Hatch on the run

Hello.
This week, in units 4 and 5 we recieved some eggs. Unit 4 received 8 duck eggs and we received 10 chicken eggs. 9 out of our 10 eggs have hatched into beautiful, fluffy, yellow chicks. We were lucky to see some of the chicks break out of their eggs. It was eggs-citing to watch. The teeny tiny chicks start out very wet. They are so tired when they hatch. Maybe you have some good suggestions for names.

Here come the holidays...

Woohoo, it is holiday time. Two weeks of no school. We think that is great. We'll have time for naps, shopping, sleep-ins, friends over, visiting and movies.
In a year, we have four terms. That means we also get four big holidays. Our holidays happen like the seasons - summer, winter, spring and autumn. Our longest holiday is in summer. We usually call this holiday 'The Christmas Holidays'. Christmas Holidays last about 6 weeks long.
Now it is time for the winter holidays. These holidays are two weeks long. Next term is third term. We are half way through the year.
Tell us about your holidays. How often do you take holidays? How long are they? What kinds of things do you like to do?

Hello from Melbourne

Well let's just start by saying it so cold and hailing here. We finally feel like it is winter - and it is. We have winter from June to the end of August. There is quite a lot of snow in the mountains now so you can go skiing. We never get snow in Melbourne though!

Our school is multi-age. That means we mix up the grades and ages. Our classes are; prep, 1, 5, 6 and 2, 3, 4. Do you understand what we mean? In our prep, 1, 5, 6 classes, the kids are 5, 6, 11 and 12 years old. Our class is a 2, 3, 4. We are 7, 8, 9 and 10 years old. We like having lots of ages together. We can learn different thing from different people. We see bigger kids looking after the littler kids too. It is great.

Most of our classes are double. That means lots of kids and two teachers. In our class, we have 48 kids and three teachers. Ellen is there every day. Lucy and Loretta share the rest of the time.

We hope we can make lots of friends here on this blog. We want to know what life is like in different parts of the world. See you here again soon. Bye...