2009+Term+2

=Term 2 Activities= == ===Veronica and Claudine are both pregnant. When they have their babies, we will put some photos here. We wish them all the best for their births. And the good news is ......... ===

Veronica had a baby girl - Alana - and our class gave her a pink teddy and a card, with a messages from every student.
**Claudine had a baby boy (she already has a girl) - no picture yet ..... Akvinder is also pregnant. Look out for her photo too!!!** 

** Talking of babies ......Kathrin had a baby girl, Danai, who is learning about computers already. Everyone in the class is keen to teach her. **  ===

Rahel and Nicole, our Swiss friends are in Queensland now, heading to Cairns. Here is the link to Rahel's Travel Blog: [] if you want to see some pictures of her trip. It is in German, but she has promised to write at least ONE sentence in English for each posting. It will be good practice for her, I think!!!

What is your favourite colour and why? Here is a link to some information about colours and English expressions using colours: [|WHAT COLOURS MEAN] And a online [|QUIZ] about COLOUR IDIOMS YouTube Video - 3 Idioms using the colour [|BLUE]
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**BUDGET 2009** On Tuesday 12th May, the Federal Government announced their budget. Do YOU have a budget?? Look at this great site, which can help you with money matters: [|Dollars and Sense] [|Pocket Money Matters] - a story (4 mins long) about money and kids - teaching them that "money doesn't grow on trees" [|On-line Budgeting Tool] from LIVESMART site

" [|Imagine] " John Lennon - song and lyrics
=Marwa's farewell party - = Marwa and her family were moving to Sydney. We were very sorry to see her go. Ida made a big bowl of noodles, and Marwa bought some cakes for the farewell party.

= **National Sorry Day - 26th May, 2009 Click on the picture of the __Aboriginal Flag__ to find out more about this significant day.** =

<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,0,255);">**Australia's Biggest Morning Tea - [|Official Website]

Click on this link to see some [|photos] of this event on 28th May, at Coffs Coast Community College //__Big Bigger Biggest__// -** **Click on this link to do a quiz on [|Comparitives and Superlatives] at UsingEnglish.com** Look at this fact sheet to find out more infomation about Cancer.

Talking of CANCER .... Did you know that May 31st is <span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(171,85,28); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY ????? <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(171,85,28); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Listen to this report about World No Tobacco Day media type="file" key="world_no_tobacco_day.mp3" **Now do this** [|**ONLINE QUIZ**] **, which involves choosing from 3 phrases, to write the script of the above report. You can also check your missing words.** Click on this link to see [|LOTS OF ACTIVITES] about SMOKING and ANTI-SMOKING at the Nancy Metz site The British Council LearnEnglish site also has some articles and activities on [|SMOKING]

=The Queen's Birthday= On 8th June we had a public holiday for the Queen's birthday .... but it was not her birthday at all. Click on this picture of Queen Elizabeth to find out about her real birthday

Yappr.com
is a great site for learning English as you watch videos - try this song by James Blunt [|"You're beautiful"]

=Michael Jackson=

passed away on 26th June Link to song [|"Black or White"] with lyrics on YouTube