SKYPING WITH MEMPHIS

We had a REALLY early start to our day today because this morning we skyped Mrs Jarratt and her Grade One boys in Memphis, Tennessee.


We had to be at school for an 8 o'clock chat. In Memphis it was 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. We were VERY excited and just a little nervous too because this was our first skype chat with another class!

Mrs Jarratt's class had some more questions for us about Australia. We tried our best to tell them about crocodiles, dingoes, sugar gliders and Australian Rules Football. We even told them about our adopted elder, Aunty Delmae.
Of course, we had plenty of questions for them.
We learnt about how they stay safe during a tornado and that they call a stick insect a 'walking stick'!

We realised though, that we have a lot in common with the boys in Memphis.

• We learn about the same sorts of things at school, like Maths, Reading, Writing, Science ( except that the boys learn Spanish too)
• We travel to and from school in cars
• We watch the same TV - eg Cartoon Network
• Our homes are similar
• We eat the same sorts of food
• We love to play sports - they play soccer too!
• We wear a uniform - the boys have to wear a collared shirt and certain types of pants.

We really enjoyed meeting Mrs Jarratt and the boys. Even though we talked to them for nearly 45 minutes, we still have more questions and we've already posted them onto their wiki. We hope we can continue having a 'conversation' with them.

We just LOVE skyping!!
And to our parents who brought us to school early so we could chat - THANKYOU!!