Map of New Zealand

Ciao
Here is a map of New Zealand, the top arrow shows where Masterton is and the other arrow shows Christchurch (where the earthquake was).

earthquake

Hi,
we're very sorry for the earthquake. We heard about it on the news. We didn't know where is exactly this town and we feared for you. It's terrible. In Italy too we had earthquakes which destroyed entire towns and villages.
Hope hearing from you soon
Laura M and 3F

Earthquake

Thank you for the photos, we have also seen some of the photos in the gallery on your website. Another devastating earthquake struck Christchurch yesterday. Although it was a smaller magnitude there was more damage and loss of life. It was shallower and closer to the city centre. Many of us at school either have friends or relatives who live in Christchurch, as far as I know all are safe and well. Here is a link to see some of the pictures from the earthquake. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/photos/4688271/Christchurch-aftershock-Feb-22
Ciao for now
Mr H

This is a photo of our school from the outside and the one above is our court yard.












If you want to see some more photo about our school you can visit our site www.dantealighieritorino.it












Hi,
in our class there are 3 foreign people coming from Moldova,Argentina and Etiopia.
We don't know what is Mc Donald's , for us is a fast food place. Can you explain it please?
We don't have cards for the behaviour but the teachers can write on the diary.
We don't do many subject group but we study individually a lot of subjects.
We are envious you have a swimming pool in the school :( !!!!!!!

Bye for now. 3°F.

Nathanael

Hi Im Nathanael I'm 8years-old. I'm the youngest in my class. Here is a photo of me ->
I like the colours green and blue.
I'm From New Zealand and I'm part Maori and part Scottish. I have 2 dogs one called Honey and the other dog is Pipi. I have a sheep called Chicken.. I have 3 sisters. Their names are Saffron Raine and Neve

Kids

Euan

Hi Im Euan and Im 9. I am from Germany. Are any people in your class that originate from another country?. (Theres a picture of me on the right.These are my friends Bradley and Nathanael.(above right a picture of our school pool.) Netball is like basketball except you can't run with the ball.
Bye

Hi my name is Zara I'm 9 I am turning ten soon. How are you? In my class we have 2 fish and some caterpillars. Do you have any class pets?. We still haven't named our fish we have got a veg garden do you have a veg garden? After morning tea we go swimming. We have a school swimming pool. Do you have a swimming pool at your school ? What subjects do you do? I do reading,writing ,maths,handwriting,topic and that's all. I'm going to tell you about my family my mum my dad 1sister 1dog called turbo 2 cats willow and shadow and two fish . I like doing art. I play hockey but I like netball too. I like going to the beach

Hi my name is Mali I'm ten years old. My favourite sport is netball. In our classroom have fish and caterpillars. They're really fun to watch. I'm half German, my mum was born in Germany and so was I. We have cards in our classroom for our behaviour. Yellow one means that you have been really good, red card is when you have been naughty and you have to go to lunch club. (like a detention) Do you have yellow red and green cards? I've got 1 brother called Piet at Solway School. I've got one dog called Bud, he is very playful. Do you have competitions like running dancing and that kind of thing? I love doing art and writing is my favourite subject.what is your favorite sub jct i think you have seen the class photo but ill show you it again I'm up the top.you see that mark on my face is from scraping it in our school swimming pool on the botom of it.bye bye for now.

Hi it's Lucy again this is me,
I'm just going to tell you one thing that I ride pony's. We have just been swimming and it was nice and refreshing.Today I am looking after Hunter yay we were playing Mc Donalds at morning tea time do you have Mc Donalds??

One of our caterpillars made a chrysalis on the fish tank!!! Netball is a game that is mostly played by girls and it's very similar to basketball but you can not move with the ball you score hoops and you play on concrete or wooden floors and it's called a court the places you play are usually strict and the are called GD like goal defence and stuff. I play hockey but once after a hockey game I was asked to play.

Anyway do you do school productions and do you have subject groups ?
BYE

This is the symbol of Turin : the MOLE ANTONELLIANA , inside there's a Cinema Museum.


Our city is very big and there are a lot of monuments and buildings for example Valentino's Castle , Palace Madama , Palace Lascaris , Palatina Doors and the Science Museum and very famous Egyptian Museum : it is the second museum in the world , the other one is in Cairo.


There are some big parks in Turin like Valentino, Ruffini and Pellerina.

In this photo you can also see our english teacher.

At school we study maths geography history music science etc...

We have a lot of homework and we have to study a lot for the exams.

Our school is very big and it's near the Elementary school and under there is a nursery school.

