SPELLER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Grayson who was a our lucky 'Speller of the Week' this week. Keep up the great work Grayson!

INQUIRY NIGHT SUCCESS!!!

Model 2B was buzzing with people on Inquiry Night. All the special 'Dog Shop' helpers did a wonderful job selling all our doggie goodies. We managed to raise an amazing $454.70 for Dog Rescue Dunedin. Wow!!!! Thank you to all the children, parents and teachers that supported us.

CONGRATULATIONS MODEL 2B!!

Wow Model 2B!! You can be very proud of all your work for Dog Rescue Dunedin. Your dog shop looked amazing and you did so well selling all your wonderful work. It was so exciting to see all the people who came to buy things from you. Thank you to all the children who came along with their families and a special thank you to those of you who worked in the shop tonight. A huge thank you to Miss Barnett also who has worked very hard over the last few weeks to help you organise such a great night. I was very proud of you all. Love Mrs O.

P.S. Harry loves his new collar!

SETTING UP THE DOG SHOP

This afternoon we set up the Dog Shop in our classroom. It was lots of fun and we think it looks great. We hope lots of people will come and visit us tonight.

THE GIRLS HELP DOG RESCUE

Jessica has been extra busy at home with her Mum. They have made dog biscuits (for humans!) to sell at the Dog Shop. We are going to sell them for 50c each or 3 for $1. Imogen was also extra kind and has brought along her Rolly dogs to sell. We are selling them for $2 each.

DOG BALLOONS

Today Miss B and Mrs O went and picked up all the dog balloons from the florist. They are so cute! We are going to sell them for $10 each at the Dog Shop.

MARKETING OUR ITEMS

Today we emailed all the teachers in the school and invited them to our Dog Shop. Groups of children also went around the classrooms and showed everyone what we had for sale.

MAKING NECKLACES

This week we also made necklaces to sell in the Dog Shop. Some of the big kids from Model 2A came to help us. We are going to sell them for $5 each.

BOXES OF GOODIES

Today more goodies arrived to our classroom! Masterpet was extremely generous and send us collars, leads, dog beds and dog treats. We couldn't believe it!

BAGS OF DOG BISCUITS

Today we bagged up Tux dog biscuits to sell at the 'Dog Show'. You can spoil your pooch with a bag of biscuits for $2.

THE DOG SHOP - Collars, Leads & Goodie Packs

Thanks to Masterpet we can also offer the following items in our 'Dog Shop' SMALL COLLARS - $3 each

MEDIUM/LARGE COLLARS - $5 each

RETRACTABLE LEADS (with flashlight & poo bags!) - $5 each

DOG PACKS (Grooming items & treats) - $5 for both

THE DOG SHOP - Tins & Bags

Thanks to our friends at Royal Canin, we will also be selling the following items in our 'Dog Shop' DOGGIE BAGS - $5 each

DOG TINS - $5 each

ANOTHER EXCITING DELIVERY

There was another exciting delivery to Model 2B this week when two large boxes were delivered by Royal Canin. Inside the boxes were posters, dog tins and bags. Wow!!!!

POPPY HELPS DOG RESCUE

Poppy (Miss Barnett's dog) has made her own donation to help her furry friends at Dog Rescue. She has donated a bag of 50 Rawhide chews. We are going to sell these in the 'Dog Shop' for 50c or 3 for $1.

PLAYHOUSE SHOW - 'Phone A Friend'

Last Wednesday our school got to watch an entertaining performance from NZ Playhouse. The show focused on a school boy who was being bullied by the kids in the Gadget Gang because his mobile phone wasn't cool. As it happens, his phone although rather big and heavy to carry around, turned out to be a really kind friend who helped him overcome the bullying problem. There were lots of laughs as we watched the show and we even got to learn a funky phone dance! It was a fabulous performance and it tied in really well with our value of the term - compassion.

IMOGEN'S TREAT!

At the end of last term, Model 2B got a wonderful surprise at Assembly when Imogen's name was called out to win her whole class an ice cream! This is because Imogen's name was nominated for the flame for showing respect. Here is Imogen being first up to get her ice cream from Miss Hill. Well done Imogen on having such respectful manners at GSNS.

