On Monday my class room 11 and Lindsey’s class room 12 went to the Maritime Museum.

Firstly our group went down to the cellar and did an activity on the tablets. We learnt about how it felt on the boats for first class, second class and third class passengers. We also got to sleep in the beds in the third class’s cabins. Then we went up to the 1st floor  and played on some educational games. On the second floor we went on an old ship and looked at Captain Cook’s treasure chest. After we went to the light house we spotted a dolphin and called it John. After we had lunch then went back to school.

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Today the 19 of August 2015 the wonderful author,  Rosanne Hawke visited our school. We went in the libary to see her books. Over the years she has produced 24 books. Rosanne talked about her different books and explained how she got her ideas to write her wonderful books. In class we are reading her newest book called Kerenza. She talked about a story that was real that had her great great great great grandpa and grandma in it and from this she got some ideas for her story. Rosanne showed the personality of her character Kerenza in the book and the book was about a girl called Kerenza and she has to move away from her family to Australia. Kerenza has to leave all her things there and she takes a steam boat to Australia. Her personality  is nice. She likes embroidering pictures on to blankets and her grandma gave her some pictures when she left her home. With those pictures she liked making scrap books to keep memories. Rosanne skowed us some things that they used in the days in 1800s like a penny that was money in those days. She also showed a panny that was like an apron that the little kids used to wear at school in the olden days. Rosanne picked someone up to wear and try on the panny and it looked cool. It was really fun and interesting.

Today on Wednesday the 19th of August we had the author of the book Kerenza, Rosanne Hawke came to our school. She shared some very cool information. She had a trip to Cornwall to help set the setting of her book about Kerenza. To inspire her on her creation of Kerenza the girl who moves to Australia. She had a whole scrap book about her and what she is like. Her books are Kerenza, Marrying Amera,Taj and the Great Camel Trek, The messenger Bird, The Keeper, Wolfchild, Borderland a trilogry, Zenna Dare, Soyrara the story teller and A kiss in Every Wave. Wow that’s a lot of books! Apparently she has made over 24 books!!

On the 19th of August, Rosanne Hawke the author of 24 books visited rm11 and rm12. She visited us as week 5 is book week and that rm11 and rm12 are doing a comprehension about Kerenza. Rosanne came into the library at 9.30 pm and she talked about the newest book she has written and published. The book was called Kerenza. The blurb of the story is that a girl called Kerenza and her family would be leaving Cornwall, Britain and would be leaving her culture and her friends. When Kerenza reaches Australia, she will see endless bushes. Then, she gave us an insight into the books she has written. In the beginning of the visit, she asked us how much of the newest book, Kerenza we have read. We have read the first chapter and only a few people have read the second chapter of the book. Secondly, Hawke told us a story about what had inspired her to write the book. Then, she showed what it was like to be writing a book. She also told us a special secret about writing a book. It was really fun to take a look behind the scenes. She shared with us that some of the characters are in real life. Before she even published the book, the publisher told her that she only had seven months to write a book with 14000 words. However, she misheard the publisher and ended up writing the book with 40000 words and also had to ask the publisher for an extra two months. In the story, Kerenza had a scrapbook as a diary to keep track of her stuff. I guess this is the end of this blog, I would be signing off with a few more words, hope you enjoyed the blog and will read Rosanne’s newest book, Kerenza.Goodbye!