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Our  fabulous trip to the Botanical gardens.

Guess what! Room 11,21,13 and 24 went to the Botanical Gardens, first I went to school to get organised. We needed to put our lunch in a box, put our drink bottle in a box too, and finally get our name tags. Then Miss Ramsay did the roll. Everyone was here. After that Miss Ramsay quickly told us our groups. I was in Shiloh’s group. I was with Shiloh, Shiloh’s mum, Joshua, and Liam. Then we hopped on the bus. Next we ate morning tea. I had cheese and crackers, grapes and shapes. The grapes were green like grass. After morning tea Meredith and Paul introduced themselves. Meredith is a pretty woman. Next Meredith took Room 24 and 13 to a little room. The rest of us got to look around. First our group went to the pretty herb garden. We saw lots of pretty flowers. I don’t know which garden the soft plant was in. Then we went to the edible garden. I smelt a lot of veges. The vegetables smelt as strong as a carrot. But then it started raining! So we went back to where we had morning tea. Just then Mrs Rinckes thought of a brilliant idea. She suggested we eat lunch first. I had a little croissant thing and some yummy grapes. After lunch we went to the edible garden again. We saw some lettuce and thyme and I forgot the rest of it. After that we went to the potters children garden. There was a cactus, and a Jungle with water sprays in it. I think I might go to the Botanical Gardens again!

By Mia

First I got ready to go to the Botanical Gardens. We put our lunch boxes in a green box. Then we went on the bus. When we got there we ate our morning tea. Next we walked around to look at the plants. One of the plants was warm and fluffy. I was in Shiloh’s mums group with Shiloh, Joshua and Mia. We saw beautiful flowers and we planted a seed. We saw a banana tree. I also saw a strawberry garden. After lunch we went to the edible garden. In the classroom we made a plant. First we got a yoghurt container that had holes and wrote our name on it. Then we put soil inside the yoghurt container and we put a seed inside. I hope I can go to the Botanical Gardens again.

By Liam

The Trip!

Wow! Did you know room 13, 11, 24, and 21 went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday because we are learning about plants. First we needed to be organised  and we put on our rain jackets because we didn’t know if it was going to rain when we got there, then we got our  name tags from Miss Ramsay and we put our lunches in a blue box. We did the same with our drink bottles, but in a different box. Then we got on the bus. There were so many people, we had two buses! Both of them were Howick and Eastern buses. When we got there we had morning tea already! I thought we were going to eat morning tea after we had explored a little! I was with Neerav, Ian, and Aarav and Aarav’s Dad because I was in their group. Then we had a walk around. Did you know a flower was really soft! Then we went into the Jungle. At the top was some water and sometimes it squirts out water when and it makes a noise like a Ferry. That was my favourite part. Then it started raining so we went back to the courtyard to have our lunch. I had chicken bread. It was yum! After lunch we went with Meredith to plant a bean seed. We got a yoghurt container and planted the bean seed in it. Then we put some soil in the yoghurt container and made the soil really tight. Next we poked our pinky in the soil and put in the bean seed. We patted the yoghurt container so the bean seed was covered with soil. Meredith gave us a fully grown plant of a bean seed. We took a shovel to help us and put our fist into the soil and then we dug up the soil. After that we got three sheep poo pellets and put them in the hole we had made. We squeezed the container, and held the plants stem with a “v” shape upside down and put the plant in the soil. Then we watered it. It was so much fun! Last of all we went into the classroom and Meredith showed us a plant puzzle. I learnt that plants need animal poo to grow. It was so much fun that I wish I could go again!

By Jerry

The Amazing Botanical Gardens!

Wow did you know on Monday room 11 went to

Botanical garden Room 11 needed to split into groups. We all had fun.  My group was Loretta, Aayush, Vera and me. First my groups went walking around and we saw some plants. The Botanical Gardens lady took us to her garden. We planted our own plants. The best part was when I was sweeping and Miss Ramsay said I’m the best sweeper ever in Room 11. I liked to water the plants too. Plants need soil too. We went back to school. I was very happy I can’t wait to go there again.

By carter

Carter sweeping up the dirt

  

The Exciting Day                                          

Wow! Do you know where we went yesterday? We went to the Botanical Gardens. First we got organised at school. We put our lunch and drink bottles in a box. Then we got our name tags on and rain coats on. After that we went on the bus. I sat next to Jerry. When we were there we ate our morning tea. When we finished our morning tea we had a walk around. I was with Aarav’s dad, Jerry, Aarav and Neerav. When we walked around we saw lots of plants. Then we looked at the Potter’s Children’s Garden. When we were there I saw lots plants that smelled nice. Next we had lunch because it was raining. After that we went to the Edible Garden. When I was there I saw a worm farm. I also saw a banana tree the banana was green. After that we planted our our own seeds. We also planted a plant outside. Then we watered it with a watering can. When we finished some of us were doing sweeping and some of us were digging. When we finished we went to the classroom to learn about where plants came from. Meredith said if they have seeds inside then they are a fruit. We didn’t even know that! After that we went back to school. I had lots of fun at there!

By Ian

Fire safety fun!

Guess who came to visit us today? Wow, we had so much fun when the fire truck and fire fighters came to visit! We learnt so much about fire engines and the safety equipment the fire fighters wear. We all want to be fire fighters now!!