Classroom Aquarium

By: Benjamin Y. and Maxwell Z.

Have you ever been to an aquarium? Come check out 4 Ra’s classroom aquariums! We have fish, snails, and much, much more.

The fish we have are called mosquito fish. Mosquito fish look a lot like guppies. When female mosquito fish are pregnant they will start to form a black spot on their stomach called a gravid spot. The spot will slowly grow until it is almost the width of the fish. Mosquito fish babies are called fry. When the fry are first born they are almost microscopic. This is not only because they are small, but because their skin is transparent.

We also have snails whose jobs are to clean up the aquarium.  They do this by eating anything that other animals leave behind. Another thing we have are plants in our aquarium. One of our plants is called duckweed and one is called elodea. The elodea and duckweed  jobs are to feed the fish and snails. Having an aquarium in our class is a lot of fun! So come on down and check it out!

Opinion Section: We want a better school district!

By: Tyler H.

Some Heathcote School students want a better school district. We will have two fourth grade students share what they feel their problems with our district are. “We want or own desks!” says 9 year old students Paula Dantzig and Giovanna Laporta. “On tests people looked at our papers! We saw their eyes looking right at our papers!” I feel this is a big problem! We feel there are many more problems too. This is a big one that should be fixed!

Here’s another problem: “The buses stink!” Paula says. “We need new buses and we want SiriusXM radio. We don’t like the radio that is already on the bus.” Now that’s an annoying problem. Children want to listen to radio that they will enjoy.” “Radio Disney,” Paula says. “The bathrooms are gross,” says Giovanna and Paula. And they are not the only people that think the bathrooms are gross. I am a fourth grader. And I say, “There is a poisonous spider in the boys bathroom! Paula says there is also a poisonous spider in the girls bathroom. This needs to be changed. “BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT! BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT!” Will this get changed? We hope so. Please change this. We feel these problems are getting out of control! This needs to be changed. Do you agree?

The Halloween Parade

By: Maxwell and Una

The Halloween Parade is when everyone in Heathcote wears a costume and walks around the school driveway.  There are no weapons allowed in the parade ( Even fake ones ).  It is at 9:15 on October 31st, 2014.  If you are a  parent of a child of Heathcote you are in luck!  Any parent can come over and take pictures of his or her child!  The rumor is that the teachers are going to be minions and the principle is Gru!  Have fun at the parade and happy Halloween!

Una In The Garden

Check out this on the scene reporting about the Heathcote Garden. Let Una take you around and show you some of her favorite vegetables! 

Click on the links below to see Una in action:

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Buddy Bench: The New Way to Find a Friend

If you ever need a friend and you are shy you can go to the Buddy Bench. Have you ever needed a friend on the playground? If you have, the buddy bench is the place to go. You walk over a kid will notice you and come, it might be the start of a beautiful friendship.

An example of that is when a kid feels left out and goes to the buddy bench and another kid walks over and plays with you ,thats how the buddy bench works.

By Meena V. and Danielle G.

Halloween Window Painting

Did you ever hear of Halloween window painting? Well it’s an event where you get to paint windows at a time near Halloween. People do creative paintings about Halloween. There are four awards: 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, and honorable mention. If you don’t already know, honorable mention means super great job. It’s worse than 3rd place, but better than nothing. They give out a few honorable mention awards. People are super super happy when they get any of these awards. I did window painting this year, but I don’t know if I got any awards yet. Last year I got honorable mention.

This year it was held on October 19, 2014. More than a hundred people entered. Halloween window painting is a big hit. The grand prize is one hundred dollars! Wow! Imagine yourself winning that big lot. Well, you have a chance when you enter. It’s super fun. See you by the windows!

By Tyler H.

