Congratulations to our Cross Country Champions!

We are so proud of our Junior Syndicate cross country winners! Way to go Room 5!

Year 3 Boys:
1st Place - Soane, Rm 5
2nd Place - Joseph, Rm 5
3rd Place - Jerricho, Rm 5

Year 3 Girls:
1st Place - Dijonay, Rm 5
2nd Place - Helena, Rm 3
3rd Place - Monique, Rm 5

Well done Dijonay!

Congratulations to all GTS students who participated in the ICAS testing for 2017.

ICAS offers students an opportunity to assess their knowledge in an international exam. An initiative of Education Assessment of the University of New South Wales, the exams are designed for every year level and are closely aligned to school learning.

Our very special congratulations to Dijonay, who participated in the ICAS Spelling Test and also received the Principal's Award.

Well done Dijonay for your excellent effort! 

Landforms and Bodies of Water

We continue to work on our Changing landscapes inquiry. Today we had fun matching the landform pictures and their definitions. Well done Room 5!

The impossible bridges

Bridges come in many shapes and sizes. Our class decided to make our own models of some kinds of bridges. It was fun!

Measuring the Volume of Liquids (water)

Joseph, Say Yar Mon and Anastasia

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Peter, Soane and Cyrus 

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                                          Ana, Monique and Dijonay

Our trip to Devonport by Peter

My Trip to Devonport by Soane

Foam Printing

We made our landscapes by simply drawing deep lines into the foam. 
Then we used ink to transfer our images onto paper. 😀

Our Trip to Devonport

Yesterday, the juniors had a fantastic trip to Devonport as a part of our Term 3 Inquiry 'Changing Landscapes'.

We walked to the top of Mt.Victoria and enjoyed the most beautiful views of Auckland city and the Waitemata Harbour. We looked at some major landforms that we have in our area.

We had lots of fun!

Measuring the Volume of Solids

We learnt how to measure and compare volumes of various containers using non-standard volume units. We measured our containers using the building, stacking and place value blocks. 
At the end of our activity, we agreed that we needed a standard unit of volume to get the same results. We noticed that it became difficult to communicate and compare results with others that used different units.

We had to use the same size blocks to get the same results!

Without standard units of measurement, people would have a huge problem understanding what other people were saying and measuring. 😀

Our Book Day!

Today was a special day at our school because we celebrated our very own BOOK DAY!

We had great fun dressing up!

Well done Room 5!

Room 5's students received numerous awards and recognitions at the Principal's assembly.
Great job!! Well done everyone!

Well done Soane! We hope you'll have lots of fun at Rainbow's End!

Celebrating Matariki

Matariki is a special time of year for the tangata whenua/ people of Aotearoa/New Zealand with the celebration of Matariki and te Tau Hou o te Māori, the Māori New year.

We created our night sky with the glowing Matariki stars. We know that some Maori tribes celebrated Matariki by flying kites. We made our own kites and went kite flying.

GTS Cultural Festival 2017

Thank you all for your hard work!
All cultural groups were absolutely amazing! 
Stunning colourful costumes! Terrific performances! 
Happy faces!
Well done, Glen Taylor!!

Water quality testing

Our Trip to Tahuna Torea Reserve

Welcome Back to School

Welcome back to the start of a new school year!

I hope you had a relaxing and fun holiday. 

We look forward to a happy and successful year working together!

Making 20 by Natalie

Baby Nelson

Matariki by Tracey and Wint

Making groups of 10 by Ocean

The Little Elephant by Jane

My Weekend by Hillary

Working Dogs by Tajon

The Brave Dog

My Holiday in Rotorua

My Gold Medal by TJ

All About Venice by Lily A

Tamaki Cross Country by Ben

Term 3 Inquiry. The Olympic Games.

Term 2 Inquiry. Growing our own Maori potatoes, radishes and parsley.

Sandwich poem by Natalie

My Pegasus by Tajon

Butcher by Ben

Best Friends by Lily A

Winter Garden

Today we had a wonderful trip to the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Winter Garden!
What a great trip it was! We learnt more about Maori people, their traditions and language.
We discovered many interesting plants and enjoyed the beauty of nature!

Thank you to all the parents who helped on the trip!!! We had lots of fun together!
Photo Gallery by QuickGallery.com

Our Trip to the Museum

Photo Gallery by QuickGallery.com

Working Dogs by Lily A and Lily M

What Makes Me Healthy? by Brian and Tracey

Camouflage by Ben

Will they float or sink? by Tracey

Autumn by Tracey

Float or Sink? by Ngwe Sin

Banana Chocolate Muffins by Kayla and Wint

What Makes Me Healthy? by Ngwe Sin

Cupcake by Hillary

Bridges by Tajon

Puss-in-boots by Room 3

Our Assembly Term 2 2016
Part 1.
Puss-in-boots

Puss-in-boots by Room 3

Part 2.

Taniwha