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Pen Pal letter from Nathan to Jeffery

Hi   Jeffery

My name is Nathan Christie. I am your penpal. I am 12 years old. My birthday is in September.  I Love my pet cat, I   live in a flat in Holloway, London with my Mom, Dad, Sister and brother.

My best subjects are art,    ICT, RE and PE.      My friends   are   Ayesha, Credo, Lorell, Josephine,      Joe, Kian, Joshua, George and Jack   

My teachers name is Ms Whitbread.

I like to go to after school clubs.

I like to play in the park with my brother, sister and friends. I love ice cream.

I would like to find out more about you and what you like to do.

We are just about to start our summer holidays I know you are already on your holiday, please let me know what you do when you are not in school.

Nathan

Pen Pal Letter to Tina

Dear Tina

 Hello my name is Lorell and I am 11 years old. I live in Islington which is in London.

I live in a two bedroomed flat   with my mum, dad and my sisters Saffron and Malaya. My sisters are one and three and I have a dog. My Hobbies are playing football and my favourite subjects   are Maths, Art, PE and Science. 

We have been growing seeds that are called Carrots, Cabbage in our dome and in our school gardens.

Before Easter we performed the Easter play, about when Jesus died and was crucified. We had to perform the play in front of the whole school

My Favourite team is Arsenal and I love shopping, my favourite food is fish and chips  

What do you do out the week end Tina?

I hope you have a wonderful summer break I will write again in September.

Lorell                                                        

Pen Pal letter from Kian to Mark

Dear Mark,

I am your pen pal. My name is Kian. I am 11 years old. I live in Islington, which is in London. I live in a flat. It has 3 bedrooms. I live with my carer and her name is Helen. I have a foster sister called Sam.

My real mum has 5 children and their names are Paul, Thomas, Ronan, Sarah-Jane and me, Kian.

I have two dogs.

When I get home from school I like going to Toffee’s. Toffee’s is an adventure playground.

My favourite subjects are   Maths, Food Technology and Spanish.

We   have been working in the school garden and I ­have sewed sunflower seeds.

When we went to Suntrap in May we had to camp in Epping Forest, we had to collect forest animals to look at when we got back to the centre.

Food I like –

I like to eat fish and chips. It is a very popular dish in the whole of England.  Do you have any nice national dishes?

Clissold Park is a fun park in east London I like to go to every Saturday.

I will contact you after my summer holidays.

Kian

Pen Pal Letter to Judy

Hi Judy  

My name is Joshua; I am your pan pal. I am 11 years old. I live in Islington which is in London. I live with my mum and my sister Carina. She is 16.  I live in a flat on the 3rd floor. I have a cat called   Dexter.    When I get home from school I play with my PSP games   and   I play with my sister at house

I like TV my favourite shows are CITV and I like Horrid Henry

I go to the park next to my house and I play on the slide and swings and on the football pitch with my mum and my friend Leo at the park. At home I like to play on my laptop and with my bike. This birthday I am 12years old and I going bowling and to Nando’s for diner.

Hi Judy what are you hobbies?

What do you do in your spare time?

What food do you like to eat?

What lessons do you like at school?

What is your school like?

What is the weather like there?

What is your favourite football team?

What type of food do you eat?

My favourite foods are rice, chicken, pork, spaghetti, toast, couscous, salad.

I will write again after my Summer Holidays.

Joshua

Pen Pal letter to Chris

Dear Chris

My name is Josephine Yinusa and I am your penpal. I am 11 years old and I live in Hackney which is in London. I live in a house with my mum and my baby sister who is 2 years old. I do not have any pets however my favourite animals are dogs and rabbits. When I get home from school I play with my sister and with my toys. My hobbies are watching cartoons, swimming, skipping, playing with hula hoops and dancing to music by Michael Jackson. I also love listening to music because it cheers me up. My favourite sports are Basketball, Running and Rowing. 

My favourite subjects in school are Maths, English, Science, ICT and PE. My closest friends in school are called Ayesha, Lorell, Nathan, Kian, Credo, George, Joshua and Joe. In school we have been growing seeds. The seeds that I have been growing are sunflower seeds and tomatoes. Before Easter all the children in year 7 performed an Easter play. Easter is when Jesus died and in the play I played one of the prisoners who were crucified next to Jesus.

The weather in London has not been very good at the moment as it has been raining for the last four weeks. I really like sunny weather because it makes me feel happy when I come to school and play with my friends. What is the weather like in your city at the moment? I bet it is hotter and nicer than the weather in London.

