Our Holidays

We have been learning to write recounts. We wrote about something we did during the school holidays. Here are three of the best stories and illustrations.

Christmas by Ella Andrews

For Christmas I got 24 presents.

My favourite present was the Wizard of Oz watch. On the watch there is a picture of Dorothy and their is ruby red slippers hanging from the watch.

When we had Christmas lunch our friend Paul came over to have it too. Hazel didn't eat her lunch so she got told off. Our next door neighbour gave us Bubble mix! Our friend Paul watched us blow bubbles everywhere.

My mum gave me 15 presents.

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Whatamango by Emily Overend

Dad is going hungting and Mum said we are going to Whatamango Bay. We got there about 7.00pm and had frittata with baked beans for tea. Then we went to bed at about 10.00pm.

In the morning we got up and had breakfast. After breakfast we got into our swimming togs and jumped into the stream. It was freezing!

Mum said, "I am going out to the sea." So we went with mum. Mum and Kate went snorkling, but Alice and I went up the streams exploring. Then we tipped the biscuit because it was getting heavier. Then our Nanna and Pop came so we got out and had lunch. Nanna came swimming with us but Pop didn't come with us. We found lots of cockles.

When Nanna and Pop left, Mum said we have to stay in the shade for a bit, so I stayed in the shade. Then we had dinner.

After dinner Chloe asked if I wanted to play tag. I said yes. Kate and Alice helped mum and then they came and played. Chloe was in for tag alot. Then Chloe came to our camp and had a milo with us. After we had finished our mile we brushed our teeth and went to bed.

When we woke it was really windy so we decided to have breakfast and pack everything up into the cover and went home.

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Movies by Sophie Overend (yes we're cousins)

Well! It all started when I was tidying my room.

Mum came in and said "If you tidy your room in time you can go to the movies and see Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakwal." Luckily, I finished just in time and could go to the movies.

When we got there Mum parked the car and went in. Mum gave our tickets to the man and we dashed in!

When it finished I really wanted to see it again.

Recycled Creations

As part of our topic 'Caring for our environment' we have been working on some projects which use objects which we would have been going to throw away.

Every year Queen Charlotte College holds a big competition called 'Wearable Dezigns'. This year, Jackie, our librarian put in her entry. She called it 'Rotational Splendour'.

Caring for our environment

Our topic this term is

'Caring for our Environment'.

We have been learning about how we can recycle our things to reduce the amount of rubbish we create.

We decided to save our lunch food scraps from our lunch and recycle them into compost.

Each class in our school has a bucket, into which we put all our old food scraps from lunch. Then we take them over to the garden and put our scraps into the Bokashi Bin.

"Once we've put the food scraps in, we put in some Bokashi sawdust, it is full of microorganisms which help to eat up the scraps and turn it into good suff for the garden" said Toby.


Mrs Overend shows us how to grow food in our school garden.
























The dirt in our garden is full of worms "they help to make the soil better" said Sophie.

Our Duffy Star

At Picton School, we are lucky to be a Duffy School. That mean's we are part of a nationwide programme which helps to get great books into the homes of the children so they have more opportunities to learn to read.

A couple of times a year, the children get to make their own selection from a range of books that they can then keep for their very own.

Last week we had a special Duffy Assembly, which meant that a special guest came to our assembly and presented a special award to some of the children in the school in recognition of their hard work and doing their personal best.

This time the Marlborough Mayor, Alistair Sowman, came to make the presentations. We got to see his "Mayoral Chains" and some of the children even got to try them on!

At this assembly, Tom was awarded a special Duffy Book for improved reading and writing.

CONGRATULATIONS TOM!

Our visit to the Dental Clinic

We have been learning about people who help us in the community. Dentists help us look after our teeth and mouths. We went to visit the dental nurse, then came back and wrote some acrostic poems.

Brush your teeth two times a day

Right thing for healthy snacks

Use water or milk to drink

She told us our teeth are stronger than our bones

Helps us look after our teeth

By Emily

Brush your teeth every day

Rush to brush

Use tooth paste with flouride

Shiny teeth

Hidden bugs in your teeth

By Billie

Teeth are tougher than your bones

Eat healthy snacks

Estelle is our dentist teacher

Teeth fall out others come in

Help your teeth by brushing

By Qwade

Teeth are alive

Estelle is our dental nurse

Elephants don't brush their teeth

Teeth are stronger than bones

Healthy teeth need brushing daily

By Daniel

Our Awesome Assembly

Today it was Room 7's assembly. Thank you to the parents who attended. The children really enjoy presenting to an audience, especially if they have someone special to them, watching.

We sang a fun song about having a bad hair day. We read some of our silly "sh" sentences and also had a group read a play together.

We reminded everyone that we need to wash our hands reguarly so that we don't spread or catch any of the nasty illnesses that are around at the moment.
Here are some photos of our assembly.

Harold the Giraffe

Harold the Giraffe from Life Education Trust visited our school last week. We learned about Our Bodies, Our Personalities and how we are all very different but in some ways the same. We had a great time learning in the Mobile Classroom.