ESOL PICNIC

On Saturday we met up at the park at Monaco for a lunch and get together. The weather was on our side as the sun shone down. We shared our food and there was quite a selection, from traditional NZ (fish and chips) to traditional Vietnamese (spring rolls)

My mum and dad are having lunch. My mum made spring rolls. 

By Anna

Leuma came along with his mum and dad, and shared bacon and egg pie.

a visit to the orchard

First we saw a big truck  with bins of apples at Lesley's house. By Anna

Anna found  an  enormous pear!! I   liked  the  pears  best.  By  Ashla.

After we picked the apples we had morning tea. I liked the tomato and crackers. By Siao-Wei

I teased  the  kids with  a  worm and  I  was  shaking it.  The   kids    screamed!!  By   Jimmy

Saio-Wei tells about her time at the sports.......

Smart Students!!

Hao-Ren and Tommy can match up the pictures with the letters very quickly! They took a photo of each other when the game was finished.

room 4 water polo, with Ton Kau

I  like  playing  water  polo  because  I  like  playing  in  a  team.

Andrea, Lucas, Aadarsh and Le'uma worked together to make a 'welcome' montage. Look for it in the admin block.

Le'uma is busy pasting the 'welcome' signs on.

greetings from us!

greetings from us! on PhotoPeach

Which celery stalk is the control?

Lena and Anna wanted to find out what would happen when they put celery stalks into coloured water. 

Here are their results.

ESOL POPULATION IS GROWING

Zakyla, Ashla and Jasmin are the latest Nayland children to be part of ESOL.
A big welcome to you!

TonKau from Thailand!

TonKau has come to our school and she is in Room 4. She was living in the huge city of Chiang Mai and is now with her mum here in Stoke.

ela course - 2010

In the winter Julia and Trish and Lesley were lucky to attend an ELA course. Here is Julia working with Tai and Aadarsh. They are discussing a letter which has been sent to the school by a past pupil. Our school is having its 50th reunion this week and the old pupils will watch the classes in action!

How school has changed!

In the school there were no laptops ,there were no white boards but black boards .At my parents time there was no canteen and there was not a swimming pool. When lesley went to school the teachers hit her with a strap if she was
naughty. by paula

Hi, I'm Leuma. This is my taupanu. It was made in Tonga and I wear it to church. By the way, it was my birthday yesterday and I turned 9. We had a special tea and it was pork, cassava, kumara and heaps of vegetables. Yum!

we start a new year!!

Here are our new ESOL children for 2011.
Can you spot:

Leuma from Tonga,
Selina from Switzerland,
Bo from the Netherlands,
Andrea from the Philippines,
Paula from Germany.

Swimming sports 2011

This is at the swimming sports at nayland pool .
We could choose which  race to enter. We both entered the breaststroke race. When you were third,second,or first you were given a little block. In the morning it was very cold. The water was very freezing. This day was very funny because we have not so long at School. When we came back to the School it was Lunchtime. In the Afternoon it was warm !

by Paula and Selina                        
                                                                                    

Welcome to selina and paula from Europe!!

Paula and I are making potato chips.On the picture you can see how we peel, and wash the potatoes.

Duality maps

Aadarsh made us aware how different his Fijian school was
compared to Nayland Primary 

                                            

Speedy Son!!

Son has shown his athletic skills at the recent Nayland Primary Sports day. He was third in the sprints and was second in the high jump!! Well done! Son has been selected to represent Nayland at the inter-school sports next week. Good luck!

More comings and goings

Quyen missed us and has returned to Nayland. But she now likes to be called Anna.
Bo, from Holland has been having ESOL lessons. She is in 5 years old and is in room 16.
Our latest ESOL arrival is Veisinia  who is Tongan. Veisinia was born in New Zealand and she has lived in many places.

Sam's farewell trip to the aquatic centre

Room 10 all went to the aquatic centre as a way of saying goodbye to Sam. We took along Korean lollies to share out among the kids. It was a lot of fun!