Stickers for Kenya

Yesterday Anna gave us some stickers. We felt so happy to get a treat. We love getting treats.
Anna told us about some girls in Kenya. They are orphans. They don't have a mum or a dad to look after them. They live in an orphanage called Rafiki Mwema. People look after them there. They have beds, clothes, food, toilets, hair ties and people to care for them.

We think that just like us they would love some treats. Last year, Room 5 had a seed shop and earnt some money. There is still $50 left. Room 5 has decided to buy some stickers for the girls at Rafiki Mwema with our money. We are also going to write them some letters to make them feel happy too. 

We used Google Earth to find out where Kenya is. Kenya is a long way from New Zealand.

We tried to find out how much it would cost to fly from New Zealand to Kenya. It would cost over $3000 for one person. So it would be cheaper to send the stickers by mail.

Zeke the bird

Take a look at the book Vikili and James made at reading time.

Their book is all about Zeke. Zeke is Elisabeth's bird. 
Click on the photo to read their book.

A writing challenge

Today Anna set us a writing challenge.

We needed to write interesting sentences about these blocks.

You had to look carefully at the blocks and then form a sentence about them.

I can see a baby. The fire is warming the boy up.

By Lhyam

I can see a boy by the fire. I can see a blue chair.

By Vikili

Tane Mahuta Day

On Friday we celebrated Tane Mahuta Day at our school. We spent the day enjoy our school environment. We even went down to Putikitiki to look at the trees and to play on the playground.

 

I like the kowhai. It has lots of leaves. 

By Jawad.

I like the kowhai trees. The birds are in the trees.

By Sam.

I like the kowhai. I like the leaves on the tree. 

By Poukupenga.

I like the kauri tree.

By Keeley.

I love the totara and birds. 

By Ryan.

I love the kauri.

By Anijioke.

 

We are sketching the Redwood tree on Middle Flat.

The Redwood tree is the tallest tree at our school.

 

After we had sketched we drew the Redwood Tree using pastels.

 

 

Jawad's Photos

We went on a walk around our school to look at our environment.
There are so many different trees at our school.

 

Jawad took these photos of the trees around our school.

We think Jawad did a great job.
Take a look at the slideshow of his photos.

Trees by Jawad on PhotoPeach  

Who looks at our blog?

Room 5 wants to know who looks at our blog.

Some people think only our families look at our blog. 

But it might be people we don't even know.

Please fill in our google form so we can find out more about the people who look at our blog.

Kowhai Trees

Something amazing has happened to our kowhai seeds.

They have started to grow.

We had a good look at them and you can see them in this photo.

 

We went outside and found a big Kowhai tree. 

We wonder if our little kowhai seedlings will grow this big.