Botanic Gardens By Franklin

Botanic Gardens Trip

Yesterday, on a hot sunny day our class went to the Botanic Gardens. When we got there we met Debbie. She told us to put our bags on the deck then we had morning tea. After morning tea we got split up into groups A and B. I was in group A, we all went with Debbie into a classroom. When we came in we sat down on the mat in a circle. Next she split us up in groups of 4. She handed us a muddled up plant life cycle and we had to put it in the right order. Every group except for one got it right. Afterwards we got given a tray of flowers and magnifying lens. Debbie let us look at the flowers closely. She taught us that some flowers can have lots of little ones inside, they are called composite flowers. Then Sammy, Jeffrey, Blake and Georgia dressed up as flowers. The rest of us put bees and butterfly finger puppets on our fingers. We went to one of the flowers and took off a piece of pollen and put it on another flower (or a student dressed up). Then we had lunch. After lunch we planted Calendula seeds. Then we walked around the gardens and completed the worksheet all ready for us on the clipboard. We went to a little herb garden where we got most of the answers for the questions.  Then I saw a plant that looked interesting so I called the other children Isabelle, Sanne and Phoebe. They brushed against the leaves softly, it gave them a sharp pain. Next to it was a plant that had a sign above, ’’If you get the pain rub this plant on your hands. ’’It looked good to use but you had to wait a while before the pain went away. After a while Mrs Smaill decided for us to have a rest and a drink of water at the Potters Children’s Garden. The water sink was crowded with children pushing, shoving and drinking. Then we went to the pond where we saw three green clay frogs. We played there for quite a while. Then we went back to the bus. We hopped up on the bus and we drove off back to school. My favourite part of the trip was looking at the flowers through the magnifying lens. I felt glad after we finished our trip.                                                   By Franklin

Botanic Gardens By Phoebe

Botanic Gardens

Yesterday rooms 16 and 17 went to the Botanic Gardens. First we went to school and packed our lunches and clipboards. Then the bus arrived, so we went on the bus. It was noisy inside because everyone was very excited. When we got there we lined up in our rooms and we walked to the place where we were going to eat morning tea and lunch. We saw Debbie there. Debbie told us the rules. Next we ate morning tea. When we finished, we looked at the plants. We did not touch.  We went with the parents so we wouldn’t get lost. Next we planted a seed. Afterwards we ate our lunch. Finally we could go outside and see lots of plants. We had a worksheet on our clipboard. We looked at lots of plants. After that we went to the bus and went to school. I had a great time at the Botanic Gardens!

By Phoebe

Swimming Sports by Derek

MIDDLE  SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

On first the March, Friday it was Middle School swimming Sport. All the Middle school students came and lots of parents came to watch us swim. It was at Sunny hills Schools pool and I was feeling excited. Then, we lined up and walked towards the swimming pool gate. Before morning tea we got changed into our swimming togs. After that we sat in team lines behind the pool. It was all the year three and year four students. I was excited and nervous. Afterwards parents came and sat down on the benches. Our teams were A B C D or E. First we did freestyle. I felt nervous, because my Mum came to watch me. Next it was my rows turn to swim. We did freestyle, backstroke and duck dives. When it was finished we got and changed and then went to lunch. It was my best day ever and I wish it was every day.

By Derek

Hill Road Gardens By Isaac

Hill Road Gardens

Yesterday Rooms 17 and 16 went on a bus to the Botanic Gardens because our topic is Flower Power. First we got what we needed like a clipboard and two pencils. Then we went outside and lined up in two equal lines because it was time to on the bus. It was very exciting! We were on the bus driving towards Highbrook Drive. We then went down Highbrook Drive where Isabelle and I spotted some awesome buildings, like the Westpac Building. Then we went onto the motorway and exited at Hill Road, from there we went into the Visitors Centre and ate our Morning tea. Then we went to our classroom activities. First we did a life cycle of a plant. It was fun doing the life cycle because it went from a seed to a seed pod and then it started all over again. Then we looked at the parts of a plant. We could see the stigma and pollen. We also got to taste the nectar. The nectar tasted like sugar. After that we sat in a circle, whoever wanted to be a flower got dressed up as a flower.  Derek, Mikala, Winnie and I were flowers. Next we went into a shed where we planted our own Calendula. After that we had lunch. Next we visited the Herb Garden. When we were there we looked around and found lots of things that we needed to learn about on our worksheet. Then we went to the Potter’s Children Garden. After that we went back to school the same way we came. I liked going to the Botanic Gardens because I learnt lots that I didn’t know.

By Isaac

Swimming Sports by Eason

Middle School Swimming Sports

On Friday the 1^st March it was the Middle School Swimming Sports for all the year three and year four students. The parents and teachers were at the middle School swimming sports too. First middle school went into teams then we went in the pool area. A group went first. Mr. Watman clapped the blocks, it was loud.

The first group did free style. Then the second group went in the pool. They did free style too.

Then we went in the pool and we pushed the ball, it was a bit easy. We also got house points.

