Teddy Bears Around the World

Jacob and Sam Bear are in the Rally Car.

Jacob won a prize in a colouring competition.

The prize was a trip to school in a Rally Car.

Patrick Malley the Rally Car driver drove Jacob to Elm Park School. Patrick made the car noisy, everyone stopping to look at Jacob. Jacob loved his ride it was cool.

All the children got to look in the car at school.

Sam was lucky to sit in the car too. He enjoyed this.

Repco who sponsored the competition gave Jacob $200 for Elm Park School.

Everybody wished Patrick Good luck in his racing.

Selena went to America. She took Sam Bear. It was a very long plane ride from New Zealand.

They went to Disneyland.

They met Mickey Mouse and Goofy.

It was fun riding in the car with Goofy.

Selena decided to take Sam for a ride in a little car.

They liked Disneyland.

Selena enjoyed dressing p in her Mickey Mouse ears.

They got very tired but they had a great time.

Hi Oscar, 

Hope you are ready for the race for life…get your running shoes on.

Claire

Sam Bear was going on a very special holiday. He was going on holiday with Hannah and her family. Their holiday was sponsored by ‘Make a Wish’, a foundation that provides holidays for sick children and their families.

Sam and the family flew to Christchurch which is in the South Island of New Zealand. Then they drove around the beautiful South Island in a camper van. Here they are inside the camper van, Sam is meeting a new friend, one of Hannah’s teddies. Hannah has her colourful jersey on as it is getting cold in New Zealand now.

It was autumn and all the trees were beautiful colours.

On the west Coast Sam went on a helicopter ride to visit the Tasman Glacier. It was very scary, but the glacier was very beautiful.

In Kaikoura on the east coast, Sam went Whale watching with Hannah’s Dad and her big brother Campbell. The boat was very fast. He wasn’t keen to swim with the dolphins though as he doesn’t like getting his fur wet.

You can see Sam enjoyed whale spotting, but he decided to stay safely on the boat as they were very, very big.

Unfortuately this was to be Sam’s last holiday with Hannah as his special friend Hannah died on May 12, just a week short of her sixth birthday.

Sam and all Hannah’s classmates and friends at Elm Park School will miss her.

Sam Bear went in the car to Lake Taupo with Caleb.

He went fishing in the lake.

He caught five huge trout.

He ate the trout for dinner.

Then he went to Rotorua.

Rotorua was smelly.

He saw lots of boiling, bubbling mud pools and lots of steam.

He also went Ten Pin Bowling.

It was great fun, but he thought the bowling balls were so huge!!