The GLS Playground

The GLS playground has had some replacements put in but we are very proud because it has been here for since 1988 and is sill in Grey Lynn school after for all these years. We are very lucky to have the playground with us because it is very old, 

and our favourite part of it is the red round swings. We play on it at morning tea and lunch. 
By Cassie and Lilly 

Our new school

Grey Lynn School has been turned into a construction sight and the builders that are working here have done a brilliant job so far. They are building the gymnasium and the music room. Our library has been turned into a office because our old office got crushed down. We have Portacom classrooms to replace the ones that got destroyed. The walls of the three story buildings tower over the school like mountains towering over a lake. Everyone is really excited about the new build, but it's extremely noisy to listen to the builders work. There are trucks driving in and out of our school witch is very annoying, but it will be worth when the buildings are done.                          

By Phoebe and Beata.    

My creepy little brother

Another typical day at school. Mum and I walk down the hill. ‘’Mum Alex had another accident.’’ ‘’Change him then.’’ We're back home, happy for some reason. ''Maddie you have to change the baby.’’ ‘’I thought I heard mum say you have to.’’ ‘’Nope. Liar, liar pants on fire.’’ ‘’This is how my sister's fight- it’s a nightmare. The fact that I have to live in this family drives me crazy. They always blame everything on me cause I’m the the second youngest in the family. Second youngest means the most mischievous. Everything Alex does makes them say “Aww’’ And no offence to Alex, but he sometimes freaks me out. There was a time that Alex came in my room and he was talking. I have never met a baby at 2 years old talk so fluently. I ran to tell mum and dad but they just said it was normal old 2 year old stuff. I was actually scared of a little baby for 1 whole year. One day we went to go see the movie Trolls. When it was the sad part, you know when they almost get eaten, Alex started grinning so hard the whole theatre heard it. Also at the end of the movie when all the trolls were happy, he felt so depressed. My little brother might be a little creepy, but I love him no matter what.
By Aniva

The gold dragon who ate gold

Once in a dark cave there was a light but it was  yellow. It was a dragon and it ate gold - it only ate gold it never ate fruit, vegetables and meat.Then one day the dragon smelled gold and the gold was in a village, but I don’t mean an ordinary village. It had boys who stole bread and there were broken lamps, fire engines and cars.Then the dragon flew out of the cave and headed to the village. Then one man said "there's a dragon in the sky," and the dragon landed.Then the dragon saw the gold - it was in a shop.Then that man got a net and threw it on the dragon but the net was too small. But the dragon did not CARE. The dragon reached in and grabbed the gold and flew away.The people ran and followed the dragon until they got to the cave. Some people started to climb but it was too steep. Also they switched to plan B but only one man knew plan B. So he raced and got a helicopter. One second he blew the cave up with the dragon inside. After they had a celebration because they blocked the way the dragon would come out. Now the village was safe. By Nikhil

Queenstown

I went to Queenstown, Te Anau and Milford Sound.
Me,Mum and dad did a boat trip down Milford Sound and some people say it is the 8th wonder of the world.
It is a Fiord surrounded by really high peaks which have trees going out of rock.We went through the Homer Tunnel to get to Milford sound.Milford Sound is one of the wettest places in the world and the rain creates hundreds of waterfalls along every peek.The big cliffs and valleys were formed by ancient glaciers over hundreds of thousands of years.We saw seals and dolphins!
When we were on the boat the wind nearly blew us off our feet.
We went for a awesome bike ride it was the best bike ride I ever had.On our way to Te Anau there were these people from overseas who nearly had three crashes. We called star 555 and the cop came to tell them off.

This is a rock I found on lake Te Anau.

Welcome To 2018

Room 10 is back for another year of blogging and sharing their learning with the world! 

We love comments so please leave us a comment on our learning. 

Room 10 have 26 shining stars this year so expect to read something exciting from every student in Room 10. 

We hope you all have a fabulous year as well.

Room 10

Interesting facts about cows

Hi I am Erika and I did 5 facts about cows for Chapter Chat for the book we're reading called, The Terrible Two. 

The first one is that cows are social animals and also they are form large herds.
I was really proud of that first line because I had to put two facts together and made one.

Now the 2nd, well cows are actually colourblind to red and green. I know right, crazy! I wonder if they know grass isn't black? 
I was really surprised about that when I read that.

Number 3 is just amazing: a cows heart beats 60 - 70 beats per minute.
It is nuts! A person's heart only beats 40 -45, sometimes 55 for athletes.

Number 4 is a wow. An average cow can hear lower & higher noises better than people.
I had no idea that cows can hear better than people!

Now for the big one ...5! An average dairy cow weighs about 1,200 pounds!
I had no idea that an average cow weighs about 1,200 pounds until I read about it on the chrome book!

