manukau Veledrome to Polyfest. It was a hot day, but we found plenty of shade. The Maori Stage had performances we managed to watch and listen too. The big highlight was getting our ngā tāmoko. We had four groups with different teachers and we still managed to all do different things. Escape Room, Visual Reality, EAT KAI, sit in the shade, play frisbee... The list goes on.

The main thing was we had a lot of fun! Thank you Teachers!

My favourite part of polyfest was the escape room because we had really think hard. - Susana

I enjoyed getting a half face tamoko a polyfest. - Kingston

I like we could win prizes by talking about our future I was glad I won some sunglasses. - Mythiah

Polyfest was fun because there was a lot of cool things to do and a lot of them were free. - Dan

Cricket Skills Day 2

It is Wednesday again, and today is a busy one, we had Cricket skills, Kiwican and swimming later today.

In cricket this week we learnt how to bowl. It is tricky trying to keep our elbow straight. It was fun trying to aim and Lucas and Reid. But when we missed we had to run to the end of the rugby field and back.


 In todays game we had to hit the wickets again. As bowlers like to do this as it means the runner (bats man) is out. How's THAT!

Swimming Day 3 - Papakura Pools

Today we were learning about sculling. It was strange we had to clap our hands together then turn them over and clap our palm to the person next to us, to practise. If in a river we have to make sure we move feet first to protect our heads, sculling can help us steer away from danger.

Swimming Day 2 - Papakura Pools

Once again we had to parts to our lesson. Girls started in the shallow lesson pool and Boys in the deep end of the big pool. For some of us (who had never been in the deep end it was a bit scary), but they had these special platforms for us to stand on to help us.

Swimming Day 1 - Papakura Pools

We spend 30 minutes doing the two activities. Girls started with the instructors practising their floating and swimming skills and then moving into freestyle and backstroke.



The boys started with water safety. What can you see the boys using to help them float? They had to be able to float for 10 seconds on their front and backs.

Cricket Skills

Wednesday's we have Counties Manukau Sports coming in to help use learn Cricket Skills for the next 3 weeks. See how we progress and the skills we learn. This week our focus was on throwing and catching. We learn the difference between throwing over arm and under arm. Over arm makes the throw faster and we can aim better. We need to stand side on so we can use all our body to make the throw more powerful. When catching we remembered to use our nest with little fingers together when the ball is coming in low, but when it is higher we need to put our thumbs together. No crocodile catches we could break a finger. OUCH!
 

 

Thank you Lucas for coming to visit us.

Sharing with the Whanau 2019

I enjoyed eating and learning how to play non stop cricket. - Anahera

It was fun being out on the field with the whole school playing different games. - Janaya

Mum and Dad came to watch all of us playing different sports and they enjoyed the kai. They even had an ice cream helping to raise money for our Island Dancers. - Demitrious