Tonik has bitten again but this time it is not a human, it is COOKIE. Peter was holding Cookie and Robert was holding Tonik. The two boys were holding the animals about half a metre away from each other. Then Tonik flung him self towards Cookie and hung without letting go. Peter pulled of Tonik while Cookie was screaming her head off."This is it," says Mr Robinson, "if we don't get 100 e-mails asking to save him in the next week, Tonik will have to be put down."

Nickie attacks with vengance!

Nickie our class guinea-pig has attacked a girl in our class. Emma who was holding Nickie, got bitten.

Blood poured from Emma's injured finger as Emma was told to run it under the cold tap when she had run it under

the tap for a bit Emma was told to go down to the office to have a plaster put on her finger which was badly hurting at the time. Fortunately Emma's finger has recovered from the cut.

Tonik's Teeth bite again!

Tonik, Yr6's class gerbil, has sunk his teeth into yet another person but this time not into a boy it was a girl. Melanie was holding Tonik in class when we think he smelt Jin our other class gerbil, and he made his second attack. Melanie's finger was bleeding and didn't stop for a good ten minutes. She had to go down to the toilets and wash her finger but it still kept bleeding, she later had to have a plaster put onto her injured finger.

Tonik's days at Ambleside may be numbered. If you think we should keep Tonik, please send an E-mail to rodent roundup. Please say yes. It's computer expert, Mr Robinson (also teacher) who wants him gone.

The Rodents Are Safe and Well.

There hasn't been anything exciting happening to the rodents recently but I'm sure something will soon. So, because nothing has happened I thought I might as well tell you that the Gerbils and the Guinea-Pigs are safe and well and enjoy being with the new year six.

Do not underestimate the power of the new year six!

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Goodbye - Year 6 are leaving us ;-(

Heartbreaking news. The creators of Rodent Roundup are leaving the rodents behind and are going to secondary school. They are being handed on to the new year 6. The rodents hope that they will be as kind and as loving as this class. They are going to miss them very much.

TONIK ATTACK!

Tonik showed his dark side today (Monday 7th June.) He viciously attacked his unsuspecting victim after he was welcomed back to school.

The attacker and his victim

It was a usual morning at the school. Tonik was handled and then put away everything was normal but horror struck the next break time. The gerbils were picked up and then they began to sniff each other. Then suddenly Jin & Tonik started to fight. Jin leaped at Tonik and a whiff of Jins scent went over him. He immediatly retaliated and sunk his fangs into Josh's hand thinking that it was Jin. The next 30 seconds were terrible. Jin fell on the floor and scuttled for safety. Meanwhile Tonik hung onto Josh's hand, his teeth sinking deeper and deeper into the flesh. Josh lay on a table screaming in agony. Still Tonik hung on. Howard ran over to Josh and began to shake his hand and in a struggle to free it from the dreaded fangs of the angry gerbil. Finally Tonik let go and jumped onto the table and began to wander around. He was quickly put into his cage and soon after Jin was caught too. Howard says that Josh's hand was lucky to be in one piece.

We are hoping the teachers don't demand he gets put down!

We've got a new Gerbil!

We have just got a new gerbil called Tonik. He is only 8 weeks old and is the same colour as Jin. He was bought on Saturday 15th May 1999. We are hoping that he will mate with the energetic gerbil known as Jin. We are wanting some baby gerbils so we can watch them grow.

If you would like to find out more click here

Latest News

It has been a quiet Christmas for our rodents. There have been no major escapes or breakouts to report. Jin and the Guinea-Pigs have got bigger. They were all at Mrs Bagots house over Christmas.Mrs Bagot gets the Guinea-Pigs mixed up because at Mrs Bagots house they are called Ren and Stimpy.

There is a rota in our class for holding the Guinea-Pigs and the Gerbil they have been accepted into our class. People say they are cute and cuddly. Sometimes people's mums come in and see them but some mums don't really like them.

by Anna & Verity

THE GREAT ESCAPE!

The search was on at Ambleside Primary School when year 6's class pet, Jin the Gerbil, escaped on Friday night and ran loose in the school for 7 days causing heartbreak and despair.

Jin escaped on the 16th October while year 6 were having a nice weekend. It was thought that she had climbed up onto her tube, then onto her water bottle, tore the netting lid and clambered out. On Monday when year 6 came back they were heartbroken to hear from their class teacher, Mrs Bagot, that Jin had gone for a run. The search began that day. A week later on the 23rd, Year 3 found some chewed paper in their teacher's paper cupboard. It could only be Jin. Mrs Bagot and Howard, (the boy who had given Jin to the class) went to search for her. Whilst emptying the cupboard Jin made a dash for a nearby book case and was tricked into running down a tube. As she was returned to her cage everybody cheered!

by Anna & Tilly