Curiosity Project

The Curiosity Project is a project that allows students to write about what they are interested in.  The teacher assigns a student this project like any other project.  The fourth grade writes about it in Heathcote School.  You do this project in fourth grade.  You first come up with a subject you are interested in.  The second step is to find all the resources you can get and choose which ones you want to use. The next step is to research or get information about it.  The step after that is to find photos or pictures to go with the subject or information.  The final step is to type and print all the information and photos you have and stick it to a poster board.  You have now made your own Curiosity Project!                                                                                                               
By Maxwell Z.

Buddy Bench- A New Way to Find A Friend

Imagine if you were lonely and nobody was there to stand up for you? Well you can go to the buddy bench! This is a place where people will see you and come sit next to you and ask you to play. Its a place where people can check on you. And remember always check for the bench and make a buddy!

By Bora S.

Recess Heros

Recess is supposed to be fun. Right? Well at Heathcote we are having some problems! Kids are being mean to each other and excluding each other. For example, some people aren’t passing to each other in football and soccer plus, kids are pushing and shoving certain other kids. But don’t be discouraged, there is a solution. Heathcote has created a peer mediation

program.

Our school administrators are letting students in grades 4 and 5 choose to be a peer mediator. Heathcote`s peer mediators are people who help younger grades with problems and arguments throughout recess.

The peer mediators have a special dress code. Usually they will be wearing a yellow vest with the Heathcote circle of friends symbol on the front, so if you ever have a problem at recess just look for a people in yellow vest.

By Benjamin Y.

Circle of Friends Assembly

At Heathcote School, we have an assembly called the Circle of Friends assembly. The assembly represents friendship and kindness. We started with saying the Pledge of Allegiance. I sat next to my kindergarten and first grade buddies.

We also sing friendship songs like “We Are The Future of The World” by our music teacher Ms.Bescherer.

This is how she came up with the song, she thought about the children and Heathcote School and a song that would represent our school community.

By Danielle G.

Your Top 30 Favorite Pop and Rap Songs and Artists!

By: Tyler H.

You voted and now here are your favorite songs. We put together this list of your favorite songs just for you! Over all, your favorite kids radio station is. . . Radio Disney! This is the place where all these songs are! Visit the website at: www.radiodisney.com and listen to it on SiriusXM channel 79. Over all your favorite pop artist is Ariana Grande! Your favorite rapper is… A tie! Iggy Azalea and Nicki Minaj! Ariana has performed songs with both Iggy and Nicki. Wow! Iggy and Nicki have been battling for best female rapper awards for years. Most children in Heathcote like pop more than rap. Pop is a very popular type of music, but so is rap. If you want, listen to these great songs.

Now here is your list:

Hurricane Sandy: A Look Back Through Interview

Hurricane Sandy

By: Una O.

I interviewed Ms. Benash about her experience during Hurricane Sandy.

What did you go through during Hurricane Sandy?

I was not very affected. I did not lose power or hot water. I did lose my cable tv! I did not have any guests stay at my house.

Did you see Hurricane Sandy blowing?

Yes, there was a lot of wind and rain . I stayed in for 2 days.

What did you do to keep busy during the hurricane?

I read, I watched DVDs, and I went to the gym to keep busy during this time.

Was it hard to sleep during the storm?

No, it was ok.

Meet the Staff

Here's the 2014 Staff of the Heathcote Herald. Look out for our articles-many are ready for publish next week!

Minecraft-Is your favorite game owned by a different company?

By Tyler H.

Is Minecraft your favorite game? Well, it was owned by Mojang, but now it is owned by Microsoft. You probably know Microsoft as an awesome store for selling video games such as Mario games, Disney Infinity, Skylanders, and much more. But now, the more than million dollar store bought Minecraft from Mojang, for 2.5 million dollars. Do you think they will change Minecraft? As far as we know, their making Minecraft a lot better. The game we all know and love, is probably getting a lot more awesome! What do you think will happen to the amazing game? Will they add more mods? Will they try to stop the lagging that some of us are suffering of? What will happen?! There is much more to come of Minecraft and keep playing!