Dear Ben,

It was a lovely surprise to receive your postcard from New Zealand and to read about your sailing trip around the Bay of Islands.

3MT have been busy this term and began by writing some New Year’s Resolutions.  They are trying very hard to remember them!  Yesterday we started a comprehension based on the book “ Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson.  So we are now thinking about islands and imagining Pirates and their buried treasure.  I hope some of your friends might write a Pirate story.

Our Science topic is going well and yesterday we borrowed the torches from the Science department and then spent the lesson in darkness discovering how to make shadows.

Luca, Lucas and Sebastian have brought in examples of money from other countries to help with our money topic in Maths.  Perhaps you could keep some different coins to let us see when you get back?

 

We all hope you continue to have a great time and we are looking forward to seeing you soon.

 

Love from 3MT and Mrs M

 

P.S  Timpson are getting lots of points!!

 

 

Hello Ben,

your friends and classmates in Year 3 have written book reviews, which we have displayed in the classroom.  We would love you to write a review of something you have read recently.

From Mrs T

Kia Ora! (Hello in Maori) and happy new year to year 3,

Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. The Maori came from all over the South Pacific islands in their canoes (waka) around 600 to 1000 years ago. They travelled from as far away as Hawaii on their waka and stayed here on Aoteara (New Zealand). The name Aoteara means Long White Cloud in Maori. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to discover New Zealand in 1642. However the country was later mapped by Captain James Cook in 1769. Cook discovered New Zealand whilst trying to find a Southern Continent which he discovered in 1770.

Does anyone know the name of the Southern Continent that James Cook discovered in 1770?

Dear Ben

We are all looking forward to hearing about your adventures on the other side of the world.  Do keep in touch and let us know what you have been doing.  I know that you are going to continue your school work.  Let us know what you are learning about and if you want to contribute to the blog we will reply!  You could write a short account of your adventures and post it on the blog for us all to read.

best wishes,

 

Mrs T