Tongan Language Week

This week Glen Taylor School has been learning about Tongan language. The day before Yesterday we learnt with Miss V/Tongan funny teacher taught us how to start a conversation with Tongan, Tongan alphabet and Tongan songs. Yesterday saw felt and Tongan treasures Miss V called some people up to hold the items and wear I was one of the people who wore/ held the items. Miss V called me up and put the Kahoa heilala on my neck. The Kahoa heilala had a nice smell and looked cool with females/ males wearing it. I was wearing the Kahoa Heilala and holding a beautiful kafa pulu Miss V told the class about the treasures my class mate and me were holding. We all had a turn of holding the treasures and watched a short film about Kava. The film was sad and interesting as my class watched through it. We then practiced the Tongan alphabet once again and the bell rang and there it was ordinary day. Today it was a couple people in class in the morning because some was in kapa haka and some at fun run. As Miss V walked in with her beautiful dress and her Kie Kie (like this week) she then told us to sit down and watch a video about Otai (in the middle we had to sing the Tongan alphabet for Ms Wrack and her Friend). Otai is a refreshing Tongan juice that is basically with water melon, pineapple and more delicious things after we watched another video about how to make Faikakai Topai. Topai is a dough boiled in water than added to a plate with sweet coconut sauce. On Monday room 9 will be making Otai and Topai sheesh can't wait. Hope you enjoyed my Writing.

Goodbye Winter hello Summer

Today/ Yesterday our teacher showed us a poem that a 8 years old boy wrote about winter and summer.
it was interesting and cool so our teacher sent us away to do our own poem here's is mine hope you enjoy :)

Goodbye Winter Hello Summer

Goodbye rain hello sun

Let's go outside and eat pork buns.

Goodbye phone Hello trees

Hey how about we run away from bees.

Bye Bye hot chocolate hello Ice blocks 

Let’s go outside and write with chalks.

Goodbye gray cloud hello bright blue sky

Go tell your mum I won’t lie.

  Goodbye coldness hey hey boldness What is fun i don’t know look at the sky ooo a new rainbow. 

Okay bye bad old pain i'm running away It’s time to go

see you again :)

                                                  

Cross Country 2019

Yesterday, Glen taylor school had cross country. It was a cloudy day so we decided to run at 9:00 instead of 11:00. When the bell rang, we did the roll and headed to the field and went to our house colors group. Some of us had mufti for our house colors and some of us did not. When the year 1 ran we cheered them on and also encouraged them to win. The order went years 2, year 3, year 4, year 5 and every house color cheered them on. When it got up to year 6 my heart pounded and I stepped forwards to the lines where all the year 6 stepped behind. CLACKK the closing thingy went and we all ran I ran and looked back to see all the year 6 trying their best to run. We ran the whole field and out we went outside of the school where two teachers were there with water guns and they spraying us with it. I saw some people getting hurt and some wanting to win. I got wet a little and still ran laughing along the way I ran with my friend Ngwe Sin talking about how sore our legs were. My leg was stinging as I ran 2 whole laps trying my best. When my second lap was down I ran through the gate and Ngwe Sin and Catherine was walking towards the finish line with their faces like, HELP ME! I ran towards them and went in front of them but Catherine, the funny fast friend ran in the front and sprinted. I could see my all the house colors cheering us all along and also encourage everyone to run faster. Ngwe Sin was behind me and I was behind Catherine. I came 5th place and don’t really care because I know, I tried my best and I had fun. I sat down in my house color and cheered for other people who were coming through. After all the running, everyone was exhausted from the running and our fun teachers decided to do ZUMBA. My body was stinging and I could feel my hands and legs saying your so mean but I love dancing so I went ahead and did zumba with the rest of the school. After zumba, we went back to class and did work and relaxed. Around 2:00 we went to the hall and my teacher said the results and had a basic end.