Flat Stanley visits England!

Flat Stanley had some incredible adventures in Sussex. He visited the train station, lounged under the hot sun and strolled through beautiful gardens. We loved looking at all the information that Flat Stanley brought back, especially the books and pamphlets about castles and knights!

While in England, Flat Stanley adventured in the Rossendale Valley. He travelled on the steam train, flew model planes and visited the panopticons which are large modern sculptures. The beautiful halo that lights up at night was our favourite.

Flat Stanley also visited London, what a lucky world traveler! While in London Flat Stanley went to Buckingham Palace to visit the queen, he went to Big Ben and to the Tower of London... And he even went on the London Eye! Lots of us have been to London before so we loved sharing our stories about our own travels.

Luke's grandad made us a special slide show that charted Flat Stanley's journey through London. We loved reading his funny comments! If you would like to see the slideshow please come and have a look on our Flat Stanley board in our classroom.

Soccer Tournament!

Room 4 had a BLAST at the soccer tournament. We played many games. We loved running really fast, scoring goals and cheering for our friends. Have a look at the photos.

Australia!

We opened five packages from Australia! Flat Stanley travelled to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Karratha! What an experience!

Flat Stanley visited Mines in Karratha:

Dreamworld In Brisbane:

And beautiful beaches in Melbourne and Sydney:

We noticed that there are many similarities and differences between New Zealand and Australia. Here are some of the ideas we came up with:

Similarities:

1. We have a harbour and a boat dock in Wellington.

2. The city of Brisbane looks similar to Wellington. They both have tall buildings and busy roads.

3. We have a Zoo in Wellington with lots of animals just like in Sydney.

4. We have beautiful beaches as well!

5. The main language in both places is english!

Some Differences:

1. In Australia there are koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and snakes!

2. There are different road signs like ones that tell you to watch out for kangaroos!

3. They have different sayings like, "G'day mate!"