Dear family and friends,

We are in Australia and today we learned about oil spills. We read an article about an oil spill that happened in the great barrier reef. READ THE ARTICLE HERE

We did an experiment on oil spills using oil, water, cotton balls, tin foil balls, tissue, paper bags, sponges and feathers. We found out that some thing repel the water and some things absorb the water. We found out that lots of the stuff that we used absorbed the water. We can use this information to think about the best way to clean up an oil spill.

While we are in Australia we also want to go to the Great Coral Reef. There are lots of colourful fish we want to see there.

Sincerely,

Bridgitte! and John!

Dear family and classmates,

We have been in Brazil for about a week now and we have learned a lot about the country. One thing that we learned was that the Brazilian soccer player called Pelé invented this cool soccer kick. How it works is you jump in the air with your back on the ground and then you flip and kick the ball out of the air and hopefully it goes in the net. We have tried it before and it is really hard to do. 

Pele doing his famous bicycle kick

Next we are going to Australia and there are lots of cool things we hope to do there. One thing we hope to do is go to Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. We also want to see koalas because they are so cute. We also want to see a kangaroo and its floppy ears. Another thing we want to see is the Sydney Opera House and get our picture taken there. Some Australian food we want to eat is meat, vegetables and cheese.

It's going to be a fantastic trip to Australia. Thank you for reading our blog post.

Love,

Chloe and Matthew

Dear family and friends,

We are still in Brazil. This morning we saw a big mango tree and five monkeys were climbing on top of each other on the tree. It was really funny to see them climb on top of each other. 

We visited the Amazon rainforest and it was really hot there. Lots of animals live there like spiders, monkeys, and we think zebras. We also went swimming in the Amazon river. 

An aligator in the Amazon river. It almost bit off Ashleigh's nose!

When we were in Brazil, Mr. Cushman's sister, named Chloe Cushman, came in to teach us how to draw people's faces. She is 26 years old and she is a pro at drawing. 

Chloe teaching us how to draw, with a cool hairstyle

Thanks for reading our blog. We hope that we do more cool stuff in Brazil and you check back to hear about it.

Love,

Ashleigh and Olivia

Predictions for Brazil

Dear Cody kids,

We are about to go to Brazil. Would you like to come with us and eat some giant burgers from Brazil? But we must warn you, Brazilian burgers are giant so you might want to share one!

Smiley burger from Brazil

Brazil is the biggest country in South America and the fifth biggest country in the world! It is very hot in Brazil so you might want to wear shorts and a cap for your head. Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil, so we hope you are ready to do some running. Brazil has a huge coast line, so after you are done playing you can go swimming on the beach.

The national colours in Brazil are green, yellow, and blue. Brazil's flag has a circle inside a diamond inside a rectangle. 

We are excited to go to Brazil and will tell you more about it when we get there.

Thank-you for reading,

Chloe G. and Isabelle

Stories from Kenya

On Thursday, a lady named Loretta Penny came in to talk to us about Kenya. She told us a story of when she was on a safari. The story was about a tiny little lion cub. The mama was walking and the two cubs were walking beside her. She got scared because she thought that the people on the safari were going to hurt her cubs. She walked away with one of the cubs and the other cub stopped and looked around. This cub started crying and the mama came back and rubbed her cheek against the other one, hit his head, bit his tail, and dragged him away.

A lion cub crying

She also told us a story about an elephant. She was in a tent in Kenya drinking coffee and the chef came running out and screamed "everybody get inside and whoever is last, zip the tent up. There is an elephant charging towards us!" Next the lady looked out her window and saw a huge elephant walking beside her tent. She wasn't scared at all and she took a nice picture of it. She has been to Kenya eleven times and so has already seen tons of elephants.

An elephant beside a tent

Our speaker brought a little store with her and we were able to buy things from her. Some people bought magnetized balls, some people bought mood rings, and some people bought flutes.

We really liked the speaker and we learned a lot about Kenya.

Thanks for reading!

