Australian museum

G'day all
Well Kylie from the Student Association said to go ahead with the excursion on the 8th July and that they will pay for it! Good news, isn't it?

As we discussed last Wednesday, those who want to leave from Kogarah station can meet me there at 9.45am. To give everyone a chance to get there ......we'll catch the 10.05 from Kogarah. The times from other stations are:
Penshurst: 9.58
Hurstville: 10.01
Rockdale: 10.07

If you are coming from any other station then you'll need to check the cityrail website and work out the times! You can always catch an earlier train from other stations and then meet up with us at Kogarah! By the way, we'll get on the SECOND LAST carriage of the train.

We'll be getting off the train at Town Hall station and walking through Hyde Park. I'll make the booking at the Museaum for 11am so if you can't be on the train with us, then your last chance is to meet at the Australian Museum at 11am, Ok. The museum is situated on College St.

I hope you can join us and I look forward to seeing you on the 8th! Remember, you can bring family if you'd like but I can only pay for you!

If you like we can have lunch together afterwards! Someone must know of a good cafe/yum cha restaurant nearby!!!!

Email or sms me if you're coming so I know how many to book for!!

Thanks again for the lovely photo and message montage you gave to Andrew and me!
I've really enjoyed teaching you! All the best for the future! I hope someone sends me the party photos soon!

Keep blogging!

Last class

G'day all

Well it's hard to believe that today is your final time in the computer room for the semester! Some of you have done great work but I'm afraid that some of you are way behind in your tasks.

This class will be your last chance to catch up! Try to make sure you have the following items in your blog:

• A post telling us a little bit about you, where you come from etc.
• At least one report e.g the Library, Health Expo, Bundeena.
• At least 2 recounts e.g Harmony Day, Easter holidays, Health Expo, excursion to Bundeena.
• A forum entry.
• At least 2 comments on my blog.

As we finished watching the movie The Castle this morning, I'd like you to write a short opinion of it in your blog. You can tell me if you liked the movie and why/why not. Also tell me who your favourite character was and why you like him/her.

Finally, I'd like you to write a post about your future plans if you haven't already done so.

Good luck with your presentations tomorrow or Wednesday.

Thanks for being a delightful group of students this semester. I'll miss you! Remember, you can continue to contribute to the blog and try the activities.

Take care!

Week 8

G'day

Sorry I can't be with you today but as my eldest daughter, Lucy, is heading off to Europe for her first big overseas trip without me I've taken the day off to spend some time with her before taking her to the airport at 1pm. That doesen't leave me any time to get back for the afternoon class.

As you've got research to do for your presentations next week, I thought you could use the lesson doing some research and learning about powerpoint. The powerpoint post that Rosa created for our classes last year is very good and easy to follow. Click on the blog link and follow the activities. You don't need to listen to the podcast, just start with the oral presentation.

If you're one of the students who was not in class last Wed and you're listening to the mp3 for unit 13, please don't spend too much time on it as we'll be doing it again tomorrow, ok?

If you get everything done, you can listen to the podcast that Rosa's students did at the Health Expo with the lady from Aussie Helpers. Remember, you can always do your blog work at home or go to the library after class and use the computers there!

Here are the students doing their oral prsentations at the end of last year. It'll be your turn soon!!

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Bundeena Excursion

G'day all

Well I hope you all got home safe and sound after a wet end to the day! I hope you enjoyed yourselves and remember this excursion for years to come!
I'm looking forward to seeing all your photos!
Thank you for coming today. It was a pleasure being with you and I enjoyed sharing the day with you. I was very happy that you all talked to each other. It is a lovely thing for a teacher to see all the nationalities socialising together and getting on so well!
I'll give you some questions to help you write your recounts later!!!
Have a great evening!
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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!


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