Farewell, Lunar and Hazelnut!

We planned a perfect day to say farewell to Lunar and Hazelnut. We had a whole school assembly in the morning and we were very excited to be the class running the assembly and performing in front of everyone. We sang the song ‘The Circle of Life’ from the movie ‘Lion King’ and performed the AUSLAN signs to go along with the words. We had Lunar and Hazelnut join us on stage in front of everyone. 2S did an amazing job at the assembly and the day only got better from there!

For Technology and Enterprise over the last few weeks we designed and built cars made out of recycled boxes, with the only rule being that the cars had to be big enough for us to sit comfortably in for over an hour. After our assembly we lined all of our finished box cars up on the floor and had an old fashioned drive-in. We watched the movie ‘The Lion King’ and had a fantastic time. It was a lovely way to spend our last day with our very special visitors.

2S would like to say thank you to PLC for this wonderful project, we had the best time with our travel buddies. Good luck on you next adventure Lunar and Hazelnut!

Hazelnut and Lunar leave New Zealand

Hazelnut and Lunar had a great time with us, but it was time for them to move on to the next school. Before they left, they got to meet some of the other staff at Rowandale:

With Mr Vasau

With Mrs Tofilau

They also got to see a powhiri for our new teachers. Do you know what a powhiri is?

They are now on there way to Denmark. Here is a map of everywhere they've been and the next school they're going to. Can you name all of the places they've been to so far? They have travelled quite a long way.

We wish them luck on their journey. Thanks for visiting us!

Hazelnut and Lunar Arrive in New Zealand

A few days ago, Hazelnut and Luna arrived in New Zealand and decided to visit us here at Rowandale School. They looked exhausted when they came to my door. It must have taken them ages to get all the way from Faraday School in England. They brought a book with them to tell us all about London.

All of the children were very excited to meet our new friends. We made sure that we sat and listened very carefully when they read their story to us.

Later, it was our day to take care of some of the animals that live at our school so we decided to bring the two of them to help us with our work. Our pigs are named Hettie and Percy (but our chickens don't have any names).

We're looking forward to having our two new friends visit us this week. It's Maori Language Week, so hopefully they will go to their next school knowing some new words!

Wumbat plays Pop!

Maths time with the Jungle Creatures.

Wumbat played Pop! with some of the Jungle Creatures. Pop! is a number game.

It is Wumbat's turn to spin the spinner.

Wumbat has arrived at Clarkville!

Wumbat is at Clarkville!

Wumbat arrived at Clarkville School! When we got the parcel, we were very excited to see just who was in there.

Wumbat has been with us for a week so far, and the Jungle Creatures (New Entrants) have taken her on a tour of the school. Some of the Year 2 children have done some research about Wombats, and used their knowledge to build a home for Wumbat while she is with us.

Check out the photos and stories!

We made a burrow for Wumbat, with somewhere for her to sleep, and some food.

This is a picture of me holding Wumbat. When I held Wumbat it was fluffy as anything. It was warm. I like Wumbat. Wumbat is nice.  By Jessica.

I held Wumbat at the playground and I love Wumbat and when I held Wumbat I kissed her. I love Wumbat. I snuggled Wumbat and Wumbat is furry.  By Clara-Jane.

Wumbat is my best friend. We went on the fort.  By Ella

I love Wumbat because I held her. Wumbat is watching me in the sandpit making a volcano.  By Mekaela

Wumbat and the Jungle Creatures had a photo in the tunnels.  By Noah.

I had a photo with my friends and I like Wumbat... and I had my photo in the bird's nest.  By Ben P.

I went to the playground with Wumbat. We walked around the playground.  By Emma

Visiting Disco's cage.  By Mrs Harrison

Wumbat is talking to Disco. Disco is a rabbit.  By Pippa.

Wumbat met Chris. He is the principal.  By James

Bye bye Wumbat. I love you. This is Mrs Mac. Why are you not staying the night for 10 nights?  By Katelyn

I wish the Wumbat could stay.  By Charlee

I like Wumbat. I took Wumbat to the library.  By Josh

I held Wumbat at the climbing tree. We have two climbing trees.  By Taylah

I love Wumbat. I was holding Wumbat by the pool.  By Kaysey

Meg sneaked into the photo. We are in Launch.  By Isabella

Wumbat went on the plane.  By Ben S.

Bye Luna and Hazelnut. Welcome Koko and Kev.

Today was Luna and Hazelnut's last day at Faraday School. We have had such a great time with them and reception will miss them a lot but we are very happy to be sending them to Rowandale School in Auckland NZ. We hope they continue to have lots of fun adventures at lots of different schools around the world.

Today Koko the Koala arrived and she had a surprise visitor with her…Kev the Kiwi stowaway who wanted to keep Koko company on her journey. Thank you to the children from Clyde School for sharing Koko with us. We have lots more exciting learning to share with them both this week.