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?

Blogging Friendships

Making friends is just one of the many wonderful aspects of having a classroom blog!

2KM, our blogging friends from Australia,  sent us a surprise package on March 12.

On March 31, we received another generous gift from Bianca and her mother, AA.

We wanted to send our valued friends some things from America, specifically from our state of California. 

Miss McGeady and 2Km just got the air mail package and check out this thank you video they made for us!

A Surprise Gift from Kathleen McGeady on Vimeo.

Educational blogging has truly made learning more fun and so meaningful!

Lovely Friends!

Mrs. Yollis and her students could not have been any happier today!

Bianca, from 2KM, and her wonderful mother, put together another Australian care package for the class.

Such thoughtfulness!

Not only is educational blogging good for the mind, 

it's good for the heart, too!

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Today during Fun Thursday, students built a home for the koalas!

Fun!      Fun!      Fun!

Skyping With Our Friends Down Under!

Last week, Mrs. Yollis' class received a surprise gift from their blogging buddies in Australia.

A Skype call was planned for the following week. Unfortunately, with the daylight saving time change...Mrs. Yollis' class was out of school before 2KM started.

Some might have thought that the call would never happen...but so many students in Mrs. Yollis' class wanted to talk with their Australian friends...  they stayed after school!

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Here are a few of the students who stayed  to complete their homework. Look at them go!

Others came back for the call at 3:00 P.M. 

(9:00 A.M. in Australia)

 

Right on time, Miss McGeady and 2KM called and the fun started! 

Everyone from 2KM got a chance to introduce themselves and tell us about a hobby they enjoyed!

(Mrs. Yollis' class shared during the last call.)

Some 2KM students like to play netball, soccer, or swim. Others like to dance or create art. A couple students have motorbikes. One girl likes to ride horses and another showed us some Karate moves!

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American students wondered if their Australian friends said a national pledge daily. They do not. 

2KM  asked if they could hear the American pledge.

Each student from Mrs. Yollis' class stood up, faced the flag, and recited the pledge.

Mrs. McGeady said that her students sometimes sing the Australian National Anthem. We asked if they could sing it for us... 

Enjoy!

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We value our international friends and loved spending time with them today!


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What did you think of the Skype call?

What was your favorite part?

A Gift from our Friends Down Under!

When Mrs. Yollis went to the office yesterday,  there was a surprise  Air-Mail package from Australia!

Inside was a manifold of gifts from our good friends and fellow collaborators, Miss McGeady and 2KM!

Inside was a wonderful letter from Miss McGready! In addition, she included  a famous Australian book by Mem Fox called Possom Magic complete with lesson plans. Also included was a carton of Weet-Bix, a tube of vegemite, and Australian flags for EVERYONE!

We thank our Australian friends!

We thank Miss McGeady and 2KM for their generosity and friendship!

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