Malama Honua Event

On a bright Wednesday morning Glenbrae School went to Pt. England Beach to see the Hourua Hokule’a and Hikianalia Wakas that had come from Hawaii.

When we got there we all sat down until the crew came out of the Waka. Then  we sang a waiata called E oho.

After that  we welcomed them with a Haka. There were over 2000 kids there. A crew from the Waka blew a conch 5 times.

Next we sang  E Honore. Then we sat down and listened to speeches from the kaumatua and the people from the wakas.

Lastly ,we went to the beach and did a high five with the Hawaiian people who had come from the Waka and it was a lot of fun.

Then we walked back to school feeling hungry and tired.

Butterfly Creek

                            Butterfly Creek

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On Monday the 9th of March, rooms 9 and 10 went to Butterfly Creek to learn about Dinosaurs. We went there by a big white bus.

When we arrived at the venue, Sunita our guide took us  inside the Dinosaur kingdom to study dinosaurs and then into a room where Paul spoke to us about dinosaurs. He showed us a dinosaur skull, teeth and poo. We talked about different kinds of dinosaur and about the biggest shark.

We then went to the fish room.  I saw a clown fish and a glowing fish in the water. The fish were so tiny that most of us Glenbrae students couldn't even see the tiny fish in the water.

Eventually we went into the butterfly room and we saw turtles, butterflies, fish, eels and little cute monkeys. Mostly  the butterflies kept landing on Miss Maruariki because she had a nice pink t-shirt on. Then we went to watch the crocodile show. The crocodile was from Australia, it was massive and its name is Scar.

Later that day, we went for a ride around Butterfly Creek by a slow train. From the train we saw more dinosaurs, pigs, chickens. After the ride we went to the farm and saw different animals such as rabbits, a dog, goats and even a parrot that says “HELLO”. The white bunny sitting on the bench was so chubby and so so so so white. I fell in love with it and stroked it. Finally we got to see the Tarantula And everyone was a little scared.

After lunch it was time to go back to school.

I felt happy and excited because we saw the dinosaurs, other animals, tropical butterflies, the fish, the tarantula, and also the crocodile Scar.

I hope to go again to see more animals and learn about them.

                                                              

Basketball

Basketball

On Tuesday room 9 had basketball in the morning at the hall.

When we got there we did some skills. First we practices to dribble the ball and after that we did dibble king and it was pretty hard.

After that we did a activity and it was called shark,shore and ship and that was a cool game and you have to run fast to the sides and if the coach says ship you have to run to the right of if she says shore you run to the you run to the left.

Then we played another game and it was octopus and it was a fun game to play when someone runs you have to tag him before he gets to the end.

Finally it was finished because I was tired and it was fun.