My favourite things to eat are biscuits, bananas, apples, pears, pizza, potatoes and beans on toast. What are your favourite foods?

We went to Suntrap Outdoor Centre for our residential this year, it is the first time that I had camped I found it quite scary at night when I could hear all the noises around me. I shared a tent with Zoe. We did lots of different activities such as pond dipping, shelter building, forest creatures and campfire building. We had to do chores as well one of mine was washing up everyone’s dinner plates.

I will write again in September.

Josephine

Pen Pal from George to Dave

Dear Dave.

My name is George. I am your penpal.

I am 13 years old. I was born on the 29^th of March 1999.

I live in Camden road.

I live in a house with my mum, dad and brother and we also have a dog and a snake. I like all animals.

I go to and from school by the school bus.

My favourite subjects Are and PE and Maths.

Before Easter we performed an Easter I played the part of Peter. 

We have been growing seeds. The seeds I had carrots and venus fly trap.

I support Arsenal football team I live near to the Arsenal stadium I have been to quite a few Arsenal games.

What are your parent’s jobs? My mum works in a school and my dad is a demolition man.

Do you have pets?

What is your favourite food?

What is your favourite colour?

I look forward to speaking to you again in our next Skype call.

George

Hi Chris

My name is Credo. I am your pen pal. I am 11 years old; my birthday is on the 3^rd of August. I live in Hackney which in is London. I live in a house.

I live with my brothers and my two sisters and my mum and dad.

My big brother is 24 years old my other brother name is Benny. He is 13 years old. My little sister’s name is Joyce, she is 7 years old. My older sister is 18 years old, her name is Flora

My hobbies are PlayStation 2, PSP, watching wrestling. My favourite subjects are English, Maths and Science. I really like playing football.

And my favourite team is Manchester united.

I like to watch Britain’s got talent and East Enders on television.

I watch football every Saturday evening.

I have some new friends at school. Lorrell, Jorge, Jack, Sebastian, Zoe, Nathan, Kian, Joshua, George, Joe, Ayesha and Josephine.

I look forward to speaking to you next term Chris.

Credo

Pen pal letter to Joyce Hsu

Dear   Joyce   Hsu.

My   name   is   Ayesha.  I am   your   pen pal.  I am   12   years   old.  I   live   in   Bow   , which   is   in   London. I   live   in a   flat with   my   mum. I don’t have any brothers or sisters.  I am an   only child.

I don’t have a pet because I don’t like animals very much. When I  get  home  from  school I like to practices  skipping  and  I  like to watch   TV.  My favourite’s subjects are   maths, art, and religious education.

We   have   been   growing   seeds.  The   seeds that   we    have    been   growing    are   apples. We had to plant the seeds in our greenhouse and then we had to wait for them to sprout. Once they started to grow we planted them in the main gardens.

I will contact you after our summer holiday.

Ayesha

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Pupil Info Xinzhuang jhS

What clubs we have at school

Tangerine means good luck for students' success after graduation.

student 2: Vivi

student 3: Maggie

student 4: Andy

student 5: Eric

student 6: Chen Yo Ning

student 7 :

Student 8: Sunny Yang

student 9: Melissa

student 10: Winnie

Student 11: Connie Chang

Info from Xinzhuang jhS

Monday, 27 February 2012

Our interest and questions:
questions from Maggie :

questions from Andy:

Letter from Allen ( Lanya Junior High School)

Hello! 
My name is Allen Chang. 
My nickname is Handsome Gaga. 
My favorite singer is Lady Gaga. 
I love her songs; they are nice. 
My favorite country is Thailand, France and Palau because France is beautiful at night, there are a lot of fruit we can eat in Thailand, and Palau is a great place for diving.

★Letter from Bella (Lanya Junior High School)★

♫Hello!♫ 
My name is Bella. I am a twelve-year-old girl. My birthday is in May. There are five people in my family. I have a happy family. My favorite foods are spaghetti and chocolate. My hobbies are playing the computer games, playing the piano and keeping the diaries. My favorite subject is English, music, math and history. I like to go shopping. I’m good at music. It is interesting. I am an optimistic girl. In the future, I want to be a good teacher!!!


Taipei
Taipei is a wonderful city. There is Taipei 101. It is both a department store and an office building. It is Taipei’s landmark. In Taipei, there are many night markets. Shihlin Night Market and Hsimenting have many kinds of food. Example：pearl milk tea, sausage and ice cream. Taipei has a lot of special food. If you want to see it or taste it, you can come to Taipei. Taipei is a good city.

