Hi guys!
I have started school on Monday and so far so good!
The teachers are adorable, we are 9 in the class in total but I still haven't met 1 of the girls.
We have all the same subjects as you do except that I have 2 or 3 periods of Math 2 of French 2 of Science and so on.
We have a 30 minute break with birthday cakes from time to time and we get to play in the 1 meter deep snow!!!
For those of you coming to Verbier..... well you wont regret it!
We take a VIS bus (Very Important Students XD) to the canteen everyday (and the food is freshly cooked REAL food!) and because we are the oldest students we get to go back to school walking every time...... SNOW TIME WHOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we have school until 3:30 where we usually go home unless we have activities like Drama or clubs like the Debate club or the Homework club (It's not as bad as it sounds we basically get to ask the teachers anything about the homework they gave us and they help us with it so that we can get free time at home!)
We also have set time, classes, teachers and more! We start at 8:30 have break at 10:30 (I think) lunch at 12:30 end of lessons at 3:30 and finally activities at 4:30. We have a one week fish day and 7 day snow day! I ski the whole of Friday in school and we do lots of day outs! My teachers are Mrs. Sokoloski, Mr. Desilets Mr. Decoudres (The headmaster) and M. Roth.
I cant wait to see whoever is coming to Verbier!
Say hi to Mr. Burt and Mrs.Hall for me and give her my best regards. Also say hi to Lachlan if you see him!
Miss you,
Speak again soon!
Wednesday 6 January 2016
Sunday 3 January 2016
Setteling in Verbier by Charlotte van der List
Hi everyone!
I have arrived in Verbier and have found the time to edit this blog again!
It has been a few busy past weeks packing unpacking moving etc...........
To summarize the past weeks ;
Week 1 was all about packing up my house in Hong Kong. I did not recognize my house by the time we had to leave...... You can get confirmation off my friends. I left HK on Saturday 13 December 2015. We got to Paris the following day with a bit of confusion concerning the luggage and by luggage I mean my Labrador dog Bambou, because the luggage panel didn't indicate which gate to go to for the baggage reclaim.....
On week 2 we were in a small village in France called Faverolles where my grandparents reside:
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/place/Rue+du+Bout+Corneret,+28210+Faverolles,+France/@48.6842879,1.588852,61m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e41d0d9a0ac64b:0xece719b579e6a403 (The big wonky house to the left and the other smaller garage at the end of the terrain are our property.)
Then we hit the road and headed to Verbier. We stopped in Nuit-Saint-Georges;
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/place/Domaine+Jean+Chauvenet+-+Christophe+Drag/@47.1416864,4.9547992,215m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f291ca0f6c0541:0xa6b584ffa99acd50 (The big open field and the big house. The smaller house at the top left of the field is my great cousins place.)
where my dads side of the family (his Uncle, Aunt, and Cousins) hold a wine farm. (le Domain Chauvnet) We had lunch there and started to head back to Verbier. We got there at around 6pm
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@46.0968299,7.2304727,256m/data=!3m1!1e3 (My house is the third one on the chemin de la Barmète, the big one who has an "identical" twin which is a bit smaller)
On week 3 we went skiing for the first time and my grandparents came for a visit. they stayed for the week and left back to Faverolles.
On the fourth week we had friends who came over, a just married couple, who stayed for a week. They are a team and work as photographers. He takes the pictures and she edits them.
And finally on the 5th week we had another friend come over.... she's a single pringle!
She also happens to be a countess who ,we tease her about it all the time, only skis from bar to bar, one slope, and the snow has to be fresh. Oh! I almost forgot, her time limit is 9:30 and it has to be a cloudless somewhat warm day! She is still here and already skied once!!!
Today I start school again. I am writing this last part of my blog just before I get ready to leave.
I really wish I could be back home in HK, but some things have to happen... on the more positive note though the snow is absolutely gorgeous here (around 30cm of snow!)
http://www.swissstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/235c_big_step.jpg (The teacher you see in the picture is my teacher)
For those of you who kept my slip of paper you can give me your emails and I can send you a few pictures of the snow, new years eve, Christmas, skiing, my messy bedroom... and for the others that decided to come to the ski trip (that I know of that's 2 of you) I'll see you there!
