Skype Exchange - Baltimore

On Friday 30th September the beavers and swans gathered together we made our first contact with another school 

using the internet communication technology Skype.

The grade 2 students prepared questions that could be asked to an "alien". The children didn't know who they were contacting or where they came from. 

This made them really think carefully about what they were asking, and 

not just to ask (closed) Yes/No questions!

  The kindergarten students at the Calvert school in Baltimore, Maryland, USA prepared questions of their own. Despite being younger than our class, the Calvert students had more experience with Skype exchanges than us.

 We even managed to sing our "Flat Stanley" song and send it 6614km away!

As Baltimore is 6 hours behind we needed to make the call at the end of the day. 

The children at both ends of the Skype line found it funny that at SIS we were finishing the school day and the American students were just arriving at school.

September Exercise

All students from Kindergarten to Grade 4 went out on our yearly "September Bummel"! This year we visited the beautiful countryside around Muri and visited the playground and farm animals at Muri-Moos.

Waiting in line for the descent!

The huge pirate ship was a hit as was the "zipwire"!

Our last chance to see the animals. These cattle must have been even hotter than we were!

"SPORT"

Over the past few weeks grade 2 have been busy learning about balance

and tension during our PE lessons. Here are a few of the balances they created.