The Pet Bailey would like to have:

I want a bird so we can look at him and so we can have another baby bird. I want him to be colourful and so we can talk to him and so we can watch him swing in his cage.

Rainbow Lorikeets

They can be found in Queensland, Australia.

The young birds have black beaks and the adults have orange beaks.

They live in rainforests.

The young birds have black beaks and the adults have orange beaks.

They have a tongue that can get nectar from flowers.

They eat nectar, pollen, fruit and seeds.

They live in pairs.

By Bailey

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Name: Zinzan         Age:5

Gender: male          Kind: cat

My cat gets scared of people and rolls all over the house. When my cat gets excited he jumps on peoples knees. When he purrs his tail goes down. We never take him for walks because he never lets us. When it was Zinzan’s birthday we got him 4 cat balls. He likes the sound of the rain because his ears go up and down. Zinzan is really good at kicking small balls. Zinzan sometimes carries flies. He never sits on my knee. He is really cute and fluffy and I love him.

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Name: Chester         Age:6

Gender: female             Kind: cat

Owner: Danielle

I have a pet cat called Chester. She likes to play. She is a female. She is fluffy. Her colours are brown and white. She likes cuddles. Chester is a very good girl because she chases mice. Chester also likes to chase birds. Sometimes she even catches them and hides them in the garden. She’s good at climbing trees. Her favourite thing to eat is biscuits and mice. She is 6 years old and she is nearly 7. Chester likes my socks because she always chews them. Chester is my best friend to play with.

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Name: Chase          Age: 2 years old

Gender: male          Kind: cat

Owner: Tom

My cat loves food. Chase eats any food we give him. His favourite food is meat. Chase loves hugs from me. He is warm and snuggly when you cuddle him. Chase likes to fight with minty who is his brother. Chase loves to watch the TV. It’s funny watching him watch TV. My cat Chase is not afraid of dogs. He is not scared of Foxy the next door neighbour’s dog who barks at him. Chase likes scratching the carpet but Mum doesn't like him scratching the carpet! I like Chase he is fun to play with.

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Name: Jack          Age: 3

Gender: male          Kind: cat

Owner: Sammy

I like to play with Jack. He is funny because he is always smooching the chairs. Jack pounces on birds sometimes. Jack jumps on our knees and he sleeps on our bed.  When we come back home Jack is excited and he runs around the room.  He is getting big and fat but that makes him nice to cuddle. Jack is the best cat in the world.

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Name: Foxy          Age: 2 years

Gender: male          Kind: dog

Owner: Jak

My dogs name is Foxy. Foxy is a chihuahua crossed with a sheltie. Foxy can run so, so, so fast it feels like he has rocket boosters on his back. Foxy is called Foxy because he looks like a fox. He has soft fur like he is combed every day. Foxy barks a lot at Tom’s cat.  Foxy sleeps with me and he feels like a soft rabbit. Foxy loves meat and I give him meat every day. Foxy is 35 cm tall, that’s small. Foxy is the colour brown. Foxy loves his family. Foxy loves me.

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Name: Pocket         Age: 9

Gender: female        Kind: dog

Owner: Isabelle

My dog pocket has lots of stripes in lots of different colours. She is 9 years old. Pocket likes the sun in summer because it is hot. When she gets too hot Pocket likes to go under the trampoline because it is shady. Pocket likes to go on my bed when she is tired. Pocket loves 3 o’clock because we are home. Pocket is a good dog.

Coco visits Room 10

Boing, boing, boing there’s a frog in the classroom. His name is Coco but you can’t see him bouncing because he is hibernating. He is brown and green, and he is two years old. Coco is in a tank. He's got water and plants and stones. There is a net on top of the tank. Coco has got his eyes open while he is sleeping. He is a green, golden bell frog. He belongs to Room 21 but we are borrowing him to see what it is like to have a pet frog. I wonder what will happen when it’s spring.

Tamati

Can you see Coco?

We had lots of questions.

Pet of the Day.

Last week for reading we checked out this website -    http://petoftheday.com/archive/                           
to see what the pet of the day was.

For writing we decided to write about our pets so we could have our own 'Room 10 Pet of the Day'.

Here's the first Room 10 pet of the day:





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Name: Buster                                             Age: 11 years old
Gender:Male                                              Kind:Cat

My cat’s name is Buster and my cat likes chasing stuff like ribbons and string. He is the opposite to other cats because he plays with dogs. I like him. My cat likes to climb my mum’s bedside cabinet and then he jumps down off it. Buster is big boned and he is 10kgs. Buster is nice to cuddle and he is fluffy.

Our Puppet Pets

We are making puppet pets this week in reading for our special activity.

Yesterday's Miss Dovey's kitten, Missy, came and visited Room 10. She had a good look around our classroom. We decided we are not going to have a cat for our class pet because it could go out the door and we would have to take it with us if we went somewhere. Missy was also distracting us from our work and someone in our class is allergic to cats. By Riley

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Which pet should we get for our class?

Room 10 is trying to decide which pet to get for our classroom. We have been brainstorming the pluses, minuses and interesting facts about each animal to help us decide.

Which pet do you think we should get and why?

The choices are:   kitten, tadpole/frog, goldfish, guinea pig, mouse, parrot.

Check out our skipping

Room 10 is learning about fractions

Trying to find a half......

The important thing about Halswell School......

The Important thing about Halswell School

Last week we finished our inquiry - 'Schools Long Ago'. To end the inquiry we looked at what was special about  Halswell School and what we wanted to have in our new school.  We  used 'The Important Book' by Margaret Wise Brown, as a model for our writing.  Read below to see what we think is important about our school.

The important thing about Halswell School is we learn every day.

There are no bullies.

We have got nice teachers.

We care about each other.

We have iPads for learning.

We learn how to read and write.

But the important thing about Halswell School is we learn every day.

By Tamati

The important thing about Halswell School is that there are children.

The children look after each other and we have friends to play with.

There is a principal called Mr Topham.

There is playtime and lunch.

We learn every day.

We write and play every day.

Maths is fun.

But the important thing about Halswell School is that there are children.

By Charlotte

The important thing about Halswell School is we play on the iPad for learning.

It is fun.

I love topic.

There are no bullies.

I love the blog.

The teachers are nice.

I have friends!

But the important thing about Halswell School is we play on the iPad for learning.

By Will

The important thing about Halswell School is that it is awesome.

We are good ACTIVE learners and good kids.

We have good teachers and funny books.

We have iPads to help us learn.

But the important thing about Halswell School is that it is awesome.

Sammy

Room 10's measurements

This week we learnt to measure with pink rods. I measured my foot and my hands too. I also measured  my body, it was so long. It was 41 pink rods long . It was funny today our buddies came to help measure us too.
By Caitlin


This week we have been learning how to measure with rods. Today my buddy measured my body using centimetres. I was 123cm tall. I was so impressed with myself. We made our own people that are as tall as me. We are going to put our people in a time capsule.
By Jak

This week we have been learning how to measure ourselves.  With our buddies we measured our wrist, thumb, head, foot and waist with string. It's fun. We took photos. I hope I get taller soon.
By Anastasia

This is the time capsule being made during Discovery. We are going to put our measurement people in the time capsule and we will take them out in December and see if our measurements have changed!