Name of School : Holy Family School NEW! 2003 Country : Ingleburn, NSW, Aus Grade : 1 Description : 11 E.S.L. students, 19 english speaking background class. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Our website : ww.holyfamily.woll.catholic.edu.au Name of School : Lavington east public school NEW! Country : Australia, NSW Grade : Kindergarten Description : Our class has 25 pretty lively little school straters who are learning about the internet very quickly. We have several chn with special needs and two aboriginal students. We'd LOVE to hear from someone in Ireland or a snowy northern hemi country. We have started to write simple things and we do heaps of ART because our teacher likes to paint in her spare time! If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of School : Evanston Gardens Primary School NEW! Country : Australia South Australia Grade : Reception and Year 1 Description : A small class of 13 students who have been using computers in the classroom for two terms.The class have been involved with a teddy bear exchange and a small toy exchange with two other neighbouring schools. We would like to find a class interested in sharing information about school life, games and favourite activities. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Caroline Chapman Country : Glencoe. South Australia Grade : Kindergarten /Grade 1 Name of School : Glencoe Primary School. Description : We would like to to have a buddy class in Canada. Our school studies a continent each year at this time. This year it is North America so that is why I am writing.  Besides this, I have been to Canada (Alberta) and loved it and would like to learn more about the Indians and buffaloes. The children in my class are in their first year at school. We call it Reception. they are 5-6 year olds If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Karyn Clarke Country : Australia - South Australia Grade : Reception/year 1 Name of School : Berri Primary School Description : I would like to connect with a class of children with a similar age group to mine - 5,6 and 7 year olds. Mixed gender and cultural backgrounds. We are a country school of about 250 students. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Merrilyn Bulder Country : Queensland, Australia Grade : Years 1,2,3 Name of School : Eungella State School Description : Eungella State School is a small two teacher school (45 students) in a rural dairying community which is located 85 km west of the coastal town of Mackay, Queensland. I am looking for a lower school Canadian class for my students to interact with via email. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Margaret Pearce Country : Queensland, Australia Grade : one Name of School : Marian State School Description : Hi, My name is Margaret Pearce and I teach at a relatively small school at Marian in the Pioneer Valley, west of Mackay on the Central Coast of Queensland. The school is in a sugar cane growing area and the township was built around the sugar cane processing mill on the banks of the Pioneer river. The school was smaller before we relocated to a new site and to new buildings. Since then the numbrs have been steadily growing. The school consists of classes from pre-school through to Year seven and, also, has a Special Need Unit. Our year one class has 23 students in it and we would be interested in corresponding with another year one class in another country. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Lynn Davie Country : Victoria, Australia Grade : K - 6 Name of School : Essendon North Primary School My Role at our School : Curriculum coordinator Description : At our school we are using ICT as a tool to enhance teaching and learning. We use an inquiry model to engage our students. We are trying to develop our children's thinking skills, modelling a range of thinking strategies and tools. We use a range of open ended software to support our activities including Hyperstudio, Kid Pix Studio Deluxe and Apple Works. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Toni Field Country : New South Wales, Australia. Name of School : Five Dock Primary School Grade : All grades k-6 My Role at our School : Teacher-Librarian Description : The school has 250 students from pre-school to grade 6. Italian is taught as a Community language. Library is co-operative teaching . If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Submit your school site for our 'Cool School' Award today!

Name of Teacher : Louise Owens NEW! Country : Australia Grade : k-6 Name of School : North Ainslie primary Description : I teach young children French once a week for 45 minutes. Most stduents have very basic French language skills. I would like to inspire them by having them get to know children their age from any French speaking background, and would appreciate any teacher who can help me contacting me. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Lesley Okholm NEW! Country : Australia, South Australia Grade : Year 1/2/3 Name of School : Moorak Primary Description : Really keen to find a class in the polar regions, Alaska particularly to link with our learning about the Iditarod and Jason Project "Frozen Worlds" this year. Somewhere of similar age but very contrasting climate would be ideal. We have a toy cow called Moooorak who has been to USA, Hong Kong and France, and would like to spend some time with a new class. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of School : Rebecca Hardy Country : Australia, Western Australia Grade : Kindergarten to Year 1 Name of School : Binnu Primary School. Description : We are a small school in a farming community, approximately 600km north of Perth. We would love to communiticate with another class anywhere in the world. We would love to write to you and let you know all about our country and we would love to hear all about your school and country as well. Hope to hear from you soon If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of School : Fiona Conroy Country : Australia, New South Wales Grade : Year 1/2 Name of School : Blue Haven Public School Description : Our school is situated on the SE coast of Australia, about 1 hour north of Sydney, on Lake Macquarie. The school is a new school, only 2 1/2 years old. We currently have 600 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Surrounded by native bushland, and a wetland as part of the school grounds, we are very much into environmental education. Last year, we sent "BLUEY" our travel buddy, a bottle-nosed dolphin, to Oregon, USA, for an exchange. It was an outstanding success. We are currently looking to be able to once again send "BLUEY" on an adventure 'Odyssey'. Our teaching team...TEAM 2, comprises of 7, Year 1 and Year 2 class groups. On behalf of the Team, 2C would like to be able to exchange a travel buddy with a Year 1 or Year 2 class or classes - (students ages range from 6 - 8) from another country. We would also like to be able to correspond via simple emails, jpeg photos and 'snail mail' etc...with the class. Sharing our culture with that of another part of the globe! Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Keen to start as soon as we can, "BLUEY" is getting restless!! If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Johanna Pankiw Country : Adelaide S.A. Grade : Year 1 and 2 Name of School : Colonel Light Gardens P.S. Description : We are an urban school ten minutes from Adelaide with a total population of 530 students. We would like to connect with a rural school anywhere in Australia for the purpose of reciprocal studies in the Society and Environment area of Social systems. The children will prepare questions about your school community and your local community eg Do the students travel by bus? Do you have S.R.C. class meetings? Is there a local Council? We would be very happy to answer questions that you may wish to ask. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Rebecca Country : Western Australia Grade : Year 1/2 Name of School : Glendale Primary. Description : I would like to correspond with a class of 5,6 7 year olds somewhere other than Australia. I would like my children to e mail their pen pal. I also like the idea of swapping information eg temperature, words the children use compared to ours, tapes of voices etc. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Name of Teacher : Sandra Reid (Principal/teacher) Country : Tasmania Australia Name of School : Cape Barren Island Primary Grade : Kinder - 6 Description : Cape Barren Island School is a very small one teacher school on Cape Barren Island off the North East Coast of Tasmania. There are currently 7 students enrolled - from Prep to Year 6. We are looking for a lower primary class anywhere - A class and teacher interested in exchanging news etc., remembering our isolation and smallness. If you are interested in connecting with these students - please send an Email to this Classroom. Join our TOP SCHOOL SITES and let the world know about your Class Web site!