Our optional extra for homework this week was to draw a picture of your international costume and share some information about the country. Check out this great work from Olive, Oliver and Jake...

Each Thursday afternoon we have started going to the Junior side of the school and buddy reading with Mrs Chhin and Room 5. We love going to see our buddies each week.

Each Wednesday afternoon the Middle Team have Cultural Swap. For five weeks we go to a different classroom and participate in fun activities. For the last few weeks Room 11 has been going to Room 10 and learning Ukelele with Mrs King. Check out the cool photos...

Today some very special visitors arrived at George Street Normal School. Eight students, their principal, teacher and tour guide made an adventurous journey from Japan. Our ten visitors are from our sister school, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen. They are spending a three day visit at our school hosted by Model 1A and Model 1B. During their time at George Street Normal School, the Gifu students will be involved in the normal classroom programme as well as experiencing lots of fun learning activities in and around Dunedin. Today we warmly welcomed our visitors with a special assembly and an important document was signed to ensure that our international friendship continues into the future.

Here is Samuel's Cat Couscous... Here is Samuel eating Couscous...

This is my cat Nemo.  He is almost 3.  Nemo loves cuddles and pats.  He also like to sleep on my bed.  Sometimes he likes to sleep on my pillow, and sometimes he even sleeps on my head!  He is an awesome pet.  By Jack

Look at the cool powerpoint Elisa made...

Check out the cool powerpoint Grace made...

Here is Hailee's soft toy dog called Boo. She got him from the Lucky Book Club.

This is my dog Poppy. When she doesn't get a walk she turns into a crazy dog. She really loves getting a walk. Poppy also loves chasing tennis balls. She really loves pats. Sometimes when me and Sam are watching TV she comes over to us like she wants pats. By Oliver

OP is short for Optimus Prime. He is 4 years old and has green eyes and he is black and fluffy. Also he has a magnetic collar that gets stuff like money, nails and teaspoons stuck to it. By George

I had a cat called Possum. He was a kitten. He was a very special cat. I liked him because he was cute.

MY PONY

She is the one who lets me ride her.  I took 4 photos of her.  She is special to me and soon she is going to be my sister's.  She's also the beautiful one.

By Neve

This is Rose's cat in the newspaper in the car section. She is called Stripy Tiger. She is in the newspaper because she did not want me to take her picture. By Rose

This is my stereo. When I get bored I usually listen to it. Yesterday my big sister listened to the Muppets CD. We bounced on my beds. It was fun. By Keziah

Here is Leah's special plush toy cat, Caterina, Leah has had her since she was 2 years old, her Ma (Grandma) bought it for her before she came to New Zealand.

I am interested in polar bears and how they hunt when there is not enough food for them to survive. I found out that polar bears wait for a seal to come to a breathing hole. Then with speed like lightning, they grab the seal. They have excellent camouflage for their environment and a very keen sense of smell. They can smell a seal through a metre of ice (roughly) and prey up to 20 miles away. They have very long sharp claws to grasp their prey, and strong jaws to rip, bite and hold their prey. They are also massive animals.

Check out Jake's cool picture...

MY CAT This is my cat Rufus. He is crazy but I love him. When he sees a dog he says "Ohhh ohhh oohh no!" He has chased a big dog away and other things. By Matthew

This is my second favorite toy, the trampoline. I like it so much because you can bounce so high on it. I can do flips and I'm trying to bounce higher then my sister, Kaiya. Most of the time me and Kaiya go on the trampoline we play with each other and when we are finished we are laughing so hard we can't stop.

During the last two weeks we have been going swimming every day. Each morning we have been walking down to the Dunedin North Intermediate School Pool and having swimming lessons with the Jill Clarke Swim School. All of the children have made fantastic progress with their swimming skills.

Every classroom has two senior students who are their 'Learning Detectives'. Room 11 are lucky to have Ben and Jedi this year. The Learning Detectives come and share information with the younger students and gather their ideas to contribute to school ideas and activities.

Welcome to Ms Stewart and Miss Cameron. Ms Stewart and Miss Cameron are graduate students at the University of Otago/College of Education. They will be spending time in our classroom every Monday and Tuesday this term as well as a two week period at the end of the term.

Neve shared news with us today about all her adventures at the farm. She was busy chasing chickens, playing with calves and riding her beloved pony, Velvet.

Last week for homework our optional extra was to write down five road safety rules that we will need to follow to make sure we had a safe journey to the swimming pool. Olive made a great powerpoint which she shared with the class. Here are her safety messages:

Last weekend Leah went to the Armageddon Expo at the Edgar Centre with her family. She got to meet Greg who is the voice of Kevin E 11 on Ben 10, and Michael Angelo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Cool photo Leah. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Manu's Mum found a very cute little hedgehog and brought in home in her hat to show Manu. They named the hedgehog 'Lenticchia'. Lentichhia stayed at Manu's house for a while until they released it back into its natural habitat. Manu was sad to see his new friend go. Manu took lots of great photos of the hedgehog. Here they are...