GTS -- FIRE!!!

The blazing, hot sun touching everyone's faces, we're all melting like iceblocks.. A couple of days ago, the whole school went out to the field and spelled out F.I.R.E and G.T.S! The teachers put everyone in their places and then.. everyone watched the drone go higher and higher, then Miss Faalili screamed "CHEESE!!!" It finally ended and everyone was relieved to get up and get out of the sun! The seniors spelled G.T.S and the Middles spelled out FIRE! The bottom line are the Juniors and the line in the middle are the teachers!

Camp Chants!

Just a couple more weeks and it's the week all the seniors have been waiting for, CAMP! For a couple of weeks now the seniors have been in their groups practicing their chants for camp. There are 5 groups and their names for their group are based on what color we picked out of a bucket and we had to pick a continent from the other. My group got the color Yellow and the continent Antarctica! From there we had to pick an animal from that continent, so my group name is "Yellow Whales".. And ever since that day we've practiced our chants and today everyone had a sneak peek of everyone else's chant to see what everyone came up with. Here are some videos! Press the group names to be able to watch the chants GTS students came up with! :)))

Yellow Whales! -- Red Bats! -- Purple Lions! -- Blue Lizards! -- Green Cobra

TRIP TO RAINBOWS END!!!

Trip to rainbows end with your friends, laughter and screams spreading through the atmosphere..
Now that's a day that everyone would love.. Trust me, it was AMAZING!

A couple of days ago, Mr Herlihy sat down in the hall with some of the leaders of the school and some kids who aren't leaders but has shown a lot of leadership during this year for some special news.. That's when he told us, he told us that we'll be the students attending Rainbow's End, the excitement immediately showed on everyone's faces. I was so relieved that I was one of the students that was announced to go Rainbows End. Days were passing and everyone was talking about what ride they were going to go on. Then it came to the day, the students that got picked to go Rainbow's End got to wear mufti to school, walking into the bus one by one, the bus rode, everyone was talking about them being scared of the "Fearfall" and everyone was excited and then we reached our destination.. Walking into the gates and then splitting apart, running crazy to get to the ride we all wanted to go on. After a while, Brooklyn, Nadia, David and I got Miss Siale to come onto the "Invader" and the "Rollercoaster" with us.. She for sure sounded like she was going to die, but we still had a lot of fun! She made my day turn a whole lot better! Sadly, the day came to an end, when we were on our way back to school everyone was slowly falling asleep in the bus due to the fun day they just had, including me!!

Thankyou Miss Siale, Miss Tuia, Miss Tupou and everyone else for making today more memorable
👏🎉✊ than I thought it would be! ✊🎉👏

Student Voice!

Room12 had to create a student voice. Now, you're maybe thinking, what is a student voice... Well. let me explain it to you. A student voice is technically a paragraph that goes into your report, but the teacher doesn't write it. YOU DO! In the paragraph, we had to write some of our highlights of  the year, what we've achieved and what extracurricular we've enjoyed.. So, that's what I did, enjoy my student voice that I've written!

Miss Grant!

Today, for our session with Miss Grant we had to complete a Google Drawing about one of the films that we commented on and why that comment is a quality comment. I commented on Tamaki Primary's film called "Our School" and this is my Google Drawing. ENJOY! :) 

Softball.

Today, Room12 got to play a proper game of softball. Glen Taylor is really lucky to have 2 very caring people Dave and Craig to come and teach us how to play softball and what the rules are on how to play. A lot of laughter and smiles were spread around the field.
It was an enjoyable session today.

🎉✊🎉✊THANK YOU DAVE AND CRAY!!✊🎉✊🎉

Athletics!

Whole day outside, water fights, races with your friends, tug of war, zumba and laughter.
Who wouldn't love that? I know I would!!

Throughout the whole day today, Glen Taylor School had athletics. But today we never done the usual athletics we usually do. We only done 100m races, high jump, water fights, tug of war and other fun activities. It started raining during high jump so we went into the hall, said our house colour chants and also done Zumba. I am in Kaiahiku. (Yellow) 

🎉💪🎉💪🎉 It was a very enjoyable day. 🎉💪🎉💪🎉

 

Koru Artwork!

A couple of days ago, Room12 had to create an artwork involving koru patterns. 

This is mine. Hope you like it! :)

Benefits of Technology.

A couple of weeks ago, Room12 had to write a explanation about all the advantages OR disadvantages of technology for learning. I decided to write about why it's good and bad since I didn't know what to write. Enjoy mine.

Calendar Work!

Students of Glen Taylor had to draw on an A4 piece of paper to be in the draw of getting their art on a calendar. This is mine, let's just hope that if mine gets chosen, it'll be on July.

Farewell Miss Sadgrove!

This morning was a very emotional morning as we had a farewell assembly for our Deputy Principal since she's going to be leaving Glen Taylor as she'll be starting her new adventure as being Principal at 'Mercer School' Each class had a video or an item to present to Miss Sadgrove since it might be our last time seeing her. She was a very bright person with a cheerful personality and she always made sure all the students had a smile on their face. 'Mercer School' is a very lucky school to be having a Principal like Miss Sadgrove. You will dearly be missed!!

Writing!

Today, in Room12 we had to write about why regular exercise is important. A couple of days ago, we had to do a plan and just think about why doing regular exercise is good for you. I've posted my plan a couple of days ago, so go check it out! 

Miss Grant!

Today we had Miss Grant in Room12 teaching us how to write a quality comment and what words to use and words we don't use. We had to also go onto other school's films and comment what we liked about all the films that we watched. It was a very fun session with Miss Grant. This is what we had to do.

Hoyts Sylvia Park.

