My own christmas tree

For starters I would like my tree to be white. I would also like my tree to be glowing all day and night. My tree would have cookies hanging from the tree. This tree could have hands to make cookies and give milk to the visitors. My christmas tree would have Siri installed in it so it can play music whenever we tell it too.

Thank you letters to pwc

Dear PWC

Thank you for everything you have done to our school. We also thank you for reading with us the Toi Toi books and letting us keep them.

All this money you guys are giving us is perfect. You guys are so cool. Thank you for the smart Tv’s and teaching us about how to be smart with money. Let's not forget you guys paid for the year 7 and 8 camp.

From Melepalu

Feed the whanau programe

I came to school when there was no one there, I waited until one of my classmates came. We started to talk and then Miss Patea came and took us to the A section with our teacher. We then started to frost and decorate cupcake with other members from other schools.

We kept frosting and decorating until it was finished when finally it was done. As we were about to go back to school we got some christmas things and some cupcakes to go. It was so fun that I got to go with my teacher and my classmate Bailey. 

3D Shapes I know

2D shapes

Letter To Santa

Dear Santa Claus

It is almost christmas and I would like to say I have been good at school. I would like a phone when I am older and painting products with a canvas at this age.

On Christmas I like when we get cookies and milk to eat and drink. Thank you santa for all the present these past years. I am looking forward for this year.

Love, Melepalu

The longest journey

At first the snowman was happy with his beautiful wife. When it was the morning the girl opened the curtains to only see the girl with nobody and she looked sad. The snowman had left to the road and he looked very surprised.

He then crossed to the river in a snow blizzard. He felt angry because he could not cross the river so he jumped on the rock and crossed over to the other side of the river. The snowman walked all the way to a mountain and climbed it. The snowman did not have any emotions climbing the mountain. When he got on the top of the mountain he saw a city or town.

His final destination was a shop. He then went back home and gave the woman a present and they lived very happy the snowman gave the lady knew clothes. I learnt that when someone leaves you it doesn't mean they don’t love you.

Athletics

Today we had athletics 2019.

Year 4s started at shot put with Miss Tofa so we got ready and started throwing the shot puts. Just after everybody shot especially me I came first place. Then we went to discuss with Mr Nath but sadly I did not place anything. Next we went to 100 m race with our teacher Miss Smith.

On 100 m race I came third place. On the last one which was high jump I came nothing again, but I still had fun.

It was very fun doing all these activities, that is why I am going to practice everyday so I can get better at athletics. I am looking forward for next year. 

Save eletricity

To save electricity I walk to school instead of coming in a car. I also hang my clothes outside to save my moms money and petrol. I turn off my lights when I don’t use them. Sometimes I am hot so I take a nice and cold shower but if you always use hot water it waste all your electricity.

My family watch a lot of tv, luckily we have night study so we can turn off the tv for about 2 hours. That will get us learning. At school we have solar panels so we get free power but we are not technically using electricity we are actually are using the sun’s energy. That is it for my life of saving electricity. 

Save electricity

Water safety

Halloween writing

Something in the closet was making a strange noise, so I opened the door and saw that there was no one there and nothing there so I went back to bed and still that strange noise kept on going. Once again I opened the door when WHOOSH! A gust of wind pushed me down to the floor. When I got up a big but cute monster was hiding in the corner of the closet, I touched it and it was as fluffy as a cat. I just wanted to have it.

I tried to be as quiet as a mouse. I creeped that cute monster back in the closet so it can’t wake up my family. Once I got in bed I just could not get over that cute face so I decided to open the closet and take him out.

When I woke up, he was gone and then I heard a sound it was like a scream sound I ran to the kitchen to see my brothers and sisters screaming and jumping on the chairs and tables. That's when I saw the monster that was in my closet last night. My mum said I had to take it out so I did it was really sad to see him go I just met him last night. Even though my family hated the monster I managed to sneak him in my room so I can sleep with him everyday.

Static vs Current electricity

Today we created a poster about current vs static electricity. I hope you enjoy.

Electricty

Usually in the morning the first thing I do is have a shower and brush my teeth. Then I get ready, turn on the heater and watch tv. Next I wait in the car to drive me to school for my mum. After I go class use my charger to charge my chromebook to use for the rest of the day. In class the lights are on so we use lights to. We always use chromebooks and we always need wifi or internet.

