Buckingham Palace
Newport Junior School
Westfields Junior School
Hello again. This time from Portishead in England. A week’s gone by since the last post and so much has happened. Of course there’s never enough time to write posts and check emails but I’m trying!
We had a couple of days in London at North Islington Zone where I saw some really good interactive whiteboard ideas. The boards are very common in England and are a normal part of the daily routine in most classrooms. There’s a school here that would like to start emailing and doing some website related work with us. Lynda Maple visited our classroom in Otford earlier in the year and it was lovely to catch up with her again at Islington. Lynda and her team train and support the teachers in that part of London.
London is an incredible city. There are so many sights to see and wonderful things to do, but boy is it expensive. On Wednesday I caught a train out to Greensward College, east of London, and saw how a secondary college has created a Virtual Learning Environment to communicate with parents and kids at home. It’s fantastic what they’re doing. They’re able to see and work on any file that’s on the school fileserver from a home computer. No need for flash drives.
Then Jutta and I hired a car and it was off to Newport Junior School where they use a thumb scanner instead of a barcode reader when you borrow a book. Make sure you tell Mrs Leslie about the new system and we’ll have to get it. Newport use interactive whiteboards in really cool ways and it was great to pick up lots of good ideas about the boards and many other things as well.
Finally I visited Westfields Junior School where the similarities with Otford are enormous. They’re a much larger school but they concentrate on the same sorts of things that we do and it’s a really caring school. It was just like being at Carver Academy in LA again with Betty. One of the teachers, Simon, is keen to get some emails started between their older kids and Otford, so we’ll have even more e-pals. They have the world’s nicest looking library. Have a look in the photo.
Tomorrow I’ll be popping in on Nic at St Peter’s School in Portishead and I’ll take photos of some of the kids we started emailing months ago. I’m really looking forward to that.
There’s so much going on but that’s a snapshot of what I’ve been doing. Make sure you let me know what you’ve been doing too. Bye for now!
21 comments:
Hi Mrs Holmes,
How big is the biggest building in england???
How many schools have you been to because it seemes a lot???
Sorry about not sending you any blogs because I've been away most of the times its been my turn but I've tried to get on at home but it did not work and did you catch a plane or a boat to england. We are doing a lot more artwork, probaly more than schoolwork so that's a lot better. Is it raining over there because its going really strange over here, its going rainy then dry.
By Hugo (haydos)
Hi Mr Holmes,
In group three's spelling we have to learn TWENTY FIVE words, including five indivindual words. How many schools have you been to so far?
Anonymous was Hayden.G
Hey Mr Holmes
Why do we have to have 25 spelling words.
Wht was your favourite school? our web page is almost done I've done 6 pages Haydens done 2 and Regans done 1
BY MITCH
Hi Mr Holmes
wre are you going next. the blog I did last week were I said we had to a maths test was not true. Oh we get free time every day after lunch well almost every day. when you come back can we start sending emails to Scarbrough public school. Got to go bye
Hi Mr Holmes,
It seames really fun over at London
Mr Holmes I was wondering if you could let us have even more pen-pals? Could we get some og the older kids in some of the schools? Do you still get some Australian shows over there? Could you bring us presents? We will be good (cough cough)
But that is only if you bring us presents. Mrs Broadbridge is really fun! She lets us do art all the time. She also dose freat sport. But sometimes you do beter sport. I hope you have a great time up there.
Avalon.Mcgrath
Hi Mr Holmes
I just wanted to know
how meny schools have you seen?
Have you see the tallest building in england? And Mr Holmes what is it like?
I hope you come back soon
From your best student Kate
Hi Mr Holmes,
I like the pictures you sent us they're cool and the one I really like especially the one of Buckingham Palace. You know how you said that it's really expensive I agree my dad went there in Febuary this year for a month when he went around the world like your doing and he came back with not that much money and he said the reason was that it was expensive in England but he said it was really fantastic. I think it's awesome how they have thumb scanners instead of barcode scanners that will be cool if we got one here. And when the school gets the money as well as getting
the the thumb scanners it'll be cool if we got an interactive whiteboard for every class as well but if only one I would chose thumb scanner.
Bye for now hope you send us another blog.
From your sincerely,
Raman
Hi mrs holmes,
Hayden is sorry that he wrote mrs holmes on the blog he's kind of emmbaresed! any way umm the band is going good and we have got Johs.D and Darby as back up singers as well and for the first time there not being SILLY! And Josh.C has quit cause there was too much drama with the name but in the end Dopey thought of a name: The Black Angels. Mrs BroadBridge is still nice and we all still love the dippy bag. Can you do the dippy bag aswell when you get back. Also Regan lied when he said wehave free time and when Mrs BoadBridge found out that he said that she is now giving him math tests on Friday. The websites are goin good aswell. Our group hannah, Avalon, kate and I have still got about eight Prime Minimonkeys well I call them Minimonkeys because their hair is one thing and also because they all look like mokeys. You should down load the episodes of monkey magic my dad said he used to watch it when he was a kid and he liked it and then he downloaded it on his laptop and I like it heaps too, It's really funny because he disobays the buddah by eating pears than keep you alive for ever and then the buddah sends him back to earth and sticks him into a rock then about a thousand years later a little girl preist sets him freeonly if he promesed to be good but he tried to run but she put magic on him so when she says a spell it hurts him. oh well im not going to tell you any more cause i will ruin it!
