Ralph & Miss Barnett Hang Out

Ralph had a great time hanging out with Miss Barnett.

He got to ride Rosie the horse.



















But he had to hang on tight!



He loved playing in the hay...



And climbing on the fence...



But best off all he loved hanging out with the sheep!



Ralph was a great farm cat and he is welcome at Miss Barnett's anytime!

Naughty Ralph's Easter Adventure

Miss Barnett took Ralph home for the Easter weekend. Ralph loves Easter as the thought of all those Easter Bunnies makes him lick his lips! Ralph quickly found Miss Barnett's stash of Easter eggs.



When Miss Barnett left the room the naughty little cat munched all of her Easter eggs! All that was left was the wrappers! Ralph was that full that he could hardly move and had to have a wee lie down.



What a naughty cat!!!

Ralph Learns Languages

In Room 1 we are learning to say "good morning" in lots of different languages. We are celebrating all the cultures of the children in our classroom and finding different countries on the globe. Ralph has been enjoying learning all the new greetings. He is learning to say:

Good Morning (English)
Kia Ora (Maori)
Namasté (Indian)
Ni Hao (Mandarin)
Bonjour (French)

What a clever cat he is!!!

Ralph visits Jayden

Saturday 15th March

Ralph and I watched some TV together.



Then we went outside and played on the trampoline with our friend Steggy.



Afterwards we dressed up to look cool.



Then we played with my monster trucks.



Later we had our milo.



Then it was time for bed.



Goodnight
By Jayden

Ralph visits Turi

29 February 2008

Ralph was warmly welcomed at our home, especially because Turi was at home unwell when Miss Barnett rang us up and said Turi had been awarded "Star of the Week!" Awesome!

Turi had a big rest with Ralph the first day. On Saturday morning they had breakfast together and later on they both went for a walk to Nana's house.



On Sunday, Turi, Ariana and Mariah had lots of involvement with Ralph's care. They even introduced a friend for him, ginger cat!

Lucky Ralph

Ralph was extremely lucky this week. Lily's Mom Laurie was very kind and bought Ralph a new bag to travel in.

RALPH SAYS "THANK YOU LAURIE!!!!"

Ralph visits Lily

17/2/08

Sunday morning Ralph became acquainted with Lily's kitten, Hamilton. They hit if off and became good friends.



Later that afternoon Ralph went to the beach with Lily and her family. Lily's Dad took pictures of them together. It was windy and sandy so Ralph hid in Lily's Mom's coat.

18/2/08

Ralph made friends with Rosie, Lily's Valentine's bear. They decided to be best friends!



20/2/08

Ralph helped me do my homework.

After Lily went to bed Ralph decided to sit back and watch cartoons.

Ralph visits Sujata

9/2/08

Saturday was a fine day. It was spent playing outside with Sujata, her brother and her little sister. The day was rather cool so Ralph stayed inside most of the day.


10/2/08

Sunday - Sujata and Ralph got up early and had some breakfast before they started their day together.

11/2/08

Ralph spent the day cat napping. It wasn't much of a day to do anything anyway!

12/2/08

Another lazy day for Ralph spent watching television with Sujata.

13/2/08

Ralph's broken left paw was fixed so Ralph won't be feeling pain anymore.

14/2/08

Last night with Sujata - another quiet day for Ralph as he is taking things easy - his paw seems to have healed well. Ralph packed his bag and is ready for his next adventure.

Naming the Cat

On the first day of school Miss Barnett showed all the children our new mascot. Everyone loved the cat. "What shall we call it?" the children asked. We then spent a long time brainstorming names for the cat. Everyone drew a picture of the cat and suggested a name. The names we came up with were:

Milo, Zebra, Sally, Fluffy, Sammy, Ralph, Coffee, Jake, Zorblow, Tyson, Kilometre & Herman

We voted on each of the names and the winner was RALPH. Have a look at our cool drawings!

The Great Mascot Hunt

Last year Miss Barnett found Maisy the Monkey looking lost on the shelves at Nature Discoveries. She thought that Maisy did not look like she was that happy and she needed some real nature discoveries with the children of Room 1. Maisy had such a marvellous year that Miss Barnett was determined to find a really great mascot for 2008.

The great mascot hunt began. Miss Barnett looked again in Nature Discoveries, The Warehouse, Toyworld, Arthur Barnett's, and K Mart and she could not find a great mascot anywhere. When she was driving home she stopped at Mosgiel $2 & Gifts to buy a plastic tablecloth for the playdough table. As she was walking down the aisle of the shop she thought she heard a strange rustling noise in the corner. Miss Barnett walked over to a large cane shelf and spotted a big black and white cat smiling happily to itself. That's it! thought Miss Barnett. That cat is coming with me! And that is how Ralph escaped from the dusty shop shelves and became a valued member of Room 1 at Pine Hill School.

Welcome to "Read About Ralph"

Welcome to our blog. We hope you all enjoy reading about our new class mascot, Ralph and all of his fun adventures. Every week Ralph goes home with the "Star of the Week" in our classroom. This child gets to take Ralph home, take digital photographs and write in Ralph's journal. The entries in the journal then get published on this blog.

Please leave us a message and tell us what you think of Ralph's adventures.