For Our Friends in France...

At this very challenging time for so much of the world we thought that it would be nice to acknowledge some of our friends around the world.

One group of our friends are from Brindas School in France, we've even had the teacher from the school come to the other side of the world and visit us in New Zealand!

They gifted us something incredibly important - the flag of France and we've always had it displayed with pride on the wall of the classroom. 

It celebrates our special bond with a classroom on the other side of the world that we are freinds with.

We wish them all the best in this time when there are challenges and things might be difficult and different.

CM2 Brindas - a Tour of their School and Town

Our amazing friends from France, from CM2 in Brindas, France, have produced a fantastic video that shows their school, answers our questions and even shows us a tour of their town in France! You can click on the link to our amazing friends here!

Our Friends from France are Back at School!

We're very lucky to Auroa Primary School to friends and contacts from all over the world and over the last few years we have developed a special relationship with the students and teachers of CM2 School in Brindas in France, exchanging gifts and information, stories and work. They have just returned to school for the 2017-8 School year and we look forward to hearing from them and working with them again. You can click on this link to pay a visit to their wonderful class site.

Digital Slideshow - from Auroa to Brindas, France!

Francois from France

Froncois2017 - Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker

We're very lucky to have contacts and friends from all over the world that we interact with and learn with. Our friends from CM2, Brindas School have sent us a very special gift, a mascot for our classroom, Francois the Chicken complete with an Olympique Lyonnais Scarf! Some of the Room Three students took pictures around Auroa School of our new friend! You can click on the link to their fantastic blog here!

French Tour of Auroa Primary School

Auroa Primary School are very fortunate to have made friends around the world, including a very special friendship with Brindas School in France. Our students who are learning French have a audience to test and learn with. These videos are a tour of Auroa Primary School, with our students introducing the areas of our School, in French.

Jacksons French Tour from myles webb on Vimeo.

My Movie 1 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Auroa School French Tour from myles webb on Vimeo.

My Movie 4 (2) from myles webb on Vimeo.

R3 French Collaboration - A students Day in France

Our friends in Brindas School, France, have produced another fantastic and informative post.   They've spent time explaining in detail what a typical day is like for students in France.  You can read their interesting blog post by clicking on the link here.

R3 Q and A from France

Our friends from CM2 in Brindas, France have been helping again with our learning of French and finding out more about living in another country.  They've just produced an amazing video which features their students answering questions that were asked by the students in Mr Webbs French Class.  They have had students roaming their school searching for the answers...

You can click on the link to their amazing video and their fantastic school and class website by clicking on the link here.

A Day in France.. from Brindas School

Thank you for your visit to our class page in New Zealand. It is currently week one of the school holidays in New Zealand. The students of Auroa Primary School will be returning to School on Monday 10th October. 

In the meantime our friends around the world are still posting and producing amazing work. Some of our very best friends are on the other side of the world, in Brindas School, France. You can read their amazing blog by clicking on the link here.

R3 Collaborating with students in France

We're very lucky to have contact with students from around the world - one of favourite collaborations has been with the students from Brindas School in France - Aroha was so excited this morning to see this comment on her work left by Timothe from France - can you work out what he was asking and talking to her about?

From Brindas School, France10 September 2016 at 08:07

Hello Aroha !
As promised, there is a first Student from our class who just texted you back in French about one day, here, in Brindas School. Happy reading !


" LA JOURNÉE D’UN ÉCOLIER À BRINDAS

Bonjour, je m'appelle Timothé.
Le matin, c'est soit papa soit maman qui me réveille. Ensuite, je vais aux toilettes. Puis, je prends mon petit déjeuner, je me lave les dents, je fais mon cartable et je pars à l'école.
On entre en classe à 8h30. On a une récréation de 10h15 à 10h30. À 11h30, c'est l'heure du repas à la cantine.
L'école recommence à 13h30. Le mardi et le vendredi, on finit à 15h00. À partir de 15h00, on fait des activités : sports, travaux manuels, dessin, etc. Le lundi et le jeudi, on finit à 16h30. Le mercredi, il n’y a pas de classe l’après-midi.
Après l’école, je rentre chez moi et je goûte. Le soir, je me lave, je dîne, je regarde un peu la télévision et je me couche.

PS : Vous avez de la chance de pouvoir apporter vos Ipads à l’école !!!

Timothé L. "


Let us know if you understood everything…
Amitiés.

R3 Collaboration with France

We've made some wonderful connections all around the world in our time working online through our class page.  One of our favourite collaborations and friendships has been with the students from Brindas School in France.   They have recently updated their great page of work with a new video for us!

You can see the video and visit their fantastic site by clicking on the link here.

French Visitors from Brindas School

One of the schools that we've been regularly collaborating with here in Auroa Primary School in New Zealand has been from Brindas School in France. 

Last week we had an amazing experience - a French family whose children attend Brindas School made it all the way to New Zealand as part of a world trip and they came to visit us! It was an amazing experience for our students to meet such nice people and someone who had come so far.
France visitors from myles webb on Vimeo.

Collaborating with France

As part of 'Relating to Others' at the start of this year our students have looked at New Zealand and compared it to France. We've had some fantastic contact with CM2 From Brindas School in France. We compared New Zealand to France and asked some questions about their lives and way of living. They have produced a video of answers and some more questions. You can click on the link to it here.

A Gift to Us from France!

Today in the classroom we were very surprised to hear that a gift had arrived for us in the office.  We were very excited to see what it was and opened it very slowly... it was a gift from France from our friends in CM2 at Brindas School. Ashley and Aroha created this iMovie slideshow. 
France gifts (1) from myles webb on Vimeo.

France compared to New Zealand

We're been learning about New Zealand in comparison to France here as we're working with CM2 from Brindas School in France. As part of this work in class this week we looked at collaborating on a Google Slide with a group of four students from our class. We had to learn a lot about France and then learn some information about New Zealand and where we live. For some of our students it was the first time that we'd worked using Google Slides and the first time we'd learned about France!

New Zealand compared to France

We've spent the week for our AKO looking at comparing New Zealand to France - we're collaborating with our friends from CM2 from Brindas School, France. This group of collaborative work was prepared by Regan, Ashley, Aroha and Tiani.

France compared to New Zealand

Jake's Group: NZ Vs. France

How many Amusement Parks are in Taranaki?

Our friends from Brindas School in France had a straightforward question for us to answer - how many Amusement Parks are there in Taranaki? The answer is none! There's only really one in the whole of New Zealand! Te Rau was lucky enough to go there during the holidays. This video was created for students in Brindas, France.
IMG_1031 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Answers for Brindas School France: Part Two

We're nearly finished our first round of answers for our collaborative friends from Brindas School, in France. They've been producing media and questions for us learning about Auroa Primary School and New Zealand. We've already produced a set of answers for them and these videos are the next set.

Answers for Brindas School, France from myles webb on Vimeo.

This video was also produced by the Girls from Room Three

Answers for Brindas School, France, Part Two from myles webb on Vimeo.