Our trip to the Gardens

Today we went on a visit to the Botanical Gardens to help them out. Our school has become friends of the gardens and each class will visit once a year to help out. We were welcomed enthusiastically and set to work. The Australian Gum Tree in the Mediterranean Gardens drop gum nuts everywhere. The gum nuts have lots of seeds in them and are make a mess everywhere. They are dangerous on the paths as people can slip on them. In the garden beds the gum nuts break down and spread their seeds everywhere and stop other plants from growing. It was our job to fill buckets with the gum nuts. We collected lots of buckets and had lots of fun doing it. Everyone did a great job. After we filled the buckets we took them to the aviary. Tom looks after the birds and said that they love gum nuts. He only feeds them a few and freezes the rest as they can make themselves sick if they eat too many. We watched him feeding them and then we had to race back to school. It was such a fun afternoon and we would like to go again.

Homework Optional Extras and Christchurch

What a morning in Room 11. We had a visit from 2 flamingos for our optional extra. I think that they were a bit bigger than the normal kind but they shared lots of information with us. Well done Hannah and Zoe. Ben also shared lots of interesting information about how important it is to choose the right sized fish when we are out fishing. We are all junior fishery officers now. The optional extras have been amazing. Well done Room 11. Next week we won't have any formal homework as everyone will need to prepare for our cultural lunch on Friday.
Today we sent off a box of goodies to our friends at Elmwood Normal School. We packed up pencils, stickers, jokes, brain teasers, lovely cards, lollipops and glow toys. We hope this will make them smile and cheer them up.

End of term newsletter

What a term it has been in Room Eleven. We have had so much fun and learned alot about ourselves and the other children in our class.
We know what is our best smart/intelligence and have had some really fun sessions working in different classes working on our best smart.
We have been having drama lessons with Mrs Sturge on a Wednesday afternoon. It has been really enjoyable learning some new drama games and strategies.We will be learning the recorder next term during the cultural swap time.
Today our 2 college teachers Miss Cvitanovich and Mr Beaman began a 2 week posting and they will be teaching the children about healthy eating and taking reading and writing sessions. We have really appreciated all their support and help this term. We wish them every success next term as they head to a new class.
It was wonderful to see everyone at the recent interviews. I really enjoyed catching up and setting some goals. Some children are working hard on these already.

Whats coming up?

Thursday 14 April
Botanical Gardens
On Thursday we will be visiting the Botanical Gardens to assist with the tasks in the garden. Everyone will need to wear suitable footwear and warm clothes. We will need 1 extra adult to walk with us and help with groups of children. If you are keen to help please let me know asap.

Friday 15 April
Cultural Lunch
On Friday we will be having a shared lunch. It would be wonderful if all children could bring some food from their culture. We have quite a few children with different dietary requirements so it would be appreciated if you could just write the ingredients in your food. If your child does have specific requirements please send along some food for your child. I understand that this comes at the end of a busy term but please support us and come and join the fun. We have children from at least 11 different cultures and over the next 2 weeks all children will be creating a poster about themselves. I would really appreciate if you could send along a family tree for them to add and maybe how you chose their name and what it means. We will starting our presentations at 12.00 if you are free. Everyone is very welcome.

Carmel Jolly