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.

Max sleeps at Eastern Creek Raceway

On July 21, Max and over 100 teachers, slept outside to raise awareness of homeless people and to help raise money for St Vincent de Paul who look after the homeless people.

When Max arrived, he had to register and get his name tag. Max wore the tag around his neck. The cord was a bit long so he had to be very careful.

After arriving at the Easter Creek Raceway with Mrs M, Max got a sheet of cardboard that he was to use as his bed for the night. He was gald that Mrs M had brought a spare sleeping bag for him to sleep in.

Later that night he heard many people talk about how sad it was that so many people did not have a home where they could sleep at nightime.

Max saw many of his old friends including his friend who took him to Egypt

and some from Mary MacKillop!! Max got very excited when he met so many people who remembered who he was.

The next morning, Max woke up. It was so cold there was ice on the cars!!. Max joined everyone in a Liturgy.

As Max left to go back to school with Mrs M, he felt very sad that some people had to sleep outside all the time because they did not have a home.

Max at Riverview

On 16th June Max the Monkey visited the 5.2 class at Riverview. It was a wet and rainy day so he just tagged along with us to our classes. We told him how we all went to Chinatown last week and had Yum Cha which is all sorts of Chinese food. He would have especially liked the spring rolls and the dumplings. We had jelly to finish the meal. Some boys ate so much they were sick. We also visited the Chinese Gardens and Dickson Street to do some shopping.

Andrew and Ned then took Max to the computer lab and taught him how to use Google earth. He found all the places he has travelled to around the world, which is a lot actually. We looked at all the places he has been on his blog.

At lunchtime we talked to him about soccer. Bailey taught him some tricks, he was very good at it and then he taught me some tricks but it was very hard. I think I am better at rugby but we had a great day talking and playing and having fun with him.

Then we took him to music lessons with us. He tried the violin and the cello but he definitely liked the drums the best. We all had fun. He’s a great monkey. We had a bit of an accident on the way back in all the rain and mud. Nick slipped over and was covered in mud – and he was holding Max. He tried to save him but our teacher is going to wash him and his jacket tonight before he leaves Riverview.

It is a pity he could not go with us to the school snow trip next week because there is a lot of snow falling. We liked having Max visit. Hope his next place is fun.
Declan, Ned, Andrew, Bailey, Matt, Nick

Max finds friends in the UK

Max was very excited today when he was told that a school in the UK had heard all about him.

The children from Teyfant Community School heard about Max and even made a link to his blog from their website. How exciting!

Max searched their website and found Tizz. Imagine Max's surprise when he read about how Tizz had travelled to Spain.

Max sent an email to Mrs S and asked if he could go to Spain too!

Mrs S sent an email to Max and told him that she knew somone was going to the UK later this year and perhaps Max could go too and meet Tizz.

Do you think Max should meet Tizz?

Add a comment here

Friday, June 1 - Excursion and Farewell

Yahoo! I went on another excursion, this time by bus with Year 4 to Cumberland State Forest. We did so many fun things there. We went on a trail walk, planted seedlings, looked at the nursery, went in the greenhouse and went on a detective hunt. I found lots of clues to the questions! It was the best!

I said "Goodbye," to all my new friends at SMM's and thanked them for looking after me, making me feel so welcome and providing many new learning experiences for me. I can't wait for my next adventure... Do you know where I am going next?

Thursday, May 31st

Today I spent some time as a photographer with Mrs BC's classes. First with Year 2 taking photos using the digital camera of different types of transport to be used as a labelling activity. Then with Year1, where I had to choose from a selection of clothing worn in different types of weather and take a photo.

Finally, I helped the Kinders take photos of things found in our school garden. There weren't many insect that we could see, so we mainly took photos of plants. I didn't even climb up any trees this time! I didn't want to worry the Kinders (or give them any ideas!)

We also used the Interactive Whiteboard for other classes. I had so much fun using it! It was great!

Wednesday, May 30th

Early this morning I waved goodbye to Year 6 who went on a 3 day excursion to Canberra. I was invited along but since I have already been there I thought it would be good to spend some more time with other grades at the school.



I spent the first part of the morning helping KT with their maths activities. It was quite challenging! I also helped them gather information about spiders from a variety of books. I loved listening to the children present their information. I made many new friends and I think they enjoyed having me as part of their class.



Next we went outside with the rest of Kinder to play ball. The ball was a bit big for me to throw up into the hoop, so some of my friends rolled the ball to me instead. They were so thoughtful!

It was amazing to see how many children could throw the ball into the hoop!

Tuesday, May 29th - Excursion

Today I packed my bag ready for an excursion, with Year5, to Mary MacKillop Place Museum. We went over the Harbour Bridge by train and took a 90 min tour of the Museum. We visited Mary MacKillop's house, prayed and had lunch in the grounds. We learnt a lot about Mary MacKillop an Australian heroine with good values. Do you know which suburb she lived in?

Monday, May 28th - Yr 1 Assembly

Wow! You should have seen us dance to the 'Time Warp' at the Year 1 Assembly. We had so much fun! I think everyone else that watched us was very impressed by our moves!

We also showed everyone how we had written a procedure for making popcorn and then one for fairy bread. The best part of the procedure was eating what we had made. Yummy!

I was also lucky enough to be in a group that talked about learning how to do subtraction. I was given lollies, then I ate some and the children had to work out how many were left. I love this type of Maths!