Field Trip & Guest Speaker

We had a great time on Wednesday moring on our field trip. A very big THANK YOU again to the three fantastic families that hosted us:
- Rebecca Konrad and Faisal Ahmed (Renia's Parents)
- Xay and Craig Tippins (Champa's Parents)
- Ingo and Brigit Strube (Carla's Parents)
and Erin Lucas (Anna's Mum) who volunteered her time to be the parent helper on the trip!

The children were very professional with their clipboards and had to find out lots of information about each house. We looked at the materials the houses were made from (bricks, plaster, concrete, wood etc) and we looked for what shapes are used to build houses. Since we have been learning all about 3D shapes in Maths we were especially looking for these! Each child asked a question relating to the house to gain more information. It was so nice to be out of the classroom and the children said that they had "a great time!"

I have so many photos! 

Renia's House:



Champa's House:

Carla's House:


When we got back to school we made a list of all the things that were similar about the houses and the things that were different. We also talked about how houses can look different in Cambodia and around the world.

Guest Speaker

A very big THANK YOU to Faisal (Renia's Dad) for coming in and sharing with us what some houses in the country side of Bangladesh look like. The children really enjoyed learning about mud houses and asked lots of really interesting questions.

We looked at mud houses and how they are built. It was really interesting to learn that Mud houses will only last 5 or 6 years in Bangladesh because of the rain. They then need to rebuild a whole new house! We also learnt that mud houses are very good in hot climates. They take a long time to heat and a long time to cool down. So they are cool in the day and when at night it is cold outside the mud house is nice and warm from the day of sun. 

We also got to take a tour of a mud house:

The children also got to see my family's house in New Zealand. We talked about some of the things that were different about my house to the houses we saw on Wednesday. We noticed that there was carpet throughout my house in New Zealand but here we have tiles. The reason being, they decided was because it is far to hot here to have carpet on the floor in Cambodia.

Please send in any pictures or email me with the pictures of a house you may have lived in before in any part of the world. We are looking at all different kinds of houses and it would be great if you could share your home with us.

On Wednesday 6th May ISPP will hold a fundraiser to support the Nepal Earthquake Relief. Please come dressed to school in red, white or blue (if possible).  ISPP will be taking a collection - more details to follow next week. Thanks in advance for your support and for helping a very worthy cause.

Have a great weekend everyone!