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.

Quadblogging Buddies

Following this link to our Quadblogging Site #1

Auroa Compared to Worser Bay Primary School

Auroa Memorial - CM2 Brindas, France

Our friends from CM2 in Brindas, France have produced the most amazing collaboration.  We've been in contact with them for several years now and they asked last year for some footage from our local Soliders Monument which is outside our school.   They have researched the local soldiers from our school and found where they are buried in France... it really is the most amazing collaboration with a video they have produced linking our two schools... 

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.

Loch Ness Monster Questions

The Loch Ness Monster from myles webb on Vimeo.

A Message from France for R3

We're really fortunate in Room Three to have contact with classrooms all around the world, and some of our very best friends live in Brindas, France.  Today we received a special package from them which we opened up in the class, more on that later.   At the same time we watched an amazing video created for us from our friends on the other side of the world.  You can click on the link to their class page here and we look forward to another year of working together!

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.

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 New Zealand Compared to Singapore

R3 Lunch in Room Three - 2016

Lunch2016 - Kizoa Video Editor - Movie Maker

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.

Learning from the Hawks in the UK

We've previously posted on our class page how we were using the work of the Hawks Class from the UK as an inspiration with our writing, and their 'I am Tim Peake!' creative letter writing.  As well as creating a slideshow for their class we thought that it would also be fun to make a video talking about their work.  This video was filmed, edited and put together by Aroha and Ashley.  You can click on the link here to the original post.

Video for the Hawks in the UK from Auroa School, NZ from myles webb on Vimeo.

#2016GBC Introduction

My Movie 11 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

We're part this year of the #2016GBC - the 2016 Global Blogging Challenge. This is an opportunity for us to collaborate and join in and work with students around the world. The first task this week was an introductory post. We've just started doing this in class on Friday, a quick introduction with our students talking about who we are.

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.

Open spaces at Auroa Primary School.

Yesterday we looked at 'rush hour traffic' outside Auroa Primary School and in the second part Paige decided to show off our school fields so it gives our friends an idea of how big it is and how much space that we have. You can click on the link to their class page here.   The video was put together by Paige including all editing and publishing of credits.  Filmed at Auroa Primary School, Taranaki, New Zealand on Tuesday 8th March 2016.

IMG_2218 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Rush Hour at Auroa Primary School

We recently collaborated with the students from 4A from the Australian Independent School in Jakarta, Indonesia.  While we were talking with them we discussed how big our areas around our school was.  Jakarta has around 15 million people living in it.   After we spoke both classes used Google Earth to check out their school and they looked at ours.  That got us thinking about traffic, so Paige and Kadian, supervised by Mrs Auld, went outside our classroom, outside our school by the front gates and filmed the traffic chaos outside Auroa Primary School during the middle of the day.

Rush Hour at Auroa Primary School from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

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.

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.