Our first mystery reader this morning read the hilarious rhyming story 'Busting' by Aaron Blabey. Lots of giggles and a story all Rosella children could definitely identify with! Thanks so much to our mum who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader this morning. There was a very proud son in Rosella today!
Today Rosella enjoyed their last ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday' morning for the year. It was a special day to finish off this wonderful program with a mystery reader this morning and a second mystery reader after recess. A double treat for us today! Our first mystery reader this morning read the hilarious rhyming story 'Busting' by Aaron Blabey. Lots of giggles and a story all Rosella children could definitely identify with! Thanks so much to our mum who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader this morning. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! I Wonder Who Wednesday continued after recess today with another mystery reader visiting us. Rosella enjoyed the delightfully funny book 'Diary of a Wombat' by Jackie French. We loved the mischievous wombat and how it believes "humans make good pets"! Thanks so much to our big brother who volunteered to read to Rosella this afternoon. There was a very proud little brother today!
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Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Thursday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the classic tale 'The Gingerbread Man' which was our mystery reader's favourite book when she was little! All the children loved listening to this favourite story. Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the very funny book about 'wind' today by Lisa Regan. Lots of giggles were shared today by Rosella with our youngest mystery reader yet! Thanks so much to one of our 'big' cousins who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud younger cousin in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next time? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the wonderfully illustrated version of the cumulative folk song 'There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly' today. This is always a favourite and the children thoroughly enjoyed listening to this classic tale! Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next time? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the beautiful rhyming book 'The Koala Who Could' by Rachel Bright today. This is a special story that reminds us how change, and being willing to try something new, can lead to amazing things for us! Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Rosella thoroughly enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning today after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. Who was our special visitor going to be this week? Our mystery reader entertained Rosella today with the hilarious book "Do Not Open This Book'' by Andy Lee. Lots of giggles and of course Rosella begged to keep turning the page even though they were told not to!! Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Rosella thoroughly enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning today after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. Who was our special visitor going to be this week? Our mystery reader entertained Rosella today with the rollicking rhyming book 'Cowzat' by Bruce Atherton. Lots of laughs were had as Rosella discovered the truth about how the game of cricket was invented, and in Australia too!!!!!! The children also loved the zany illustrations in this book drawn by Ben Redlich. Thanks so much to one of our dads who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their first ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning for Term 4 after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. After the holiday break there was lots of excitement in anticipation of who it could be! Our mystery reader entertained Rosella today with the hilarious rhyming book 'Don't Wake the Yeti' by Claire Freedman. Lots and lots of giggles as Rosella discovered how to feed a yeti (you'll need a napkin), how to run a yeti's bath (with ice), and what to expect if you take him to school! Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud daughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery readers. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery readers read the delightful picture book 'There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Eating Cake'' by Hazel Edwards today. This classic story has one of the largest imaginary friends ever and it explores imagination, childhood experiences, family life and rules. Since cooking cupcakes is a favourite activity enjoyed by our classmate and her grandparents, and today's story also featured cake, our visitors kindly made some cupcakes and Rosella enjoyed a scrumptious morning tea! Our classmate's grandparents also read the book 'I'm the Best' by Lucy Cousins, a story that reminds us about not boasting and bragging to our friends because we all have special qualities. They kindly donated this book to our school, so Rosella will keep it as part of their class library for this year and then later for our school library. Thanks so much to our grandparents who visited Rosella today and made it such a special morning. There was a very proud granddaughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next term after the holiday break? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the beautiful book 'You Are Special' by Max Lucado today. This is a special story that reminds us that we are all special in our own way, we should not judge others and there is always someone who loves us unconditionally. Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud daughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader today was the grandma of one of our students and sadly this classmate was not well today and absent from school. However, our mystery reader was still very happy to come in and read to Rosella this morning. Rosella was entertained today with the very funny book 'There Was An Old Bloke Who Swallowed a Chook' by P. Crumble. Lots and lots of giggles with this very Aussie rhyming story that becomes more and more ridiculous as the story goes on! Our grandma also read one of her favourite poems to us 'My Shadow' by Robert Louis Stevenson which we enjoyed very much. Our grandma also kindly stayed on speak to us about what life was like at school when she was a young child, just like we are now. Life at school was very different for children back then compared to us now. Our grandma told us lots of interesting things about her school including: * It was a small school that only had an asphalt playground and no oval. They had to walk to a local oval for sport. * Speaking of sport, the girls were not allowed to play soccer like they are now. * The classroom wasn't very colourful or pretty like ours. * When you moved on to Year 1 you had to sit in rows at wooden desks and write with ink. You had to be careful because you couldn't rub out a mistake. Sometimes children were naughty and dunked girls' pigtail in the ink well. * Lunch was wrapped in wax paper and then wrapped in a tea towel with a drink. * They had a very small canteen at school and because there wasn't a lot of money you ordered your lunch once a week as a special treat. There was a fish and chip shop close by that you could order from too. * Milk was delivered every morning and left under the big tree, but it was often warm by the time you were allowed to drink it. * Grandma caught a bus to school and the trip cost 2 pennies. * There were no big excursions like we have, only visits to local areas as bus trips were too expensive. * There were no Smartboards, computers or iPads. * There was no hall. * The was no before or after school care as mums didn't work outside the home. * You had to behave a school becasue if you were naughty you had to stand in the corner at the back of the room with your back turned. Sometimes the teacher threw a duster at you! * Grandma's favourite subjects were reading, writing and singing. * School uniforms did not have sloppy joes or jackets like today, only knitted jumpers. * Grandma had two pairs of shoes, her school shoes and a plastic pair. When you arrived home you polished your school shoes and these were for going out too. It was wonderful that our grandma spent this time with us today to give us an insight to what life was like at school for her. We have been comparing children's lives in the past to the present as part of our history unit this term. Thank you so much for visiting us today. We look forward to another visit when your grandson is well and back at school with us. Now . . . we wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. We wondered who it could be! Our mystery reader read the gorgeous book 'Noni the Pony' by Alison Lester today. This is a lovely story about Noni and her friends and how they enjoy life and always look out for each other. Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud daughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. Again lots of excitement in anticipation of who it could be! Our mystery reader entertained Rosella today with the funny and heart-warming book 'The Best Birthday Present Ever' by Ben Mantle. This story about Bear and Squirrel reminded us that friendship is a great gift. Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud daughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their third ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. Again lots of excitement in anticipation of who it could be! Our mystery reader entertained Rosella today with the funny book 'Stuck' by Oliver Jeffers. Lots and lots of giggles as Floyd, the boy in the story, tried everything to remove his kite that was stuck in a tree! Thanks so much to one of our mums who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud son in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? Today Rosella enjoyed their second ‘I Wonder Who Wednesday’ morning after clues were revealed to the class yesterday about this week's mystery reader. Again lots of excitement and guessing was happening! Our mystery reader today reading the beautiful and very moving story 'The Invisible String' by Patrice Karst. This story reminded Rosella of the power of love to comfort and connect us in challenging and very sad times. Thanks so much to one of our dads who volunteered to be Rosella's mystery reader today. There was a very proud daughter in Rosella today! We wonder who will visit us next week? |
About UsRosella is a class of 17 happy and enthusiastic children excited to be in Kindergarten at Helensburgh PS in 2017. Our teachers are Mrs Jan Fuller (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Sue Dowling (Thursday and Friday) Our school is in NSW, Australia. Please feed Jig an apple and spray him clean if he rolls in the mud!
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