Orana Park Animal Adoption

Last week Toby from Orana Park sent us an email thanking us for our donation to the park. The children were very excited to learn that the money could be used to adopt an animal. But how could we choose which one? Everyone had to write a letter to persuade me to choose a particular animal. It was a very difficult choice and there were some great reasons.  I had to pick one and letter selected was written by Grace. Well done Grace.


Dear Mrs D


There are many animals at Orana Wildlife Park that deserve our help. 


In my opinion we should adopt the kiwi. The most important reason is that they are endangered and nearly extinct. Kiwi are one of the most precious native birds in New Zealand.


This is why I believe we should support the kiwi.


From 


Grace

Gift from Southwest Arm Academy

THANK YOU!

On Monday 14th November, Willow's mum Kristi came to see us. She had a letter explaining that a school in Canada been learning about the earthquakes in Christchurch. Willow's Grandmother has an online friend who knows a teacher at Southwest Arm Academy in New Foundland. Her name is Sandra Laite and  she teaches a Grade One class. There are 7 students in the class and it was their idea to do something to help us. The whole school has only 95 students and they decided that they would donate their recess money to us instead of spending it. They raised $200 to help a community on the other side of the world. Check out these maps which show where their school is.

We thought that was a great effort and really thoughtful of them. We wanted to do something really special with the money. We think we have come up with the perfect idea. At St Albans School we are creating a Memory Garden outside the Oakleaf Cafe. This will be a spot where we can go to remember the hard times we have gone through and to celebrate the way we are working together to rebuild our homes and communities. We hope to start work on this soon and will put up photos of the finished garden as soon as we can.

Harry's Hair

We have been learning how to persuade people. Last week we read the book Harry's Hair by Jane Buxton and we wrote letters to Harry to persuade him to cut his hair or not to cut his hair. Here are some of the reasons we used to try and persuade Harry to listen to our opinions.


You have too many animals in your hair. It is getting out of control. (Aidan)


I think you should get a haircut, make a zoo and put the animals in it. (Henry)


You don't want more animals in your hair because they will lay eggs and go to the toilet down your neck. (Riley)



I think you should get a haircut but keep the pets. It would feel so much better. You would smell nicer and it’s not a very good place to keep pets. (Grace)

In my opinion if you keep the animals your hair will smell bad. If you comb your hair you’ll be a normal kid. (James)

You must have a shower so you don’t smell bad with poop down your neck. You need to comb your hair down every day. (Hannah)

I believe you should get a haircut but keep the animals in your hair. Brush your hair and wash your hair so it doesn’t get smelly. (Jacob)

The chinchillas might bite and the birds are laying eggs. Please just brush or comb your hair! (Willow)

You should wash your hair once a week and take the animals out and then put them back in. (Sam)

Your hair is driving the citizens of the city mad. In my opinion you need to put your “pets” in a zoo. Listen to your Mum! She told you to get a hair cut – so get a haircut! (Thomas)

Even smelling you has made five people faint already. In my opinion you should get a haircut. (Niamh)

In my opinion you should keep the animals in there. My suggestions are get the animals potty trained; get them perfume and deodorant; give them cubby holes in your hair; store some food for them and get them shade. (Maiya)

The animals damage your hair. I think it would be best to shampoo your hair and brush it a lot. You should keep it clean. (Laila)

In my opinion you should get a haircut. The animals are making you smell really stinky. If you cut your hair people won’t crowd around you and it’s a bad place to keep animals. (Beth)

I believe that soon you’ll want to be a normal kid again! Otherwise people will point and laugh at you. I think it would be best if you let the animals out of your hair. (Samantha)

I think that you should get rid of them. If you don’t the animals might get crazy and rough. (Julius)






We recommend you read this book and then tell us what YOU think Harry should do.

Market Day

What an awesome day! 

The weather was lovely and lots of people came along to the school market day. The children had made some great pen toppers to sell and the cola sherbet was particularly popular. We made a profit of $81.90 which we are sending to Orana Wildlife Park to help support the animal communities there. Thank you to everyone who purchased one of our pen toppers or sherbet bags and thank you to the parents who came along and helped us to make the items or supervise the stall.

Assembly Certificates 4 November 2011

Congratulations to Julius, Ziggy and Hannah who were awarded certificates at our assembly on Friday. You have all worked hard and demonstrated our school and class values. Well done!

Thank you to our assembly presenters, Anastasia and Hannah, who stepped into the role on very short notice.

Athletics Day

What an awesome day! The weather was great and everyone threw themselves into the events.  I am very proud of you all for the hard work you have put in over the last few weeks. Huge thanks to the seniors for setting out the equipment and packing it away. Thank you to Mr McKenzie, Ms Woods and Ms Archbold for all their hard work in organising the event.

Well done to Grace, Sam, Aidan and Julius who were the top scorers in our class.

Room 19 Reflections

Today I found out that:

Sometimes the things you think will be easy aren't. (Sam)

If you think tall, it helps you jump higher. (Grace)


When you are a bit taller it helps you jump higher. (Maiya)


If you believe you can do it, it helps a lot. (Thomas)


Even though we didn't win the relays, we were still great because we tried our best. (Hannah)


You can be surprised by what you can achieve. (Samantha)