Letter from Claudia (Lanya Junior High School)

Hi, I’m Claudia Hu. I’m 13 years old. My mom is a Taiwanese, but my grandfather is a Japanese, so I have some foreigner cousins. Because of them, I enjoy making foreign friends and having some foreign pen pals.


I love to play instruments and make songs by myself, and I’m very good at music, art, and PE. 


And I’m going to say something about my country–Taiwan. It is small, but it’s also a powerful, beautiful and convenient city, you can see lots of tall buildings full of streets. 


And you might try stinky tofu at night markets. Its smells bad but it tastes very delicious. Hope you enjoy it!! And write letters to me!!!!

♫ Letter from Sabrina ( Lanya Junior High School )♪

 Hi! : )


    I’m a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in Taipei, Taiwan. My name’s Sabrina Yeh and I was born in Los Angeles, California on December twenty third, in 1998.


    My favorite things to do is reading novels, traveling, listening to music,singing and sketching. I loveHarry Potter, Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games series; by the way, I write stories on my own, too!My favorite colors are sky blue(or navy blue), lime green and violet. I enjoy music a lot, and I likeTaylor Swift's songs.


     I enjoy making friends with others and I'm real eager to have some foreign friends! It's so nice that we all live in the global village. What a wonderful thing it is!

Letter from Bee ( Lanya Junior High School)

Hi! My name is Bee. I am twelve years old. My birthday is in May. There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother and my elder brother. I am a cool and lively girl. Expect swimming, I like all activities. My favorite food is pasta; it is very delicious. In the free time, I like playing the piano and reading books. I am good at math. I think it is an interesting subject; I also like it very much. In the future, I want to be a TV host to make people happy.

 Taipei is a beautiful country. Here, people are very kind and polite .Taipei has Pinghsi Sky Lantern and Shihlin night market and many many pretty view. It also has many buildings. It is famous for buildings the Taipei 101.Taipei 101 is a department store. It is also an office place. Taipei 101 is Taipei’s landmark. If you want to see it, you can come to Taipei, a wonderful city.

Letter from Mark ( Lanya Junior High School)

Hi! 
Hello! My name is Mark Wu. I am twelve year old.
I like to study, play computer games and listen to music.
My favorite sport is table tennis.
I think am I a good student.
I do not have any pets.
I am good at playing computer games.

I live in Taiwan Taipei so I study in Taipei my school name is Anya junior high school. My school is very beautiful and it has lot of tree so it is comfortable and my school has very special thing is the wooden box on the tree the special birds live in the wooden box it name is Leads the angle.
My school is special junior high school in taipei

Letter from Jeffrey ( Lanya Junior High School)

My name is Jeffrey. A. I’m a 13yr boy that lives in Taiwan. I love to play soccer and baseball. I also like movies and I like to make friends, both male and female. I want to be a architect or a surfer. I am good at math, drawing, sports, acting, and making speeches!
I am a Taiwanese.
I’m from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. But in USA, I live in Portland.

I love basketball.

Rose Fan

Taiwan

Taiwan is an island next to China. It is a good place to do business for European. On the north-east side: Japan. On the south side: Philippine. Especially, it’s surrounded by the Pacific Ocean.

Long time ago in the 15 Century, Dutch and Spanish landed on the wonderful land called Formosa. (Named by Portuguese) Formosa means beautiful in Portuguese.

On 1624, Dutch promised the Ming Dynasty of China that they would move to Taiwan (Formosa). The Dutch found out that Taiwan was a nice place. There are a lot of sugarcane and deer.

2011 is the 100birthday of R.O.C.

Taiwan is a nice and awesome place to be.

Control of Taiwan

Ming Dynasty→International Control( Spanish, Dutch) →Zhen Chen-gon( Ming) →Japan→Jiang Family→Republic of China ( Taiwan)

Letter from Ruby ( Lanya Junior High School)

My name is Ruby and I am thirteen. My hobbies are reading adventure storybooks and listening to music. My future dream is to travel through outer space and to be the first woman to step on the planet Saturn .My favorite subjects at school are art, math, music and science. I really hate reading comic books because I do not even understand what their stories mean. I am very interested in Art; I wish I can be a famous fashion designer and earn a lot of money when I grow up. $_$ ﹗ 

    

   I live in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan. It is a beautiful city to live in. .I know a great place to see lots of cool ancient artifacts and artworks, and that place is called National Palace Museum. It has over 677,687 pieces of artworks from the ancienthistory of Taiwan and China long ago. It is a great place to have fun and relax because of its comfort and coolness. If you want to see the whole view of Taipei you can go to the highest level of Taipei 101. To fill your stomach up you can go to our traditional night markets.

