Current Events!!

Today our class had to share our current event about this week. My current event was about Japan vs South Africa!! I was very surprised Japan lost to South Africa. But then I heard that South Africa has been planning to win the Rugby World Cup for years now. The points were (Japan) 3 - 26 (South Africa). Japan have lost by miles in the Quarter finals, But I think they tried their best and played well. Their are now Four countries currently attending the rugby World cup. New Zealand, Australia, South Africa & England. South Africa have been the champions in 1995 & 2007. Japan have been champions in 1987 & 2015. Hopefully South Africa wins champions again this year!!

Camp Presentation 2K19

Cricket!!

Yesterday, Thursday 16/10/19, Glenbrae School had the opportunity to play cricket with a very professional Cricket player. We played very fun and interesting games that help you with your throwing and your catching. We had different groups and we tired tagging the other team so they can go out so the next team comes on. We also had the opportunity to play Cricket as well.

We had to split our whole class into to equal groups so we could play probably. My group was called "Dinacorn" and the other group was called "Team Six". First the couch had to tell us the rules so we understood the game probably. After the rules both team had to Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who goes  first, Our team won so we had to either choose to field or bat. When we batted the ball we got up to 19 and the other team had to try n beat our high score.

When the other team batted I think they played really good because they had really good batting skills and they all ran really fast. Their high score was 21 so the beat us. Some of our classmates we so angry we lost but I was really proud of "Team Six" because they tired their best and played really well. Cricket is a really fun and interesting sport I do hope we get to play it again.

           

Respect Others

Day 5 - Friday 13 September

Today was the last Morning for us at camp. Everybody woke up super early because we had to pack our stuff so we can put it on the bus. After putting all our stuff in the bus we had breakfast and made our lunch to pack into our lunchbox. Then we got change into the clothes we are using for the whole day. since it was the last day the teachers said big thank yous to Chris, Magnus and Maikey. Mrs Raj gave a little something to Maikey for being a kind and amazing bus driver. Chris gave presents to the best boy and girl student for the whole week of camp.

After saying our thank yous we did a Hongi to Chris and Magness for being helpful caretakers to us all. This day was so emotional for everyone because they would miss camp. We all got on the bus and sad our last goodbyes to Chris and Magnus. We drove for like 20 minutes to Ruapekapeka, as we were driving pass a farm people were cutting down a tree so we had to turn around and go back the way we came from. In the bus we were singing the Waiata and playing music on our class speaker.

In the bus people were playing cards, Singing, Dancing, Laughing and sleeping during the bus ride. Two hours after we stopped at Westfield to have our lunch and go toilet. After driving for a long time we arrived in Auckland and looked at all the pretty views while driving. Minutes after we arrived to school at 2:45 just the right time for school to finish. Before we packed all our bags into our cars we did a haka because Maikey was leaving and we won't be seeing him anymore.

It was so sad because Maikey was very funny and a cool bus driver and everybody would miss him so much. It was pretty emotional as well. People were so happy to see their parents because they missed them so much. Everybody went home missing camp so much.

Camp was so fun and interesting, I think we got to know our class more and we got to mingle together with both boys and girls. I really miss camp and I do hope we get to go back there together so we learn lots and lots of things. Russel, Kerikeri and the Waitangi treaty Grounds is a lovely place to explore and tour around.

Day 4 - Thursday 12 September

Today was sadly the last night of camp. We went for a little tour around Russel. Firstly we went to a Catholic Church called Christ Church. We visited Tamaki Waka Nene grave from years ago. The church is one of the oldest building in New Zealand and its still standing in the same place. As we were walking around the church we saw lots of pullet holes in the church and I know that Hone Heke had something to do with those holes.

Hone Heke was apparently buried in one of the graves at the church. I was pretty surprised because he shot the church but the church was forgive and forget. We went to a place called The Pompallier House, As we were walking we saw Angela again from Kerikeri Stone Store she apparently has two jobs such as touring and Gardening. We learnt how to make clothes and other things with animal skin. After The Pompallier House we went for a little walk to the Flagstaff mountain.

It was so long and all of us were so tired. When we got up to the mountain Chris talked about what this mountain meant to the British and the Maori people. We started learning the Haka and the Waiata, We saw some people walking around and they started taking videos of us doing the Haka. We walked all the way down the mountain and went to the Russell Museum. After going to the museum all the groups came together and had our lunch.

We had our lunch for 30 minutes and played for 5 minutes. After our lunch we went to Long Beach for a swim. Each group had 15 minutes each to swim. When we got back to the campsite everybody went for showers. Everyone went to hang their wet clothes. After getting ready we went into the common room and got ready for dinner. For dinner we had a little feast since it was our last day of camp. After dinner we learnt the Haka that Maikey taught us.

After The Haka and our cleaning duties Chris and Magnus decided that we should do a bonfire for the last night. As we were walking Chris was talking about the stars. When we were sitting down surrounding the fire we all said our own personal thank yous to everyone. This time was an emotional time for everybody because it was the last day. After saying our thank yous we made smores and talked the night away. We walked back to our cabins and brushed our teeth.

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Day 3 - Wednesday 11 September

Today we went for a little Tiki Tour around Kerikeri. We arrived there at 8:00 and had a little brief talk about what we know about New Zealand. After talking about New Zealand we had one of Chris's wife's cookies called Flap jacks, We also had out class milk. We had to split into two groups so we could see different places. Group 3 went into the a place called The Kemp house. Did you know that is it the oldest building in New Zealand.

We met a kind lady named Angela, She was our tour guide for the Kemp house for now. We saw olden day things such as cooking supplies and chalk boards. We saw Hiriata Rongo's diary, We saw her own Waiatas that she made in her own time. We also saw the kids rooms, It was so scary because their were dolls and holes in the walls and the beds were almost broken. It was also scary because it was up stairs and it felt like the floor was gonna break.

After the Kemp house we went to the Stone Store. In the Stone Store their were cool things the people made in the olden days. We went upstairs and we did a little ice breaker. We had to get a paper with questions about what we know about the treaty. Our next stop was Rewa's Village. In Rewa's Village we saw houses made out of leaves, we also saw Canoes made out of wood. After seeing all those amazing things we came back to the bus and had our morning tea.

After morning tea we had a long treasure hunt made by Magnus and Chris. It was very long and i was so tired. We had our treasure hunt for like two hours and came back to the bus so we could go back to the campsite. When we came back we all went into our groups and went for a 20 minute swim in the holiday park pool. We all went for a shower and had dinner. After dinner we did our reflections and Maikey brought us ice blocks because we were apparently good.

Maikey taught us a Waita and a Haka, we learnt the actions and the words probably this time. Everybody was so bored so we did a little Talent quest. We did it in our groups, We either did a dance or a song. Click the video to see groups 3's three talented students.