We go to school everyday exept Saturday and Sunday and on Tuesday and Thursday we go to school until 4 PM.

Bye for now.

3F

This is our class , we're 21 students and we study two languages : English and French.

We haven't got a swimming pool and we don't swim and the sea is far from Turin , we go there in the summer.

We haven't got any animals or mascot.

We play some sports during the PE lessons for example Hit-Ball , Softball , Volleyball , Basketball.

What is Netball ?

We like ALL BLACKS and ALL WHITE.

Bye Bye....

Destiny

Hi my name is Destiny. I am 10 years old. We like doing gardening. Do you have a garden at your school? We like going swimming in our school swimming pool. Do you like swimming? we have 9 classes in our school. How many classes do you have? Our class teachers are Mrs Booth, Mrs French, Mrs Betty, Mrs Gain and Mrs Mead, Mrs Schouten but she is going to be Mrs Hewitt soon enough, Mrs Hurrell, Mrs Paterson, Mr Simons and last but not least Mr Hornby. Who are the teachers at your school? We have 8 class pets, 2 fish, 2 chrysalises and 4 caterpillars. We have spelling words for our homework, What type of homework do you get? What sports do you do? we get to do Soccer, Hockey,Netball and Rugby.

We also get reading and something to do about countries. We have 25 people in our class. We have a play ground. Do you have a play ground? We also have a game that we haven't got the hang of it yet but when we do maybe some one will tell you how to play. What other languages do you speak other than English, Italian and french if you speak french of course.

3F

Hi to everybody. We're happy to wtrte to you on the blog.
We answer some of your questions. we don't have a pool at our school also bacause it's cold in Turin. During the summer we're not at school. We're on holiday from mid-june to mid September.
We don't have a mascot and we don't have lunch outside, but in a certain lunch room.
We have a courtyard, but we only go there to play during the lunch break. We don't have any pets. We live in a big industrial and polluted city, we don't have butterflies and caterpillars.We don't do gardening, we don't have fields nearby.
The weather here is cold even if it's getting warmer. We're waiting for spring.
We're studying hard this here because we're attending the third and last year of secondary school and we're going to have an exam in june. In september we will change school and classmates because each of us will choose a different type of school.
We must stop now.
Bye 3F

Hi

Hi,
My name is Naomi-Rose,I'm 10 years old and I'm in year 6.
We have just started our second week. And hoping to go for a swim today because it has been very hot. Do you have lunch times swims? How Hot or Cold is it for you right now?
We planted some Peas in the Garden last week. Do you do gardening at your school?
Have you heard about whats happening to Australia? We have been learning all about it. At school we have a Road Patrol and Play Ground Buddies which I am in both of them.
Do you have some thing like those? We have 9 classes in our school and some where around 11 teachers.We have lots of sport like Netball, Soccer, Hockey, Softball and even more. Do you have any of those sports? Our school goes up to year 6 so where in our last year.
Do you have a class Pet? We sort of have three, two fishes and a stuffed teddy bear called Hunter.
We have some Chrysalis and one is about to hatch and it might come today. Do you get lots of Homework or not that much? We get Reading and Spelling and something about Country.

From Naomi-Rose

Welcome

Hi to everybody and welcome to the blog.
I'm the English teacher and my class is looking forward to beginning corresponding with you. There are 22 students in my class and they study English and French as second languages. We live in Turin in the North-west of Italy and it's winter at the moment, it's very cold.
Next week we'll begin reading your posts and my students will write something about themselves.
It's nice corresponding with you,
Bye Laura

Hi

Hi,I'm Kitty. We've just been swimming and it's good weather for it too!!! Do you have a pool at your school ? Today is also Destiny's day to look after Hunter, our class mascot, tomorrow it is my day. Do you have a class Mascot? Right now everybody is starting to go out to lunch. We have our lunch outside, do you have it outside or do you have it in a certain lunch room or your class? We also have two fish that have not yet been named, one is orange and one is orange with gray and black spots. We also have two baby caterpillars. Do you have any class pets? Can't wait to blog you again. Bye for now, Kitty
Here is a picture of Hunter Bear.

Hi, we're back

Hi my names Lucy, I have moved up into Kauri. Lately we have been swimming everyday so far it has been quite hot. All of the caterpillars are out and the one in our class has turned into a chrysalis. We planted peas yesterday which was a lot of fun.Our other two classes Kanuka and Rimu (yr1 and 2 classes) are getting renevated and are nearly finished. We have been learning about thrushes. What is your weather like over there? What have you been doing?
BYE Lucy and rest of the class.