Room 11 @ Glen Innes School

• A battery

• Some wires

• A light bulb

• A light bulb holder
• Switch or button

• Screw the bulb into the bulb holder.
• Attach one end of a wire to the “plus” terminal of the battery.
• Attach the other end of the wire to one terminal of the bulb.
• Get the switch and attach a wire from the other terminal of the bulb to one terminal of the switch.
• Attach the other terminal of the switch to the “minus” terminal of the battery.
• Turn the switch on and off. If the bulb lights up you did it right! If the bulb does not work… you did it wrong.

Yesterday we learnt how to make a cog and use more than one cog together. We also spun one of them to move the other one. Mr. Ramkolowan taught us how to make the cogs and how to make all of them move. It was fun because we had to cut the cardboard into a circular shape. Then we drew the teeth and cut it out. Next we had to stick our pencil into it to make it spin. It was so cool when we played with it at the end. Nearly our whole class played together with every ones cogs. Ifa and I had the second smallest cogs.

Hi my name is Tane and I am in year 5 at Glen Innes School. I like to do my maths because we learn new strategies. It is fun to learn the new strategies.

My next favorite subject is Physical education. I like PE because I like to run. I want to be as fast as Usain Bolt. Runnng also keeps me fit. I also like to play games on my net book. It is fun to play games on the net. I play sprinter and pool table which are my two favorite games.

I am in room nine and I enjoy being in room 9 because our teacher Mr Ramkolowan is funny and cool.

My name is Yazmin San San Aung. I  was  born in Auckland, New Zealand Women's hospital and I am a Burmese Kiwi and I am 10 years old.

I am a Muslim and I read the Muslim  religious  book which is called the Holy Quran.  My family is not that religious but my dad is because he prays 5 times a day as we are told to by our god Allah and my dad reads the Holy Quran everyday. I am the youngest out of my whole  family.  I have 3 older brothers. My elder brother is in Burma and the 2nd one is in Malaysia and my third brother lives with us and goes to Selwyn college.

My favourite foods are  pizza , chicken , chips , sandwiches and snacks. I like all those foods because they are very delicious.

My favourite colours are purple, blue, yellow and the beautiful colours of the rainbow. My favourite sports are swimming, volleyball and netball.  At school I want to learn about spelling, reading, writing and most of all I want to learn about maths because I am not confident in maths so I really need to learn that subject. Room 9 is a fantastic class because it is a lovely classroom and I can learn everything from my intelligent teacher, Mr Ramkolowan.

My name is Maia and I was born  at Lady’s hospital in Auckland.   I am a Kiwi and my mum and dad are from the Cook Islands.

I have 2 brothers and 4 sisters and I am the youngest person in my family. I am 10 yrs old and my birthday is on January the 4th. 
I like to eat hamburgers at Carl Junior’s and have ice cream cake. My favourite colour is purple and blue because the sea is blue and purple is just an awesome colour. My sports I like to play are  are netball, swimming, rippa rugby and soccer.  I like sports because it makes me fit and it’s fun. I like to learn about art, maths and topic too.   At school I am always in the second group but I like school because I like to learn and do the fun stuff that the teachers organise for us.  At the end of the year we always get presents and something nice to eat. The best thing about being in school is being on the school patrols and taking part in inter-school sports.

Kia ora



My name is Asiana and I am 10 yrs old. I was born in a awesome hospital named Middlemore in Auckland. I live in Glen Innes, Auckland. I am of Maori and Niuean cultures. I have 3 brothers, 1 sister and my parents. I am the second to last child in my family.
The things that I like are chocolate, purple and black colours, butter chicken, running, fruit, puppies, studying, and being with my friends. My friends are Melissa, Maia, Tupou , Tainah , Tupou Rose, Siua, and Angelina. I like chocolate because it is delicious. I like studying because I like to learn about the world. I also like fruit because it keeps me
healthy and the fruit are tasty. I like butter chicken because  it is a delicious curry.
I am not very good at sports, swimming, athletics, softball and maths. I don't like sports because it is too hard. Maths is hard because I find the strategies impossible to learn. However, I am trying very hard to master this

This is me.

Hi my name is Lanu.   I was born in 2002 in New Zealand.  I am in a lovey class called room 9 and  I am a New Zealander Kiwi.

I am 10 year’s old and  I am the third youngest  in my family. I have two  brothers called , Naia and Tuki. I got four sister call Auariki,  Matharoot, Mafi and Nipa.

I like to play sports, like soccer and I  like the colour blue, green, black and rainbow colours.  Mr. Ramkolowan is the best teacher  in room 9.  

My family is from Tonga and Tuvalu.  Sometime on a Friday I go to my rugby club with Koli and Lusa, my cousins, or we go to Point England and play.

G.I. Bootcamp from Glen Innes School on Vimeo.

This was Glen Innes School's entry at the Manaiakalani Film Festival held on 14 November 2012 at the Hoyts Cinemas, Sylvia Park, Auckland, New Zealand.