G'day all,
We have some students leaving and others joining the class this week so 'goodbye' to Geva and 'Hello' to Hussein! I was very excited to learn on Tuesday that Nancy 2 is going to have a baby too so 'Congratulations'. Look out any other Nancys in the class!!!I also heard yesterday that Amal had a little baby girl a few days ago. They are both still in hospital and won't be home for a few more days as unfortunately, the baby has to have a little operation. I met Vlatko's sister last night and she told me that Vlatko was in hospital for 5 days and had to have an operation! We'll ring him this morning so he can tell you what happened to him!
I thought that seeing you have all been working so hard getting your portfolio of work up to date that today we'd try to get everyone registered with Bubbleshare and create a story board with pictures and words. If you don't have any photos of your own, I'm sure we can upload some for you to use!!!
Next Tuesday between 12 and 1pm, there will be a Pathways information session by teachers from other sections to give you help in choosing a course for Semester 2 if you're not returning/repeating Level 4. I hope you can all make it. I will prepare you for the session next Tuesday. If you're not able to attend I'll give you the handouts anyway. Now is a good time too to make an appointment with the counsellor to get some advice/help/ideas about what's good for you and your future study/work plans.
Of course I don't want you to leave me but I have to inform you of the options available to you!!!
Check out Rosa's post for this week if/when you've done finished with Bubbleshare!
Happy blogging!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What an improvement!
G'day all!
I'm sorry that I had a go at you all last week about not having done any work but I had to! I know you were filling in your time in class but you weren't producing anything that I could see! What a big improvement this week though?? Nearly everyone has started to complete the work set and some of you have finished it all. Well done to you! You know who you are!!!!
By all accounts, the Health Expo was enjoyed by all! Well done everybody! I'm just sorry I missed out on all the food (except for Tina's yummy pancakes, thanks). Make sure you check out Sophie's blog and watch her 'bubbleshare' slide show!
Please take today's lesson to finish off the activities from last week. If you are up to date with EVERYTHING then you can go Time4English and start work on Module 6 -Hobbies from the Level 4 Lower Intermediate section. Remember to document what work you do and make a copy of the more challenging exercises so I can see what you've done! Have a look too at the NEWS section of the Home page. Check out last week's item about gym memberships! Remember to click on the SOUND button that appears on the left of the screen when you open a listening activity.DO NOT DO THESE ACTIVITIES UNTIL YOU FINISH THE OTHER SET WORK!
Okay all, this is my last post from home as I'll be back on Monday so beware!!!!
Happy blogging!
I'm sorry that I had a go at you all last week about not having done any work but I had to! I know you were filling in your time in class but you weren't producing anything that I could see! What a big improvement this week though?? Nearly everyone has started to complete the work set and some of you have finished it all. Well done to you! You know who you are!!!!
By all accounts, the Health Expo was enjoyed by all! Well done everybody! I'm just sorry I missed out on all the food (except for Tina's yummy pancakes, thanks). Make sure you check out Sophie's blog and watch her 'bubbleshare' slide show!
Please take today's lesson to finish off the activities from last week. If you are up to date with EVERYTHING then you can go Time4English and start work on Module 6 -Hobbies from the Level 4 Lower Intermediate section. Remember to document what work you do and make a copy of the more challenging exercises so I can see what you've done! Have a look too at the NEWS section of the Home page. Check out last week's item about gym memberships! Remember to click on the SOUND button that appears on the left of the screen when you open a listening activity.DO NOT DO THESE ACTIVITIES UNTIL YOU FINISH THE OTHER SET WORK!
Okay all, this is my last post from home as I'll be back on Monday so beware!!!!
Happy blogging!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
A big thank you but an important request too!!
