Angelica's new rabbits

Last week, Angelica got home to find that she had two new pets. Bogard is the light gingery one and Alvin is the grey one. Here are some photos of them playing around and ofBogard is on Angelica's lap.

Book Week Dressup

On Friday you could come to school dressed us as your favourite book character. Tom dressed up as Harry Potter. Sadly for him I dressed up as Madam Hooch from Harry Potter so there was no escaping making him go for a broom-flying lesson as part of quiddich training. Aleisha also dressed up in a costume that was made by her grandma and a couple of people sprouted eats and whiskers and came as a mouse from Geronimo Stilton. It was lots of fun and I think a lot of people went home from school on Friday wishing that they had dressed up too!

Interesting reading locations

Kiranjeet sent some great photos of her reading in interesting places during the holidays:



Remember that the draw will be on Monday morning. E-mail me your photos or bring them in to class!

Millie's Acrostic poem

The Red Tree

Troubled, like the little girl crying in the corner
Hanging, as if nothing to say
Empty, like the young dog howling in the wind

Re-do, as if your life is upsetting
Egg shells, looking for an empty spot where the egg shells no longer crunch
Dead, as if your life s a sad, dead life

Tied, all tied in knots not knowing how to get out
Radical World, your world around you is crazy and you don't understand
Evil, your life is evil you never have good luck or pleasure
Everlasting, even though your life is everlasting there are always ting bits of pleasure to enjoy.

By Millie

Halfway though the holidays...

Hi Rm 22,
I hope that you are all having safe and enjoyable holidays. What interesting things have you got up to? I am hoping that some of you are making some time to keep up the excellent writing that was happening in class last term!
I had a great time in Auckland getting to feel a part of the Rugby World Cup fever and spent the weekend in Akaroa where I bumped into Kobe and his family:-) Tomorrow I head away to the beach for 7 days. I hope that like me, you are all enjoying getting to read lots of books. Remember to take a photo of you reading a book in an interesting place for our prize draw on the first day back.
I'm looking forward to the rugby semi-final tonight (although I'm feeling a bit nervous too!). Maybe some of you will be allowed to stay up late to watch this game.
Go the All Blacks and see you all back at school in a week and a bit.
Ms Watson

Happy Holidays!

Thank you for a great term Room 22.
It has been an eventful term with the snow storm, tennis coaching, basketball coaching, turbo touch, Early Canterbury, athletics, cycle safety (and that is only listing some of the great things we have done as a class).
I hope that you all have a great holiday and get up to lots of exciting things, whether you stay in Christchurch or go away on holiday. If you are in Christchurch make sure you check out some of the free holiday activities around the city including visiting the museum.
Please also e-mail me anything interesting that you would like to share with the class during the break. Some of you are in the middle of some wonderful writing at the moment and I would love to think that you might continue working on this over the holiday.
Also, remember our competition for a photo of you reading in an interesting place. I will try and take one too! E-mail me anything at: bethwatson25@gmail.com I won't always have internet during the holidays (especially the second week when I will be in Golden Bay with no phone or internet) but I will upload things as soon as I can.
Finally, we wish Thomas and his family all the best for their move to Nelson. We will miss Thomas and his incredible running ability and all the interesting facts and ideas that he shared with us.
See you all next term. Stay safe and look after your families.
Ms Watson

A-Z Early Canterbury

A-rrive
B-oat
C-rying
D-eath
E-inglend
F-lat
G-irl
H-illy
I-ll
J-oy
K-illd
L-ucky
M-uddy
N-ew
O-pportunities
P-loshin
Q-ueen
R-ives
S-ad
T-ransport
U-p set
V-ery swamp
W-avey
E/X-cited
''Y-HA
Z-oos yet to come

It must be almost time for the holidays...

I think I have told you all before that I know that it must be time for the school holidays when the pile of books beside my bed gets huge. Well right now, the pile of books is so big I am afraid that I might get attacked by them all in the night. The books demanding that I make time to read them before they hold me captive and don't let me leave my room until I have read them!
Do you have any books that you are looking forward to reading in the holidays? It would be great if over the holidays you used the blog to share book recommendations with each other. I am reading 'Hugo Cabret' at the moment and if someone is very lucky I might lend it to them over the holidays to read. BUT you will have to be someone who can promise me that you will take very good care of the book.
Ms Watson

Reminders

Remember that you need to bring your bike, helmet and bike lock this THURSDAY and FRIDAY for cycle safety if you are participating.

Next week you need to bring a bowl and spoon on Tuesday for Ms Mumm's surprise!!

How the Canterbury Landscape Affected the Early Settlers

In class we had to think about what the natural environment was like when the early settlers arrived in Canterbury. We then had to think about the impact of different features of the environment on the people. Here are some of my thoughts:

Rivers
+.V.E= water for drinking, washing etc.
+.V.E= transport
-.V.E= pollution
-.V.E= could drown
-.V.E= flooding

Rocks
+.V.E= Help build shops
+.V.E.= Help make roads (use as gravel)
-.V.E.= Turnes into boulders
-.V.E.= could fall off the hills and damage things

Animals
+.v.e.=for food
+.V.E.=wool
-V.E.=could run away
-V.E.=be a pest

BBC Language Website

This is a great kids website that you can use for your French, Spanish and Mandarin (Chinese).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/