Guest post from Sophie

Ten things about Canada (as told to Gemma).

1. It is very cold. The temperatures are in the minus numbers.

2. In Canada, when they write the word Mum, they spell it Mom.

3. We have one hour of french every day. I know the words bonjour, merci, cava bien, je m'appelle Sophie, un melon, un citron, and I can count to 10 in french.

4. We get milk in our classroom every morning. I put my hand up for the milk and then they give it to me.

5. I have lots of different teachers. My main teacher is Ms Karin and Miss Saba is in my classroom all day every day, to help Ms Karin. Then I have a french teacher, a gym teacher, a music teacher and a library teacher.

6. You make maple syrup by heating maple water.


7. When we were at our friends' winter cottage, the children all went sledding together. We made a small jump and it was heaps of fun.

8. I love skiing. We saw a huge snowman when we skied at Mt St Sauveur. Daddy thinks I ski too fast! He wants me to do more turns but I like going straight down the mountain.

9. There is so much snow around. All the gardens and footpaths are covered with snow.

10. We have special snow clothes to wear when we go outside. I have to wear snow pants, a big thick snow jacket, a beanie, gloves, a scarf and special boots so that our feet don't get wet. We have to put all these clothes on when we go outside to play at school.