Video Conferencing with Mrs Donaldson

We've not only created great friends with our pen pals this year through letter writing, but we've also managed to find another school to develop a great relationship with too! On Thursday we will be having our second video conference (VC) session with them using the television and camera in Miss Hristofski's room. It's just like skyping with family!

After our last VC session we had to come up with 10 questions to ask the 3/4 class at Bungendore Primary School. We had to think about the difference between thin and thick questions just like in reading groups! Here are our fabulous questions:

1. We all either walk to school or go by car. How do you get to school? Why did you choose that way to get to school?

2. We have dogs, cats, fish, sea snails, guinea pigs, a hermit crab, one turtle, three chickens, ducks and a lizard as pets at our homes. What sort of pets do you have?

3. Half of our class have ridden a horse, but none of us have horses as pets. Does anyone have a horse or have they ridden on a horse?

4. We have three composite classes at our school. One is a kindergarten and a year one class, we have a year three and four class (that is us) and lastly we have year four and year five class. Do you have composite classes at your school? How many and what are they?

5. We have a small vegetable garden at our school. Do you grow any vegetables or have animals at your school? What sort of things do you grow and where?

6. Do you have any playground equipment and do you have to share it with Kindergarten, year one and year two or is it just for years three to six to use? What is the best thing to play at recess and lunch and why?

7. Our year fours are going on a two night camp in September. Do any of the students at your school go on camps? Where do you go and why?

8. We have 16 iPads at our school for 460 students. We also only just had WiFi connected this term so our iPads are not ready to use yet. What sort of apps do you like to use on your iPads and why? How many iPads does your school have?

9. Have any of the students in your class received their pen licence yet? What do they look like? How do you get your pen licence?

10. We looked at your school through google maps and street view and can see that your playground seems really big in comparison to our school. How many different playgrounds do you have at your school and what do you use them for?