Week 6

Stingray engraving
Cronulla ferry

G'day all!
Well, no class activities this Monday afternoon as hopefully we'll be enjoying ourselves in Bundeena and walking through Jibbon Beach to get to the Aboriginal rock carvings! I hope you won't be too disappointed as, remember, they are carved in rock and are thousands of years old! I hope too that the weather holds and we don't get caught in any rain!
If you're checking the blog, open the link to Rosa's blog and complete the quiz we created around the Women's Health talk! Unfortunately, I don't have any questions from the men's talk!
I hope the weather will stay fine for the Health Expo on Wedenesday! It's not as good when it rains as everything gets squashed into the Student Association Common room.

See you in Cronulla!

Week 5

G'day all
I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a busy one! It's funny how the time always goes so quickly and before you know it.......it's time to start back at work or study! Do you feel like that? Put a comment at the end of this post and tell me what you think! Does the weekend go more quickly than the weekdays?
Some of you seem to be a bit confused with the correct use of articles so have a look at Time4English and the activities in the Grammar section on Articles. We'll do a bit of work on Tuesday so this will be good preparation.
Hopefully next Monday we'll be on our excursion to Bundeena and the Royal national Park, so search on Bundeena in Google and see what you can find out about it! Write 5 things you find out in your blog.
After that, I just want you to catch up on the work you haven't done and to record on Audacity. The topic is from last week's post.
Have a good week and happy blogging!

Week 4

G'day all
I hope you all had a good weekend. I was very busy running around trying to do lots of things - shopping, cleaning, washing etc. As the nights are getting colder, my husband and I went shopping for a new doona! There are so many on the market and so many different kinds that it took us a long time to choose one that we liked! I hope I sleep well tonight!!
Last week I don't think any of you got to finish BTN and the swine flu. If you didn't, please do so today. Ask me if you need the worksheets!
When you've done that, open Time4English and click on Menu and then Stories. Listen to the story on Traditional Roles which follows on from what we were talking about in class last Tuesday. Write your opinion of the article and then record your opinion on Audacity. Ask me how to do this! Then we'll save your recording!
Finally, look at Aboriginal Culture from Upper Intermediate and complete the tasks. last weekend the Nepalese community celebrated the birthday of Lord Buddha. On Tuesday, Poonam brought in some delicious biscuits for us to try. Here are some of the students enjoying the kefse!


BubbleShare: Share photos - Find great Clip Art Images.

Happy blogging!

Week 3

G'day all!
I hope all you mothers had a lovely day yesterday and that your children spoilt you! My daughters gave me a big bunch of flowers and a CD with one of my favourite Irish singers singing songs his mum liked! I've already put them on my ipod! They also gave me a voucher for a pedicure and a 'shamrock' charm for my bracelet.

Then my youngest daughter and I went to a concert in the city. It was an Irish/Australian soprano singing Irish songs! Very enjoyable! After that, we came home to a lovely family dinner cooked by the other 2 daughters. Then I called my mother in Ireland but it was not Mother's Day there as they already celebrated the event in March!

When's Mother's day in your country? Does anyone know the origins of Mother's Day? Have a look on Google and put a short report in your blog.

Have a look at the link on Learning English and complete the survey. Did the results change?

Have a look at this link Giving it to someone and see if you know what it's referring to! If you can't see the video here have a look at it at home! Look at the date too... quite some time ago! Read one of the articles as suggested and complete the activities that go with it.

Then if you still have time, have a look at this BTN link and answer the questions.

Happy blogging!

A lovely song!

G'day all

Here is a link to the song Shyamali and friends sang at our Easter party! Enjoy it!

Week 2

G'day all
I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the milder weather on Saturday and Sunday! I hope this week won't be as cold as the last one as I'm not ready for winter yet!
Wasn't it great to see Dezdemona and her beautiful baby, Isabella last Tuesday? I've added the photos below for you to look at! I haven't seen a baby with so much hair for a long time!
Today, you have to finish your work from last week so I'm not going to set much new work. The first thing you have to do today is write your holiday recount in a word document and then email it to me as an attachment! I'll correct it in class and hand it back to you to be amended and then published on your blog.
Please finish your work on ANZAC Day too as I noticed from your blogs that you haven't all done that work yet!
If you get all that work done check out Rosa's blog and try the 'Learning English' poll!
Happy blogging!

Make a Smilebox slideshow