Hazelnut and Luna Arrive in New Zealand

The Marvellous Meerkats are taking part in the Travel Buddy Project started by PLC Sydney. A few days ago, they arrived here at Rowandale School. We're posting on their blog HERE (and you can find their blog on the sidebar), but I've copied the posts to our blog as well...

A few days ago, Hazelnut and Luna arrived in New Zealand and decided to visit us here at Rowandale School. They looked exhausted when they came to my door. It must have taken them ages to get all the way from Faraday School in England. They brought a book with them to tell us all about London.

All of the children were very excited to meet our new friends. We made sure that we sat and listened very carefully when they read their story to us.

Later, it was our day to take care of some of the animals that live at our school so we decided to bring the two of them to help us with our work. Our pigs are named Hettie and Percy (but our chickens don't have any names).

We're looking forward to having our two new friends visit us this week. It's Maori Language Week, so hopefully they will go to their next school knowing some new words!

Taking Care of the Pigs and Chickens

On Monday the Marvellous Meerkats went to see the pigs and chickens so that we could feed them and clean the poo.

First we got the shovels and the gloves from the garden shed. The shed smells stinky and disgusting. Mr Davidson said it was just dirt.

Next we went to the chickens and we fed them. We looked for eggs but there were none.

Then we gave the pigs some apples to distract them while we picked up the poo and put it in the compost in the garden.

Finally we locked the gates, put the shovels and gloves away and went back to class.

It was very hot and some of us had to go in the shade. It is important to feed the pigs and chickens so they don't die.