Swan Story weblog

Message posted by Sebastian Swan
Hi there.
Did you enjoy the Swan Story? What was your favourite part?
Love Sebastian Swan.

Message posted Monday 14th November 2011 by Panshanger School
Dear Sebastian Swan We are a Year 4 class who have had a look at the Swan story and would like to comment as we are learning how to use blogs. We liked your lovely book, especially the pictures. We would love to see our comment next week on this page.
Thank you Year 4, Panshanger school

Message posted Tueday 15th June 2010 by St. Peter's Primary School
Dear Sebastian We liked the Swan Story best.  It was really interesting to find out all about cygnets.
Some of us have seen cygnets this week on the canal.
from Primary 2A at St Peter's Primary Edinburgh
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Message posted Monday 14th June 2010 by Fairfield Infants School
Dear sebastian
We really enjoyed the swan story.
We really liked the cygnets.
Have your eggs hatched yet.
love from Bethany and Joe xxx
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Message posted Monday 24th May 2010 by Downs View Infant School
Dear Sebastian
Thank you for letting us come and visit you at the enviromental centre. We had a fun day particularly
. making a smelly cocktail
. building a shelter
. eating our lunch
and going on our walk.
We would like to ask you 'where were you hiding all day?'
We look forward to getting a response from you
Thank you Owl Class at Downs View

Message posted Monday 24th May 2010 by Fairfield Infants School
To Sebastian
We like your books because they are interesting
from Holly and Katie
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Message posted Monday 17th May 2010 by Pudsey Waterloo Primary School
Dear Sebastian Swan We liked reading your book. We learnt that baby swans are called cygnets. We found the book interesting and very good. We thought the pictures were very nice and liked looking at the swans. From Year One L at Pudsey Waterloo Primary School, Leeds, England.

Dear Sebastian Swan, Thank you for writing your book. We really liked the photos, we thought they were fantastic! We enjoyed reading all of the information.
Love from, 1B at Waterloo Primary School

Message posted Monday 10th May 2010 by Rydalmere East Public School
Dear Sebastian,
We really enjoyed reading your book. Before we read your book, only Fraser knew that baby swans were called cygnets. Many of us thought that swans ate fish - now we know that they don't. Now we know lots of facts about swans! We live in Sydney and many children in our class have seen white swans. In Western Australia there are many black swans. Did you know that the flag of Western Australia has a black swan on it?
Thank you for your story,
From 1/2H at Rydalmere East Public School

Message posted Monday 10th May 2010 by St. Mary's Primary School
Dear Sebastian, We really enjoyed your story all about swans and learned lots of new things.  Our favourite part was when the baby swans tried to fly but their wings were too small.  We thought the pictures were great. We can't wait to read some of your other books.  How long did it take you to write this book?
From P2 at St Mary's Primary, Bo'ness

Message posted Monday 10th May 2010 by Pentland School
Dear Sebastian Swan,
we liked it when the cygnets popped out of the eggs.
love Aimee and Charlotte.

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Message posted Wednesday 21st April 2010 by Hawley Primary School
Dear Sebastian
We really liked your amazing book about the swans. Are you going to add something else to the Swan Story? How long did it take you to write the story? Some of us learnt things we didn't know about swans. Jasmine didn't know that swans ate anything other than bread. Maddie didn't know that baby swans were called cygnets. Did you know that Megan's cousin is called Sebastian? Courtney didn't know that baby swans couldn't fly. Charlotte didn't know that the swan was going to have babies.
love from Seal Class at Hawley Primary School.

Dear Sebastian
The story is very good. We like the way you answered the questions. We all enjoyed the story. Dominic would like to know why you wrote the book.  Did the cygnets learn to fly?  Where did the cygnets go when they grew up? We learnt that baby swans were called cygnets and they cannot fly until they get bigger and stronger. I hope you like our e-mail. Love from Dolphin class Hawley Primary School

Message posted Tuesday 2nd February 2010 by Roman Way Primary School
Dear Sebastian
We loved your swan story, it was great to also see the pictures.
We loved the part where they hatched and were about to fly.
Your pictures helped describe what was happening.
From Miss Tiller and all of Year 3.  2ET

Message posted Friday 19 November 2009 by Shepherds Primary School
Dear Sebastian
Hi there we are Year 2 at Shepherd Primary School. We have just read your
story The Swan Story. Our favourite parts were when the eggs hatched and when
the cygnets were swimming in the pond. We are looking at your stories this week
because it is Antibullying and ICT Week at our school. We are learning today
about sending kind emails.
From Year 2