My lovely flowers
G'day all,
What a big surprise last Friday to receive such a large bunch of flowers from you all! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! There were also some chocolates hiding in there too! I think they may have been from Stojan and Silvana so a big thanks for those too and the Mother's Day wishes as well. I trust that all you mums had a good day on Sunday. Perhaps you could put a little post on your blogs and let everyone know what your families did for you or what you did for your mothers! (Boys, you can write from the male point of view!) When is Mother's Day celebrated in your country? Is it as commercial as here in Australia? When was the first Mother's Day celebrated?
My knee is improving every day. I can now walk without crutches! I can't go up and down stairs easily and walking on uneven surfaces is hard for me too. I still have the brace and will have to wear it for another 4 weeks. I'm not driving yet but hope to try that after the weekend. I will be back at work on Monday week. So get ready!!!!!
Well the Health Expo was a huge success as usual thanks to the fantastic support of the AMEP students. A big thanks must go to Sally who had to do all the planning and organising of the AMEP classes on her own! I only had to make a few phone calls to arrange the wonderful prizes and the Paralympian's visit. I hope some of you won something! I'd like you to write a recount of the day in your blogs and to share photos if you can. I will correct and assess this recount as part of your writing portfolio so make sure you do it!!!!
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING IN CLASS THE PAST 3 WEEKS? I HAVE SEEN VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE FROM YOU (EXCEPT FOR 2 OR 3 STUDENTS!) THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAME TO CLASS AT ALL! SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT ADDED A POST TO YOUR BLOG SINCE MARCH. THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH! MANY OF YOU WILL FAIL THE READING/LISTENING/WRITING COMPETENCIES OF YOUR COURSE AND THEREFORE YOU WILL NOT GET A CERTIFICATE BUT WILL HAVE TO REPEAT THIS COURSE AGAIN NEXT SEMESTER. HERE IS A LIST OF THE WORK I HAVE TO SEE ON THE BLOG OR IN MY HAND WHEN I RETURN ON MONDAY WEEK. NO EXTENSION WILL BE GIVEN.
Listening:Answer the questions on the podcast Patricia: Librarian. You can publish them in you blogs or hand them to me.
Reading: Complete the readings and worksheets from last week's post on health matters ( Better Health Obesity: Obesity & Better Health Skin Cancer: Skin Cancer)
Writing: summarise the articles you read and listened to in Time4English about Hot Chips cause Cancer (7J) and Take-Away Food Dangerous (7Y). Give your opinion.
Writing : Write your opinion about the topic Thin models.
Read about it in the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC7news.
Writing : A recount of yesterday's Health Expo. (If you didn't go then you have to write a recount of what you did all day!)
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
A break from me!!!
G'day all,
Well I must have needed another holiday but I certainly didn't want one like this!!It feels very strange to be 'hanging' around while everyone is at school or work! My husband has given me a list of jobs to do... phone calls to make...bills to pay on the phone or internet etc! I'm certainly not running around or even walking for that matter!
Luckily, you still have work to finish from last week and I'll be waiting to see the results of your efforts on your blogs or on paper. I hope you remembered your headphones today so that you can listen to the texts on English4U!
By now you're pretty organised for the Health Expo. You all have jobs and know what to cook, don't you? A very big thank you to Sally who now has to do most of the work on her own. Thankfully, Anita has agreed to help her. I know too that you will all do a great job. I hope that I can get there for a little while if I can get someone to drive me. I won't know until Monday or Tuesday.
When you have finished all the work from Rosa's post from last week, write up the recipe of the dish you plan to cook for Wednesday. You can also use Google Images to add a picture to your post. I'll look forward to reading them! If I don't have your blog address (if your name is not on the list on my blog page), then please email me with the details. Unfortunately I left the details on my desk last Thursday and I haven't been to work since!
Have a good week and missing you!
Well I must have needed another holiday but I certainly didn't want one like this!!It feels very strange to be 'hanging' around while everyone is at school or work! My husband has given me a list of jobs to do... phone calls to make...bills to pay on the phone or internet etc! I'm certainly not running around or even walking for that matter!
Luckily, you still have work to finish from last week and I'll be waiting to see the results of your efforts on your blogs or on paper. I hope you remembered your headphones today so that you can listen to the texts on English4U!