SPELLER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Nova who is our latest speller of the week. Well done Nova on getting all your spelling words correct.

WELCOME TO CHARLIE

We would like to welcome Charlie into Model 2B. Charlie is a great reader and we are enjoying having him as part of our class. Happy school days Charlie!

THE DOG SHOP - Homemade Dog Cards

We have been busy this week drawing cute pictures of dogs to make greeting cards. These cards will be available on Inquiry Night for 50c each or 3 for $1. Here is a small selection of our super cute cards...

THE DOG SHOP - Keyring Purses

Miss Barnett has been shopping again and found this great little keyring purses for our 'Dog Shop'. You can buy your very own at Inquiry Night this Thursday for only $2.

THE DOG SHOP - Erasers, Puppets & Tattoos

Miss Barnett has been collecting some cool dog items for our 'Dog Shop'. These items will be available on 'Inquiry Night': DOG BONE ERASERS 50c each or 3 for $1

DOG FINGER PUPPETS $2 each

DOG TEMPORARY TATTOOS 50c each or 3 for $1

DOG BOOKMARKS

This morning we made dog bookmarks to sell at our 'Dog Shop' on 'Inquiry Night'. Our cute bookmarks will help us to raise money for the Dog Rescue. The bookmarks will be sold for 50c each or 3 bookmarks for $1.

CONGRATULATIONS FARIS

Well done to Faris who has finished his 20 week Reading Recovery programme today. Faris has tried so hard and he has become an amazing reader and a super writer. Keep up the great work Faris!

EXCITING DELIVERY

After looking at all the items we had brainstormed to sell, Miss Barnett has been busy emailing lots of companies to find out if they can help us with our 'Compassion Project'. Today a big parcel arrived from Purex. It was very exciting! We now have heaps of cute Rolly dogs for our raffle.

GOODIES FROM DOG RESCUE

Keryn from Dog Rescue has given us some brochures about what they do, some posters for our wall and a collection container.

DOG ART

Miss Barnett showed us this really cool picture that she found. We are making our own funky dog art like this to sell on 'Inquiry Night' on Thursday 24 May to raise more money for Dog Rescue. Keep a look out on the blog. We will add photos when our artwork is finished.

LETTER TO DOG RESCUE

We worked together to write a letter to Dog Rescue. We wanted to tell them about our 'Compassion Project' and see if they would help us answer all the questions we have. Naomi and Leah did a fabulous job decorating our letter with lots of cute dogs!

QUESTION TIME

We all thought about a question that we would like to ask Dog Rescue. We have made a 'Wonder Wall' on the office door with all of our great questions.

WHAT CAN WE MAKE AND SELL?

We brainstormed a list of all the things we could make or sell to raise funds for Dog Rescue. Here are our ideas: * Jewellery * Fluffy toy dogs * Rope dogs * Toy dog bones * Cards * Bookmarks * Dog chocolates * Dog cookies * Dog drawing * Dog food * Baskets * Raffle * Dog beds * Dog clothing * Dog house

DOG RESCUE

We have been looking at the Dunedin Dog Rescue website. We found out that the compassionate people at Dog Rescue help sad dogs by training them, looking after them and finding them new homes. We think that the Dog Rescue is very kind. We are going to raise money for them and help them to save more dogs. Here is a link to their website. http://www.dogrescuedunedin.co.nz/

OUR COMPASSION PROJECT

We have started our 'Compassion Project' for the term. We are thinking about how we can help dogs in need. We looked at photos of lots of happy dogs and lots of sad ones too. We found out that happy dogs have: * Food * Water * Love * Company/a family * Shelter But sadly we found out that lots of dogs do not get all of the things they need to make them happy.

COMPASSION

The character value we are learning about this term is compassion. Here are some of our ideas about what compassion is: * being nice and looking after people * helping people that need it * helping nature and animals * being a friend to other people * being kind * showing people you care

SPELLER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Speller of the Week'. Maia has been trying very hard and can spell all her spelling words correctly. Well done Maia!