Hi, Greenies Class,

Here are some more letters for you from Room Three.

Dear Cynthia,

We had breakfast at school. We had bagels with cream cheese and jelly, sausages, coco pops and toast. After breakfast we danced for the Mothers. I had fun. It was cool fun.

From Emma.

And Cynthia wrote back.

Dear Emma,

We had a Parent Appreciation Breakfast at school. We had mini doughnuts, cereal, bagels, coffee, and juice to drink. We gave our parents gifts we made and played a video of us doing stuff. I did a ballet dance with Camilla.

Love, Cynthia.

Dear Diana,

We had cross country on Wednesday and I came first. When I got my ribbon my Dad clapped for me, then I went home.

From Danielle.

And Diana wrote back.

Dear Danielle,

Congratulations on your lst place ribbon. I never won a ribbon but I like when my dad claps for me. I am good at monkey bars and he claps when I skip a bar.How often do you do cross country? What is it like? Do you do it with snow or with running or what? Let me know.

Love, Diana

Dear Laura F.,

I like your picture. It had lots of windows in it.

From Renee.

And Laura F wrote back.

Dear Renee,

Thank you for telling me you liked my picture. What is your favorite building?

Love, Laura F.

Dear Toby,

I came second in cross country. I went last week and the whole school went to cross country.

From Hiwi.

And Toby wrote back.

Dear Hiwi,

What is your cross country? When we talk about Cross Country we mean we are doing skiing on snow. I rent ski's from a ski shop. I am really good at skiing. I ski in Colorado and Santa Fe. Congratulations on your coming in second. I got a first place ribbon for skiing in Colorado. I had to doturns and jumps on snow. It was fun.

Love, Toby

Dear Tony,

We have a sand pit outside.

From Corey.

And Tony wrote back.

Dear Corey,

We also have a sand spot near the soccer field. We have a big playground. We have a winding slide, a tire swing, some swings and monkey bars. The big toy is many colors. I like playing on the monkey bars.

Love, Tony

Dear Benji,

I have a TV in my room and I watch it every night and I like Hikutaia because we have a swimming pool.

From Liam C.

And Benji wrote back.

Dear Liam C.,

I have a TV in the living room in my house. I like watching video tapes on it. The last one I saw was Jurrassic Park. It's about dinosaurs. We don't have a pool at our school but it would be fun if we did.

Love, Benji

Dear Brett V,

We went to cross country and some people won and some people lost. 5 year olds do 2 rounds and the 6 year olds do 2 rounds and the 7 year olds do 2 BIG rounds. My Mum and my Nana came. I play Kid Pix and we have two computers in our class room and it is fun.

From Liam B.

And Brett V. wrote back.

Dear Liam B.,

I go skiing in Colorado. I go down the high hills. I learned to ski from one of my dads friends. I am going to send you a kid pix picture I made on the computer.

Love, Brett V.

Dear Hanna,

I came 4th in cross country. We are having a breakfast at school. Room Three are happy to be writing to you. Hanna, are you well? I have spots. I have been going to the Doctors. I have to have medicine and it is yuckky. Cross country is running. The cross country is when we go to run at a big farm down the road.

Hey, what is in the high buildings?

What is in the Children's Museum?

We loved your surprise. The rulers were neat.

From Nakita.

And Hanna wrote back.

Dear Nakita,

We had a parent breakfast with a video tape of us doing things. We had food. I am well. I hope yoou feel better. There are stores and stuff in the high buildings in Chicago. Some people even live in the buildings. They are called apartments and/or condos. Condos means that you buy the space. Apartments means that you rent it. The children's museum is a place to play and learn about science stuff and interesting things. You can eat there too.

Dear Sophia,

We are having breakfast at school. I got a ribbon and it is red. I got it from cross country.

From Tiffany.

And Sophia wrote back.

Dear Tiffany,

What did you eat for breakfast at your school? Congratulations on your ribbon. What kind of cross country do you do? Is it skiing or running? Where do you do it? How far do you go? We are going to have our farm fair on Friday. I am part of the pig study group. I made a piggy bank out of gallon milk bottle. My pig has ears and black eyes. It has a pink nose and a squiggle tail.

Love, Sophia

Dear Brett S,

I came second in the cross country. It was fun. Do you have a hotel in Chicago?

From Alex.

And Brett S wrote back.

Dear Alex,

Congratulations on your race. I haven't been in a hotel in Chicago but I've seen one. Do you have a garden at your school? We have one outside our room. We are planting seeds next week. They are cucumbers, corn, radishes, peppers, and some other stuff I don't know. We hope to see the plants all grown when we come back to school in September.

Love, Brett S.

Dear Peter,

I have a bike and I went to my Nanas.

From Dempsey.

And Peter wrote back.

Dear Dempsey,

I have a bike too. It is red. It has 3 wheels. I ride it to the park. When I go to my Grandma's I help her wash the dishes.

Love, Peter

Dear Camilla,

Today after school I am going to my friends. We are going to play make up.

From Ashley M.

And Camilla wrote back.

Dear Ashley M.,

I went to my friends house yesterday. We had lunch, watched a movie and played tag. What is play make-up? Is that where you dress up and put on make-up?

Love, Camilla

Dear Isabel,

I came last in the cross country and I didn't get a ribbon or a certificate. I have a new car and it is a kind of greeny and bluey colour.

From Kristy.

And Isabel wrote back.

Dear Kristy, What is cross country? Sometimes I don't get things, but it's still o.k. I'm going to get a new car that's big and has a back seat. I want it to be red.

