I am a Year 8 student at Glenbrae School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 7 and my teacher is Mrs Tofa.
Friday, 17 November 2017
My animated story
This is my animated digital story about .............,
I use code in scratch
Thursday, 10 August 2017
How to make Takakau
How to make Takakau
We are learning to follow the structure of a procedural text.
Introduction: Takakau is a maori bread that was first made when the Europeans came to New Zealand and they brought flour to the country. You use butter and syrup to soften it or you can have it with a boil up.
Takakau Ingredients
1 teaspoon salt (to your taste)
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder (optional)
100 ml milk or water
Method
First we put in the flour, baking powder,salt and milk.

Then we use a fork to mix them together so that it is dough.
Knead the dough for a minute.
Put a little bit of flour on the baking tray and shape the dough so it is 2cm thick.
And then bake the mixture for thirty minutes at 200 degrees celsius
Friday, 4 August 2017
A short history about G.i
- You can get your food or toys from Glen Innes.
- Glen innes is located in the east in auckland.
- Glen innes gets its name from a large farm owned by Williams innes that was here
- Glen innes is close to the water of the river estuary
- Glen innes is a place where people can learn in the libary which they have computers as well.
Thursday, 3 August 2017
The Treaty of Waitangi Explainer
The Treaty of Waitangi
We are learning to: Identify and interpret key facts and information about the Treaty of Waitangi
Learn about the Treaty of Waitangi so that you can make an explainer video!
What is a treaty?
A treaty is an agreement between different groups of people. The treaty of Waitangi is a treaty that was signed in Waitangi, New Zealand.
2. New Zealand needed a treaty for different reasons. The traders and whalers were breaking the law but maori chiefs were not in control of them. They needed a law that they would follow. The British wanted the treaty so that they could control the land.
3. When was the treaty signed?
The Treaty was signed on the 6 February 1840. It was signed by Hone Heke and Maori chiefs and members of the British government.
Was the Treaty fair? The treaty wasn't fear cause their was a Maori language and a british language version.
Is the treaty still important today.
It is because the person that signed the treaty was called Hone heke he was the leader of Nga Puhi.
It is because the person that signed the treaty was called Hone heke he was the leader of Nga Puhi.
Rekoha&Maori
Rekohu and the Moriori
We are learning to extract information from the text.
Question
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My Answer
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Page number (where I found the information from)
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What is Rekohu?
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Contrary to popular belief, Moriori people did not disappear after his death. Hundreds of Moriori descendants now live on Rekohu
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Did the Moriori die out?
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Hundreds of years ago the Moriori, of the Chatham Islands, took a solemn ... almost two to one, they chose to obey Nunuku Law and did not fight back. ... Many believed that Tommy Solomon, who died in 1933, was the last ..
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Who are the Moriori?
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The last known Moriori of full descent, Tame Horomona Rehe, later known as Tommy Solomon, died on 19 March 1933. Contrary to popular belief, Moriori people did not disappear after his death. Hundreds of Moriori descendants now live on Rekohu (Chatham Island), throughout New Zealand and around the world.
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What was Maui Solomon taught at school about the Moriori?
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Hundreds of Moriori descendants now live on Rekohu (Chatham. Island), throughout New ... where there are two primary schools
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What did Hinemata do on her holiday?
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They went to her marae and had a feast.
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Why was the place called the fishing rock?
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Rock fishing is fishing from rocky outcrops into the sea. It is a popular pastime in australia and New zealand. It can be a dangerous pastime and claims many lives each year, although this may improve as more fishermen are beginning to wear life jackets.
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15
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Create:
a newspaper article explaining the history of the moriori
Or
Create a poster that explains the mistake that the 1916 journal article made
Have you met the learning intention? How do you know?
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
What is Insulation?
Insulation
Insulation is a important matter because you can get rheumatic fever and other kind of sickness you also get cold and if you had pink batts for the roof,walls,windows and the floor lass.Pink batts keeps the cold out and keeps the warm inside and if you don't have pink batts it can damage the house by damaging the house the cold air can blent the metal.You can get pink batts from mitre10 and the bargain warehouse when you want to put pink batts in the walls and the roofs you need to get a white working suit. Click to watch video
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Traditional Architecture
Today we learnt about Maori and British houses and what the difference between them is.

Monday, 24 July 2017
State of matter
Today we have been learning about the three states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) and the changes of matter. In this experiment we first melted the chocolate in the microwave. This meant that the chocolate changed from a solid to a liquid. Then we left it to dry and cool down. This meant that the chocolate changed from a liquid to a solid.
Friday, 30 June 2017
Technology art.
Every Friday we go to Tamaki college for our technology to learn about art and other stuff like carving this is my art we did last tearm this tearm i am carving with Matua Brent.
Thursday, 6 April 2017
The vege car
By this vege car it runs on vege oil and its super cheap .And it can drive you around the world!
By Riza
Friday, 24 March 2017
Plastic Fantastic!
By Philippa Werry
Fact
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Opinion
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New Zealanders use around three million plastic bags a day.(thatÅ› over a bilion bags each year.)
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Take your cloth bags when you go shopping-or reuse a cardboard box.
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Up to 100 000 marine animals,mostly whales,seals and turtles die each year around the world after eating or becoming tangled in plastic bags.
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Make sure your family keeps a stash of old plastic bags or cloth,a box, or even a laundry basket in the car for unexpected purchases
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The average new zealand family has collected sixty bags after just four trips to the supermarket.
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If you do end up with plastic bags,try to reuse them as bin liners or for anything else useful you can think of.
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The plastic bag is bad because its causes bad and poison thing and it kills sea creatures. And New Zealanders use around three million plastic bags a day and sometimes
Friday, 10 March 2017
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Science Intensive week Room 8
Science Intensive week Room 8
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