Tea at the Manor

From the Mataranka Cool School News!

We went to the Manor yesterday.  We did a lot of things.  We ate lunch.  We had so much fun eating desert.  Kash did not like his milkshake.  It was too sweet. 

We played Tip.

We played parachute games. I liked the parachute.   

We were feeding the barramudi. It was fun. 

We climbed the tree.  When we got up on the tree, there were ants and we didn't like the ants. 

It was fun. 

Pete the Cat!

What a great book!  We LOVED Pete the Cat! 

Pete is so Awesome!  He doesn't let anything bother him!  He just keeps 'Walkin along.. singing his song!'  That is what we do too!  Now we are always singing.. "I love my blue shoes!  I love my pink shoes!  I love my rainbow shoes!..."   We love our shoes now! 

Thank you so much for sharing your favorite story with us.  Issy says "I like Pete the Cat!"  Cameran says cat and hat are rhyming words. Emily says "I like that book."  Kash likes Pete the Cat's shoes.  Cameron likes the rainbow shoes best. 

Have you read the Wonky Donkey?  Check it out on-line.  It's one of our favorites!
Eva says "I love the Wonky Donkey story"

February 28, 2013

We celebrated 100 Day on Friday, February 22, 2013

Larkin says we had 100 balloons.  

This is our class with out hats and necklaces.

James says we had pancakes.

We are showing our collections of 100 things.

Making necklaces.

Building castles with 100 cups.

Playing Race to 100.

Making our hats.

Larkin says we were making everything!  It was a fun day.  Composed by Larkin and Mrs. Robertson with some help from James.

Back to School

In Mataranka it is the middle of summer.  We are just getting back from summer holidays. We have some new faces as our grade two's from last year have graduated into grade three, which is in a different classroom.  We have some new kids in our class who are just starting kindergarten: we call it Transition.

Left to right we have Laura, then Cooper and Cammy.  In front of Shaunelle are good buddies Bailey and Cameran D, then Emily, Eva, Cameran and Mako.  This isn't all of us, Ozzie was out of the room.. Amelia had gone to Tasmania.. but it is most of us.

Thank you for sending your pictures of you in the snow.  It is so hot here, we love to see the snow!  

Tobogganing in January

January means snow for us in Canada especially in the mountains.  On one warm Friday afternoon we invited students families to join us at the school to go tobogganing and build snowmen.  Here are some pictures from that day.

Ruby & Brooke

Tesa & Keagan

Larkin & Conner

Ruby, James, Jasper, & Brooke

Tesa & Ruby

We ended the day with hot chocolate, cookies and cupcakes in the classroom to warm us up.  A fun day for all!

Junior Class goes to the Zoo!

Miss Kristy

Hello from Melbourne! 

Happy last day of school for 2012.

What a fantastic year it has been, I can see that you have been doing lots of great things at school from reading to swimming, dressing up and even carving watermelons and pumpkins!

 It is finally hot here in Melbourne - but it only lasts for a few months of the year, so when I can I like to go outside and enjoy the sunshine.

I hope the Mataranka kids enjoyed the book I sent. It is a great feeling to see the hard work you all put in making masks, writing the story, taking pictures and illustrating.

I had lots of fun in your classroom in August and would like to share this digital version with you.

 Merry Christmas, and all the best for 2013.

-Miss Kristy

Meeting the students at Jilkmingan

It was sure hot today!  We took the bus from Mataranka to Jilkmingan (about half an hour's drive) to meet the kids in Ms. Lauren's class.  We looked around town and then went back to the classroom to watch a movie and eat lunch.  It was a great day!