Love,

zoe and evan

Mexican FIesta

Greetings earthlings,


         The first thing we did when we got to Mexico on Monday was adding and subtraction. After that we made speeches in Spanish that greeted people to our desks. We said things like "Hola Amigos" which means "Hello friends". When we went for a break it was very hot outside because we were very close to the equator. Next we made flowers out of tissue paper and there were many colours to chose from. We made big ones and put them in the middle of our desks and it looked very Mexican. 

b7 flower girl

          Next we made guacamole. Guacamole is made out of avocado, salsa, tomato and lime juice. Then we mixed it all together. Before we could eat we did our presentations. The presentations were funny.  Finally we ate our feast.


         We had a really good fiesta!


Now we are about to get on the plane and go to China.


             See ya earthlings!


                               Ava! and Duncan!

Tortilla and a flower

Dear everybody,

         Hola! We have finally arrived in Mexico. The full name is United Mexican State. It used to be bigger than the United States in the 1700s. Our plane crash landed here but everyone was OK.

We learned that they eat a lot of chilli peppers here. They taste really hot and spicy. Hayden thinks that if he eats one he is going to breath fire. Mexicans also eat nachos, guacamole, corn, tacos and tortillas. We are excited to eat all of it.

A picture of hot chilli peppers that Hayden's
going to breath fire from eating.

The national language in Mexico is Spanish. Hola means hello in Spanish. Adios mean bye in Spanish.

Adios!

Hayden and Deniz

Our Trip to Italy and Excitement for Mexico

Dear world,


On Tuesday May 22nd we went to Italy for a quick visit. It was great. We had lots of treats and Gelato which is an Italian type of ice cream with no cream. The flavours were lemon and strawberry. It tasted like a snow cone.

Italian Gelato

While we were there we went to Ancient Rome, Italy. We saw the Coliseum, which is where gladiators fought each other a very long time ago. It is made of rock and has all these giant archways.

The Ancient Coliseum of Rome

Next we went to Venice. In Venice the streets are made of water so you need to take boats instead of cars to get places. The boats that you take that have a private rower are called Gondolas. Legend has it that if you ride a gondola when you are a single woman you will never get married (Not true!).


Right now everyone is getting ready for a plane ride to Mexico and we are looking at the empty plane.  The flight attendants are cleaning it to get ready for lift-off. We are really excited to go to Mexico! We are excited to eat tacos and do the cha-cha. We hope to tell you all about it soon.

Love,


Fionn and Jackson

Making Pyramids and Scarabs

         On Thursday we made sugar cube pyramids. It was very hard work because they kept on falling down. They were falling down because Mrs. Netley made glue out of flour and water and the sugar cubes melted. All of the cubes were exactly the same size just like the Egyptians' cubes of stone. It took the Egyptians 80 years to build the pyramids and it took us one afternoon. It didn't go so well but it was really fun!

The sweetest pyramid ever!

         When we were in class some of us made Scarab beetles. They are a type of beetle that the Egyptians put inside coffins to eat the inside of the mummies so that they can stay nice and moist. It was a little hard to make the beetles because the plasticine was rock solid. The Egyptians would seal jars with the Scarabs to protect really precious items. The only way to open them would be if someone broke the Scarab.

Introducing: The Scarab family

Sincerely,

B7 students

Building Our Own Pyramids Out of Sugar

Dear family and friends,

Welcome to B7 Goes Around the World! This website is going to include pictures of where we are going to go, cool facts about where we go, and information about our adventures in these countries.

We are now in Egypt. Today we looked at a video about how the pyramids were built called Secret of the Pyramids. We learned that the pyramids were built with huge cube stones that were piled on top of each other. They drew the blueprint on the sand in front of the pyramid to plan what they were going to do.

Secret of the Pyramids (video clip)

Now we are building pyramids ourselves using sugar cubes! Our classmates are eating tabouli that Mrs. Netley made and it looks really good. While they eat they are creating plans for their sugar cube pyramids. 

Mrs. Netley explains to the class how the Egyptians used
what we have been learning in math to build the pyramids.

Jackson's Plan for his sugar cube pyramid

What we are doing is very fun.

Sincerely,

Norah and Seamus 

Lift-Off