I have arrived in Verbier and have found the time to edit this blog again!
It has been a few busy past weeks packing unpacking moving etc...........
To summarize the past weeks ;
Week 1 was all about packing up my house in Hong Kong. I did not recognize my house by the time we had to leave...... You can get confirmation off my friends. I left HK on Saturday 13 December 2015. We got to Paris the following day with a bit of confusion concerning the luggage and by luggage I mean my Labrador dog Bambou, because the luggage panel didn't indicate which gate to go to for the baggage reclaim.....
On week 2 we were in a small village in France called Faverolles where my grandparents reside:
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/place/Rue+du+Bout+Corneret,+28210+Faverolles,+France/@48.6842879,1.588852,61m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e41d0d9a0ac64b:0xece719b579e6a403 (The big wonky house to the left and the other smaller garage at the end of the terrain are our property.)
Then we hit the road and headed to Verbier. We stopped in Nuit-Saint-Georges;
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/place/Domaine+Jean+Chauvenet+-+Christophe+Drag/@47.1416864,4.9547992,215m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f291ca0f6c0541:0xa6b584ffa99acd50 (The big open field and the big house. The smaller house at the top left of the field is my great cousins place.)
where my dads side of the family (his Uncle, Aunt, and Cousins) hold a wine farm. (le Domain Chauvnet) We had lunch there and started to head back to Verbier. We got there at around 6pm
https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@46.0968299,7.2304727,256m/data=!3m1!1e3 (My house is the third one on the chemin de la Barmète, the big one who has an "identical" twin which is a bit smaller)
On week 3 we went skiing for the first time and my grandparents came for a visit. they stayed for the week and left back to Faverolles.
On the fourth week we had friends who came over, a just married couple, who stayed for a week. They are a team and work as photographers. He takes the pictures and she edits them.
And finally on the 5th week we had another friend come over.... she's a single pringle!
She also happens to be a countess who ,we tease her about it all the time, only skis from bar to bar, one slope, and the snow has to be fresh. Oh! I almost forgot, her time limit is 9:30 and it has to be a cloudless somewhat warm day! She is still here and already skied once!!!
Today I start school again. I am writing this last part of my blog just before I get ready to leave.
I really wish I could be back home in HK, but some things have to happen... on the more positive note though the snow is absolutely gorgeous here (around 30cm of snow!)
http://www.swissstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/235c_big_step.jpg (The teacher you see in the picture is my teacher)
For those of you who kept my slip of paper you can give me your emails and I can send you a few pictures of the snow, new years eve, Christmas, skiing, my messy bedroom... and for the others that decided to come to the ski trip (that I know of that's 2 of you) I'll see you there!
Thursday 3 December 2015
Out Of My Mind by Sharon M Draper
A little summary:
Out of my mind is a book about a girl called Melody who is handicapped. She cannot talk walk or move because her body is numb but her mind works fine.
In the novel she tries to find a way to communicate with the world.
She finds a special computer for disabled people like her...
Melody:
Melody at the beginning of the novel is a girl who is locked inside her own little world unable to communicate with anyone.
At the end of the novel she is like many other kids she can talk using a special computer and isn't teased and bullied.
The bully:
The 'villain' of this novel is a pair of friends Claire and Molly. Molly is the follower more than the bully. Around the middle-end of the novel there is a competition which their school enters and gets through to the finals. But all good things cant last... Melody misses the plane to Washington D.C where the finals are held and her team comes 9th.
When Melody goes back to school she goes to the team class. They explain themselves and offer as a sorry gift their trophy. Melody starts to laugh and drops the trophy which smashes leaving everyone except Melody dumfounded. Melody types on her computer "I don't need it" "You deserve it" and leaves.
This is the book cover:
Thursday 26 November 2015
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly
A Long Way Home
Version 1
A long way home,
from train to train,
station to station,
A long way home.
A long way home.
