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Tuesday 28 November 2017

A Trip to Sylvia Park

A few weeks ago the students of Glen Taylor School went on a trip to Sylvia Park to see all the Maniakalani Film Festival Movies. It was awesome, we got to go on a bus and we had to look after the kids in Room 6.
It was a great day.




Wednesday 8 November 2017

Room 7 loves to Dance

The students in Room 7 decided to create their film as a class this year. We love to dance in Room 7 so that was our theme.
Enjoy our creative dance moves.

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Who is Room 7?

One of the wonderful students in Room 7 decided to make this presentation to introduce others to the students in our class and some of the things they enjoy doing in their spare time.

Tuesday 31 October 2017

Something Spooky is happening at Glen Taylor School

On Tuesday the 31st of October something seriously spooky happened at Glen Taylor School. Some of the students didn't look quite right. Hmmmm. . . . . 

Monday 30 October 2017

Buddy Class

Room 7 is buddy class with the new entrant class at our school. Today we helped them move some stumps into their construction area. It was really hard work.

Friday 27 October 2017

Room 7 has Rats!!!

In Room 7 we made paper mache Rats earlier in the year for our Rivers and Streams inquiry. We have started painting them and some of our class are getting very creative.

Tuesday 24 October 2017

Room 7's 5 Week Fitness Challenge

Check out one of Room 7's awesome fitness blog posts. Those are some awesome and achievable goals Maino.

Wednesday 6 September 2017

Blogs

In Room 7 we have been working on our Blog posting. It can be hard to remember all the wonderful things Mrs Grant has been teaching us.
Our teacher made us these cool cards that show us how to post and comment on our blogs. They are great because we can take them anywhere.


Thursday 31 August 2017

Maritime Museum Trip

On Tuesday 29th August Rooms 7, 11 and 12 went on a trip to the Maritime Museum. We saw the boats that they used to sail around New Zealand and the world. We enjoyed seeing what things used to look like not so long ago.


Wednesday 23 August 2017

I had a Dream

Room 7 has been working on how to plan for our writing. We created a shared doc and brainstormed our ideas. This helped those who were struggling for ideas for their writing. We have shared some of our planning for our dream recounts. Enjoy.


Tuesday 22 August 2017

Daffodil Day

Room 7 is working hard to create collages for Daffodil Day. We are raising money for the Cancer Society by selling stickers and Daffodils.

Monday 21 August 2017

Thank You

Thank you Owairoa Netball Cub for donating Netball uniforms to Glen Taylor School. After sorting them into sizes and making sure we had enough sets of bibs the girls decided to try the uniforms on and head outside for a test run. We really appreciate your donation.

Tuesday 15 August 2017

ALIM Maths

Some of the Room 7 students are lucky enough to be apart of the Glen Taylor ALIM Maths Programme. They are really enjoying what they are learning in Maths and are showing great confidence when trying new things.
Thank You Miss O'Hanlon!!!!
Click here to check out their awesome site. . .

Thursday 10 August 2017

ALIM Maths Programme

Some of the Room 7 boys are taking part in Miss O'Hanlon's ALIM Maths programme. These boys are lucky enough to get Math twice a day. They seem to be loving it and are enjoying using their knowledge during Room 7's Maths discussions.


Wednesday 9 August 2017

Kawa of Care Evening

Today in Room 7 some of our students got to take their Chromebooks home. They invited their parents along to see how they responsibly manage their Chromebooks for learning. Here are some of our students and parents having an awesome time.


Friday 4 August 2017

Connect 4

In today's session we have been focusing on connection and how this enhances our ability as teachers but that it also greatly benefits our learners.
At the completion of a creative day of learning we finalised and cemented our learning by completing a game of connect 4. Great way to end a successful day.


Monday 31 July 2017

Student Led Conferences

On Thursday 27th July Glen Taylor School held it's Student Led Conference evening. There was a great turn out of parents. The students in Room 7 enjoyed sharing their learning with their families. They showed them how they use their Chromebooks for learning and what they can access on their Chromebooks.
Here are some pictures of Room 7 students with their families. If you click on the pictures it will link you to their Blog Post.






Tuesday 4 July 2017

All Blacks Tutira Mai Challenge

On Monday the 3rd of July a small group of students and teachers form Glen Taylor School had the opportunity to perform their Tutira Mai dance in front of some of the All Blacks. It was a close competition but unfortunately we couldn't come away with a win in the end. Everybody still enjoyed the evening especially the goodie bags we got at the end. Thank you New Zealand Rugby Union for the awesome opportunity.




Teachers vs Students Netball

Our senior students decided to take on our teachers in a very hard fought Netball match yesterday at lunch time. Unfortunately the students were not successful and went down 7-0 to the teachers.

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Room 7 Learns To Blog

Today the Room 7 students learnt how to blog. We are really enjoying seeing our work posted online.






Tuesday 27 June 2017

Fair Go Visits Glen Taylor School

On Wednesday the 21-06-17 Glen Taylor School had a very special assembly, with some very special guests.
They look familiar but I wonder why they were here?
Stay tuned to find out why they came to visit us.



Monday 26 June 2017

New Things

Room 7 has some new toys to play with. We have giant pick up sticks, a doll house, toy garage, pop up rockets and so much more. We had to construct a few things but we are enjoying playing with them.





Attendance Award

97% Attendance

This week Room 7 got the highest attendance award for the whole school. Lets see if we can beat it next week!


Tuesday 16 May 2017

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Room 7 had a visit from the local Constable today.
She talked to us about how to keep ourselves safe on the way home from school and how we can make a plan with our parents so we always know how to keep ourselves safe.


Tuesday 2 May 2017

Keeping Ourselves Safe

What do we already know?

Today Room 7 made a class brainstorm about what we already know about Keeping Ourselves Safe, it was all student lead with only a little help from our Teacher.
Turns out Room 7 kids are definitely ready for Term 2s Inquiry Topic.


Tuesday 4 April 2017

DUFFY ASSEMBLY


Today Glen Taylor School had their Duffy Assembly, we had a special guest Richard Lambeth and we all got 2 books each!!

"Richard Lambeth is a graduate with a Bachelor of Performing & Screen Arts Majoring in Acting. He has been on popular TV shows Shortland Street, Step Dave, Legend of the Seeker and played Officer John Walker in Peter Jacksons film - The Lovely Bones"

A Big Thank You to:
Richard Lambeth
Rickshaw Eddy's 
and
Duffy Books

We have some very happy kids in Room 7.






Friday 31 March 2017


Room 7 has been working on creating Maui (Peter Gossage) inspired pictures. We have also incorporated our inquiry topic by adding eels to our artwork. This is a photo of some of our work on display in the GTS hall.




Tuesday 21 March 2017

Reading in Room 7




Room 7 is enjoying using their Chromebooks for reading. They are using Bugs Club to read their assigned texts and create Open and Closed questions as a response.