Bok from Croatia

Bok Room 10, ( that means hello in Croatian)

Mr Waddles and my family have been having fun in Croatia.

Can you find Croatia on the map?

This is the Croatian Flag.

Mr Waddles has liked being next to the sea again and trying the different fish.

I have loved eating gelato (ice cream).

Mr Waddles has also liked looking at all the old buildings and fortresses. 

This is the old town in Dubrovnik. Can you see the big wall surrounding it. The city wall was built in the 13th century to stop different people invading the city. Mr Waddles and I walked the city wall which was fun. 

Dovidenja (Bye)

Mrs O'C and Mr Waddles

LORAX MESSAGES

We wrote a message about how we would help our Earth.
Check out our funny Lorax Moustaches!!!

Mr Waddles visits an ancient wonder of the world.

Hi Room 10

There are 7 wonders of the ancient world and Mr Waddles and I visited this one today. Do you know what is called? See if you can find out what the other ancient wonders are.

This is Rubbish!

Term 2 Inquiry : This is Rubbish!!

"Listen to me, I speak for the trees"

This term the junior team is focusing on Rubbish - how  

we make it, how it affects the world and how we can

reduce, re-use and recycle.                                                                                                             

Room 10 began by watching the original Lorax movie. 

Here's what they thought the Lorax was trying to do:

"Stop the people chopping down trees"

"Keep the earth clean"

"Save the animals homes"

"Speak for the trees"

Room 10 decided to be the Lorax & investigate their local environment (the junior school playground) to check how it was looking. Room 10 found a lot of rubbish!

Everyone thought it was "disgusting" and brainstormed what the children of Halswell School could do differently. 

Here are some of their ideas:

"Put your rubbish in your lunchbox"

"Put your rubbish in the rubbish bin"

"When you see rubbish in the playground pick it up"

"Remember that our rubbish can hurt animals"

Here is the rubbish Room 10 found.....

Schools in England

We have visited some very different looking schools in England. 

What do you notice is different or the same as a Halswell School?

This school has no grass at all for the children to play on.

Yes this is a school. Can you see the classrooms through the windows.

The grass in this playground is fake grass.

This is a hut that the children have in their playground. This playground was like being in a woodland which was really cool.

Can you see any rubbish in this playground?

You can see the classrooms in the background. This garden is used by the children. It has lots of nice smelling plants and the children have made sculptures out of willow for plants to grow around.

This is a year 1 classroom. It is an open plan classroom with 2 teachers.

Mr Waddles visits London

Hello from London,

Mr Waddles and my family have been busy visiting lots of places in London.  London is the capital city of England. Just like Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand.

We went on a open top bus tour.

Here is Mr Waddles outside Buckingham Palace. This is where the Queen lives when she is in London.

The clock tower in the background is very famous. Do you know the name of the bell in the clock?

Mr Waddles really liked Tower Bridge because it can open up to let boats through.

Meet Mr Waddles

Hi Room 10,

I would like you to meet Mr Waddles.

Mr Waddles is joining me on my trip. Here he is on our first stop in Hong Kong. Can you guess what sort of penguin he is? I bet Barnaby, Tainui, Izzy, Charlotte, Caitlin and Jaxson might know.

In Hong Kong we visited a huge Buddha and we had fun at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Mr Waddles really liked the food.

Now we are in England which is part of the United Kingdom(UK).

See if you can find Hong Kong and England on a map of the world.

It took 12 hours to fly to Hong Kong and then another 14 hours to fly to London. That would be like going to school in the morning and staying there all day and all night. Then the next day going home at morning tea!