Letter from Nicole Yang ( Lanya Junior High School )

   Hello! My name is Nicole yang. I am twelve years old. I am in the seventh grade of Lan ya Junior high school. I live in Taipei, Taiwan. There are a very famous 101 tower, some night markets and many department stores here. Also, there are a lot of earthquakes and many typhoons in Taiwan. My favorite subject is English because English is not only an international language, but also can help you make a lot of friends. I hate math because math is difficult and complicated. It often makes me feel very tired. Twilight is my favorite movie because it is so special. I also buy its DVD and I like to collect English magazines. Lady gaga is the fanciest person I have ever known and Taylor Swift is my favorite country music singer.
   I live in Taipei, Taiwan. I am proud of Taiwan because Taiwan is very convenient and very nice. In Taiwan you can be as free as a bird because you can go places as you wish. When you are bored, you can go to Kenting. Kenting is a wonderful place for fun. You can go there during the summer vacation, maybe a little hotter there but you can enjoy the beach, swim in the sea or collect rocks and seashells. It can teach you about nature. There are many places in Taiwan you can’t imagine. Everybody says Taiwanese is passionate and open-minded.

Letter from Dave(Minsheng Junior High School)

Dear penpal:

Hello, my name is Dave. There are four members in my family; they are my parents, my sister and I. I think I am somewhat on the shy side. I study in Minsheng Junior High School, and my favorite subjects are physics and chemistry, I like physics and chemistry because they relate to our daily lives. They are quite practical. My hobby is listening to music and playing computer games.

The answers for the questions are as follow. I eat Chinese food every day, but sometimes I will eat some Italian, Japanese or American food. We have Chinese, English, math, biology, physics, chemistry, history, geography, music, art, counseling, P.E. and civics classes in school. I usually get around Taipei City by car or scooter because Taipei is not very big. I pretty like English football, but I rarely play it. In my spare time, I always read novels. I live in an apartment, and that is not big but very clean and new. Taipei City is very convenient but crowded and noisy; here are all kinds of stores here. I usually play basketball with my classmates, but I also play lots of kinds of sports. Look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely

Dave

Letter from Betty (Minsheng Junior High School)

Hello！Friend,

   My name’s Betty. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is special, it’s on October 10^th . October 10^th is the National Day of Taiwan！ My favorite subjects are English and music. I live in Taipei. Our school-Minsheng junior high school is in Taipei, too. I’m a Buddhist. Our teacher is Miss Yeh. She is very kind and outgoing. We love our teacher^^.

  The above are the answers for you, and here are some questions for you:

1.   What is your impression of Taiwan？

2.   Do you like music? If yes, do you have any favorite singer

3.   Why do you want to join Connecting Classrooms Project？

4.   What’s your favorite country besides the UK？Why？

5.   Will you go to any of the Olympic Games in London？

6.   What’s your favorite subject？Why？

I have so many questions and I can't wait to hear from you soon.

Betty

Letter by Joyce from Minsheng Junior High School

A Shy Girl

From Mincing Junior High School

Fourteen Years Old

…

Dear friend:

I’m a shy girl from Minsheng Junior High School; I’m fourteen years old.

There are five people in my family, my mom, my dad, two sisters and me. My sisters are younger than me, Felicity is eleven years old; my youngest sister doesn’t have an English name yet, she is five years old. How many people are there in your family?

There are seven periods every day. In the seventh period every Wednesday, we have club class. After that, we have CC class. We need to go to school before seven fifty, when do you need to be at school?

In Taiwan, elementary school students and junior high school students have lunch at school. Some have school lunch, some buy their lunch at school store. Some students' parents bring the lunch over to school at noon, and some students have their lunch boxes with them when they come to school in the morning. Do students in your school all need to have lunch at the school restaurant?

Students in Minsheng wear uniforms to school every day. How about you?

In school, we study Chinese and English, because Chinese is our official language, and English is an international language. English is your official language, but why do you learn Spanish? Is it difficult to learn?

I’m Joyce Hsu. Nice to meet you! Hope we can be good friends!

                                                       Joyce Hsu