We have been looking at snails so we can find out ways to keep them away from our vegetable garden. Imagine our amazement when we found out about the Giant African Land Snail!
Here's what we wrote about it.

The giant land African snail it is extremely big. If it's in the sun it will dry up and it can hide from big animals. They can't fight.
by Kaelyn

I would like to hold this snail because it would feel tickly.
by Charlie C.

This giant snail is hungry. It could eat a whole plant!
by Apao

The snail is slimy and the snail is ginormous!
by Charlie P.

I don't like the snail because it is too slimy and big.
by Siale

This snail is moving on the man's hand. It is heavy.
by Chance

The snail shell looks like a sea shell and it is long and a bit pointy. It hides in its shell. The shell protects itself.
by Soparri.

The snails are huge and the shell is pointy and it can hide from the sun.
by Henry

The snail is crawling on the hand. It feels heavy and slimy.
by J.J

Snail is sleepy. Snail is big!
by Nozomi

I have a snail. It looks beautiful. I love that it has a pointy shell.
by Zoe

This snail is slimy and very big.
by Andrew

The snail feels like slimy and in the sun it can't move in the sun because it gets dry in the sun.
by Amy

This snail is big and slimy.
by Allan

This snail is very big.
by Jaden

This snail is slimy and really big!
by Musashi

Amazing Starfish

The Tigers reading group read a great book about starfish. We decided to make a padlet to show what we'd learned from the book.

Created with Padlet

We have been interested in all the fireworks we have seen lately and were inspired to write fireworks stories and paint fireworks pictures.

My Poppa is having his birthday today. We will have sparkling fireworks!

by Henry

The Man Fireworks is going in the sky. It is orange.

by Musashi

I can see a exploding fireworks.  I can see blue and yellow and green.

by Andrew

The fireworks are exploding. I can see purple fireworks.

by J.J

The firework is yellow and this one is red and this one is purple and orange.

by Nozomi

Term 3

Wow! Term 3 has gone really fast. We started in Room 7 with 10 children and now have 15. We've had a great time and have been very busy. Here's a video of some of the activities we've enjoyed this term.

Great Term 3 from andrea des forges on Vimeo.

Counting to 10

Here are some of the different ways we can count to 10.


counting to 10 from andrea des forges on Vimeo.

World Literacy Day

Last Tuesday it was World Literacy Day. We had a great time dressing up as book characters and having a parade. The real highlight was having parents come and read us stories from their cultures. We heard stories in Korean, Mandarin, Tongan, Nuiean, Hindi and English. Thank you to the parents who did a great job reading (and in some cases acting out!) their stories. Thanks also goes to the fabulous teachers Mrs Irshad, Miss Morrison and Mr J for organising such a great day.

World Literacy Day from andrea des forges on Vimeo.

What Am I?

We've been learning about sea creatures in Room 7. We thought we'd test your knowledge. Have a look and see how many animals you can work out from our clues.


What Am I from andrea des forges on Vimeo.