A long way home,
from orphanage to orphanage,
city to city,
A long way home.
A long way home,
from plane to plane,
country to country,
A long way home.
A long way home,
from maps to reality,
corner to corner,
back to his family,
A long way home?
Not if you try!
A Summary of the story
Saroo Brierley in his young age (4 years of age) was lost on a train and sped away from home.
A year later in his orphanage a Tassie (Tasmanian)couple came across him and decided to adopt him. Saroo did not know much about what happened to him that year he lost his home, but 26 years later he stumbled across Google Earth (which was in its early days back then) which started to intrigue him and urge him to find his family. He started his search from the train station in Calcutta (where he was sure to have been), chose a rail to follow and followed it. One day he finds the right one and takes a trip back to infancy.
He goes back to his old house and finds it abandoned and is about to leave when a man comes along. Saroo asks him about the family who used to live there and the man says "I will take you to your mother." Saroo finds his mother sister brother nephews and brothers in law. He also finds out that all this time he had been mispronouncing his name which was really "Sheru" not "Saroo"
"I hate to think what would have happened if that man had not come. I would have been so close to my mother without knowing it and just turn away."
Quoted Saroo Brierley
Images;
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| This is Saroo Brierley |
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| This is the book. The colours in the background is part of his trousers and the rails. |
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| This is his Tassie family (far left is his adopted brother) |
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| This is his Indian family |
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| This is where he lives in Tasmania and where he lived in India |
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| This is how far he traveled by train when he was 5 |
Thursday 19 November 2015
The Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg
The Princess and the Foal
Good Luck!
S S G T R R A V R U W S B P W D J C L A R M X S Y
O H E E R B I S A I L Q T P U I M J V M U W B S O
P Z E R Z W Y J M Y T X A A A C I E B A L T B I D
I M T I E T O C M Q O P O H C R S M H M H X M F A
B A B A K R I Q U C Y E O C Q Y A G X F W J R Y O
L S O W D M N Z H T N B Q B S O G D N H L I N K I
V C T A M K O P L S M W V U K J K R E I E B R D Z
T Z N U Y D D H A A P M A F E S D C E N K W I R R
X E D P D J P W A L D I S X S S O S D G C P V S E
H R N M Y A O C X M B D Q X K S T S R N G A L G I
W R A T X V Z R M A M A E F D E H R W W U W G T C
W K A N P M D F R C G E M Z A I N M I L I T N A S
V G P H S E A A Z A E A D U P L I Z T A K C J C V
Z T B G U Q G E D E Z Q V F T L C I A U N G I M Y
C X T I N R E G R R O Y A L I E N O H W Y W R W V
Y V P J O I J Z I D M S S T S G V A N N V W E K S
P R W X X P P D V N W M A R W M Y X R R O L O P I
Y C T M S J N M C B G R U H C A A I Q S Y M J M Q
K N L R Y A K O U E Y P D X B Z X K M G A P R S Q
A R B X L L C U T J H Z N Z F R K Q R M V A N D H
L D T G M G X B T D W X T O Q N O J A L N K R M R
H H N F F V K T O H V O T Q T D Z Y B L S C M K E
H E F I J G E J G F D M H O W M L T G W I H X K X
E S R O H R H R V Z O R U S J Q T X L L N F W L Y
A N Q H M Q T R N M T M T X M P W N Q D I Z Z F A
ALHUMMAR ALI ARABIA BABA BREE DREAM ENGLAND EQUESTRIAN FALCONRY FRIENDSHIP HAYA HORSE JODHPURS
JORDAN KINGSCUP MAMA MILITARY PARADE POLO ROYAL SANTI SHEIKMOHAMMED SHOWJUMPING STACYGREGG TENTPEGGING VAULTING
Click here for the solution:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/code/PuzzleSolution.asp?submit2=Solution
Don't cheat!
The Princess and the Foal is a book about the princess Haya and her horse Bint al Reeh (Daughter of the Wind or Bree) training together and preparing for the kings cup, the biggest horse event in Jordan.
Great book, recommended for horse lovers!
Here is Bree and princess Haya:
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