On Thursday we Skyped with our friends in B4. It was the last day of the school year in New Zealand and we were so glad that Mrs. McKenzie and her class could squeeze in a Skype call.
Mrs. McKenzie and B4 were a part of the Our World, Our Stories project. We also have connections with B4 going back to when we first started blogging. Last year the grade threes even wrote partner Storybirds with B4. Chatting today was like talking to good friends.
During our call we had a chance to talk about Our World, Our Stories, sing our traditional songs for each other (and a Christmas carol or two), compare wildlife, and share how we spend Christmas.
Dear Mrs Watson and 2/3s
We had such a lot of fun skyping with you and it was a great way to finish our year.
The children were amazed to think that you might be sleighing on Christmas Day while they might be swimming!
The deer around Reefton are nowhere near as tame as the deer around Sointula. They don’t come and nibble at our gardens!
It was nice to sing with you. We had only just learnt to sing ‘Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer’, so it didn’t help that Mrs Mckenzie put in the CD that only had music and no words!
I hope you all have a lovely break for Christmas. We will be back at school on January 31st so we will catch up again next year.
warm wishes
Mrs McKenzie
Hiya,
I think what your classes are doing is superb. What a great way to learn about the world and engaging children. If you would like to work with children from my school on the southcoast of England (St. John the Baptist C of E Primary School, Findon, West Sussex) then please contact me at jgalvin@wsgfl.org.uk. My children are just being introduced to blogging and Story Bird and it would be a lovely start to 2012 to share their knowledge with children from around the world. Keep up the amazing work. Have a great Christmas. From a very cold England. Take care John Galvin
Dear Mrs Waston,
I like skyping!Was it fun or not?:)We skyped with the Tichie.It was awesome!Did you like it?
Your blogging buddy Cameron The classroom conitoien