Max in the UK

Max arrived at Gatwick airport in the UK with Mrs S. He spent four days looking around London and he made a new friend. His name is Sam.

Can you guess where Max is?

This is a house where a lady by the name of Anne once lived. Her husband wrote many plays. His name was William. Do you know who it is?

This is a special place where a guard would stand. What type of place do you think it might be?

Max stood on a very, very old wall. The wall is made of stone and is very famous. The name of the wall starts with "H". Do you know where Max is?

Max visited a home of a Duke, his wife the Duchess and their five children. They all live in a castle. It is very, very big and very old. Do you think you would like living in a castle?

Max visited a city in Scotland and walked to the top of a very high hill. On top of the hill is a Castle. Max sat on one of the cannons that were used to protect the people who once lived in the castle. The name of this City starts with "E". Can you guess where Max was?

Max meets a new friend in the Underground

When Max was in London, he caught a train that went under the ground. While he was waiting for a train, he met a little girl and her grandmother who were at the "Underground" station called "Oval". Max can't remember her name but she was wearing a red scalf and had long blonde hair. She was 7 years old, was on holidays from school and was learning all about the advertisements seen near the station. Max wanted to say hello.

Max visited London and saw this building. The bell in the tower has a special name. Do you know what it is? It starts with "B"

As Max was walking along the River Thames, he saw a very long car. It was called a stretch limousine. Max asked if he could sit in the car. The man said yes. Doesn't Max look happy?

On October 26, Max went by bus and two trains to a town named Windsor. A very special family live in Windsor. Can you guess who they are?

Mrs S took Max up to a guard and told him that Max was from a school in Australia and she knew he could not speak to her (they must not tlak to anyone when they are on duty). When the guard heard her say this, he changed the way he was standing. Mrs S said "Thank You". Max felt very special.

Max also went into a special room called "Queen Mary's Doll's House" There was a huge doll's house that was made for Queen Mary as a present. It was very special. The guard outside the room held Max so he could have his picture taken with her. Thank You.

Max visits Rome

Today Max visited St Peter's in Rome. It is a beautiful church filled with many beautiful pictures that are mosaics not paintings. The ceilings are very, very high. While Max was there, he sent a postcard to his friends at Mary Mackillop.

Max then went on a bus and visited a very old building. It is so old the walls have fallen down. Max found out that a long time ago, people who were slaves used to fight in front of many people. Can you guess what it is? Hint: It was a round building with rooms under the floor.

Max then got on the bus again and this time he saw many more churches. They were beautiful. He wanted to take a photo but he could not because there were murals on the walls and if everyone took a photo, the murals would be destroyed.

I am off to Italy - again!!!

Today, Saturday, September 29, 2007 I had a trip to the International Terminal at Sydney Airport, Mascot. I took this trip because Mrs S is taking me to Italy for a holiday. This is a photo of me as I am about to enter the departure lounge. After I entered the departure lounge I had to go through customs and then I waited at Gate 59 before getting on a Singapore Airlines plane that flew me out of Australia, heading for Italy. I had a couple of stops on the way, one at Singapore and then another at Frankfurt before finally I flew into Vienna. Can you find out what countries Singapore, Frankfurt and Rome are in?

Max gets ready for his overseas trip

Max was getting very excited. He realised that he needed to get ready to go on his BIG overseas trip so he had a bubble bath and Mrs S washed his clothes.

When Max had visited schools, the students and teachers had given him badges that Max attached to his jacket. He asked Mrs S if he could leave his badges at her place because he was afraid that he might lose them when he was on holidays. Mrs S said that would be OK.
"How many sleeps until we leave?" asked Max.

"3 sleeps left Max." said Mrs S.

Max @ Mary MacKillop

Max spent a week with his friends at Mary MacKillop.

His friends got a big surprise when they saw Max. He had an earing!!! I wonder who gave Max the earing???





Max had a great time seeing all his friends, Benny, Bernadette and Care Flight Bear. He really enjoyed seeing the children too.


Max noticed that they are all grown so tall so he asked Mrs E and Mrs N if he could site on top of the water bottle! He was so pleased they said yes.

Max hears about Tommy, Buzzy and Boxer

Max has heard that there is another toy and his friends who have their very own blog!

Max would like you to visit their blog too and learn all about Tommy, Buzzy and Boxer.

Visit them at their blog.

Max visits his friends at Mary MacKillop

On Tuesday, Mrs S took Max back so he could say hello to all his old friends at Mary MacKillop.

As they walked into the library, Max and Mrs S saw the children who were now in Year 3. They were very excited to see Max (and Mrs S).

Mrs S left Max with Mrs N before Mrs S walked around the school to say hello to some of the children.

Max was very excited to be back because he was able to see his old friends Benny, Bernadette and Careflight Bear.

Max told them that he was going on another holiday to three countries that were so far away they had to travel by air.

He asked Mrs E if she knew where he was going when she arrived back in the library and she told Max that he was going to visit Italy, England and France. Just then Max remembered. (I think Max was so excited to be back he had forgotten.)

