THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY by Kiri

A Monarch butterfly once came to my house. It was as beautiful as a rose. My friend's dog was chasing the beautiful butterfly into a cage. The butterfly was sad because she couldn't get out but along came a man and he helped the butterfly by unlocking the cage. The butterfly flew quickly back to it's original home and it decided to only go out if it's with it's Mum or Dad!

STUDENT TEACHERS

Over the last two weeks we have been very lucky to have two fabulous student teachers helping in our classroom. Mr Albertsma and Miss Bayles are first year students at the Dunedin College of Education/University of Otago. The children of Model 2B enjoyed the student teacher's lessons including fun activities such as wiggle dancing and glockenspiel playing.

CONGRATULATIONS!

At the end of last term M2B designed some fantastic Dunedin themed art for a competition Mrs Robertson was holding to find some wonderful art to go on the kick wall by the adventure playground. The background has already been painted and we had to design something that could be found on the land, on the beach, in the water or in the sky in Dunedin. It was very exciting to find out that three of our students had their art work selected (only 12 students were chosen from the entries) and they will get the chance to be involved in painting their design onto the wall. Congratulations to Arissa (sun), Naomi (bird) and Nova (tree) - well done, we can't wait to see your designs up on the wall!!!

ANZAC DAY

Wednesday the 25 April is ANZAC Day. This is a special day in New Zealand where we honour the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli during World War 1. You might see lots of people wearing a red poppy to remember these soldiers and many families also like to attend the ANZAC Day services and parades. I wonder how Model 2B will celebrate ANZAC Day? You might like to share how your family celebrates ANZAC Day when you come back to school - and don't forget that ANZAC Day is also a public holiday so there is no school on Wednesday this week.

HARRY'S HOLIDAY

Hi Model 2B,
I have been having a great holiday. I went to Twizel for Easter and I had so much fun fishing. I was super excited to catch my very first fish and I got to play by the lake and explore the canals. I went camping and slept in a tent with my new friend Jack (Mrs O's son) and Easter Bunny even left me a delicious chocolate easter egg. Yum!

I can't wait to see all your smiley faces back at school.
See you soon,
Love Harry

GRAYSON'S MEATBALL RECIPE

Grayson enjoys cooking at home and he thought you might like to try one of his favourite recipes - for yummy meatballs! He has written some step by step instructions for you to follow but remember to ALWAYS have an adult supervise you when you are cooking. It is great to see Grayson sharing his strengths with us - maybe if you make these with your family you could email us a picture to add to the blog. Thanks Grayson, I bet Model 2B will love trying these out!

TERRIFIC T-BALL PLAYERS

During Term 1 lots of the kids in Model 2B were busy playing a range of sports including T-Ball, Flippa Ball, Cricket and Rippa Rugby. Congratulations to all the kids in Model 2B that played a sport this season. Here is Liam at the T-Ball prize-giving.