From Your best student and only best student not the ones who say they are Kirstin.
P.S were are you headed next!?
Hi Mr Holmes
Can we have three weeks holidays please!
I hope so!
If not then at least two and a half weeks!
Kirstin's, Avalon's,Kate's and mine's blog is not going well we still have eight pages.
Bye, Hannah
Hi Mr Holmes
It's so cool to hear about all the different schools all around the world.
What was the school that you liked the best with all the cool learning things.
What country are you off to next, there is onely two week to go and you will be comeing back.
but i what would like Mrs BroadBirght to be our teachter for the rest of the year
she is so cool and nice and i would like you to be our teachter to.
from Renee
Hi Mr H
Have you seen my aunty yet? I made it inot enadine high school!!! Me Robert and zander and I are so close i think me might finish today. But we might not. We have been doing a lot of art work!!
from the best person in the world grant
Hi Mr Holmes,
Guess what? I've got three stiches. I fell off brenden's skateboard ramp at his party.
Did you E-mail Maddy?
Mrs Broadbridge is making us work just as hard as you would!!!
Its my Birthday on the 28th YAY!!!
TTFN
SAM
How big is the biggest building in England? How old are the kids at the schools you've been to? I made it into Engadine High I'm really exited to catch the train with all my friends and going to school with them. I'm going to Sam's birthday we're having a camp out in her yard.
CYA Wildcow
Hi Mr Holmes,
How is England have you seen Ewan yet will you be ging to a high school?
Do you go to a school every day? If not how often do you go to a school
By By By By By By By By
From the really best student (not Kirstin and every one else who says they are. I am really the best he he) Eliza
Hi mr holmes,
how big is the biggest building in england
How big are the schools.I hop i get to go to england. I went to the USA last year.
how big is Londen.How many students in the school is there 500 or more Mrs Broard Bridge is way beter then you. we don"t have to stay in at lunch as much as we us too. we only have to stay in for 5 minate
by Brendan
MR HOLMES SAVE US
MRS BROBRIGE IS WORKIN US TO HARD SAVE US
PLEASE IF YOU DO I GIVE YA FRID RICE...FOR TWO DOLLER!!!!!!!!PLEASE I'M CRYING NOT REALLY THATS TO MAKE YA COME BACK PLEASE I HAVE TO MUCH INFORMATION MY HEAD HURTS FROM IT JAMES AND ME ARE GOING CRAZY IN HOBO CLOTHES ARRRRRRRRR HEEEEEHEHEHE NO NOT THE WORK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HELP ME I DIE SOON I NEED LOTS OF THERPY AND DUMB SCHOOL AND CANSERLING GOT TO GO BEFORE SHE SEES ME ARRR NOOOOOOOOOO
FROM JOSH NOOOO
Hi Mr Holmes
Im realy looking fowed when you come back.
Is England good?Im steal bord.Mrs Boardbridge dosn't go easy on as.
From your best stoudent Darby.
Hello,
quess what Roosters are tying with Bulldogs and there gonna win the premiership and Minichello is out for 3 weeks with a injured back and Braith Anasta with a hand injury. And I'm Reading a really good book its a Bibilography on Hazem "El" Masari Its called El Magic. So How is England have ya bumbed into Ewan(Brick). Australias Good Except for Origin The Blues Lost Already. Mrs Broard Bridge is good. But Roosters Are going Really Good They Beat St George, Panthers, Sharks And lots more. Have you been to the Buckingham Palace yet if you have can you send pictures of it to everyone. Do the people over there sound weird. Have you been to Scottland yet And tried a piant
and have you gone all around the United Kingdom. By the way how many places are there to go. And our web pages are almost done and we have to do alot more spelling words then you did. But she is really good and nice. were doing alot of art here and we get to play alot of games like sausage and this tables game that I won Once its Kinda Like bottles but harder.
CYA From Josh Connor
Hello Mr.holmes
This is maddy newbery.... Luke gave me the address.
On monday you are coming to Singapoor.
How is london? Singapoor is very hot it's about 25 degrees everyday! Julia and I go to the AISS ( australina international school singapoor)But otford public school is still the bestest school in thw world! We have 137 students in yr 6 alone! See you on monday..
from maddy
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