Morning Programme - 11th March 2016

This weeks MP crew with their notes and props.

Another awesome effort this week, well done guys!

First up today:

Amelia  - she spoke to us about herself, her family and her special friend Cindy.  Cindy has a dog that once was a puppy of one of Amelia's dogs.  His name is Tank!  Do you think he might be really big like a tank?   Hmmm, he's not - he's a little black and white Jack Russell!

Secondly:

Charlotte - who gave us a book review of a non-fiction book called "Amazing Armoured Animals."  This book was about how animals armour can protect them from the predators who want to eat them.  Charlotte showed us a mouse who has hidden spikes in his hair to protect it from cats and dogs.  Wow that's a clever piece of armour!

Next up today was:

Jack - who told us how to make chocolate chippie biscuits.  And you guessed it... he brought some along for us to try.  They were melt-in-your-mouth-delicious.  And... what was really neat is Jack gave everyone a copy of the recipe, so that they can try them at home.

After our nibble, we had:

Hayvin - who showed us on a huge map of New Zealand where to find Oamaru.  It's on the coast which means it's by the sea.  Oamaru is a special place for Hayvin because he has some cousins there who run a motel.

Next was:

Mason - on current events who reported about high winds causing havoc yesterday.  He told us about some of the "havoc" or problems the super strong winds caused, like roofs being blown off houses, camper vans blown off the road, trees blown over, trampolines going flying and scrub fires getting out of control, which is really dangerous.  In Invercargill the winds were up to 120 kilometres which is faster than a car on the open road.  That's strong and fast!

And finally today:

Sophie - who told us about a famous person.  An author and illustrator whose stories we have been reading lots of in Room 3.   An author who was born 150 years ago and whose 28 books about animals we still love today.  Yes, that famous author is Beatrix Potter!  Did you know, her first name was actually Helen!

Keep up the good work team.

Next Friday sees us back to the first group ready to start round two.  Please check the timetable in homework books or look it up on here so you and your child can prepare for their next topic.