By Eason

Middle School Swimming Sports by Winnie

Middle School Swimming SpoRts

On Friday 1^st of March it was the Middle School Swimming Sports. I felt shy because there were parents and the whole Middle School at the Sunnyhills pool.

First we lined up in our teams. Then we walked to the pool. The A team swam in the pool first.  It was boring waiting for our turn.

Next it was the B team. When it was our turn I was excited. I did bubbles first, I like the bubbles. Next I did the balls. I had to push it with my nose and back. 

Then I had a flutter board to swim across the pool. After that I held the board up and walked out at the beach end.

I had a wonderful time at the Middle School Swimming Sports.

By Winnie

 

Botanic Gardens by Sophia

Botanic Gardens                              

On Tuesday Rooms 16 and 17 went on the bus to the Botanic Gardens. When we got there it was amazing, it looked better than I expected it to be. We got shown where the eating place was.

After that the lady called Debbie took our group to the classroom. My most favorite part in the classroom was tearing apart the flowers and putting them on the mat to look at. Then we put the broken flower onto the paper and labeled it.

Next we had lunch, in the same area as we had morning tea. When we went to see the other flowers it was getting hot. We had three worksheets clipped together on a clipboard. We saw lots of different and beautiful colourful flowers. One tree smelt like a lemon, the flowers on the lemon tree smelt the same.

Then we went back to the meeting area but the class wasn’t there because they were in a different classroom. We were sweaty and hot.           

It was a summery day to go to the Botanic Gardens. I was feeling great, because it was a beautiful day.

By Sophia

Botanic Gardens by Isabelle

THE BOTANIC GARDENS

Yesterday was an awesome day because we went to the Botanic Gardens. When we got there we jumped off the bus. We ended up in the wrong place but Mrs Smaill found Debbie who led us to the courtyard. Before we went into the classroom where you learn things about plants, I sat and ate my morning tea. After we went into the classroom, we made a life cycle. One group had some bits in the wrong place, but we helped them fix it up. Next we dressed up as flowers after we pulled some flowers apart to examine. We stuck the parts on a piece of paper. It was close to lunch, before lunch we planted calendula then we had lunch.  After,  we found heaps of things in the kids garden. I had a hot day!  

By Isabelle

Middle School Swimming Sports By Xanthe

Middle school SWIMMING SPORTS 

On the 1^st of March we had Middle School Swimming Sports. I was so excited to show our parents what we could do. First we got changed. Secondly we got our morning tea and then we got into our lines when the bell rang. Then we went into our school pool area. Team A did freestyle, backstroke and breast stroke last. At the end the parents cheered and clapped, it was amazing! I was so happy because I was trying really hard with my swimming and everybody was happy.       

By  Xanthe

Our Trip to the Botanic Gardens by Sanne

Our Trip to the Botanic Gardens

On the 26^th of March Rooms 16 and 17 went to the Botanic Gardens. We went there because our topic is Flower Power. When we got there it was morning tea time. After morning tea I went into a classroom. In the classroom four children got dressed up as flowers. They looked funny. After we were in the classroom we went outside. Later we did a worksheet. The worksheet was about fining plants. We had to measure some flowers too. After we did that it was time go back to school. It was a sunny day at the Botanic Gardens. I had an awesome time at the Botanic Gardens!

By Sanne

Botanic Gardens By Blake

BOTANIC GARDENS

Room16 and room17 went to the Botanic gardens Tuesday 26^th of March 2013. First we got to school early then we put 2 pencils 1 rubber our clip board and lunch and drink all in our school bags. Then we went on the bus. I sat next to Eason I pretended to drive. When we got to the Botanic Gardens we got Botanic Gardens we got out of the bus we lined up. Mrs. Small went inside a building and came out with a lady who worked there. She took us to an area with tables and chairs where we ate morning tea. After that we lined up with our parent helper and we went to the Botanic Gardens class room where we made a plant life cycle. We looked at parts of a flower under a magnifying glass then me and three other people dressed up as flowers and we had gloves witch had pollen on them and everyone else was a pollinator. They took some pollen from one flower to another when everyone had had a turn we got dressed and walked out into the gardens with our clipboards.  

Swimming Sports By Mia

MIDDLE SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

On Friday the 1^st of March it was swimming sports. All the year fours and threes went. I was in team A8.

In my first event I did freestyle. Then I had to wait, then swam again. This time I did backstroke. Then I had to wait again.

Next I did my last swim it was breaststroke. In the end everyone got dressed and had lunch. I’m sure everyone had a really, really awesome time best time because it was fun.                                                 By Mia

Botanic Gardens by Kaylum

Awesome Botanic Gardens

Yesterday we went to the Botanic Gardens on the bus; it was fun looking out the window. When we were there we learnt so much information about bees and flowers. We learnt that bees and butterflies drink nectar from the flowers. There was a classroom for us to work in. We planted some seeds and stuck petals and the sticky stigma onto a piece of paper. We even tasted the sticky stigma, it was kind of sour. Some people even dressed in flower costumes the other people had butterflies on their fingers. We learnt that bees get nectar on their faces! We saw different coloured flowers that were on the worksheet that we had. We also saw different shaped plants.  I even went to the park to cool off. There was even a tunnel, it was an amazing tunnel. It was a super trip too!