Which fact did you find surprising?
By Erika

Change at Grey Lynn School

By Imogen and Zara
There is a huge change going on at Grey Lynn School. There is a 
three(two) storey building going up. It is really interesting to watch. We are all very excited. There is a lot of noise around us, but it is worth it! At the moment the Kowhai are in prefabs, so are Totara. The whole building site has all the walls up, hopefully it is ready by next year. 
Here are some photos of the building site so far:

Chapter Chat

We really love doing chapter chat because we get to do creative activities that go with the story or make some new ones up too. 

Latanoa and I got sticks and made the lodge where Ros lives and saved all the animals from a harsh winter. 

By Sienna and Latanoa

Using Kid Pix

Room 10 have been using Kid Pix to draw pictures to illustrate their stories or for ICT tasks during Chapter Chat. Their skills are improving every time they draw! I think there are some future graphic artists in this class!

Aquilla's Little Garden

Our class was lucky to win a complete Little Garden NZ kit from SchoolKit.  Aquila was very excited to plant the seeds as this was the first time she got to do this so this became her passion time project. 

Aquila has been planting and raising a little garden in Room 10 since Week 10 of Term 3.  Aquila checks the plants everyday to see if they need water and when her learning assistant, Ellen, is here, they work on learning all about the flowers and plants they have planted. 

Ellen writes the story for Aquills

Aquilla writes her sentences about the plants.

Proud of all her hard work.

Aquilla's little garden

Chapter Chat and Bears

This term we are reading The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This week there was a flurry of creative tasks for the class to complete. 

Hop onto our twitter to see our best work. 

Room 10 Twitter Feed

Ava and Stella created a google slideshow about bears as there are bears in this book. They worked together to figure out how to make a slideshow, got copyright free photos from a safe website and put it all together in an amazing slideshow. 

Great work!

Room 10

Click All About Bears to watch their slideshow. 

New Buildings

On Friday after Room 10s talent show, we had our Tuakana Teina time with our buddies. Me and Lachlan took photos of the new stuff that is in Grey Lynn School. We liked the new classrooms, the new pathway and our new office.  By Nikhil

Spot the Difference!

We made the alphabet and mixed some letters up we decided to make spot the difference so comment if you find the differences. by Torin and Sam

Sharing our Talents

Room 10 shared their talents on Friday. Our buddy class were also part of our audience. 

Enjoy the variety of talents on show! I am so proud of the students for taking a risk and performing in front of their peers. 

Room 10 has Talent from Grey Lynn Scribblers on Vimeo.

Dragons

Dragons are cool but sometimes fierce but they're not real unless it is a story.  Don't think of them as a enemy because they're not unless  you're a dragon. Not everyone has a dragon, even I don't because it is a lot to handle. Never have a pet dragon unless you're six years age and over. Oh! Now I can get one if I can afford it! which I probably can't. Now remember you have to believe in dragons.

By Poppy

13-0

Yesterday I was playing netball.  I played GD, WA, GS, GA.  I  got 1 goal  it was a half game. The score was 13 to 0 and we got 13 . I bent my finger back and it went click. I had tears in my eyes.  But I was OK. I was really mad when the another team got the ball. We were really proud of us. I am in the year 4 netball team for Grey Lynn school.




By Stella.

Super sleepover Sunday

On  Sunday  me  and  Stella had a  sleepover and we went to the wave pools . Stella went on the big slide. It was fun. After  that we got changed and had hot chips it was yum. After  that we we went home and watched Sleepover.   It was really funny. We had pizza four dinner and then we  got a  bun with  chocolate  icing  on top.  It was also yum. Then we played hide and go seek. Me and Stella hid under her bed. Sadly we got found first.

By Ava

My Holiday Diary

In the school holidays we are going to Rarotonga.  We might even get our hair braided.  I am so excited. We are just going to stay there for three days. It is just two days until the holidays start, yay.

Actually we went to Cape Reinga not Rarotonga, that was just my imagination. 

It took us five hours to get to the place where we were staying. When we were there it was almost dinner time. After dinner we played spotlight for a while then we had marshmallows. We were very tired so we went to bed.

In the morning we went fishing trip and I think Zoe saw a shark. Sadly we did not catch anything. After that we watched Despicable Me Two. It was funny. 

The next day we went to the sand dunes. It was windy and I did not go boarding down the dune because I was scared of hurting my body.

After that we went to the ice cream shop. It made me feel happy because I love ice cream.  When we got home we had a hot shower then we watched a bit more of Despicable Me Two. 

We played Cluedo and after that we played Monopoly. I just got a house when we had to go to Paihia. We said bye to everybody. After three hours we were there and we met up with mum and my cousin Stella Grace at a restaurant. Mum gave us presents. I got a head scarf and Zoe got black nail polish with sparkles.

Then we went on a ferry to a wharf and we saw people jumping of the wharf with different things. Like paper wins with feathers stuck on them.

After the show we got on the ferry and went to the hotel and watched the Block.

So that is my story. Bye Diary!  Ava xxx.

My Holidays

In the holiday me and my family all went out to the movies. We all watched Cars three, the movie, then we all went back home. After we got back home my dad said, " hop up and come out with your sister and come with me and your brother. We can go back to the movies so we can watch Despicable Me Three. " By Mere