Love, Isabel

Dear Maddie,

I am going to Taranaki on Saturday. It will be fun. It will be a full load in our car on the 16th of May.This morning we had breakfast at school to try out the bagels. We had some sausages and coco pops too. We did some dancing for our Mums' and Dads'.

Tuesday 19th.

I have been to Taranaki. I stayed at Inglewood for the night. That was on Saturday night. The next day I went to New Plymouth. We saw Mt. Egmont. It is a big mountain. It is a mountain that can touch the sky. New Plymouth is a long way from Hikutaia.

From Hillary.

And Maddie wrote back.

Dear Hillary,

How did you like the bagels? I like raisin bagels with cream cheese. Did you have a parent breakfast too? I know of a green moutain, it is sort of a hill. It is near the park I go to. It is called Oz Park. Where are Taranaki and Inglewood? Are they near your school? What is New Plymouth like? I am going to camp this summer. I will go to the beach, have lunch in the park, and play games in the gymnasium. I can't wait for summertime.

Love, Maddie

Dear Lindsay,

In the holidays my sister and I went to my Grandad's place. I went on the motorbike. I had to get behind the cows.

From Ashley W.

And Lindsay wrote back.

Dear Ashley W.,

I never went on a motor bike. Why did you have to go behind the cows? On my vacation (holiday) I went on a Cruise Boat. I went swimming. I played. I ate alphabet soup.

Love, Lindsay

Dear Steven,

Do you have a tree hut?

From Pavel.

And Steven wrote back.

Dear Pavel,

No, I don't have a tree hut but I have a room with a TV. Do you like Egyptian things? Let me know what you like to learn about.

Love, Steven

Dear Nicholas.

Do you have a bike? I went in the digger and I went in the truck.

From Christopher.

And Nicholas wrote back.

Dear Christopher,

What is a digger? I went in a truck that carries maple syrup. It was by my grandma's house. Yes, I have a bike. It is a 2-wheeler but I don't know how to ride it. It is all metal and has alien stickers on it. I will learn how to ride this summer.

Love, Nicholas

Dear Malachi, and the Whole School,

We loved the parcel and we are going to keep the smiley faced pencils at school. We took the puzzles home. We took the rulers home and showed them to our Mums', then we brought them back to school. Do you ride to school?

From Mason.

And Malachi wrote back.

Dear Mason,

I'm glad you liked the package. I get to school in a yellow jeep. How do you get to school? Let me know when you can.

Love, Malachi

Dear Leo,

I have got a calf and I fed my calf hay that I have on the farm. Do you come by car to school?

From Glenn.

And Leo wrote back.

Dear Glenn,

We are learning about the farm. We learned that pigs roll around to cool off. Do you have any pigs? I come to school by car and sometimes I walk.

Love, Leo

Dear Leah,

We had cross country. I came first. It was a good day. Heaps of Mums and Dads came down and cheered for us. On Friday Room Three had breakfast. My Mum came. We had bagels and weetbix. We got our parcel. We got it on Wednesday. There were smiley pencils and puzzles. We have the rulers with the children on them. Thank you for the parcel. We loved the parcel.

From Chloe.

And Leah wrote back.

Dear Chloe,

Congratulations on winning first in cross country. What is cross country? I like plain bagels and cheerios for breakfast. I am glad you liked the rulers, the smiley pencils and the puzzles. Did you get the friendship bracelets. We made them by twisting each string together to make a braid. Today we are ironing on a farm picture to t-shirts. It has our name and some farm animals on it. We will wear the shirts on farm day this Friday.

Love, Leah

Dear Joey P,

We made a shed for the wood. We put the fire wood inside. We've got two fires. We went to the cross country. The people came to see us. We ran two rounds.

From Michael.

And Joey P. wrote back.

Dear Michael,

I don't have any fires. I would like to be in the cross country. I run really fast. I play basketball and people come and watch.

Love, Joey P.

Dear Gregory,

I came third in the cross country and I got a ribbon and then we went back to school and I played and we opened your parcel.

From Dylan.

And Gregory wrote back.

Dylan,

I'm glad you won. How did you like ruler and puzzle and pencil? I never went skiing. Could you do tricks on your skis?

Love, Gregory

Dear Joey A,

Thank you for the package. Room Three had breakfast on Friday. We had bagels and sausages and toast. Is Lake Michigan salty water or clear water? On Saturday Mum and Aron bought me a TV. Aron bought me back a soccer ball for practising. I play basketball in my wood shed.

From Joshua.

And Joey A wrote back.

Dear Joshua,

You are welcome for the package. We hope you like using the ruler, pencils, and puzzles. Lake Michigan doesn't have salty water. Sometimes it is very blue and sometimes it is green or yucky colors. I go to the beach which is Lake Michigan on cookout days at my camp. We splash each other and swim.I don't have my own TV. I share a TV with my family. I got a soccer ball from France. That is because my baby sitter gave it to me and she is from France. I play basketball at school and at my house. I went to the basketball game when the Rockets played the Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan is really good and is the most popular basketball player in the world. Have you ever heard of him?

Love, Joey A.

Dear Laura Michelle,

Chelsea is away from school for about ten days. She has gone to Australia for a holiday with her family. Today at school we found out about things that float and sink. We had a story and everyone worked hard to finish their letters so we hope you enjoy reading them.

From Mrs Crawford.

And Laura Michelle wrote back.

Dear Mrs. Crawford and Chelsea,

I hope she has a nice time in Australia. We learned in science about floating and sinking. We found out that a pumpkin can float even though it is very heavy. We like the letters from you and the NZ Room Three class. They help us learn about a country we have never been to. We hope you learn from us too.

Love, Laura Michelle