By Kaylum

Middle School Swimming Sports by Dhruv

Middle School Swimming Sports

Firstly Middle School went to the Swimming Pool at Sunnyhills School. We lined up in our groups.

Secondly the parents did the same but they didn’t sit in lines, the parents sat on seats. Then group A started to swim. My friend Oliver was in group A.

Next group B went in the swimming pool. Soon group C went to swim in the swimming pool. Later group D went to swim in the swimming pool.

Finally group E went to swim in the swimming pool.

In the end we had lunch. Eventually we added up the house points.

By DHRUV

Swimming Sport by Derek

MIDDLE  SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

On first the March, Friday it was Middle School swimming Sport. All the Middle school students came and lots of parents came to watch us swim. It was at Sunny hills Schools pool and I was feeling excited. Then, we lined up and walked towards the swimming pool gate. Before morning tea we got changed into our swimming togs. After that we sat in team lines behind the pool. It was all the year three and year four students. I was excited and nervous. Afterwards parents came and sat down on the benches. Our teams were A B C D or E. First we did freestyle. I felt nervous, because my Mum came to watch me. Next it was my rows turn to swim. We did freestyle, backstroke and duck dives. When it was finished we got and changed and then went to lunch. It was my best day ever and I wish it was every day.

  

                                By Derek

Our Awesome Trip by Teresa

Our Awesome Trip

On Tuesday, I was really excited because my class was going on a trip. We were going to the Botanic gardens. First we got on the bus. Once we got on everyone started to get very loud. When we got there we lined up in two lines, then we went into a room  full of tables and chairs and we had morning tea. Our teacher Debbie led us into a room where we got into groups then we made a puzzle lifecycle. My favourite part was when Sammie and some other children dressed up as flowers and put on gloves with some pretend pollen and nectar. We had to put on some bee and butterfly finger puppets and take one pollen or nectar out and put it on another flower head. After that we planted some flowers in a cup. Then we went on a walk around the gardens. We stopped by a little bridge. When we looked down at the river I saw hundreds of tadpoles. After we finished looking at the tadpoles we went to the Children’s Potters Garden. In the Children’s Potters Garden there was a maze. At the end of the maze there was a tunnel. After we went through the tunnel we were back at the beginning again. Then we went to a bog with a bridge over it so we went on the bridge. On the way we saw a Venus flytrap. We also noticed that the bridge was wobbly and there were lots of monarch butterflies. After the big walk we went back to the room where we had morning tea and we had lunch. I had a great time at the Botanical Gardens.                       From Teresa

Botanical Gardens by Oliver

Botanic Gardens Trip

Yesterday room 16 and 17 went to the fun Botanic Gardens. We went on a bus. At the Botanic Gardens we saw lots of cool flowers. We also made the life cycle of a plant. Next four people dressed up as flowers. Then we labled the parts of a flower. Next we planted some seeds. Eventually we went back on the bus, but at the bus, there was no driver! Then the driver came and we went back to school. My trip was lots of fun because our topic is Flower Power.  

By Oliver

Botanic Gardens by Georgia

Our Awesome Trip to the Botanic Gardens

On Tuesday the 26th March it was so exciting because we were all going to go on a class trip to the Botanic Gardens travelling on a bus. I was excited. When I got there Debby explained the rules to us.  After that we had our morning tea. Then we had to follow Debby in to the class room where we did a life cycle of a flower. Next we looked closely at the flowers. Then we dressed up as flowers and I was one. After that we went outside to plant some flowers. Finally, we had some yummy lunch. Next we saw all sorts of flowers and plants while walking around the gardens. There were bees, wasps, butterflies and lots of different types of insects. It was lots of fun and really exciting.  I had a wonderful time there, it was brilliant. In the end we needed to hop on the bus again to come back to school.

By Georgia

Middle School Swimming Sports By Tyler

Middle  School Swimming  Sports

 

On the 1^st March it was Middle school Swimming Sports, I felt so happy to go in the pool. All the Middle school students went to watch us. First we got changed for swimming Sports. Secondly we sat in our lines. Next it took ages to have our turn. After that E2, our line went to do blowing bubbles. Finally we did kicking with flutter boards and we pushed the balls with our head. I had a great time at the swimming sports.

 

By Tyler

 

Super Swimming Sports By Ella

Super Swimming Sports

On Friday we did swimming sports with all the middle school. It was at the school pool. First we lined up in our lines A B C D and E. I felt very nervous. Next we ran excitedly to the pool. Then I was really excited. After, it was time to do freestyle.  The pool was freezing but we only thought about getting to the other end. We sat down and chatted until it was back stroke. I’m good at back stroke. After back stroke we sat down and shivered. Then finally it was breast stroke, it’s my favourite. The mums and dads clapped and clapped. It was brilliant. I worked very hard so I was hungry. So I had lunch my lunch, it was delicious. Swimming sports was awesome because I love swimming!

 

By Ella

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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