Alan and the Rat!

 Kia ora tamariki ma, I hope you have all had another successful week back online and back to learning! 

I know from chatting to your teachers that they love to see your smiling faces even if they can't see you in n person. 

I have been reading your work online and just like last term I'm very impressed with you all. Whether it's blogging or activities on seesaw you're amazing! 

I had a bit of an adventure this week. We were sitting in the lounge watching television and all of a sudden we could hear a scrabbling noise in the wall between the lounge and the kitchen! Mr and Mrs Cox were not very happy about it and decided a rat might have moved in! They seemed to think I should have dealt with it myself but I'm not going to eat anything but the finest dog food in the land -after all, it's what I'm used to!

Anyway they phoned the rat exterminator -and he came along the next morning. Thank goodness because we were a bit afraid the rat would start chewing the wiring inside the walls!

Alan meets James the rat man!

James promised the rat will go away now and we haven't seen it since which is good. Even though Mr and Mrs Cox had to keep out of the way it was quite exciting to have a visitor! I like meeting people and James was very nice!

Now, I am a bit behind on my jigsaw to do so I just might go and spend some time doing that.....

Keep safe and be kind

ma te wa 

- Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 28)

 Morena tamariki ma, I hope your week is going well and you are getting lots of online learning done and also getting outside for fresh air and a run around as much as you can. 

Today is the last dinosaur joke for this week - tomorrow I will keep you up to date on what I have been doing. 

Q.How do you know if there's a dinosaur in your fridge?

The answer to today's challenge will be after next Tuesday's challenge of the day. Remember if you have a good dinosaur joke - one you've heard or one you made up yourself - I would love to hear it!

The answer to yesterday's challenge:

Q. What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?

A. A dino-snore!

Keep safe and be kind.

Ma te wa.

- Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 27)

Morena tamariki ma, it's challenge of the day time again! As you can see I'm still hanging around in my dinosaur costume so it's time for another dinosaur joke!

Remember to write in and tell me what you think the answer is and to check tomorrow to see if you were right. Not that it really matters if you weren't right - it's just for fun - and who knows you might think of an answer that is even funnier than the original answer!

Q.What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?

The answer to yesterday's challenge is:

Q. What did the dinosaur use to build his house?

A. A dino-saw!

Did you get it right?

Keep safe and be kind. 

Ma te wa.

- Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 26)

Morena tamariki ma - well first things first - the answer to last Thursday's challenge of the day: 

Q: What happens when it rains cats and dogs? 

A. You step in a poodle!

Now for today's challenge! This week I thought we'd have some dinosaur jokes....to go with my outfit and because the junior school have been learning about dinosaurs.

Q. What did the dinosaur use to build his house?

Check out tomorrow's challenge of the day and at the same time see if you worked out the answer to today's challenge. In the meantime have a great day!

Keep safe and be kind!

Ma te wa.

- Alan 🐾

Alan and Mr Pete

 Morena tamariki ma, I hope you are enjoying the long weekend - even though the weather has been terrible! On Saturday morning I went for a walk with Mr and Mrs Cox up to Sunhill Fruit Shop to get some fruit and vegetables. It was quite sunny at that time but the wind set in and by the afternoon it wasn't the best. We have quite a few trees outside our house and they were really shaking! Sunday was even worse because it rained all day. We went for a walk anyway and Mrs Cox had to rub me down with a towel when we got home because I was so wet - even after I gave myself a good shake!

On Friday Mrs Cox had to go into school (teachers are allowed to for some things as long as they wear a mask and keep away from anyone else). Mr Pete was there because of course he is allowed there to continue looking after the school and fixing anything that needs it. I was so excited to see him! I think it was the best part of the day - even better than my walk!

Alan loves Mr Pete

Looking forward to setting some more challenges for the week. Tune in on Tuesday to try them out!

Keep safe and be kind.

Ma te wa.

- Alan 🐾

  

Alan Meets a Friend!

 Morena tamariki ma, I hope you have enjoyed being back at school even if it is not how we expected it to be. I miss seeing all your smiling faces but I have been very interested to see that you are learning about dinosaurs in some classes. Did you know I have a dinosaur costume? Well you may have seen me wearing it put just in case here it is!

What sort of dinosaur am I?

Mrs Cox has taught herself the NZ sign language for dinosaur so she has been sharing it with the juniors. They are very good at using it now. 

Something else very cool happened this week. On Monday I was going for a walk with Mrs Cox and guess what happened? A familiar voice called out from along the road and it turned out to be Mrs Kasipale!

It was so exciting to see her as you can imagine. The two humans had masks on of course and stayed two metres apart but we still managed to have a good chat. All of us were extremely happy as you can imagine.

So good to catch up! Hello Mrs Kasipale!

Keep safe and be kind.

Ma te wa

- Alan 🐾

 

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 21)

 Kia ora tamariki ma, hello my friends, it's that time of day again - it's my challenge of the day!

It's the final joke challenge (for a while anyway). Next week the challenges will have a different theme - it's a surprise so you will have to wait and see!

Anyway, today's challenge:

Q: What happens when it rains cats and dogs? 

DJ Alan loves a challenge!

And the answer to yesterday's challenge!

Q: What did the dog say when he sat on some sandpaper?

A: That’s ruffffffff!! 😀

Did you get it right?

Keep safe and be happy.

Ma te wa.

-Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 20)

 Kia ora tamariki ma, it's time for challenge of the day again! This is joke week (in my head - it's not officially joke week but I can create my own special joke week if I want).

Today's challenge:

 Q: What did the dog say when he sat on some sandpaper? 

The answer to yesterday's challenge:

Q: Why can't dogs use a DVD remote?

A: Because they keep pressing the 'paws' button! 😃

Remember - tune in tomorrow for my next challenge of the day and the answer for today's challenge.

Keep safe and be kind.

Ma te wa.

- Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 19)

Morena tamariki ma! Welcome back to my first challenge of the day for term four!

Just to let you know , I will be posting Challenge of the Day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday while we are online and keeping you up to date with my activities on Monday and Friday.

Today's challenge: Can you answer this joke?

Q: Why can't dogs work the DVD remote?

Don't forget to send me your answers in to me - remember the answers are posted the next day. Any I always love to hear what you've been up to at any time. 

I love Challenge of the Day!

keep safe and be kind 

ma te wa

- Alan 🐾

Alan and Term Four

 Kia ora tamariki ma! Well I hoped I would see you all in person today but sadly not yet!

You are all outstanding students and have done so well with your learning online so keep up your amazing effort this term. I hope everyone had a relaxing two weeks of holidays - I did with lots of park visits and lots of running around the house and yard with Mr and Mrs Cox. I went to the vet and it was a bit weird as I had to go in by myself - not a problem for me as I love the vet and the vet nurses and they always give me lots of treats. Yummy! 

The other exciting event was that I finished (finally) my jigsaw! So exciting - but quite funny as there was one piece left over!  And no holes in the puzzle. Obviously it was a mistake by the people who packed the puzzle - which just goes to show that everyone makes mistakes and it's okay. It just made the puzzle even more exciting to do!

Success at last! 

Keep safe and be kind

ma te wa  

- Alan 🐾

 

 

Alan's Last Day of Term

 Kia ora tamariki ma, I can't believe it's the last day of term three! I have enjoyed my last day of term - assembly was so much fun  I always enjoy the principal's assembly! I think it's because Mr Herlihy and I both like telling jokes!

I'd like to congratulate all my Glen Taylor friends for working so hard during this term, especially during lockdown because it's not easy! You deserve a good rest over the holidays so rest up but get out and about as much as you safely can. I'm going to read some books too because I just love reading. Mrs Cox likes it when I help around the house so I'll try and help out a bit! I could rinse out my own dog bowl after I've been fed!

SEE YOU NEXT TERM! 

Keep safe and be kind.

Nga mihi.

- Alan 🐾

Alan's Challenge of the Day (October 1)

 Morena tamariki ma - hey it's the last day of term three! I have a different challenge for you today.

My challenge is to have fun, keep safe and relax during the holidays! I'm sure you can do that!

I'm taking a break for the holidays - I'm planning on a lot of relaxation and lots of walks with Mrs and Mr Cox. 

Are you enjoying my jokes?

The answer to yesterday's riddle is: a watch dog!

 Keep safe and be kind.

Nga mihi

- Alan 🐾