By now you're pretty organised for the Health Expo. You all have jobs and know what to cook, don't you? A very big thank you to Sally who now has to do most of the work on her own. Thankfully, Anita has agreed to help her. I know too that you will all do a great job. I hope that I can get there for a little while if I can get someone to drive me. I won't know until Monday or Tuesday.
When you have finished all the work from Rosa's post from last week, write up the recipe of the dish you plan to cook for Wednesday. You can also use Google Images to add a picture to your post. I'll look forward to reading them! If I don't have your blog address (if your name is not on the list on my blog page), then please email me with the details. Unfortunately I left the details on my desk last Thursday and I haven't been to work since!
Have a good week and missing you!
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
A new term!
Some photos from my trip!
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G'day all or as we say in Irish, Dia Dhuit (literally it means God be with you),
It was great to see all of you back in class this week! I missed you all even though I had a fantastic time during my trip overseas. The main purpose of the trip was to visit my family in Cork, Ireland, but I was also lucky enough to visit 2 cities in Scotland, and Bangkok in Thailand. I visited the capital of Scotland which is called Edinburgh, and another city called Aberdeen. It was the first time in those 3 cities so I really felt like a tourist!
Thanks to all of you who wrote in Comments about the photo in the last post. I'm sorry that more of you didn't actually go on the excursion and see the cottage!!
Ok, enough writing and on to some work! I was talking to Rosa today about our topic Health and Lifestytle and I told her that we'd looked at Food and Fashion on Tuesday. I couldn't believe it when she said that her level 4 class are actually looking at similar topics at the moment, so as I unpacked boxes in my new office, Rosa prepared a BLOG lesson for her class which is perfect for us!
This year the Student Association is once again holding a Health Expo and they have asked AMEP to be involved.To be prepared for it we are looking at some of the issues over the next few weeks.
Please go to Rosa's blog and start working on the exercises and activities she's mentioned. Check out the fantastic bubble share photos from 2006! Do you recognise any of the people????There is also a forum question for this week that you should answer AFTER you've completed everything else! Rosa and I think that there may actually be enough work for 2 weeks for you if you do it all properly! Before you write anything, check out Anastasia's (from Rosa's class) blog from last year. There is a photo on her blog that I think you'll be interested in seeing!
Happy blogging!S
This album is powered by BubbleShare - Add to my blog
G'day all or as we say in Irish, Dia Dhuit (literally it means God be with you),
It was great to see all of you back in class this week! I missed you all even though I had a fantastic time during my trip overseas. The main purpose of the trip was to visit my family in Cork, Ireland, but I was also lucky enough to visit 2 cities in Scotland, and Bangkok in Thailand. I visited the capital of Scotland which is called Edinburgh, and another city called Aberdeen. It was the first time in those 3 cities so I really felt like a tourist!
Thanks to all of you who wrote in Comments about the photo in the last post. I'm sorry that more of you didn't actually go on the excursion and see the cottage!!
Ok, enough writing and on to some work! I was talking to Rosa today about our topic Health and Lifestytle and I told her that we'd looked at Food and Fashion on Tuesday. I couldn't believe it when she said that her level 4 class are actually looking at similar topics at the moment, so as I unpacked boxes in my new office, Rosa prepared a BLOG lesson for her class which is perfect for us!
This year the Student Association is once again holding a Health Expo and they have asked AMEP to be involved.To be prepared for it we are looking at some of the issues over the next few weeks.
Please go to Rosa's blog and start working on the exercises and activities she's mentioned. Check out the fantastic bubble share photos from 2006! Do you recognise any of the people????There is also a forum question for this week that you should answer AFTER you've completed everything else! Rosa and I think that there may actually be enough work for 2 weeks for you if you do it all properly! Before you write anything, check out Anastasia's (from Rosa's class) blog from last year. There is a photo on her blog that I think you'll be interested in seeing!
Happy blogging!S
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