Greetings from Cork, Ireland

Photo of my brother and I with my nephew & niece (Kevin & Lisa) on their First Holy Communion Day..

G'day all and greetings form Ireland!

How are you getting on? I'm having a great time here with my family. I'll need to go on a diet though when I get back because all I seem to do is eat!!!

The weather has for the most part been surprisingly good! I have even worn a short sleeved T-shirt once or twice!!!

I'm sure you're all working hard on your presentations! You should have all your information by now! I'll be back on Monday so no excuses!!!

Enjoy the rest of the week without me!

Take care and keep blogging!

Week 5

G'day all

I hope all you mothers in the class had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday. Was it Mother's Day where you come from too? Leave me a comment and tell me how you celebrated or if you rang your mum etc.

As you know, you will all have to do an oral presentation when I return from Ireland. Today I'd like you to start practising using powerpoint. The following tutorials are useful for you. It shows you. Use this tutorial to help you get started with Powerpoint. If you find a better one just let me know!

The second tutorial explains how to make an effective presentation. Have a look at it and if you follow the suggestions you'll make a wonderful slideshow to go with the your talk at the end of term!!

To help you become familair with it all, today I'd like you to prepare a short slide show using powerpoint. You can choose from :

• the town/city or region you come from


• your favourite animal


• your hobby
  

You will need to include at least 5 slides including the Title slide. Add images, animation, music and effects. Ask me to show you the very basic one I prepared!!

Have fun!

Rocks excursion May 4

Hey all

Here's a slide show of our excursion. Have a look and if you put the curser over the slide, a caption will appear! Have a read!!

I'll be looking forward to seeing your photos on your blog! To begin today I'd like you to write a recount of the excursion in your blog. Don't forget to add all the features of a Recount like orientation, series of events and a reoreintation! Remeber too to use time markers, noun groups and a little personal comment! Ask me if you're unsure!

An interesting video!

G'day all

Here at last is the video I took in class when we were playing the Alibi game! You can see how funny some of the students found it!!

I hope you enjoy it too!

Aboriginal performers

G'day all

Here's a short video clip of the Aboriginal performers we saw on the way back to Circular Quay station on Tuesday.

The didigeroo playing is impressive as is the dancing! It's a pity though that the jogger ran in front of them! It spoils my video!!!

A little bit of fun!

G'day all,

Here's a little fun video taken in Foundation Park when we were on our excursion! Vladimir sure was having lots of fun!