Dear whanau

For our upcoming two-week break, colleagues from Te Ara Tuhura, in collaboration with students, have put together a range of activities for students to complete over the April holidays. The activities are based around Autumn, Anzac Day & special dates for April.

Please visit the Room 8 site and click the Autumn Learning Journey button to access the activities. Assist, collaborate, and make learning fun for your tamariki.

Happy upcoming holidays!
Mrs Kumar

Miss Kumar’s class won the attendance trophy, and we are all happy. We won the attendance trophy two times. We had the attendance trophy because our class came to school every day. Our teacher is happy in our class because we come to school every day and have 100 per cent attendance, and we got the attendance trophy twice. Everyone in their class is trying to beat us for the attendance trophy.

Kia ora. 

My name is Jonathan.

I’m 8 years old. 

I live in Glen Innes. 

I go to Glen Innes School.

I like going to school.

I like playing soccer, basketball, and rugby.

My teacher’s name is Mrs. Kumar.

My favourite thing at school is playing with my friends at the playground.

My friends are so funny.

My friends are Sione, Methui, Sotiras, Antonio Joaquin Glaze, Angelo Wiri, Alan, and Kingston.

My favourite fruits are mango and plums.

My favourite movie is One Piece 

My favourite colour is blue.

I love coming to school.

My favourite YouTubers are Logan Paul and Ksi.

My favourite subjects are science and math.

Writing and reading.

My name is Alan I’m 7 years old, and my
I live in Glen Innes; my house is not that far I
I just live on a little street
I’m kind of smart because I always finish
My work in room 8, which means I’m kind of smart.

We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. So let’s all reduce, reuse and recycle to sustain our world for future generations.

Enjoy our class movie and please leave a comment.

Thank you

The tug of war was the best thing ever to do!  And the teachers were the best ones ever!

First, we did our writing. So Mrs. Kumar said that after playtime, we can do Tug of War. So after playtime, we went on to the field, and William and Francis carried the rope. I brought it onto the field, and Mrs. Kumar said, Let go of the rope. Miss Lammas and Mrs. Kumar can be our audience for our tug-of-war. After  Ms. Lammas told us what the name of our group was, the other team’s name was Team Power. Mrs. Kumar counted from 3 to 2 to 1!   We pulled as hard as we could so we could win. We won the first round. We were hugging each other. It was funny.

Next, we went to have another round but first, we went to have a rest because our hands were hurting so much. After that, we went to play again, Miss Lammas said. Let’s play it 9 on 9 so it was even on both sides. After that, we pulled so hard that we fell down onto the grass. After that, we were screaming so hard that my throat hurt. It was so funny when we fell like woosh, smashing down on the grass and I think? Miss Lammas was laughing.

Then, I showed Mrs. Kumar my hands because they were pale and red. After that, Mrs. Kumar told us that we were going to have another round so we could be stronger and Mrs. Kumar said to let go of the rope. After we got mixed up with the boy,  we went to have another round. We were all excited to do another round, I think.

Finally, we went back to our class. After, I asked Mrs. Kumar if I could have a drink of water because we were so thirsty so we went to the tap to have a drink. Then we went back to class and Mrs. Kumar said we were going to write about the Tug of War.

We had so much fun on the field. The best part was that the girls won three times.  We had so much fun when we were playing.  It was hard on the boys and they tried their best to pull the rope but they did not win. But they did try their best to pull it so I think we should clap for them so they can be happy. Then some of the boys ran as fast as they could so they could have some water.
      

By: Louis

Tug of War was so much fun!

On Monday, the 9th of October, in the afternoon, after the final break, we went to the field to play tug of war. We used my friends’ scuffs for our lines and a stick for when we started and finished the game. We used the stick to mark where we pulled the rope and where we put it back. We used a ripped sock that we found on the field to mark who won and who lost. My team’s hypothesis was that our team was going to win.

First, we set up the game on the field. Then we got set in our teams. The first games we played were girls versus boys; can you guess who won? The girls won every single round, even though the boys said that they were going to win. After girls versus boys, we did mixed teams; my team was named Up the Wahs, and the other team was named The Power. The first round was easy for our team, and we won.

Next, we were playing in the second round, and my team won again. We were pretty strong, and when we won, I did my victory dance. In the third round, we won again, and my team was super happy. I was super happy too. 

Finally, on the last round, they pulled and pulled, but we pulled even stronger. We were almost going to lose, but we pulled with all our strength and all our muscles except me because I have no muscles. Then the sock went on our side. We won the final round. People were jumping around and hugging each other, super happy because we won. It was the best feeling ever. I felt so happy. It was like I was filled with confetti and fireworks

After we finished playing tug of war, we packed up the rope for tug of war, grabbed our stuff, had a drink of water, and went inside to finish our learning. I loved playing tug of war because I haven’t played tug of war since I was 5. Maybe I was too excited because I started rolling on the floor and screaming with joy. I loved playing tug of war. 

We are a family of five, so maybe I should play it at home with my family. If I do, though, I will need to buy a big rope and enlist the help of one of my cousins. When we were playing, I heard a sound. I mistakenly believed it to be a dog, but it was actually my foot that broke after stepping on a stick. When we won, we would applaud ourselves. I wonder if I should ask my teacher if we could play again. If I do, I hope she says yes. My team is really strong. They were like boulders. (I think they were the ones who made us win.) The rope was as long as a giraffe and as thick as a tree trunk.  Tug of War is fun to play!

By: Aaliyah

The girls were happy because they won, and I was excited too! 

We had fun on the day of the tug of war, and it was Monday, the 9th of    October. We all had fun, but the boys didn’t. I really, really like tug of war.

First, we had to go and line up right next to the door, but then we had to go and sit back down because we ran to be lined up. But Mrs. Kumar said that she forgot the rope and told my classmates. 

Next, my teacher almost got the rope, so she said to my classmates to get it the names were Francis and William, and so when they got it we all had to line up right next to the door, and we turned to the left, and you had to go up on the concrete, and right next to the right, you will see a tennis court.  Then you have to keep going up and up, and then you will see the park, and at the back of the park is the field, and that is where we played. 

Then we had to get a line for the rope and a string to put in the middle of the rope and tie it. Once we found something, we tied it, and, by the way, it was a ripped sock. Once it was done, we had to do boys vs. girls. When they were between the girls and the boys, my teacher aid, Ms Lammas, said that we had to let it go because it was not even when we let it go that the rope looked like a snake that slithered slowly and fast.  So we all have to let go of the ropes; when they are even, we can hold them back up again. 

Finally, my teacher said, “Are we ready?” and we all said yes; my teacher said go girls, while Mrs. Kumar said go boys. While we were pulling, we had a strategy, and we had to lie back. When I said pull, we all pulled as hard as we could, and when the boys were on the line, they were the slippers. Mrs. Kumar said that the girls won one round. Once we were done, the girls started to scream like a little girl who was two years old.  The rope was long and skinny, like a tree branch. After we were done playing tug of war with my other classmates, Tupou was the one who took it back when we were done.

My classmates and I had so much fun playing tug of war on the field and it was exciting to play for the girls because the girls won the first and second rounds but it was not fair so we went in front of Ms. Lammas and the girls at the back and the boys in front and she picked us and we were mixed with boys and girls. Team One and Team Two were mixed with boys and girls Team Two was called Up the Wahs and Team 1 was called Team Power. Have you guys played tug of war with your classmates? 

By: Anamalia