Rueben in Africa

Rueben has gone to South Africa for a holiday to see his family. He is having fun with his family. He has seen snakes and lots of birds. Matariki We have been emailing him our news and reading about his exciting stay in Johannesburg. On Tuesday we arranged the classroom chairs into a jumbo jet. Angel piloted the plane, Cole was co pilot and we have 2 flight attendants to serve us drinks and give out the lollies. This was Maison and Sequioa, they knew about the exit hatches and the life jackets and the toilets) We flew on the Singapore to Johannesburg route. There wasn't much to see out the windows except the Indian Ocean but we thought we saw Madagascar. It was so exciting as we taxied down the runway....a black and white zebra ran across in front of the plane. ( it was really Minty our black and white Dorper lamb, with his nappy on!!) The pilot shook our hand and wished us a happy holiday in South Africa.

Nelson Artist Kathryn Furnise Visits St Vincent Room Kids to share her art and passion. Minty Lamb goes back to the farm on Friday. We learn heaps about baby lambs and we wrote great stories about him. Minty was abandoned by his mother when she had triplets and decided 3 was too many to look after. Shay said, "His mum just ditched him!!" We will follow his progress at the farm. October.23 Minty's tail fell off yesterday. He's on 2 bottles a day now. He thinks he's a dog and his herd is the hunting dogs, Chelsea the tame deer and Princess Fuego. October 29 Minty is on 1 bottle a day and a really big lamb now. Becky put him in with the other sheep but he didn't want to stay. He knows he's a lamb of special importance and should live on the verandah with Chelsea Deer.