Yesterday my students and I were at school at 6.50am.  Yes, 6.50am.  Some parents got out of bed early to come to school too!  Why?  Because we had a “date” with a school in Huntsville, Alabama, US.  It was awesome to have 20 of my 33 students be in class to meet and compare school worlds with some students half way round the world.  There were some noticable differences in accents, national sports, wearing or not wearing of uniforms - but essentially the discovery was

“Hey Miss, they’re just like us!”  

Yes they are and it was so cool that you got the opportunity to discover that.  Our heartfelt thanks must go to the very generous people at SONY NZ - especially Geremy in the Business Division  for lending us the video conferencing equipment.  (Please don’t be in too much of a hurry to take it all back!)

We’re going to do some more follow up work with Alabama. 
You will be able to follow our journey through our class portal blog (it will have any extra links to follow if necessary). 

Thank goodness it’s the end of the term holidays so I can catch up on my ITwork (it’s no longer called paperwork!)