 Yesterday, was such a overwhelming, wonderful day as the whole of Glen Taylor got to go Hoyts Sylvia Park to watch all the splendid films that were produced from other schools around New Zealand. It was a fabulous day, here are some photos. Check it out.

Manaikalani Film Festival

This year is Glen Taylor's first year of joining Manaikalani and this term we had to create films, the theme for 2017 was "Connected, confident, life long learners" and it was a fun journey to be apart of. This film is about bullying and that there are many ways to stop bullying from happening and that you could "Connect" with the ones that hurt you the most. Sit back, relax and enjoy the film.

Poems.

A couple of weeks ago, Room12 had to create 3 poems about “Memories”, “In 10 years time” and “I wish” and each poem had to have 10 lines. I’m only going to be posting my

“In 10 years time poem”. I hope you enjoy.

In 10 years time, i'll be twenty three.

As I'm getting older that's when I'm feeling a bit more free. 

Hard to believe that I'm growing up so fast.

Starting to regret everything that happened in the past. 

In 10 years time, I'll probably forget everyone that i know today. 

Love don't last forever, love eventually fades away. 

I'll probably still be in tears due to my grandfather

Been with him ever since I was a toddler.

I'll be praying to the man above to help me through the good and bad.

I'll be praying for all the things that I wish I would've had.

Why is regular exercise important?

Yesterday, for Room12's writing session, we had to plan out our writing and our writing is based on 

"Why is regular exercise important?" In this template we had to write about why we should be doing regular exercise. Look at my reasons why regular exercise is important!!

Powhiri..

Last Friday, Glen Taylor had a powhiri. Now, your probably wondering "what is a powhiri?"
A powhiri is where we do a welcome for the new students that has just joined Glen Taylor. Our Kapa Haka group sings songs and performs dances, hakas and many other traditional Maori dances. We also had Papa Big, our principal Mr Herlihy, Matua Adrian and one of our students Seth Makea saying a short speech. Here are some photos of the powhiri.

Film Festival.

Today, Glen Taylor had a Film Festival. At the film festival, we watched all the films that were created and a lot of genres were produced such as comedy, horror and much more. It was an overwhelming crowd and it was a very entertaining middle block. 

F.I.R.E

Today, in Room12 we had to create a Google Drawing with a couple of sentences explaining what F.I.R.E means. Take a look at mine

Inquiry ..

This term, our topic is about the 3 main languages of New Zealand which are Maori , English and Sign Language. So yesterday, Room 12 learnt the alphabet but in sign language. After we finished learning the alphabet we had to take pictures of each letter that spells our name and create a Google Drawing .. Take a look at mine

Back To School ..

Synonyms&Antonyms..

Yesterday, for Room12's writing session we learnt what a Antonym and Synonym is. An Antonym is a word that is opposite to the other and Synonyms are 2 different words but mean the same thing.. Then when we understood what a Synonym and Antonym is, we had to make an anchor poster based on what we learnt. It was a enjoyable writing block and it was cool to see everyone engaging to the learning. 

Quick Write..

Nearly every morning, Room12 does a Quick write. We have different subjects, sentence starters or would you rather questions to answer.. This morning we did, "this year has been".. Have a look at mine.. :)

Year 8 Experience Day..

Tsunami Work..

A couple of weeks ago, we had activities based on what changes landscape. So we had to make Google Drawings and write explanations on different type of things that has ruined today's landscape. 

So in this explanation, I'll be showing you what a tsunami is and how it's changed the land around us. 

Maritime Museum..

Orienteering..

Last week, was our first week of Orienteering. It was a fun session where they were telling us what orienteering is and how it works. Here are some photos..

What a GTS student should look like..

What a GTS student should look like..

Holes Activity..

Last term, Room 12 had finished our class novel, but we had to finish some activities based on the story. It was a challenge, whoever's activities looked more presentable will get to have the chance to make the tuna pasta for our shared lunch with Miss Siale, everyone was so competitive. 

Throwback to the last day of last term..

This is a throwback when Room12 was winning all the prizes at the Principle's Assembly.

YASSSSS!!!

Brownie in a Mug..

Last term, Room 12 watched a video on how to make a Brownie In A Mug and we had to create our own google drawing on how to make it. This is mine..

My Goals For Term3..

My Inquiry Poster..

Last term, Room12 had to create an Inquiry poster based on what keeps us safe in the community, online.. and EVERYWHERE!!!

Class Photo.

A couple of weeks ago, Glentaylor was having class photos, it was finally our turn but we had to line up shortest to tallest. We took our places and posed for the picture. CHEESE.. FLASH !!

My Role Model

Last term, we had to plan and write about who our true role model is and why they are our role model. My role model is my Mum so I had to write an explanation about why she is my role model.

Smart Learner : Reuse and attribute an image.

Last term, Miss Grant taught Room 12 how to reuse and attribute an image. Here is my slide on how to reuse and attribute an image. 

Positive Message.

Last term, we had to create a positive poster. So, here is mine. SPREAD THE POSITIVITY.

Coin Trail.

This term, Glentaylor has been doing a coin competition. Each class got given a money jar, to fill up and put in as much coins as they could. Then yesterday, some students and I had the opportunity to put the coins into a line and measure how much coins each class had. It took a while to do but we finally figured out who the winners are, and the winners will get a free pizza lunch.

Reading Poster.

Last term, we had to create a reading poster using Google Drawing. Here is my Reading Poster.

Miss Siale's Famous Tuna Pasta.

Previously this term, Miss Siale told us how to make her famous tuna pasta. Then we had to make a Google drawing explaining what the ingredients and the equipment was to make this tuna pasta. Here is the recipe and equipment to her delicious tuna pasta.

My Pepeha..

Bubblegum Performance.

This morning, Glen Taylor was privileged to have Bubblegum Crew to come to our school and perform for us.