Week 1 Term 4

Welcome back to Term 4!  My goodness this year is just whizzing past!  A big welcome to the lovely Jessie who has been lucky enough to have been living in Switzerland for the past two years.  It is great to have you in Team 22!  
So this week is our camp week... yee-haa! We know that you are excited and also may have a few butterflies in your tummy.  This is perfectly normal.  We promise you that you will have the most amazing time!  Tomorrow a note will be going home informing you of what parent you will be travelling to and from camp with.  Parents, any questions please do not hesitate to pop in and see us.  

The Terrible Thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket

By John Boyne

Barnaby Brocket is an 8 year old boy and he is special because he floats. Barnaby’s brain thinks that floating is falling and thinks that falling is floating. Barnaby’s parents say that Barnaby is different. They also say that Barnaby’s floating is not normal.

Barnaby meets all kinds of people. One of the people that he met was Liam McGonagall. Liam McGonagall is special because he has hooks instead of hands. The people in Barnaby Brocket’s family are his sister Melanie Brocket, his brother Henry Brocket, his mum Eleanor Brocket and his dad Alistair Brocket. Barnaby also has a dog his name is Captain W.E Johns. Captain W.E Johns follows Barnaby around because Barnaby is Captain W.E Johns master. At the end of the story Barnaby is in a hospital Barnaby has a strap around him but he unties it. He pressed a button to open the roof and he floats away with Captain W.E. Johns gripped to his legs.

I think this story was a fantastic story. I think the moral of this story is that it’s ok to be different.

By Lexi

The Terrible Thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket.

By John Boyne. 

This is the story of Barnaby Brocket, sit back, relax and enjoy.

Barnaby Brocket is a child, a floating child he is different. But who cares that he is different, oh that’s right Eleanor and Alistair. They care heaps about it. Throughout the story I felt as if Barnaby was thinking what is normal?

Some of the people in this story are Barnaby Brocket, Captain W.E Johns, Alistair, Eleanor Brocket, Melanie, Henry Brocket, Liam M’gonagall and many more.

In this story early on Eleanor, Barnaby and Captain W.E Johns go for a walk. Barnaby brings his sandbag. They walk to Mrs. Macquarie’s chair and when they arrive Mrs. Brocket cut a hole in Barnaby’s sandbag. Sand is coming out bit by bit and then Barnaby floats away. Barnaby is floating and floating until he bumps his head on something. Soon he finds himself in Brazil and he meets lovely people. Afterwards he goes to many more places and he meets many more people. After a long journey he arrives back home. He then finds himself in the hospital waiting for an Operation. But then he floats out the window (with Captain W.E Johns) just before his Operation. He soon finds himself a new life with himself and Captain W.E Johns.

I did enjoy this story because everything happens so fast and Barnaby meets new people and has lots of adventures.

By Lucy Haller

The Terrible Thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket.

By John Boyne

Barnaby Brocket is a bit different because he floats all the time.

Main Ideas

It is good to be different because if we were all the same it would be really really boring.

Characters

Barnaby

Captain W.E. Johns

Henry

Ethel

Marjorie

Liam

Dominique

Naoki

Charles

Joshua

What happens ?

Barnaby floats and he floated into space and he meets some astronauts. The first place Barnaby

went was Brazil.

Did you like it and why ?

I liked the story because of all the action and lots of mysteries got solved very, very, very quickly.

By Lucy Campbell

Week 10

Wow we can’t believe that this is the last week of Term 3, it really has flown by! Apologies for last week for the number of relievers in the class. Mrs Tippen’s son Sam was ill and Miss Bunting was struck down very suddenly with a nasty tummy bug. This week your child will be bringing home a gear list for camp. Please let us know if there is anything that you need. Also a reminder that there is a camp meeting for all our camp parents on Tuesday at 5:00pm in Room 21. Many thanks Trish and Ros