LIBRARY BORROWING LIKE IN THE 'OLDEN DAYS'

When we went to the Library today, Mrs O'B wasn't there and the program to scan out our books was shut down!

Mrs M told us we could still borrow but we would have to be patient as she needed to write down which books we were borrowing.

We worked out that Mrs M was writing down our ID number and the second half of the barcode on the book.
That looked easy, so we offered to help!




We made Mrs M's job easier by calling out the numbers for her. We were even two steps ahead of her, by having the books from the next two children on the list before she had even called their names!!
Mrs M was AMAZED at how CLEVER and EFFICIENT we were.

Thankyou, my SPARKING GEMS!

What THOUGHTFULNESS, HELPFULNESS and INITIATIVE you possess!

WATCH OUT, LIBRARY and COMMUNICATION TEAM!
Mrs M :>)

ALLITERATION - WE KNOW ABOUT THAT!

Last Tuesday, after being AMAZED by our poems, Elizabeth from INKLESS TALES, introduced us to 'alliteration' - using the same 'consonant' sound over and over.

She had seen some of our 'title' ideas for Bryce's poem, like 'Five Firemen Friends Fighting Fires in Five Seconds Flat' and challenged us to have a go at writing poems using 'alliteration'.
So on Friday, when we went to the library, and Mrs O shared Kim Toft's book 'A Sea of Words'
with us, we knew why this book was different - and it wasn't just because it was signed by the author and it had colourful pictures!













It was because Kim Toft had used
'alliteration'!

We've decided that if Kim Toft can and Elizabeth and Mrs M say we can, then we CAN give 'alliteration' a go.

WATCH OUT FOR OUR ATTEMPTS WITH 'R' WORDS!

IF YOU GIVE 'ALLITERATION' A GO, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT. SHARE YOUR CLEVER WORK WITH US IN A COMMENT :>)

IT'S BEEN A DAY (AND WEEK) OF POETRY!

We have been introduced to the world of poetry this week.
*It started with the 'poem about 5' from Elizabeth at INKLESS TALES.
*That inspired us to write a poem for Elizabeth.
*Then after lunch, a poem about '5 firemen' just popped into Bryce's head. He didn't have an ending. That came when we went to the Library because....

GUESS WHAT?
Mrs O read us some poems by Steven Herrick, an Australian children's poet.

We loved 'Lost in the Mist' but our ABSOLUTE favourite was 'Mum and Dad are in Love'.

(1M, you could borrow one of Steven Herrick's books next week - as long as the 'older classes' don't beat you to them. It would be great for Mum, Dad or an older brother or sister to read you some of his funny poems)

Then Mrs O read us 'The Cat on the Mat is Flat' by Andy Griffiths. It had lots of 'at' family words in it.
Next we listened to 'Ed and Ted and Ted's Dog Fred'. We were very clever at picking the rhyming words!
WANT TO LISTEN TO 'ED AND FRED AND TED'S DOG FRED'?

CLICK ON THE BOOK COVER!

You can download 'The Cat on the Mat is Flat' from Andy Griffiths' website. Just click on the 'cat'.
See if you can read it 'ALL BY YOURSELF!

And Bryce's poem?.... You'll have to wait until Monday for that- he wants to post it himself!

While you're waiting, check out the poems on this great site, POETRY 4 KIDS, created by American poet Ken Nesbitt. There are some really funny poems here and he even has links to Steven Herrick!

AND IF YOU ARE INSPIRED....YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! SHARE YOUR POEMS WITH US BY LEAVING A COMMENT! :>)

OUR FIRST VISIT TO THE LIBRARY!

Today we had our first visit to the new library.


From our classroom, we have to walk along the pathway, past 1G and the Prep rooms, to get to the library.


When we got there, we couldn't see Mrs O, so we called out- "Mrs O, can we come in?"... but she wasn't there!

We saw our library box. We saw an 'igloo' ( we were allowed to sit in it two at a time when Mrs O arrived), but we still couldn't find Mrs O. So we found our own spot and curled up with a book.

At last, Mrs O arrived. She sat on the 'storyteller's seat' and showed us her 'storyteller's cloak'.
Then Mrs O showed us books by her favourite author - Anthony Browne.
We listened to 'WILLY THE WIMP' and enjoyed spotting the differences in 'CHANGES'.

We love the new library, even though it's not quite finished.
We can't wait until we can borrow!

1M, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BORROW AN ANTHONY BROWNE BOOK, WHICH BOX WOULD YOU FIND IT IN?

COMING SOON...OUR NEW LIBRARY!!

Look what will welcome us to our new library!

We can see this wall as we look down the pathway outside our classroom...

and we SOOOO want to go in, but it's not quite ready yet.


Look at the view!

And it's really cool!


But the furniture's still coming...

and where are all the books?

Hopefully next week, we'll be curled up with Mr Snake, enjoying a book!