A Visit From Ella in 2KM/2KJ Australia!

On Wednesday, Ella was in her own 2KM/2KJ classroom in Victoria, Australia.

Photo by Kathleen Morris

By Thursday, she was in her blogging buddies' classroom in Los Angeles, California! 

What a world traveler!

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Before Ella arrived, Mrs. Yollis' students applied some Australian tattoos they'd received as a gift from Ryley in 2KM/2KJ! He was in Mrs. Yollis' class two weeks ago!

Mrs. Yollis' and Mrs. Ranney's students were excited to meet Ella and her family.  Everyone was astounded at the travel day they had endured!

They left Australia on Thursday, May 12, at 10:00 A.M. 

They arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 12, at 8:00 A.M.

They were in Mrs. Yollis' classroom by 2:00 on May 12! 

That's some May 12!

Ella shares about her travel plans!

Mrs. Morris and Miss Jordan joined in via Skype from Australia!

Jack and Ella were still on May 12 in America, while it was May 13 in Australia!

Many students stayed in class after the bell rang so they could visit a little more with Ella and Jack.

Panda and Mrs. Yollis enjoy making new friends!

Ella, Jack, and their parents in Mrs. Yollis' classroom!

Ella and her family brought many fun books and Australian souvenirs to share!

The koalas were a big hit!

What did you think of the visit?

Do you have any questions for Ella and her family?

Would you like to travel to Australia one day?

A Beautiful Gift from Australia!

Mrs. Yollis and her class are dear friends with  2KM and 2KJ in Australia. These blogging buddies have developed a wonderful friendship over the last year. 

The classes  connected through Skype in November, they worked together on The Ugandan Global Project which was a big success. Last June, 2KM came to school an hour early and Mrs. Yollis' class stayed an hour late so they could have a Skype Show-and-Tell Party! There have been gifts sent from the class and also from  Bianca and AA.  Mrs. Yollis' class sent a California gift pack to Australia!

Today we received a beautiful Air Mail package filled with lovely holiday gifts!

A precious Christmas recipe book filled with family favorites for the holidays! Yum!

Australian pencils for all!

A souvenir booklet of Australian money!

Everything was wrapped in a fabulous Australian flag! 

Included in the package was a ♬ ♫ CD of Aussie Christmas music! ♬ ♫

Here is a thank you video filled with our special holiday ♬ ♫ wishes ♬ ♫ for our friends down under!

We treasure your friendship and we wish you well in your new grade!

What's fun about having friends in another country?

What is your favorite memory about the 2KM and 2KJ connection?

How can we keep in touch with our friends?

Skyping With Our Friends Down Under!

Mrs. Yollis' class is friends with Miss McGeady (soon to be Mrs. Morris), Miss Jordan, and their classes in Victoria Australia. We had a fun time connecting yesterday via Skype!

Mrs. Yollis' class understands about time zones, but it was still hard to  comprehend that when it was  

2:00 P.M. on Monday in Los Angeles, it was  at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday in Victoria!

Funny!

 

Miss Jordan and Miss McGeady greeted the class!

Students were excited to see and learn about the Australian community!

Students shared information about their community. The information was collected on a class poster.

Mrs. Ranney and her class were able to join in the fun!

Adia and Grace were able to record the information as it came in. This was the first time we tried Todaysmeet.



We noticed some similarities and differences!


Similarities:

Our summer and winter climate is very much the same.

We both live close to the beach.

We both are located in the 30˚ latitudes. (We're 34˚ and they are 38˚)


 


Differences: 

We are a half hour drive from the beach, and they are 15 minutes.

Their school year ENDS in three weeks! Ours ends in June!

We have 600 students in our school and they have 700.

They are in the southern hemisphere, and we are in the northern hemisphere.


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Here is a transcript from Grace and Adia.  Thanks, Iman, for being our photographer!

How is the transcript useful? Are there any facts that don't make sense?


What was your favorite part about the connection?