Year 5 - British International School of Al Khobar

Sandwich Day

2012-01-29T10:36:00.001+03:00

5S had great fun on Wednesday last week making the sandwiches for which they'd previously written the instructions. