Sir Walter RATleigh visits Flamingo Class!

What an exciting morning in Year 4! A surprise visitor appeared out of the sewing resources at 8:30am, turning a morning of handwriting and reading exercises into a full-on mouse hunt! It was hard to tell who was more frightened, us or him! Fortunately, thanks to the quick and calm eyes of one of our student “Mouse Catchers” , we managed to capture our furry guest without harming a hair on his head! With thoughts of our Tudor topic swimming in our head, we decided to name him after one of the all-time greatest explorers. Arise Sir Walter RATleigh! The original Sir Walter was famous for being the first man to successfully sail around the world. It seemed rather fitting, since Sir Walter Ratleigh successfully scurried around our entire classroom before giving himself up! Never has a mouse been given such a fine name!  Read on to watch a video of his release to freedom.


We all desperately wanted to keep him as a class pet. However, after trying to put ourselves in his tiny shoes, we decided to give him his freedom. It was agreed that we would only keep him as a pet if he jumped out of box and ran to one of us. Some were particularly hopeful that they might convince Sir Walter to stay! Check out our video to see whether Sir Walter chose to say with us or not! Let’s just say, we think he decided to resume his life as a daring explorer!