In Cambodia

Hey guys. This place is a real eye opener. The people are so happy and friendly but the place is so dirty and run down. The palace and temples are very rich looking though. It is such a contrast.

I have a question for you to ponder and I would like your thoughts.

Is the money that tourists like me spend in this country (which helps keep poorer people in work) out weighed by exposing people to things, and a way of life, that is out of their reach right now? And if and when that way of life is possible will it ruin what is good about a country like this?

You might want to do some Googling to see if you can get some images and facts about what it is like here in Phonm Phehn (check my spelling... I've gone blank while typing this!) Cambodia. We are only spending one more day here then we are going to go and look at some more remote places.

I hope you are having a good break :)

Map Work

Sorry I didn't have this ready for you sooner. Please put your map work here!

School holiday sports reports

Let us know how your sport is going over the holidays and get some photos for us to put on the blog site! Make sure you tell us any highlights in your game.

Our Writing Motivation

We have looked at this video today to inspire us to write. We have to choose our audience, our purpose and the style we want to use to write. We used our writers journal to take notes as we watched the video. Some of us will put our writing below so come back and see what we have done!

Map Work

Use the cluster map or globe on our blog site. Choose a dot. Find out where that dot represents. Mark it on your world map in your homework book. In the comment box below:

- Name the place you have chosen
- Name two towns, cities or landmarks that are close to your chosen place
- Find two facts about your chosen place or one of the places you have identified as being close by
- Think of a question you have about that place and write it in your comment box as well.

Some links

Briahn has kindly suggested some links for us to look at. If you find any interesting ones put them in the comment boxes below.

http://www.mrcsblog.com
and
http://www.apanuisensationalyseven.blogspot.com

Room 5JP Map Work

If you want you can put the information you find about Luxembourg here instead of your homework books! Maybe we can get someone from Luxembourg to add to it as well at the end of the week :)

Queens Birthday

Hey everyone. I hope you have all had a great weekend. I'm sure our basketballers had a great trip and played their best. What interesting things have you done over the weekend? If you are a bit bored with this awful weather you could explore some of the links on the right hand side of our page. Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)