Welcome back to another year in the Senior Hub of Gilberthorpe School Ara Tū Whakatā. This year our home base is a group of 33 Year 6 students with home base teachers Miss Waho and Mrs Howland. We are looking forward to sharing our learning and seeing what our blogging friends from around Aotearoa are up to.
Te Rōpū Whakamanawa of Gilberthorpe School 2018
“On a pathway for success, in our ever changing world”
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Farewell to Our Year 6 Team
Year 6 Leavers Dinner
Each year we say thank you and celebrate our Year 6 Leavers by having a dinner together at Little Sister Cafe. This year was another very special time. Everybody looked stunning and we enjoyed our time. Here are a few pictures from our evening.
Monday, 6 November 2017
Kapa Haka Festival
Uru Mānuka Cultural Festival 2017
Last week we had our annual cluster Kapa Haka festival. This year we had a mixture of junior students and seniors. Here are a few photos from the night.
We were all stars on the night and had a great performance. Check back soon for more pictures from our evening.
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Duffy Role Model Assembly
The Amazing Scott Tulloch
Scott Tulloch came in today to present our Duffy Awards.
He is an author and illustrator.
He played us his reading of the book, I am not a Worm. He used fantastic voices and did a very like like illustration of Miss Waho.
Bible in schools assembly
Bible Assembly for Term Four
Watch what you watch and watch what you eat.
Mr Marty and Roy were in today for our Bible Assembly to start the term.
We gave Diesel some advice about how he should eat healthier. We need to think about how we can be healthier by eating healthier.
We learned about how marketing advertisers trick us into recognising advertising logos and brands. The average child sees 15 advertisements advertising junk food.
We talked about how we can help people who don't like to read.
Ki o rahi trials
Our seniors had trials for the school Ki O Rahi teams recently. It was great to see them managing the game themselves and having a great time!
Bring on the tournament on the 15th of November
Value for Week 3
Active Listening
Our quality that we are developing this week is active listening. This slide will help us become better at this which will support our learning.
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