Kia ora from NZ again

Kia ora everyone,

We have just returned home from camp and would like to thank you all for the letters we have received. We only have a few days left before school ends for the year and then we have 7 weeks of Summer holidays. 

What is Christmas like in NZ?
We have Christmas trees and a few houses in our city like to go crazy with lights on their houses but as it is Summer time it does not get dark until around 9pm. A typical Kiwi Christmas is likely to be spent with family perhaps at the beach or at friends and families homes. Traditional Kiwi Christmas foods are BBQ meat, Pavlova, Seafood (Paua, Crayfish, Fish, Kina), Hangi. The main things Kiwi's like doing during this time is camping, hanging at the beach and relaxing with our family and friends after a long year of work. Most people have two weeks off during this break but teachers and their students are lucky to get 7. 

Here are a few pictures from our camp in Omaio Bay which is in the North Island of NZ about 2 and a 1/4 hours from Gisborne.

What are the Christmas traditions in New Zealand?

Les vitrines de Noël : Paris 2015 !

Paris

Stamps about Paris

Our schools!

How many classrooms are there in your school? 
At Anne Frank, there are 12 classrooms.
At Thurgood, how many pupils are there? 
There are one hundred and eighty six pupils in our school.

THANK YOU!!! This is Léonie.

Don't worry, we are all fine in Sauzé ! We are angry, shocked and sad for the victims in Paris. :-(

Emeline chose this picture for you.

Kia ora and arohanui from New Zealand

Morena koutou (Good morning everyone),
We are all thinking about you and hope that all of your friends and family are safe. 

New Zealanders have been following the news and send lots of aroha (love) to everyone in France. There are many French families who live in our little city of 45,000 people and we don't know if you have seen on the news but our Sky Tower in Auckland was lit up in red, white and blue just like the other major monuments around the world to show you all that we are thinking of you. We have a beautiful French 
restaurant here called 'The Marina' and I am sure over the last day it has been a meeting point for our french families so that they can all support each other too.

It is Sunday here so tomorrow I will get my class to write you all messages as they will be worried about you all too. If you have not received a letter from your buddy yet please don't worry as they will be on their way soon. We have been busy doing our end of year assessments so things have been a little bit hectic but events that you are all experiencing definitely put things into perspective. We hope you all remain safe and just wanted to say we are thinking of you.

Arohanui 
Lots of love
Mrs Devery and Room 22 in Gisborne, New Zealand