Glenview School
Bruce Avenue, Hamilton
Phone: 07 8435598 Fax:07 8435578 Email: Click here
2012 Term dates
Term 1: Wednesday 1 Feb to Thursday 5th April
Term 2: Monday 23 April to Friday 29 June
Term 3: Monday 16 July to Friday 28 September
Term 4: Monday 15 October to Monday 17 December
Note change to school break times:
School begins 8.55am
Break 1: 10.45am - 11.25am (40 min) Break 2: 1.20pm - 2.00pm (40 min)
School ends 3.00pm
Coming up at Glenview School...
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Welcome to Glenview School
Our team of Young Leaders reporters come from each of the senior classes (Rm 1-6): Reece, Caleb, Liam, Cole, Sophia, Zoe and Lauren. They write regularly for the website to keep you up to date on whats happening at Glenview...
THE INTERVIEW
Feana Tuakoi came in to rooms two and twelve to show her latest books and to show us how she writes her picture books to give us a idea because we were writing picture books for buzz week.
We interviewed Feana Tu'akoi she is a writer here are some of questions I asked:
How many books have you wrote in your writing career? About 107.
Do you have a favourite? She thinks it's kind of like picking your favourite child out of a school.
What inspired you to become a writer? Reading.
How long have you been writing for? Professionally 6 years.
If I was to become a writer what would you suggest for me to do? Read and read for new words.
What is your favourite bit about writing? She loves finishing but not starting because her draft is not very good and she doesn't want to be embarrassed.
How long does it take for you to write a book? It depends on how big the books are some of them are picture books some are plays and some chapter.
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The Astounding Australian maths
One hot day while the blood and nervousness was flowing through my body I had the Australian maths competition with year fives and sixes and the rest of the mathamations in New Zealand and Australia. First of all we got our test sheet we started our quest to compete with Australia. All of our hard work and training has all been leading up to this "I bet I am going to get a high distinction"... 55 minutes later: "Oh no I've only got 10 questions to go and 5 minutes, wait, no, 4 minutes to go. How am I going to complete it and the questions are getting harder". Someone whispered to me "hurry up" and finish the best way to finish fast is to guess. I say "ok" and I finished my test
A narrative by Young Leaders Reece and Cole
Information on the results to come...Go Glenview mathematicians!
WRITING WIZARDS
by Elizabeth who attended the Young Writers Conference....
I was walking into the Deanwell School hall on the 10th of September. Shivering with excitement I grabbed my name tag and took my seat next to Oliver (room 1), Logan (room 4), Salma (room 6), Jasper (room 2), Petra (room 2) and Mrs T. A little while later one of the teachers told us to quieten down so she could explain what was going to happen. On our name tags were three different coloured dots. The dots told us what classes we were going to be in.
The type of writing I learnt in my first class was non- fiction writing with Feana Tu'akoi. She taught us how to make the reader read on. She called it a 'hook' because you're meant to hook the reader onto your story, for example: "Politicians, ever wonder why they lie and who are they? If I was you I wouldn't guess because I doubt it is the woman who picks her nose when you're not looking!"
50 minutes later the bell went. I walked to my next class. In that class the author taught us how to write an obstacle story. An obstacle story is when someone who doesn't like something or is selfish takes a journey, any journey. And along the way they have to pass obstacles that are really hard for them to solve, for example: "A guy doesn't like English but he has an exam on Wednesday. In a day dream he goes on a journey to find the answers for his English test. He crosses paths with questions/riddles about English. He finally gets to the end and realises he already knows all of the answers, because of his journey." When I finished writing my story the bell went again, but this time it was to go to lunch.
All of us, including Mrs T. met up in a small quiet spot. We talked about the classes we had been in so far and agreed they were all fun. About 10-15 mins later a teacher said we could go on the playground. We all suddenly packed up our lunches and started to walk towards the playground. When we got to the playground we left our bags by Mrs T. so we wouldn't' have to be dragged down by them. First we went on the flying fox. Next we sped down the slides. A while later we went on the astro turf that they have and started to play line tag, then Road block. Mrs T called us over to say that we should start to pack up and head to our next classes.
20 steps later the bell went. My last class was with Dot Meharry. In her class we learnt how to describe a piece of writing really well so the reader could make a clear image of the paragraph. When we finished that Dot read us some parts out of her stories like 'Ram Raid' and 'Skateboard Cops'. She also told us to keep a notebook and not to throw it away or you will regret it. Another thing she talked to us about was how to make a seed. I'm not talking about a flower seed; I'm talking about an idea seed. We discussed different types of seeds/ideas, like everyday life, what you love and sounds.
After another 50 mins the bell rang again. I thanked Dot and headed towards the hall again. When all of us were in the hall relaxed, a lady started to call out names for the spot prizes. Logan's name got called out first. He went up to collect a book and sat back down again. A while later the bell rang again to say that it was home time. I packed up my things and headed towards the doors. 3 mins later, I got taken home.
I felt satisfied on the way home because I learnt a lot more about writing on this course.
By Elizabeth Mason
