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Hamilton Zoo

It was a Wednesday morning when Room 4 went to the Hamilton Zoo because we had earnt it by being good and getting all the marbles in the jar.
When we got to school, Mrs Thomson was sorting out the kids who were going with the parent helpers. My Mum was a  helper. We had Paige, Mackenzie, Madeline, Jahnyva, Tyarne and  me in the car.

Mrs Thomson put us in groups and my group had 4 people in it. We  had to unpack our bags and take everything  out  so we had an empty  bag.

After everyone  had unpacked their bags, Mrs Thomson told us what to put in our bags. We only  were allowed to have a hat, a drink bottle, a lunch box and a jacket. The kids started  to slowly walk out of the classroom and go to their parent helper. Jahnyva  and Madeline were singing on the way to the zoo.

Soon,  we  arrived at the Hamilton Zoo. I was  so excited.

First, we waited  patiently for the rest of  the class to   get to the zoo, then we  entered.  I was so happy to go in and  see all the cool animals they had.  

My favourite animals were the giraffes, meerkats, Red Pandas and  the peahens. 

After we had been around the zoo, the whole class had to go into a classroom at the zoo. We saw a mat made out of cheetah fur on the wall. I saw two lizards standing still like a rock. There were some fish and a frog. Matt, a zoo keeper, showed us the whole Hamilton Zoo then we got into the car and drove back to school.

Sun Side Zoo

It was a  beautiful day in the school holidays when Lily and John went to Sun Side Zoo. They saw lots of different animals like monkeys, cheetahs, tigers and birds, but their favourite animal was the  baby lion.

“Mum, Dad, can we see the baby lion, please?” asked Lily and John in a begging voice.

“Ok,” said Mum. “Don't be long. Be back here in half an hour.”

“Ok,” said Lily, then they ran off excitedly to see the baby lion.

Inside their area, the zoo keepers were feeding it. One of the zoo keepers invited them to come in to feed the baby lion and the zoo keeper walked out and forgot that Lily and John were the cage. He accidentally locked Lily and John in the baby lion cage.

Soon after the baby lion had it’s lunch, it started to jog slowly over to Lily and John. They screamed as loudly  as they could. Their mother heard them and came running as fast as she could. When she saw what was happening, she yelled at it and scared it away.

Lily asked,” Can we go home, now please?”

“Ok,” said Mum. 

Bible Reading Final

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Guy Fawkes

One cold night, my mum talked to my friend's mum and discussed if we were going to their house for the  fireworks.
When we were driving, I felt anxious and excited. When we got there, my friend said, ''Come on, Brogen. Let's go and play." 
It was late when the fireworks began.
Suddenly! we heard a BANG! and a BOOM! and a CRACK! My friend got a fright. My mum came out and got some picnic chairs out of the car. 
Mum said, "You guys can sit on the chairs until the adults come out."
Soon, the adults came out and the kids had to sit on the ground on a soft picnic blanket with some other soft blankets around us.
I started to roll down the driveway. Soon, I was down at the bottom of the driveway. I hit the gate. My friend said, "Come on, Brogen. Let's have a race up the driveway."
When we got to the top, the fireworks had started. There were lot of colours. There were fiery red  and Christmas colours, and a colour that looked like a sun and one that looked as gold as a new bracelet.
At the end, they set off, lots at the same time. There was even a swirly and curly one. It looked amazing.
After the fireworks were done, my friend's mum said, "Let's let a wish lantern go." 
My dad lit the lantern and let it go. It went really high, like a sky-tower.
I hope I can go there again.