Everytime we go to the toilet we are still using electricity. We also use the dryers to dry our hands. During learning time we sometimes use calculator to see if we get the question right.

I don’t use ipads that much but I still use them so it counts. I forgot to mention that I use the fridge to keep my food nice and fresh. I also use the microwave to heat up my food.

These are all the stuff I use that have electricity.    

Types of energy

Being Sunsmart poster

Today we learnt about how to be safe in the sun. 

Holiday recount

These past weeks Glenbrae school had 2 weeks holiday for the end of the term. I went to many places in the holidays, so I would like to share one of my exciting days.

So it was night when my mum said we were going to a party at church. I was so excited but it the rest seemed to be angry. We quickly went inside and sat down.

At the end of the party slowly the people went home so we started to clean up, when POP!! One of the balloons popped. Everyone was shocked but we all got over it. Finally me and my family wet home and went to sleep.

I had so much fun playing games and eating. I hope we have it again.

The rules for school and classroom

We went over the classroom and school expectations at the start of Term 4.

Life caravan

I learnt that when you move not everything will be bad. Just like Billy. He did not find friends but sooner or later he found a friend. Then less than a minute he had more and more friends. Billy was very happy.

Thank you nicole for teaching us about the zones and feelings. You are a super star. Again thank you.

We also learned about Social skills, Facial expressions, Body language and voice. This is how we show our emotions.

Weekend recount

You won’t guess what I did. I had my sister's 21st birthday. My mum and her friend helped us set up for the birthday. Two days later everything was perfect and it was even her birthday already. As soon as I woke up the place was empty. Then as the minute passed everybody slowly came back. More people came back

Just about when the birthday was going to start a few more people came in. Sadly, the kids could not be down stairs. They had to stay upstairs but it was still fun we played games and watched movies.

It was hard to relax because of all those singing and yelling. When we went to sleep slowly the people went home and just like that the party was over.

Diana

Diana moved to Auckland on 2017. Diana moved because one of her uncles lived in New Zealand, so he offered to adopt her. On Diana’s first day of school she felt scared. In samoa if you were caught talking or caught distracted you would get in big trouble. Everyday when Diana’s cousin comes home she would borrow her laptop and go online to chat to her family and friends. Diana has plans to go to Samoa and see all her family and friends.

Georges Marvellous medicine

Room 9 read the book George's Marvellous Medicine. The book is about a boy named george who got told to give his grandma's medicine but instead george made his own medicine just for grandma. George did not like grandma in fact he wanted to get rid of her so he made the medicine. He put lots of things in it such as shaving cream, brown paint and flea remover but it got out of hand. When grandma had drank the medicine she had started growing and less then a minute she was as tall as the house. Mr.Kranky was shocked and happy at the same time. Mr.Kranky wanted to make big animals so george was forced to make the medicine again but it was the wrong medicine. They kept making it over and over until one of the medicines made someone shrink. George knew that medicine could make grandma her same size again. Grandma was still tall so they gave it to grandma but grandma did not care so in one big gulp all the medicine one was gone from the bottle. In less than a minute grandma disappeared. That is the end of the story.

Catch it

On a sunny day in the sahara desert a meerkat woke up and popped out of his hole. As well as the other meerkats.They climbed up the tree and looked at the fruit that was hanging from the tree. Until a vulture flew down and snatched the fruit and flew away. All of the meerkats were very angry so they chased down the vulture. One of the meerkats jumped and was holding the vultures leg then another meerkat jumped and another then another. The vulture kept flying but as he was flying he went higher when they fell with the fruit. One of the meerkats caught it then he he chucked the fruit so the vulture could not get it but as they were falling the vulture crashed into a hill. All the meerkats landed and caught the fruit. They got so excited they kicked the ball but the fruit went splat. They felt very disappointed in themselves.

Spring Acrostic Poem

Sun likes to shine more often. 
Pouring rain everywhere in New Zealand.
Rainbows fill the sky up with lots of colour.
Inspiring lots of babies eggs hatch around the 
world.
Nice colorful flowers are blooming in spring.  
Grass is starting to grow bigger and greener.

Ma'afu and his sons

There was a chief named Ma’afu.He had two sons named Ma’afutoko and Ma’aufulele. Ma’afu’s sons had very bad behaviour. They had always played with their spears and get someone hurt. One day the people got sick of all of their bad behaviour. 

