December 10th Leeds, England – the evening Oh Wow! The theatre was fabulous! I had a great time at the theatre. We went to see Aladdin at the West Yorkshire Playhouse with Bev, a friend of Althea’s. The evening was magical. The small theatre company put on a show that told the story in a modern way that all the children in the audience enjoyed. I enjoyed it too. The best
December 10th Leeds, England – the afternoon After a break for lunch we went to Grimes Dyke Primary School where Althea is a school governor. Year 6 (10-11 year olds) were having a celebration day (V.E. Day) to mark the end of their project on World War II. Althea said V.E. Day is “Victory in Europe Day” to celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe. War time food made by parents was set up on tresstle
December 10th Leeds, England Brr this snow is cold on web feet! Today was a very busy and long day. First we visited a village school then we attended a “Victory in England” celebration at another school. Then we went to the theatre and finished off at Althea’s sister’s home. Whee! Read on to find out what happened at these different places. This morning I went with Althea to visit a school in the village of Aberford. The village is near to
December 9th 2010 Leeds England Hello everyone, I finally arrived at my latest destination to stay with a family who live in Leeds, in the north of England. Over the past few days, if not weeks England has experienced a great deal of snow, ice and very cold weather. Althea told me that although it is usually cold at this time of the year they haven’t had snow in Leeds this early in the year. If I had had to fly here
Mrs Green is a bit slow in telling you this, but I’m going to England super fast!!! In fact, by the time she tells you I’m going I’ll already be in Leeds, England. I hope her students are watching me. Mrs. Green says I might have to learn different words for some things. I can’t wait to see what it is like in England. I hear it’s colder there than it is here.