Message posted Monday 29 June 2009 by Fairfield Infants School
Dear Sebastian,
We enjoyed your interesting animal books and games and also reading your
blog.
Have you ever caught anything in a pond? Are you really a swan? We are
very surprised about the number of places which have been on your website.
From Purple group (2H) Fairfield Infant School Cockermouth Cumbria  2009

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Message posted Wednesday 24 June 2009 by Tyrrells School Chelmsford
To Sebastian Swan
I like your books. I think they are intresting and full of facts. I am
learning about hyperlinks and me and my class like clicking on the ones on
your website.Do you like swimming? I do a bit. secondly I am 6 3/4 and my
birthday is coming up.
From Sahil
Tyrrells School Chelmsford Year 2

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Message posted Wednesday 24 June 2009 by Greatmoor Junior School
Dear Sebastian
I have a extremely good new
character that I made up all by myself called Donetello the Dragon. He can
get cheeky at times to make people laugh.
I hope you like my character.
Please reply whether you would to use my character in one of your books.
from Jacob Click here to see this character.

Dear Sebastian Swan
I am sending this to you because I have made a magnificent character
and I made it all by my self.
He can get jumpy at times but I hope you like him.
So please reply
from Jack Click here to see this character.

Message posted Friday 29th May 2009 by Spring Bank Primary School Leeds
Dear Sebastian Swan,
We really enjoyed the story all about you - The Swan's Story. We learnt that baby swans are called cygnets. We liked the photographs of the cygnets and thought they were really cute. We really liked the bit when the cygnets hatched out of their eggs and swam on the lake. We have enjoyed reading all about the life cycle of a swan and would like to read another story about you.
From Year 1 and Miss Houldsworth, Mr Marshall, Mrs Comrie and Amisha Spring Bank Primary School Leeds

Message posted Tuesday 12 May 2009 by Thames Ditton Infant School.
Dear sebastian
we are swans class. We thought your story was super! Finn wants to
know if this story is true.
Our best bit was the bird eating the fish!
From Swans

Message posted Friday 1st May 2009 by St. Stephens Infant School.
Dear Sebastian swan
I hope your eggs have hatched safely.
From Ellie and Liam fox class

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Message posted Friday 1st May 2009 by Meadowlane Primary School.
Dear Sebastian,
We are Class 3 at Meadowlane Primary School in Cardiff.
We really enjoyed the stories on your website!
From,
Class 3

Message posted Wednesday 11th March 2009 by Defford School.
Dear Sebastian  
Thank you for helping us learn about the lifecycle of a swan. We enjoyed the Swan Story  and we are going to read the other stories soon.
From The Reception Children at Defford School

Message posted Tuesday 17th June 2008 by Rosehearty Primary School.
Dear Sebastian
We are Primary 1 pupils at Rosehearty Primary School in the North East
of Scotland.We really enjoyed reading your book and learning about the
life cycle of swans. We liked finding out about what swans eat and
trying to guess the answers to your questions. We thought the cygnets
were cute when they were flapping their wings.
We were very lucky to see real swans building a nest when we went on
our school trip to Loch of Strathbeg last week.
We are looking forward to reading another of your books.
From Primary 1 and Mrs Robertson

Message posted Friday 6th June 2008 by Binley Woods Primary School.
Dear Sebastian Swan,
We are Year One children from Binley Woods Primary School. Our teacher was very excited on Tuesday when she found your Website. Today we have been reading The Swan Story and found out lots of information that we  did not know before. We liked the pictures they were fascinating. We enjoyed the whole story and are looking forward to reading the next one. Best wishes from
Mrs Cunningham and Year One.

Message posted Thursday 1st May 2008 by Holme School.
Dear Sebastian, We really enjoyed reading your book, 'Swan Story'. Our favourite part was the picture of a cygnet stretching out its wings. They are so cute!  We didn't know that swans ate plants and insects; we thought they ate fish! We are looking forward to seeing our message on the weblog.
Holme School, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire Year 2, (Mrs Tinson)

Message posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 by Glen Park School.
We are Mrs Cliffords class in year 2 at Glen Park Primary School in
Plymouth. We enjoyed looking at your website and your beautiful books!
We liked thinking about the questions you asked and we liked finding
the answers. We are going to have another look at your site at home.
Thank you from Glen Park School.

