http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org Our Future, Writing Across All Borders Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:07:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello bloggers around the world!!  I thought I would introduce myself and my grade 6/7 class from Tasmania, Australia.  My name is Miss W.  (this is what I use on our blogs) and I have only been blogging since January this year.  I introduced my new class to blogging when school ... http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org/2008/03/12/a-new-global-blogging-class/    Yesterday, was Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day in Australia. This marks the beginning of the Lenten season in the Christian world. As usual our students in the primary school levels were busy making pancakes - a happy fun time and then enjoyed eating the results of their hard labour.  Below ... http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/celebrating-pancake-day-or-shrove-tuesday/ Our school started yesterday, with teachers returning and planning lessons for our first term. We have 5 weeks holiday over summer then 4 terms, with a two week break between each of the terms. How many terms and holidays do you have? It was with great interest that I read your ... http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/lets-get-started/ Hello to the Global Bloggers. I am Mrs Mirtschin (murcha) and we hope to work with you on some collaborative projects this year. Our students return to school on January 30th. It has been very hot here and we have had a number of days over 40 degrees. Fortunately, ... http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org/2008/01/11/hello-global-bloggers-from-australia/ Welcome to the first post on the Global Bloggers blog!  This post is coming to you from Mrs. Olson's 4th grade classes in Wisconsin.  To kick things off, we need to know what's important to elementary school students today.  While most of the posts here will not be question-based, we do ... http://youngbloggers.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/welcome/