Peter the 'Pestman"

On Wednesday there were lots of wasps buzzing around in Room 14. Lesley had to call in the experts to get rid of them. This is Peter. He climbed up a big ladder to pump the powder into the ceiling of Room 14. Now all of the wasps are gone. Thanks Peter!

What a wild day!

Room 14 had a wasp nest in their ceiling! This meant that on a wild and stormy Wednesday this week all of the Room 14 children came to our classroom for the morning. It was a bit of a squash but we did some great work using ‘Thinker’s Keys’. We came up with 5 questions to describe something – it is like a riddle. Can you guess what we are describing?

What animal has big eyes?
What animal sleeps in the day?
What animal is nocturnal?
What animal has feathers?
What animal lives in the trees?
By Jamie, Leo and Liam


What likes to eat bananas?
What likes to swing on trees?
What has a long tail?
What male pokes out his tongue to attract females?
What has 2 arms and 2 legs?
What makes silly noises?
What looks a little bit like people?
By Anne, Paige and Shayden

What can really hurt when it stings you?
What has small wings to fly with?
What lives in Room 14’s ceiling?
What is small and has 6 legs?
What has black and yellow stripes?
By David , Devon and Jackson

What lived 65 million years ago?
What could really scare you?
What could eat a human?
What has big sharp teeth?
Who is the King of the reptiles?
By Caleb, Joseph, Jordan and Troy

What is something which goes “BOOM!”?
What does the Army drive?
What is bullet proof?
What is big?
By Fenn, Bryn and Dylan

What has two wings?
What says “quack”?
What lives on the water?
What swims?
What eats bread?
By Hannah, Amy and Ashley

What is something that blows?
What makes leaves fall off trees?
What can blow paper?
What can be very strong?
What sometimes goes with rain?
By Grace, Tracey and Ryan

Write an answer in the 'Comments' section if you work it out!

Suter Art Gallery

We have had another super trip to the Suter Art Gallery. We went to see Ani O’Neill’s exhibition ‘Lei Mai’. Esther taught us all about tivaevae – where it comes from, how they are made, what they are used for and why they are made. We all got to make our own tivaevae square. It was great fun and our tivaevae look fantastic!

Cable Bay Trip

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On Monday 14th May Room 13 and Room 8 headed off to Cable Bay to explore the rock pools. This was a follow up activity to the Rocky Shore learning we did in Term 1, and it was a long time coming – we had to wait for a good low tide at the right time of day. It was definitely worth the wait as we all had a fantastic day. The weather was lovely, the water was clear and everybody was incredibly well behaved. We saw so many interesting sea creatures, it was amazing. Have a look at the photos and see how many things you can name. If you look closely you might see some of the following:
• crab
• sea anemone
• wandering sea anemone
• cushion starfish
• brittle starfish
• hermit crab
• chiton
• cats eye
• limpet

We had such a good time that we would like to go back again. A big thanks to all the parents who made this trip worthwhile!

THE FUTURE STARTS NOW

The theme for Nelson Central School for 2007 is 'The Future Starts now'. The children in Room 13 thought about what this statement means. We decided that we need to think about what we can do NOW to ensure our world is still a wonderful place to live in the FUTURE. Have a look at the COMMENTS to read our ideas and make sure you tell us what 'The Future Starts Now' means to you. We will come back and look at this later in the year after we have learned more about this topic.