Shared Lunch

Today we had a Shared Lunch because Edward is leaving us soon, and it's almost the end of term, and well, Room 5 have been working very hard recently!
Thanks to Mums and Dads for all the yummy food- we had lots of savoury food and also lots of sweet treats so there was something for everybody.. Miss Capper finally got to taste the famous New Zealand fairy bread too!
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Conservation Week

This week was Conservation Week and we have been thinking about what 'Conservation' is all about. We looked at a photo (thanks Mr Ray!) of what was in our school bin, and sorted the rubbish that should have been in the red bin (food scraps) - most of Room 5 didn't realise that our leftover sandwiches should go in the food scraps bin. We agreed we'll put them in there from now on (or in our tummies where they really should be!). Let's try and cut down on the amount of packaging we use too.

We also looked at how bugs and insects play a part in the environment, and some native NZ birds. Take a look at http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation-week-home/ for more information and ideas.

Finally, we headed to the beach and picked up some rubbish in order to keep the beach clean and natural- we found bottles, cans, a cricket ball and lots of plastic and paper. Remember to clean up after yourselves and keep New Zealand clean!

Pesky Rat goes to WOW

You've heard of the World of Wearable Arts...now Pesky Rat has decided to wear clothes after all! We used materials and paper to dress our rats, and don't they look great! Well done Room 5!

Calendar Art

For this year's calendar art we have done patchwork Elmers. Please have a look and order a calendar, diary or some cards from the office - orders close on Friday 23rd September.

Innovations

Over the last few weeks we have been writing our own stories based on traditional tales. This is some of our exciting writing- can you guess which stories they are based on?

The Three Little Kiwis by Lucy

Once upon a time there were three kiwis in Australia. They decided they would find their own houses. The first kiwi found a house made of straw. The second kiwi found a house made of sticks and the third kiwi found a house made of bricks. Then the big bad dog came. “Little kiwi, little kiwi let me come in!” “ No way, Jose I will not let you in!”. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down so he did. The kiwi ran as fast as he could to his brother’s house and the dog followed him. Then the dog was furious!!! The two kiwis ran to their brother’s house they rang the bell and a trap came down. The end.

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The Three Sister Unicorns by Evie

Two years ago there were three sister unicorns. Their mother said they were getting too big for their house. She said to go and build their own house. The first sister unicorn’s name was Angeline the second unicorns name was Angel and the third name was Eva.

The first unicorn built a house out of curly hair. The second unicorn built a house out of wands and the third unicorn built its house out of cement. When along came the big mean wizard with his magic wand and he said LITTLE UNICORN let me come in.

Not by the sparkle on my horn horn horn.

Then I’ll sprinkle and I will poison your house.

But Angeline just escaped in time and she said open the door and hurry the wizard is after me.

The wizard said little unicorn let me come in.

Not by the sparkle on my horn horn horn.

Then I’ll sprinkle and I’ll poison your house.

But Angel just escaped in time to Eva’s house when along came the big mean wizard. He said Little Unicorns let me come in. Not by the sparkle on our horns horns horns.

But he couldn’t put poison on the house so he went down the chimney and OWW he burnt his face.

And that was the end of that.

The end

The Three Flying Harpers by Harper

Once upon a time there were three little brothers. One day they decided to build their own houses. So Finn the littlest one set off down the road. He hadn’t gone far down the road when he saw some whiteboards lying on the road. So he started to build his house. The next day there was a knock on the door.

Little Finn Little Finn let me come in.

No way Jose you’re not coming in.

Then I’ll burn and I’ll burn your house in.

Aliens See, Aliens Do -by Edward

A long time ago there was an astronaut selling helmets. He was walking along and some aliens lived in space too. The aliens stole the helmets and danced. The astronaut sat and threw rocks at them and the aliens threw rocks back at the astronaut. The astronaut threw his helmet on the ground and the aliens copied and he got his helmets back.

The Three Little Cats by Chelsea

Once upon a time in the forest a mean big bad dog came to chase the three little cats away from home. Their mum and dad got so worried that they had to go and find them. But they were too late! The big mean dog has already chased them up a tree and the dog is trying to get up a tree but wait because the dog got up the tree.

The cat jumped over to the next tree but the tree had a trap up on the tree so the good news was that they found their mum and dad and the other good news is the dog died.

We also thought of different endings for 'The Gingerbread Man' - how could he get across the river?

- -on a humongous black and white goose's back (Jasper)

- on a green lilypad flowing down the river. (Zoe)

- he fell in and his legs fell off and he was seen no more. (Angus)

- an otter gave him a lift but then ate him up. (Gemma)

- a sly fiery komodo dragon gave him a ride. (Flynn)

- he built a boat but the river was too strong...the gingerbread man

jumped into the river and was eaten by a crocodile. (Seb)

- a big friendly elephant gave him a ride. (Harry)

- he found some bark but it took him 7 hours as the waves were humongous (Luke)

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Visitor to Room 5!

Today Room 5 had a special visitor....he had 4 legs and was very cute! Seb's puppy Lenny came to see us and was really friendly, he probably enjoyed the visit as much as we did!