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#4 ....................... A Publication Of SchoolNet Global
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In This Issue
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| This month we go to several places in the world beginning with a wonderful little video of Rovaer Island, Norway. We are taken on our journeys by SchoolNet Global Members who live there. Also, we feature contributions from a new contributor, the British School Of Brussels. We welcome these students and their teacher, Michael MacGowan. Our thanks go out also to Galina Jechropova, the Lithuanian teacher whose students were responsible for the content in last month's issue. |
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St. Mary's Moves Ahead
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The children at St. Mary's CE Primary in Folkestone Kent UK point to the Global Learning Community they are helping to develop. Their teacher, Colette Cotton now has the equipment necessary for St. Mary's to use Apple's iChat A/V to conduct video conferences with other SchoolNet Global Children. There are currently four new schools ready to join our interactive group that was pioneered by Worcester Preparatory in Berlin Maryland USA and Doncaster Elementary in Victoria BC Canada.
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Paris in France
by Megan S
St Marys CE Primary School, UK
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Smarty our School Bear in Paris
with the Eiffel Tower behind him!
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Paris is the capital of France. In France you could live near the sea or in the countryside. We went to Paris for the day by coach, with lots of our school friends and parents.
In Paris there is a special tall metal building called the Eiffel Tower. All of the other buildings are different to ours, I think that is amazing, because if they weren't different then people might think that they were boring and people won't want to go there for holidays there anymore.
I saw loads of things like the Eiffel Tower, restuarants with tables outside, and the beautiful sea. I heard French people talking but I didn't understand most of it. It felt so different to England and quite weird. I did all sorts of things all day.It was so beautiful and lots of fun. More >
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My Home Country Finland
by Nelli (12)
British School Of Brussels
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Finnish Scenery at Summer
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Finland is the name of my country and I live in Kirkkonummi. It is really close to the Finnish Sugar Factory and has a forest near it. Most of Finland is covered in Forest land. It is a very natural country and is very different to Belgium. In winter time it is much colder and has only got a population of 5 million as Belgium has 10,2 million. Helsinki is the capital of Finland but there are quiet a few other larger cities like Turku or Tampere. The others ones are small so thgey are not that popular but Oulu is pretty popular. Oulu is in the north, Helsinki in the south, Turku South west and Tampere sort of in the middle of the south and west. More >
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Singapore
by Anneka (12)
British School Of Brussels
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Singapore's Businesses
Are Lit-Up at Night
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Singapore is a tiny island off the south tip of Malaysia. Malaysia and Singapore are connected by a causeway crossing the distance over the ocean.
It is in South East Asia and is a 7 hours flight away from Australia. It has areas of land which have been man-made, for example, part of the Changi Airport is built on man-made land.
There is a primary rainforest still left which is Bukit Timah Park which is on a hill and has wild monkeys and snakes still living there.
Most people live in condominiums or apartments, but the odd people that do live in houses often have big houses with pools. One of my friends had a house, but they got frequent snake encounters such as pythons (not too harmful but massive). More >
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My Country: I am Canadian
by Jewels (11)
Doncaster Elementary School
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The famous Parliament Buildings in Victoria, BC are lit at night.
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I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. BC is the most western province of Canada. Victoria is the capital city of BC. Victoria is on Vancouver Island which is the most southern part of BC.
The first thing I like about Canada is our freedom. If we didn't have the freedom we have now we would be a totally different country. More >
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Welcome Oxford Community School
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This month we welcome the students of Oxford Community School, Oxfordshire UK and their teacher, Karina Sylvie Mayer to the Collaborative Projects Group. Karina is French and she will quickly find friends at Doncaster Elementary in Victoria BC Canada. Doncaster is a bi-lingual school and some of the English speaking students are in the French Immersion Program where the language of instruction is French.
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