Nelson Green Gecko

 

Wow what a very lucky class we are!  Today Mandy (Tom's Mum) came to visit Room 8 and bought some very special visitors with her, two Nelson Green Gecko's.  Mandy has been looking after the gecko's and very kindly bought them to school to share with the children.  Mandy told us lots of interesting things about native New Zealand gecko's and about her special dog Puti who is trained to find gecko's!  We were able to carefully touch the gecko's bumpy, lumpy skin and to feel their claws on our skin which are specially designed for climbing trees.  We had so many questions to ask about gecko's that we could have had Mandy here all afternoon!  Thank you so much Mandy for a very special visit.

Plays

We have been working on reading aloud with clear and expressive voices. Here are some of the children doing plays at reading time.

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Agate

In the weekend Tom went with his family on a Rock and Mineral Club outing hunting for Agate at Nimmo Swamp. Tom brought some of the beautiful pieces of Agate they found too school to share with the children. We looked at the Agate, we touched it and we talked about what it reminded us of. We collected up all our descriptive language and used it to write a poem about our favourite piece of Agate.

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Here is our poem.

Agate
Coloured like coca-cola.
Shiny and sparkly.
Curved like a skateboard ramp.
Pointy like a mountain.
Sprinkled with flour.

By Room 8

The children have written their own poems about their favourite piece of Agate, come in and check them out.