Pen Pal Letters

I could try to describe the area where I'm living and teaching, but after reading these letters before sending them on to the states, I thought who better to describe it to you than the children who live here?

Dear Victor,

The beach is cool. There are jelly fish and Blue Bottles. they can sting you and the sting will not go away. It will hurt you 'forevu and evu.' So don't go near the Blue Bottles, okay Victor?

Your Australian pen pal,
Shelby



Dear Melia,

I live here in Macksville. Australia has amazing rainforests. It is really really hot. And we have nice plants in the rain forest. Our rain forest has ticks and leeches. The rain forst has little water falls and interesting plants.

Your friend,
Krysta


Dear Ethan,

We don't have any snow in our rainforest. There are lots of birds in our rainforest. There is a blue tongue lizard under my house. I catch lizards. They are brown and little and they are very hard to catch.

Your friend,
Nicholas


Dear Chase,

You should see the river near my house. And I go fishing there. And I catch little fish there. And I have a rain forest near my house and I get flowers there. And I see lady beetles.

Your friend,
Jess


Dear Colby H.,

The rainforest here is amazing. The waterfalls are so big in Australia. One time dad and I went on top of a big waterfall and the person that was there looked like a ant.

Your friend,
Himayat


Dear Laura,

I live near the beach and forests. I like the beach the most because it has amazing fish, turtles, coral and lots of other things. I don't like Blue Bottles and jelly fish, sharks, and octopus. At the holidays I might be going to a place in Australia called Sydney. It is very sunny in Sydney. That's why I like it so much.

Your Australian pen pal,
Jemma


Dear Aiden,

Did you know that rain forests have heaps of trees and theres snakes there and there is crocodiles? The rain forest has ropes and you can swing on them and they come from the trees. They are up high in the trees and it's beautiful and rain goes there and all the tiny mangos grow.

Your friend,
PJ

Dear Hannah,

I don't think you know that we have a beautiful rain forest here at Macksville. We have beautiful plants and animals in Australia. We have many birds what are called whip birds. They are beautiful colors. There are little puddles with frongs in there. The trees have little holes in there. They might have koalas in there. There are insects in the rain forest. The rain forest is our beauiful place to go.

Your Australian pen pal,
Zahra

Dear Kale,

Do you want to know more about the ocean? In Australia we have sharks and we have Blue Bottles. I and Mum went to the beach and went fishing. And we didn't know we caught a stingray or a shark!

From your fishing pen pal,
Thomas


Dear Coby,

The rain forest has lots and lots of trees and a lot of animals and birds. it is dark and damp. The ocean has a lot of fish and sharks and dolfins and coral.

Your friend,
Ryan


Dear Noah,

Do you like Penny Lizards and Goannas? We have heaps of Blue tongue Lizards in our school. We call them Blue Tongue cause their tonges are blue.

Your friend,
Keith


Out of the choices to describe in our area, ocean, river, rain forest, beach, or public pool, interestingly enough only one child chose to describe the pool. It is a great complex for such a small town, and I go there to exercise after school when I can. Read the description below and imagine the smell of "hot chips," or french fries, while one is trying to burn calories!

Dear Riley,

I want to tell you about the Macksville Pool. It has three lovely pools to swim in. One pool is really big. There are two pools inside the house to have a little swim in. The pools even have candy to buy there. They have hot chips to buy as well with some hot sauce on it to eat as well. They even have a big water slide to ride and it leads to a little pool and it is very fun at the pool.

Your friend,
Lucy