"Who will take me back to Mrs S?" Max asked Mrs M when she visited the library with the musical instruments.

"It's OK Max. We will make sure we take you to Mrs S," said Mrs M.

"That's good. I don't want to miss the plane," said Max.

More photos from St Francis Xavier Florey.

The girls from my Year 8 Pastoral class took me on a tour of SFX.

I visited the Science Lab

and the Resource Centre.

I used computers

I did Art and Applied Technology
and generally "hung out" in a large Secondary college!

Max is going on a plane...

Max is going on another adventure!

This time he is going with Mrs S. He is going to Italy, the United Kingdom and France before coming back to Australia.

Can you help Max find out why these places are visited by so many people from around the world every day?

• London
• Bath (Max thinks this is a funny name for a town.)
• Stonehenge
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• York
• Edinburgh
• Paris

If you would like to see some of the places Max will visit, search your library for more information and then visit these tourist websites:

Visit Britain Website

Visit Wales Website

Visit Scotland Website

Paris Visitors Website

Perhaps you can add a comment to this blog and let Max know what you have found out.

Max at St Francis Xavier College

Hi! I arrived at SFX on Friday 31st October and was introduced to my host family, Ms W 's year 8 DW Pastoral class.
I was a little tired from my adventures and was pleased to be allowed to rest over the weekend before joining in the fun of Middle School!
On Monday 3rd September I was taken by the students to their Humanities (English, RE and Social Science) class. They are studying "The Night of the Twisters" and after 20 minutes of silent reading I watched the video with them.
One of the boys made me an honorary member of the Student Representative Council and gave me a beautiful blue and gold badge.
This is me with the class's Silent Ball Teddy. The students must be totally quiet while he is passed around.

Farewell St Bede's

The time has come to say farewell to Max. We enjoyed having him at our school.

Max loved being at our Book Fair and taking part in our library lessons.

Max gets involved at St Bede's!

Max had fun watching the St Bede's students in their technology lessons on Thursday. He particularly loved their Lego Robotics lesson!
He also found time to laze around in the staffroom, taking a well-earned rest.
On Friday Max accompanied Mrs H to the announcement of the Children's Book Council's Book of the Year awards at the National Library.

Where do the visitors come from?

Did you know that people from different parts of the world visit Max's blog?

If you visit Max's blog why not send him an email

and Mrs S will search for information about your town/suburb and upload it to the blog.

Email Max at mmonkey@parra.catholic.edu.au

If you want a particular site, please send the URL to Max.


Max enjoys helping us learn about the world that we all share.

Max has landed at St Bede's!

Watch this space for up-dates on what Max the Monkey gets up to at St Bede's in Red Hill.

See Max's adventures and more photos @ SCA

Come and see what Max has been up to at St Clare of Assisi school, CONDER ACT Australia

http://scamax.blogspot.com/

Max Arrives Tomorrow!

We are all very excited about the arrival of Max. His plane [CEO courier bag] should arrive around lunchtime. After brief introductions, Max will be taken on a tour of the school and visit some new friends. See you tomorrow Max!!!!!

Max at J23

Max has been having a wonderful time with the children at J23. He was very sad when he had to leave.

If you would like to read about what Max has been doing, please visit their website.

Max attends a leadership learning technologies conference

Max got very excited on Thursday. Mrs S told him that he was going to "The Mecure" to attend a "21st Century Leadership and ICT Conference".

Max was not quite sure who he would meet and was a little shy so he decided to wait until the afternoon before he made an appearance.

When he entered the room, Max became very, very excited....he saw his friends from Good Shepherd. They remembered Max so he was very pleased!

Max also met Mrs B. She remembered Max from the Learning Technology Conference. He also made some new friends, Mrs M and Mr V.

On the second day, Max was introduced to everyone. They were told all about his blog and he told them he would like to visit them.

Max wondered if they would invite him.....

Max at the Podcast Inservice

Max was the guest at an inservice for teachers held during the school holidays.

The teachers had fun learning how to make sound tracks, insert images and export the files to a podcast. They had so much fun.

Max learnt that podcasts are made by many people. To learn about who uses podcasts, click on the links below:

• University of New England
• Department of Education in Victoria
• Edith Cowan University
• Epsom Primary School Podcasts
  
• CSIRO Podcasts
• Educational Podcasts at the ABC
• NASA

Max celebrates Christmas in July

On the first Sunday in July, Max went to a Christmas party.

The people at the party explained that in other countries around the world it is very cold at Christmas time. As July can be very cold in Australia, some people who once lived in these countries, like to get together to remind them of a cold Christmas.

Max was excited when he saw the the turkey. It was very big. (Max didn't eat any. He preferred the bananas.)

After lunch, Max and his friends went on a walk in the Blue Mountains. They walked along a bush track on the mountain ridge. Max saw the tops of many tall gum trees.

"I must be very high" thought Max.

On the way back, Max saw a old rusty car. Max's friends explained that some people did not look after the natural bushland and left things like bottles, cans, rubbish and sometimes cars there.

Max hoped that all the children he visited took all their rubbish home. "It is important to keep our world clean", Max said.