Planting

On Tuesday the 28th of June we were all so EXCITED because we were planting native trees. We had to bring spare clothes and gumboots or old shoes. We walked behind the school. Then  we saw some gardeners and they were the ones teaching us to plant trees. It was fun. It was slippery and it was hard to dig holes because there were stones/rocks in the way. When we left they gave us an apple and a bottle of water. We had the best time EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The trees that we planted were called Manuka and Kanuka.

In the hoildays

In the hoildays I made a welcome back card for my dad. then i made him some pretty flowers for him because l was picking him up form the airport.He was in veitnam.He was landing in New Zealand on at firday in the school hoildays 3.00p. m l was so excited to see him again. so l waited for my mum to take us to the airport . l waited for an hour then my mum showed up .

''We are ready to go now''.we shouted. l waited a long time but l remembered l had put my ipod in my pocktet. while l played lots of games .l got bored again so l went out side.when l came inside again l saw my dad l give my dad a GREAT BIG HUG .After that we drove back home my dad give us presents from veitnam . l got 4 DVDs they are: rango, toystoy 3, rio, diary of the wimpy kid. MY sisters got the dvd they like.

This is my wordle. Do you like it?

tT

Linda Strachan

On Wednesday 16 February we had a very special guest come and talk to us about her books. Yes, it was an author. Linda is from Scotland and she has written lots of books. Linda writes a lot of stories about a character called Hamish McHaggis. Hamish always wear a hat so nobody knows if Hamish has any ears. Linda talked about some of her books and she even read 2 of her books to us.
One was called "What colour is love?" We found out that the colour of love is EVERY single colour. The other book that we read was called "Hamish McHaggis and the Lost Prince" Hamish's friend Rupert (who was a Hedgehog) thought the Prince was a real prince but the prince in this story was a deer prince.
In all of the Hamish McHaggis stories there is a little creature that is on the front cover of the story. You have to find this creature on each page of the book.
We learnt some words from Scotland.
A bosie is a hug or a cuddle.
Coorie Doon means to snuggle.
At the end of Linda's talk some of the Room 12 children got up and said "Thank you Linda for coming and sharing your writing with us!"
We all enjoyed listening to Linda.
Here is the link to Linda's web page.