Rudis celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Hello everybody!
Rudis was very lucky to be with us during our special day to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. He joined in assembly where all the staff and children wore red, white and blue clothes. He also enjoyed our lunchtime street party!
Helmut is doing very good... the children missed Benji, but now helmut has really arrived they are glad to have hime and he has visited a castle with the sun group. Look at the pictures.
We have just spent a very busy International Week at Bowburn. As well as learning more about Latvia, Germany and Belgium, we have also had a visiting chef giving Healthy Eating workshops with foods from your countries. We also had a musician and artist working with the children sharing traditional songs from the North East of England. He helped the children write a song and then recorded them singing which he will put on a cd.
Benji arrived safely in Belgium! He is enjoying himself very much! When he first got there he gave the children the cookies they brought back from Latvia! The children loved the cookies! Finally the sun has been shining a few day in Belgium, so Benji has been playing outside with the belgian kids! He loved it! Here you can see some pictures where they are blowing bubbles! Benji has a lot of fun with the crazy children! We'll take good care of him!
from monday the 30th of april till friday the 4th of may several people of all partner school went to Latvia! They had a great time over there. Everybody was happy to see their own mascotte again. In Latvia they had a wonderful stay! First they did sightseeing at Riga and then everybody met in Cesis to take a look at the school in Priekuli! The Belgians were very surprised that the children were so quiet! And they were amazed because of all the space they have in Latvia! Our classrooms are a lot smaller! Our collegues won't forget about their trip any time soon! Enjoy some pictures of this nice trip! The Belgian people brought Rudy's cat back to Latvia. At one of the pictures you can see Rudy in his hotelroom! He was a bit tired of his trip from Belgium to Latvia. He loved being in the aeroplane!
it's spring time in Belgium, and allthough the weather hasn't been that good, we have been planting flowers and we went to a flowershop!Rudy joined us. We went there by bus. Afterwards we knitted flowers on a card in class! Enjoy our pictures!
One of the Children in Miss Lieve's class took Rudy home one day. It was Rudy's lucky day because he went out with Nelle to eat French fries! And since Rudy has been in Belgium he became addicted to this! So when he gets back, make sure you make him French fries once in a while!
Every Friday a group of our oldest children goes to the swimming pool where they get swimming lessons and get used to the water. Rudy could go with them one friday! He enjoyed it very much! You can see that when you look at the following pics!
the past few months Rudy stayed in Belgium. I'm gonna post a few messages with pictures of all kind of activities Rudy has done here! First you can see some pics of Rudy going to the doctor. He was weighed and measured, the doctor tested his ears, his eyes, looked in his throat, and so on! Rudy wasn't afraid of the doctor at all! He was a brave cat!! Enjoy the pictures!
Benji
celebrated Easter in a German family in the Eifel.
It is a nice area with forest and valley. He has seen a lot. Look at the nice
pictures. He has seen an Easter fire. Outside the cities- by the farmers- people
collect wood and make in the Easter night big fires.
Theodore and Frida went for a day trip to the Seven Stories Children's
Centre in Newcastle. They went on a coach and drove past the famous
sculpture "The Angel of the North" by Anthony Gormley. At the
centre, they listened to stories and enjoyed some craft work, based on
stories by Julia Donaldson who wrote The Gruffalo.
Here are just a few photographs of some of the spring flowers
that have appeared round Bowburn. You can also a couple of pictures of Theodore and Frida
helping with an assembly! ENJOY!
Benji was very happy. He has celebrated his first
Karneval in our school.
He sang songs, he has danced alot with
the childrens and . He has eaten a lot sweets.
Now he is a little bit tired
and his stomage hurts a little!
Greetings
from the artic Priekuli. Today we recieved -21Celsius. But don't worry
about us we are safe in warm rooms. After two or more days it will be
till -30. Let's see. Ski tracks are open in Cesis and Priekuli. Please,
you are welcome to join us! We played in the snow with LABAN! HE enjoyed it very much!
In
Belgium it has been snowing as well the past week! It was really really
cold! Up untill now we hadn't had any winter weather yet, so we are
not quite used to it yet! Here we had -10, the coldest was - 13°Celsius.
A few days ago it was -8°C but it felt like -20°C because of a strong
wind! So we know how it must be in Latvia every day! Today we played
outside with Rudi's Cat! He enjoyed it a lot! He was a little cold so
we gave him a woolen hat! He liked it very much! Have a look at the pictures taken in Latvia (with Laban) and Belgium (with Rudi)! lots of love
We made a dictionary! We have translated the most common words and expressions in 4 languages! So for those who want to learn a foreign language: START STUDYING! HAVE FUN!!
Hi everyone, After a very busy week celebrating Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, I thought you may like a few photos of Theodore and Frida joining in! Theodore helped lead the Dragon Dance round school! Weather here has been really odd again! Waking up to severe frosts and temperature around -2 then as the day goes on, the sun has shone and temperatures have reached 8-10......most peculiar! The trees are budding far too early.
I received a picture of the postboxes of England and Latvia! So here they are! As you can see they are all different. The only thing that is similar is the color...two of them are yellow, two of them are red! greetings!
a few weeks ago the children of Juf Lieve's class (Belgium) went to the library. They went by bus and took Rudy's cat with them! The children in England payed a visit to the library as well. Here you can see the pictures of these two visits! And look, as you can see Theodor went along with the english children! The first pictures you see with Theodor were taken in England, the four last pictures were taken in Belgium. ENJOY!