Message posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 by The Gattons School, Burgess Hill.
Hello Sebastian,
We have really enjoyed your stories because we have learnt
about spring and the life cycle of a swan. Has mummy swan
laid any eggs yet? How many cygnets do you have? What are
your cygnets called? Hope we see you soon. Love from all the Blackbirds at The Gattons School, Burgess Hill. xxx  

Message posted Monday 25th February 2008 by Rogerstone Primary School, Newport, South Wales
Dear Sebastian Swan,
We liked the Swan story very much because we found out lots of interesting things about swans and we liked the colourful pictures.  Our favourite parts were when the cygnets hatched and when the cygnets went for their first swim.
I am looking forward to reading some more swan stories on your website.
From, Year 1 Mrs Payne

Message posted Monday 25th February 2008 by Alice Smith School, Malaysia
Dear Sebastian, We enjoyed your book. It helped to learn about hotlinks and it also helped us with our work on plants and animals. it was fun!
Thank you. 2I Alice Smith School, KL. Malaysia!!!!

Message posted Monday 4th February 2008 by Fosse Bank School, Kent.
Hello
This is Year 3 at Fosse Bank school in Kent.  We really like your big books.
From Year 3

Message posted Tuesday 8th January 2008 by Tenyham Primary School, Kent.
Dear Sebastian Swan
I like your website and your books
I liked  Guss Who and your friends. From Adele

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Message posted Monday 3rd December 2007 by Tenyham Primary School, Kent.
Dear  Sebastian  swan  I
liked  your  book
and  all the books. The best was the first one. I like the Swan story.
From Josh

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Message posted Monday 19th November 2007 by Langdale Infant School
Dear Sebastian Swan, Class 2 at Langdale Infant School has just read your Swan Story.  We liked it very much.  We are looking forward to reading all your other stories soon.  We think you are very clever.  We don't know any other swans that can use a computer! love from Class 2 xxx

Message posted Monday 19th November 2007 by Longford Park School, Windmill Road, Longford, Coventry
Dear Sebastian,
Amandeep, Kunal, Gurinder, Gaganpreet, Akaljot and Arshaan of Class 1J, Longford Park School, would like you to tell you how to say hello in Panjabi. It sounds something like this: Sat Sri Akal
Love from 1J

Message posted Monday 25th June 2007 by St Joseph's RC Infant School, Wembly
Hello Sebastian and friends,
Thank you for the Swan Story. It was our first time visting your site.
We liked reading about the baby swans, called cygnets. We wanted to ask you 'how old will the baby swans be when they can fly?'
We are going to read another story next week. Good bye for now,
Love from Morning Nursery Class x x x x x

Hello Sebastian Swan,Thank you for the lovely Swan story. We liked it when the babies came. We also liked it when they went for a swim. We think the baby swans are lovely, they are called cygnets. Where do you go to sleep?
Love from Afternoon Nursery.

Message posted Tuesday 17th April 2007 by Blankenhagen School
Dear Sebastian Swan,
We enjoyed reading your first book about the animals.  It helped us with our sounds and reading skills. We hope to read more of your books another day. We are also learning about letters and emails.  It would be great if you would email us back.  We would like to hear about your plans for the Easter holiday?
Kind regards Green group and Year 3 Blankenhagen School

Message posted Tuesday 17th April 2007by Purdy Elementary in Purdy, Washington, USA
Hello Sebastian!
We are 2 nd graders from Purdy Elementary in Purdy , Washington , in the United States .  We love your website.  We have a new way of saying hello in the language of Thia.  Sawasdee is how you say hello in Thialand. 
We love reading your books and we're learning about alliteration through Sebastian's online books.
We love trumpeter swans.  We've read The Trumpet of the Swan and we've adapted a swan and raised $444.00 for the research of lead poisoning in the endangered swans.
Thank you for your website! Mrs. Angus' 2 nd graders

Message posted Monday 26th March 2007 by Priory Common School Milton Keynes
Dear Sebastian Swan,
This week in our literacy work we have been learning about non-fiction books.  We have loved reading your books on our Interactive Whiteboard. Thank you for the lovely books we have learnt lots of things.
Love from all the Children in Class 1 (Reception) and Mrs Palmer

Message posted Tuesday 6th February 2007 by Smyrna Elementary, Carteret County School District in Coastal NC
Thank you for creating such a neat site.  We are first graders at Smyrna Elementary in Smyrna, NC.  We are learning to read and enjoyed the bookshelf.  We liked reading to each other and answering the questions.  The animals were really neat too.  We learned a lot.  Thanks again.

