Our year 5s have just been on an overnight camp. We were meant to sleep at  Mount Holdsworth which is on the edge of the forest park in the hills near Masterton. The weather was very windy so we camped at school and went for a bush walk the next day. We crossed a big swing bridge ( a wire suspension bridge). The year 6 students went ot visit the school they will go to next year. It is called masterton Intermediate and has year 7 and 8 students - 11-13 year olds.
Here are some photos from our trip

Mr H

Hi

We're in autumn now, but in December we'll be in winter. It's cold and sometimes snowy in Italy in Winter. It's foggy in the morning. We have lunch in the school canteen two days a week, but the food is not very good. In three week it's Christmas. How do you celebrate it?
Bye 3F

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Hello,
My name is Charley,i am a year 6 at Solway primary school and i am 11 years old.
At Solway primary school we don't have a canteen,we bring our own lunch to school.
do you have a canteen? If so what kind of food do you have there?

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We're a year 5&6 class, we study reading, maths writing and at the moment we're doing a school Election.Our school starts at 8:55 and finishes at 3:00 in the afternoon.We don't have a canteen at our school, but every Thursday students hand in a form to get a lunch order on Friday.The weather at the moment is full of westarlies, because it is have way between Spring and Summer.We don't live in a city, We live in a small, peaceful, rural country town called Masterton.In the town park there is a statue of the person who founded Masterton, Joseph Masters.

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Hello,
we're 3F of "Dante Alighieri" School in Turin. Turin is a big industrial city in the north-west of Italy. There are a lot of monuments and the symbol of the city is the "Mole Antonelliana" the highest monument.
At School we study a lot of subject such as Italian, maths, science, history, English, French, P.E, T.E., Geography, Art, Music, Religion.
We start school at 8 o'clock and lessons finish at one o'clock on Mondays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays school finishes at 4 o'clock p.m.. On Wednesdays it finishes at 2 o' clock p.m..We play baseball, basket, hitball and volleyball. We are quite good at sports. What time does school start and finish? Which subjects do you study at school? Do you study any foreign language?Do you eat in the school canteen? Is the food good? In Italy we sometimes eat in the canteen, but the food is not very good. Italian children don't like vegetables and fruit very much. And you?
In Italy it's autumn at the moment and the weather is very foggy and cold. What's the weather like in your country?
What about food? What do you eat? What's your favourite food? What's your typical dish?
In our free time we like listening to music, playing football, meeting friends, surfing the net, and so on. What about you? What kind of music do you listen to? Do you know any Italian singer?
What's the name of the city where you live? Are there any famous monuments? Are there any foreign people in your class?
write soon
Bye bye 3F

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We're not at school today because bad weather caused damages in some parts of Northern Italy, in particular in Liguria, a region near Piedmont. Some people died because of floods. In Turin too we had problems because the river Po has overflowed the banks yesterday. Luckily everything is ok, but school are closed as precaution.
We hope we can write next week.
Bye Laura

Hello

We really liked watching your photos. We know it's strange for you. In Turin every winter is like that. Now it's getting quite cold, days are shorter and it's often cloudy.
Yesterday we tried writing but we had problems. Luckiky today everything is ok.
My 3F this year is a good class and they're looking forward to writing to you next week.
We don't have much rugby year; people don't follow this sport. Soccer is the main sport followed by tennis.
Bye
Laura