As a class, we made our first Skype call.
We skyped Mrs Tolisano and some children from San Jose Episcopal Day School in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
They are on a mission to travel 'around the world with 80 schools', connecting via skype and today it was our turn.
Here is a Google map to show all the schools that the children
from SJE are going to visit. The blue lines on the map show their journey so far.
Many of us had not skyped before, so we were a little nervous as we moved in front of the laptop to speak. We had to remember to use a clear voice and look at the camera, not up at the big screen.
First of all we introduced ourselves. As the children in Florida were from the school Tech Club and not a class, they were many different ages.
Next we asked each other questions to learn a little more about each other.
We discovered that we have a lot in common with the children in Florida.
* they wear a uniform like us
* they learn the same sorts of things at school
* they have beaches near them just like we do
* they play sports like soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, swimming - we
explained to them what netball was
* their weather is very similar to ours - the temperature was nearly 13C there,
which is close to the temperature we have in Winter. Our temperature today of
28C, is similar to what they have in their Summer.
Some things that are different
* we are in different time zones -it was 11:50am Monday here, but it was 8:50pm Sunday in Florida
* they are in Winter when we are in Summer
We think it's amazing that we can talk to others around the world.
It's a great way to learn about each other.
We can't wait to skype again!
