We are always excited  to connect with classes around the globe. Ms. Seitz and her grade four class sent the following message to us today.

Dear 5SK,

We are Ms. Seitz’s class in Michigan, USA. We are fourth graders, which is the same as year 5 in Australia. We really like your pictures and description of where you live. We also like how you told us about the characteristics of your town. We wonder how big your mango harvest is, if it ever snows in Australia, and how deep your coal mines are. We think we would like to be your blogging buddies.

From,
Ms. Seitz’s Class

Ms. Seitz and Year 4,

Thank you for commenting on our blog. It is always lovely to hear from other classes.  Did you know that our Big Mango went missing last year? It became huge news in Australia. We eventually found out that it was a promotional stunt for an Australian sauce company.

Our coal mines range from 30m to 170m in depth. The average mine is  80m – 100m. Our school visited the Collinsville mine years ago and the machines were so big! Our whole class sat in an 11m high dragline bucket and we looked very tiny.

We weren’t able to find out how many mangoes leave Bowen each summer but we did call a local tomato farmer who produces ten thousand tonnes each season.

We have a very warm climate in Queensland. Our average temperature this time of year is around 27 degrees and 37 degrees in summer. Many of our students have never seen snow as it only snows in the southern states of Australia. I saw snow for the first time two years ago in Tasmania.

Kind regards,

Mrs Scharf & 5SK