So the people sent them down to a lake called Atavahea where the big duck lived.  But the duck was no match for the brothers. Then they came back with smiles on their faces which the people thought that they were not sorry to their father and the people.

So they sent them to an ocean called Muihetafa where the big triggerfish lived but again the fish was no match for the brothers. They came back with an even bigger smile on their faces. The people still thought that they weren’t sorry so they sent them to live under the stars.

The father sadly sent them to live under the stars.

Tongan Language week

I created a poster using google draw about Tongan Language. I hope you learn something new!

Migration

In class we have been learning about the positives and negatives of migration.

Food groups

I created a poster of the four food groups. I hope you enjoy

Identity

My family is Tongan.I have 8 brothers and 4 sisters and their names are Saia, Manu, Soane, Kue’a, Viliami, Sia, Luisa, Sifa, Lani, Teaki, Nane and Luci. My mum and dads name is Vikilani and Nolini. In Tonga they eat a lot of fruit and they eat food that make them skinny.

In Tonga how you say thank you in Tonga is malo and how you say I miss you in Tonga is ofa atu. Another word you could say is fefe hake,which means how are you.

A tradition of Tonga is when we do birthdays. When we do birthdays we always blow the candles out then we sing the happy birthday song but that's the only differences between Tongan birthdays and normal birthdays.

At home we speak english but my mum and dad speak Tongan. Sometimes they try so hard to speak tongan and they can but not properly.

Here is a picture of the Tongan flag. I hope you learnt something new about me.

Safety tips for cooking

Room 9 did a poster about safety for when you're in the kitchen. Here are some tips for you to follow. I hope you enjoy and learn something new!

Te Oro Field-trip

Today the senior school went to Te Oro to watch a play called The man whose mother was a pirate.During our short ride to Te Oro we hopped off and went in to the theatre.We waited a little while then finally the performance started. My favourite part was when the cow came out and was shaking its butt on the people who were in the audience and because it was walking like a girl.Some parts were funny, and some were not. This trip was the funniest trip I have ever been on maybe i’ll go there next year.

Thank you Gift a Seat for giving us a free eat  tickets and thank you Te Oro for having us. 

Eat the rainbow poster

Today Rm 9 did a poster about eating your rainbow.I hope you enjoy

Trip to the Vodafone Event Centre

Yesterday, Room 9 went to the Vodafone Event Centre.At first all students came to class when the bell rang.We got settled down after we came into class.Then my teacher Miss Smith did the morning roll. We then went to the hall.After the talk from Mrs Patea we
hopped onto the bus and going. During our ride to the Vodafone Event Centre we sang some songs like old town road and some Maori songs. As soon as we arrived at the Vodafone Event Centre we sat down on the floor. When we were sitting on the floor some of the schools were going to the theatre where we were going to see the New Zealand illustrators and authors.

Our school got to sit near the top of all chairs. After that, a lady started the whole performance. When we were near the end of the whole show me and my friend Lesley did a quiz and we were versing all the schools that were at the centre. At the end me and Lesley got a prize for winning the quiz. After a long ride we had to go home because we came back right at the end of school.

It was a nice day. I had a lot of fun and it was funny and cool and I would like to go back there again sometime later.

Ladybug poster

Healthy and not healthy

In class we have been learning about healthy and unhealthy food. I created a poster using google draw to show what I have learnt.

Cockroaches

My poster about cockroaches.

Today's Information report is about centipedes.A centipede is made out of segments.A segment is the little piece that makes the legs stick on to the body.

How a centipede kills its predators, well first it will sting the predator with its fang but I wouldn't say sting like a bee some people would say bite. So after they bite they will spread the poisonous through the fang then they die.

Centipedes have pretty simple eyes so they probably communicate using touch smell and they can feel vibration that's probably another way to communicate for centipedes.

As a human we noses so we can smell. We can smell oil, vanilla, tea tree oil which smells great but to centipedes it is overwhelming for them.

I will finish off this report with some more facts. Centipedes are only active at night. Centipedes also sting or bite to protect themselves.

Centipedes have pretty simple eyes so they probably communicate using touch smell and they can feel vibration that's probably another way to communicate for centipedes.