More Ducks At School Stories

Story and picture by Mariposa

"I saw the ducklings on the field.  I like the ducklings."  Story and picture by Chevelle



"I saw the duck and the ducklings too.  The seagull was going to stand on the duckling when the Mother Duck was looking away so the ducks and the ducklings went back to the creek."  Story and picture by Samson

"The duck is on the field and he can fly.  The little ducklings can't fly."  Story and picture by Alazye

Team Assembly Certificates

Anne Marie has been putting in effort with her learning so she was awarded a Team Assembly certificate.   Mariposa is always an enthusiastic member of Room 16 so he was also a recipient of a team certificate.  Chevelle always has a great positive attitude towards her learning, quietly getting on with her work.  Well done Chevelle.

Anne Marie and Mariposa

Chevelle with her Team Assembly certificate

Ducks At School

During the recent wet weather the children were amused to see a family of ducks come on to the field.  When it stopped raining we went outside and watched the two ducks and five ducklings looking around for food.  They found some bread to eat but it wasn't long before a big seagull also spotted the bread and decided it was his bread.  We watched the seagull trying to chase the duckling away but Mother Duck was keeping a close eye on her ducklings and kept them safe.

 "Mother and Father Duck and their ducklings came to school.  They are hungry and they like bread.  The big seagull came to school.  He wanted some bread too.  The baby ducklings stole the seagull's bread.  The seagull tried to stamp on the duckling.  Mother Duck said shoo to the seagull and she told the duckling to run home.  What an adventure for the ducklings."  Dictated to the teacher by Tupou

Netball Prize Giving

At the Netball Prizing Giving all the Sparkles received a certificate for their participation over the season but Alexandra got a surprise when she was awarded a well deserved certificate for the most improved player.  Well done, Alexandra.  You practised all the skills and really got into the game, helping you team mates get the ball down the court by finding a gap and getting free from the other team's defence.  I hope you are going to play netball next year.

Kura's Duffy Certificate

Kura has been trying hard to write her own stories so she was a Duffy Certificate winner.

Our "Duck Says Don't " Stories.

Room 16 enjoyed reading the story "Duck Says Don't" by Alison Ritchie.

Goose goes away on holiday and gives Duck the job of looking after the pond while she is away.  Unfortunately Duck is a bit too enthusiastic and signs soon appear everywhere and his friends decide they don't like being bossed around and they leave.  I will let some of our writers share their stories of how Duck solved this problem.

"I saw Goose and he is going on holiday.  Duck is in charge of the pond.  He put up some signs like "No swimming", "No fishing".  At the end of the story he was kind and everyone played with him."  Story by Samson

"Duck said, "No splashing Dragonflies and Frogs."  Duck said, "No swimming, no racing, no jumping."  He was bossy.  Everyone is sad when Duck is in charge of the pond.  He was being mean."  Story dictated by Tupou

"Duck is so not being kind.  Duck was so not being kind when he put up the signs.  Then Duck put a new sign up.  Because Duck was mean to his friends they went away."  Story by Alexandra

Joshua's first two page story about Duck.  A great recount Joshua.

"I like the Duck because he was kind at the end.  Duck was not kind at the beginning and the frogs went away and the frogs found somewhere else to play.  The frogs met some new friends and the Duck said I am sorry frogs."  By Joshua

Feeding Time for the Eels

Off to fed the eels - Tupou, Alexandra and Anne Marie

The children fed the eels this morning and they were rather hungry.  They jumped up to eat the crab meat, splashing some of the children.  The children came back to class very excited that they were able to see the eels moving around their tank and splashing.

"I like touching the eels and I saw the eels.  The eel saw the crab meat on the lid (of the tank) and he splashed my face."  Picture and story by Samson

Picture and story by Alexandra

"I touched the eel five times."  Story and picture by Fateh

"I touched the eels back and he ate the crab meat." Story and picture by Mariposa 

"I touched the eel.  It was slimy.  It was slimy and fun."  Story and picture Kura

"I fed the eels and I had some eel food.  We fed the eels and they were happy.  We had fun and so did the eels."  By Anne Marie