More Tales From Lily's travels

A Letter from Lily!

Dear Room 17 and Ms Ashby,

I hope you are having a good time at school. 

Since I left you I have been in Singapore and Ireland. 

In Singapore my favourite thing was the swimming pool at the airport. It was my favourite thing because it was big and outside and you watch the planes take off. 

I am in Ireland at the moment and I'm having a great time!

I am at the Skibbereen library writing this email to you.

We have been to Dublin. We went to the Kilmainham jail. It was very interesting because when we were out in one of the courtyards the guide asked me how old I was and he said I could have been in that jail (about a hundred years ago). There were kids in there from 8 years old and they were there because they had stolen potatoes or a cloak to keep her warm. 

The jail rooms, called cells, were dark and cold and tiny. They had nothing in them except for a little tiny window. Prisioners were allowed 1 blanket and a small candle. Some people chose to go to jail during the famine, because they were starving, and at least they got some food. 

Missing you all.

Kind regards 

Lily

ps. Next we are going to Edinburgh.

Au Revoir Lily

We hope you:

make magical memories

eat fabulous french food

see scintillating sights

learn lots.

Kia pai te haere, hoki pai mai.

Travel safely and return safely.

Happy Birthday Lily

To our own lovely Lily 

we hope you have a lilylicious day!

Book Reviews

We are enjoying the book reviews some children are sharing this week. They have made good use of notes and props as well as all those poetry competition skills like using expression, gestures and projecting their voices. Tau ke!

Strange Coincidence

Remember we were talking about books the other day and someone mentioned Spot books? Lily said she remembered loving them I said I had some written in Māori. Well I discovered this morning that the author of those books has just died. He was 86 years old.
I wonder if you have a Spot book at home somewhere? We could do a display for book week.