Ms. Damren's 1st Grade

Message posted Tuesday 11 July 2006 by Rolvenden School, Kent
To Sebastian,
Are you having a nice time with your feathery friends? Have you got lots of friends?
Thank you for a lovely website. We have been reading your books today and we really like them. Are you a real person or a real swan?
We hope you can reply to us, Oak Class, Rolvenden School

Message posted Tuesday 11 July 2006 by Fairfield Infant School, Cumbria 
Dear Sebastian,
Thank you for writing your amazing books. We enjoyed your books very much. 
This is from Fairfield Infant school Cockermouth Cumbria  Group 2 the purple group
PS Are you really a swan?

Hi Sebastian,
Thank you for letting us read your books. We think they are very nice and we loved reading them.  They were quite exciting and interesting.  They had lots of information in them.
From Mrs Harris' Group 1 ICT at Fairfield Infant school in Year 2 in Cumbria.

Message posted Monday 5 June 2006 by Ludlow Junior School, Southampton
Bonjoir sebastain. where do you live?
What do you know?
Hi, how are you doing?
Hi sabastiansanw.How is it like in your world?
hello sebastian my friend says hello too and  in tyland if you are a boy and you want to say hello in ty languege say sawatdeekhrap and if you are a girl then say sawatdeekah . p.s. please reply back.
how did you become so fames??? 
Hi how are you Sebastian,we would like to ask you a question.
How old are you? Hello do you like me because i like you?
hello sabastian how are you i am fine thankyou i am a tomboy!
Hi sebastian how are you today, we would like to ask you a question. Have you got a big family? Do you get a lot of emails?

From Ludlow Juniors.

Message posted Thursday 11 May 2006 by Class 9, Shirley Infants School
Dear Sebastian
We have been reading your stories in ICT today. We enjoyed reading them and we have thought of some questions that we would like you to answer.

Callum has seen a mother and father swan with their six babies on the river
in Cambridge. The swans live in somebody's garden. Is this normal?
What do swans eat? From Khaled.
How do you make the nests? Charlie
What materials do you make the nests from? Connor
How long do swans live for? Sophie C

Sophie wanted to say she enjoyed your books, and she thought they were
really good.
Hope to hear from you soon! All of Class 9, Shirley Infants School

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Message posted Thursday 13 April 2006 by Class 3, Kingsmead Primary School.
Dear Sebastian
We are in Year Two at Kingsmead Primary School in Canterbury and have enjoyed reading lots of your books, we have even written our own Swan Stories.We have thought of some questions to ask you
What do you like to play? Bradley and Ashley
Do you go to school? Chloe, Luke and Greg
Where do you sleep? Joshua, Charlie and Rasmit
Do you have brothers and sisters? Yasmine and Brandon
What do you eat? Harvey, Callum and McKenzie
When is your birthday. Kim, Kezia and Stephanie
Love from Class 3

Message posted Thursday 6 April 2006 by Foundation Class, Bickershaw School.
Dear Sebastian,
We have been reading your books.We like them a lot.
We are 4 and 5 years old and go to Bickershaw School.
We are good at learning.
We like reading, playing, counting and wrtiting.
Love from the Foundation Class x

Message posted Tuesday 21 Wednesday March 2006 by Scout Road Primary School, Calderdale.
Dear Sebastian,
It is cold here in Mytholmroyd. What is the weather like where you live?
Love from Year 2

Message posted Thursday 15 Wednesday March 2006 by Scout Road Primary School, Calderdale.
Dear Sebastian,
we would like to know how old you are. Can you e-mail us and tell us?
Love from Year 1 and Year 2

Message posted Thursday 2 March 2006 by Blackbirds Class, The Gattons School, West Sussex.
Why do you have webbed feet? Where do you go in the Winter? What is your wife called?
From Blackbirds Class, Burgess Hill

Message posted Thursday 2 March 2006 by Woodpeckers Class, The Gattons School, West Sussex.
Hello Sebastian,
We loved reading all your books, especially Swan Story. We are learning about you. We know you have webbed feet. By the way, we don't have webbed feet. Do you like to explore? We noticed a lot of SSSSSSSSSSSSSS in Swan Story. Here is our sentence; Sebastian Swan swims in safe places.
We are from Woodpeckers Class at The Gattons School, Burgess Hill.
Love from us all in Woodpeckers Class

Message posted Monday 27 February 2006 by Nightingales class, The Gattons School, West Sussex.
Hi Sebastian,
We have read your book, The swan Story and spoted lots of "th" in words. Here is our sentence.
Thomas got lost but then he saw Sebastian Swan.
Write back soon, Love from Nightingales class

and tell me what you thought about the Swan Story!