Spring 2012 Issue no.1

Chalkboard Of Contents:

Minim’s Rumble Part 1

5 Things to do with your Time

Tunnel

Minim’s Rumble Part 2

Minim’s Marvellous Adventures

Awesome Activities

Minim’s Apple Rumble Recipe

Quick, Easy, Nutritious and

Delicious!

Ask Minim

10 Fun Facts about Moles

Acknowledgements

Page Number:

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Dear Readers,

Welcome to the Mole!

My name is Minim and I’m so excited to

d

the entire VIS community so don’t hesitate

Yours Sincerely,

Minim the Mole

Minim’s Rumble - Part 1

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taste nice!’5

1) Read a book:

If you like reading, just before

dinner could be a good time to read

a few pages of the book you‘re

reading at the moment. Maybe you

could use this time to start a new

series that your friend told you

about, or read some of those old

books on the shelf that you have

never looked at before. If you are

going on a trip soon, you could also

read about where you are going!

5 fun things to do

5 ne su

estions in

each

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sue

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2) Take care of your p

et:

If you have a pet, now could be

the perfect time to take care of

it. Minim thinks it might be really

nice if you gave your pet fresh w

food and water so it could eat at

the same time as you do. If you

have a dog, Minim also thinks

you could take it outside in a

nearby park or garden so it can

get enough exercise.

3) Do your homework:Maybe this sounds boring, but Minim

thinks it‘s actually a really good

idea. If you only have a little bit of

homework to do, you don‘t need to all of you small homework before

dinner. That way, you‘ll have more

time to do what you really want to do

afterwards!

4) Practice playing

an instrument/singing:

You‘re musical? Well, then Minim

has a great idea for using your time

before dinner: you can practice

playing your instrument or singing!

Even if you want to practice for

longer than 30 minutes, you can make

eating dinner your break before you

continue practicing.

5) Call a friend:

Minim thinks that even if you don‘t

have time to invite a friend over,

you can always call them and have

a nice, long conversation with them

just before dinner. Do you know

somebody who lives far away who

you haven’t talked to for a while?

Send them an email! This could also

be a good time to send an email or a

letter to your grandmother or other

relatives and tell them about what

you’ve been up to.7

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Minim loves creative work and he often visits VIS to see

what you are all up to. In each edition he will publish

work on this page: remember to check it as it might be

yours! You should also watch out in your class rooms.

When he visits he will

leave a ‘You’ve been

moled’ sticker (like

the one on this

page) near your

work to show

you that he

likes it...

Get

creating!

A you’ve been m

ole

d s

tic

ker

You’ve Been

Moled!

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Minim’s Rumble - Part 2

‘Please help out!’

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stare

really is ace

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Have

you ever

wondered

where

else in the

world your

language

is spoken?

Minim, who

knows a

few words

in numerous

languages,

has been

doing some

explorative

tunneling.

Wherever

Minim

popped up

his head

he tried

to identify

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what language

was spoken there.

However, he has

explorations.

Can you tell us

what the

others are?

If you can

identify ten more

languages then make a

list of the language and its

country, put your name on it

and drop it in The Mole Box

in the primary library.

You may win a prize!

Prize

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www.theodora.com/maps

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Did you know

that there are about 200

countries in the world?

shapes, sizes, and colors.

Some of them are very similar

in the design but have

different colors.

For example,

France,

has the same design as

Italy,

a little bit different.

There

are many

three stripes. Some of

them go up and down,

and some of them go

side to side.

WORD SEARCH * Oats* * * Butter* Apple * WaterB S U G A R

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Can

you color

in all of these

If you can do it, cut out the page

and submit it to us.

one to correctly color in all the

get a prize!

An apron eachClean handsRolled up sleeves

Get an adult to preheat the oven

Minim’s Apple Rumble Recipe

Minim’s Apple

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and the apple should

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class name on your recipe so

you!

* * peanut * chocolate

Quick, Easy, Nutritious and

Directions:

the core out

adult slice the apple into 4 to

peanut

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Apple Sandwiches

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Do you sometimes only

Use that time and these recipes to create

you’re in a rush!

*

* Peanut

* Raisins

Peanut Butter Raisin Smilies

Directions

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Minim, The Mole

The Mole Box in the

Primary Library

Dear Minim,

do something really special, like my friend can draw

almost perfectly, but I can’t do anything special. I

feel boring and I’m afraid that nobody will want to be

my friend anymore. What do I do?

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Dear Minim,

I recently found out that my best friend is moving

far away, practically to the other end of the world

(Australia). I am so unhappy...I have known them for

years and years, they‘re like a sibling to me! I am so

terribly unhappy about losing them that I can‘t even

enjoy the time I have left with them. I also don‘t have

many other friends, because I always just spent time

with my best friend, so I feel like I will be really alone

when my best friend is gone. What should I do?

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Do you have any problems t

hat

you would like Minim

’s advic

e on?

If you do then writ

e them on a piece

of paper and post

them in

the M

ole

Box in the prim

ary library. Don’t

worry, h

e is a ve

ry trustw

orthy m

ole

and your secre

t is s

afe with him

.

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A group

of moles

is called a

„labour“ Moles

can store

their living prey

and eat them

later

Hundreds

of years ago,

people called

moles

„mouldywarps“

The star-

nosed mole

can detect,

catch and eat

food faster

than humans

can see (in

under 0.3

seconds)

The

average

lifespan of

a mole is 4

years

Moles

have an

extra thumb

on their

hands

Moles

can

survive un-

derground

because

they can

re-use the

oxygen

they

breathe

Male

moles are

called „boars“.

Female moles are

called „sows“

Moles

can put up with

higher levels of

carbon dioxide

than other

mammals

Moles

help

gardens

by eating

slugs and

insects

that kill

their

plants.

If you have any ideas

or suggestions then Minim asks you to contact Mrs Meyer zu Natrup in Secondary English, or to write him a note and post it in the Mole Box in the primary

library.

B S U G A R

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Ellie Moss

Karis OnyemenamCaroline Harper

Grade 2

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Until next time!