Thursday, April 25, 2013

News from Jake


This is me at the Wyndham Theatre watching the play Tiddler by the
author that wrote the Gruffalo!


This is me at the Natural history museum with my brother lee.  
They had some huge dinosaur skeletons.



Sunday, April 21, 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Kiwi kids news!


Click on the link above to see Lexi and Thomas in the kiwi kids news!

Anzac bicuits

Thanks Thomas for the yummy Anzac biscuits! They were so delicious!





Fantastic Anzac stories

Bully beef is tinned meat. Soldiers had to eat it. Soldiers lived in holes with a little bit of iron on top. The holes were called trenches. Australia and New Zealand fought in Gallipoli, but only men went to war. Lots of men gave up their lives and went to war. Some soldiers got medals for their bravery. Poppies grew in the battle fields where the soldiers died. It is very sad. I would never want to go to war.
By Jacob 

Simpson and his donkey searched the battle fields looking for wounded soldiers. The soldiers  fought for their lives. Poppies grew in the cemeteries of soldiers. They left for war on the 25th April 1915. Anzac cookies were the food that got sent to them. Bully beef is another food they could send to the soldiers because it was canned especially for the soldiers. Bully beef is meat. Trenches are ditches that the soldiers fought war in. Some countries invented periscopes to peek out of the trenches with. I would of felt scared. 
By Ella

Many, many years ago soldiers gave up their lives for their own country and they travelled very far just to get killed. This is a story about war. A long time ago war happened. It was on April 25th 1915, 98 years ago. We have Anzac Day. We celebrate soldiers that gave up their lives for us. Anzac stands for Australia, New Zealand army corps. People who went to war had lots of courage and bravery. Some people never came back. Even people wear poppies because they want to remember people who went to war. They had Anzac biscuits to eat. Anzac biscuits were long lasting biscuits because they had oats and golden syrup in them. A man called Simpson had a donkey and they worked in the war together. Simpson carried hurt people on the donkey. One day Simpson died and the donkey kept carrying a person to safety. The people who went to war that did not come back died there and that is sad. They did this in Gallipoli. Soldiers could write letters to their family but all they did was tick boxes that said "I'm hurt" or "I'm coming home," or "I'm fine. " In the world now we have a ceremony for soldiers. We also have 1 or 2 minutes silence. New Zealand has a song called the Last Post. This is a special song to us. My Great Grandad went to war and I never got to meet him. I feel sad for war. I would not want to go. I wouldn't of been allowed as only boys were. The ladies were the 'font line angels.' They were the nurses. 
By Emily




Anzac Day mufti

St. Albans remembered the Anzac soldiers early today due to Anzac Day being in the holidays. We had a special assembly and we learnt lots of things about this special day. Emily shared her Great Grandad's medals. More photos and kids stories to be loaded tomorrow!






Click on the link to find out more about Anzac Day!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Lexi's jazz award

Lexi shared her jazz certificate and ribbon today! Well done Lexi



Saturday, April 13, 2013

Keeping in touch with Jake



This is a photo of me at the Capilano suspension bridge park seeing how big my   wings would be.  They're as big as a raven.

Jake


This is a photo of me Lee and my mum on the cliff walk at Capalino suspension    bridge.  It was very high up

Jake





Monday, April 8, 2013

Well done Thomas!

A huge congratulations to Thomas as he ran in the McDonald’s Youth Duathlon on Sunday 7th April 2013. It was a – 1km run, 4km bike 500m run. - What a fabulous effort - Room 14 is so proud!


Sunday, April 7, 2013

News from Jake!



Jake has arrived in Canada. He has sent us a picture and a movie (which I will add soon)! This is Jake next to the steam clock in Gastown Vancouver - thanks Jake!






Friday, April 5, 2013

Practise family of facts!

Try this activity to practise some family of facts. Click on the maths blog to find more activities!


Farewell Dennis

Friday was Dennis's last day at St Albans. We wish you all the very best at your new school Dennis!



Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Newspaper fun!

This week we are reading newspapers in class. For homework the children need to find a newspaper article and write about it! They also have puzzles to do in their Go Zone newspaper. Remember just do page 2 on Wednesday night and bring it back tomorrow!