Welcome To Term 4

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Hello everyone. Welcome to Term 4. I hope you all had a terrific holiday and did lots of fun things.

I am sure this term will go very quickly and before we know it Christmas will be here!

When you come into our room you will notice that our frog visitors have gone back to Thiele Primary School. It was great being able to watch them and how quickly they could move when the crickets went in!

Luckily for us we have new visitors and I’m sure we will have lots of fun observing their interaction with each other.

We have Hopping Mice! They are a native Australian animal and luckily they don’t need a permit to be kept in captivity.

Here is a photo of Hopping Mice taken by Stephen Barnett. The photo was found on Flickr.

Hopping mice are very busy little animals as you can see from this YouTube clip!
http://youtu.be/VsJLVmPQ2Lg

What do you know about Hopping Mice? What would you like to know about them?

Do you know what they eat?

Let us know by leaving a comment. We would love to read your responses.

24 thoughts on “Welcome To Term 4”

Jackie Nelson on October 18, 2011 at 11:00 pm said:

Hi Room 4 friends and Mrs Kolenberg.
We have loved having the Hopping Mice join us in the unit. Thank you Mrs Kolenberg for organising their visit with Mr Palmer from Thiele Primary School. Was it very hard to move the mice to our school? Did they stay in the cage when you moved them? Did you have to take the log out to stop them from being squished by it rolling on to them?
We are looking forward to learning lots about Hopping Mice. we already think they are very cute.
From Room 3 and Mrs Nelson

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Ms L and Division 16 on October 19, 2011 at 3:40 am said:

Wow, what a great movie. It is so funny. Trista in our class wishes we could have pet mice too. Are they hard to take care of? From Division 16, Ms. Lirenman’s Room, Surrey, Canada.

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Aiden's Mum on October 19, 2011 at 9:22 am said:

They are so cute. I can’t wait to see them. They sure look like busy little critters. We are so lucky to have such wonderful wildlife in Australia. Will look forward to coming in and meeting them soon.

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Ben's Mum on October 19, 2011 at 5:52 pm said:

Do Spinifex Hopping Mice eat fruit?
These creatures are sooo cute! I wish I could keep one as a pet!

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Tanishas Mum on October 20, 2011 at 7:44 pm said:

Hopping mice have extremely concentrated urine which allows them to survive in the desert without water!… wow

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Sienna Chapman on October 20, 2011 at 8:34 pm said:

I am going to get a guinea pig after Christmas, which are a little bit like a hopping mice. It would be a little bit scary if the hopping mice jumped all around us in the classroom, I think I would have to stand up on my chair!

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Sonja Chapman on October 20, 2011 at 8:37 pm said:

I saw the hopping mice yesterday morning, they were so cute. My friend had a hopping mouse when I was a little girl, and we used to play with it in her cubby house. Sienna tells me hopping mice eat carrots and apple – I didn’t know much at all about hopping mice so thanks Sienna. I’m looking forward to hearing and learning more about them.

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- mrsk on October 21, 2011 at 10:46 am said:
  
  Hello Sonja and Sienna. It was great to read your comments in my emails this morning! Thank you for taking the time to comment because we love to read them! I love the hopping mice, they are very cute. Sienna, you will have lots of fun with your guinea pig, I’m sure!
  From Mrs. Kolenberg
  
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Leanne (Sam's Mum) on October 20, 2011 at 9:39 pm said:

I don’t know much about hopping mice. I wonder do they hop about alot? Sam says they do, I’m a bit sacred of little animals scattering around my feet. Do hopping mice squeak like white mice? Could someone please teach me what noise do they make?

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Danielle on October 21, 2011 at 4:39 pm said:

hi guys the hopping mice are cute.

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- mrsk on October 21, 2011 at 7:45 pm said:
  
  Hello Danielle. I agree, the hopping mice are cute aren’t they? Thank you for sharing your cucumber with them. I will have to go to school on the weekend and give them some more. I am so glad you commented on the blog. Well done! Have a lovely weekend with your family.
  From Mrs. Kolenberg
  
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Naomi Elliott on October 22, 2011 at 12:04 pm said:

The hopping mice are very cute.

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- mrsk on October 22, 2011 at 5:27 pm said:
  
  They certainly are! Today I collected some weeds with seeds on them and they had a lovely time eating them! Thanks for commenting on our blog. We love to read them.
  Mrs. Kolenberg
  
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lucys mum on October 24, 2011 at 7:11 am said:

We loved watching the video of the mice. They’re very very cute and very active. They are constantly on the go. I like coming into the class and seeing the hopping mice.

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lucy on October 24, 2011 at 7:30 am said:

I like the hoping mice they are cute! from lucy

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lucys mum on October 24, 2011 at 7:32 am said:

I like coming into the class and seeing the hopping mice, they are always so busy and they are very very cute to look at.

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Jane (Bailey's Mum) on October 25, 2011 at 10:04 pm said:

When I was in highschool we had Hopping Mice – you are all so lucky to have them in year 1. I hope they don’t escape like ours did.

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- mrsk on October 26, 2011 at 8:08 am said:
  
  Hi Jane, I hope they don’t escape too! I don’t think they would like to have 50 children chasing after them. Thanks for your comment and keep watching for the announcement of our excursion!
  From Mrs. Kolenberg
  
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Aiden's Dad on October 26, 2011 at 2:51 pm said:

so how do you know they hop. As they are nocturnal and they sleep all day have you seen them do it or do you have to wait till it gets dark ?

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bailey on October 27, 2011 at 7:17 pm said:

I agree with Naomi

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Charlotte. on October 28, 2011 at 7:23 am said:

I saw the Hopping mouse run on the treadmill.They look so cute.But I can’t have one I’ve already got a dog.

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rosie on October 29, 2011 at 9:09 pm said:

The hopping mice are very cute I wish I could have one of the hopping mice.From Rosie O/ o/

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Annalise on November 4, 2011 at 10:11 am said:

Dear mrs kolonburg
I’m at poppy’s home I was going to write a letter to you. I am sick happy birthday lottie and how did the Assembly go.

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Annalise (Poppy) on November 4, 2011 at 10:20 am said:

Hi Everybody
I am Analise’s Poppy it is so good to be looking after her today she is feeling much better now.And this is a special day for both of us

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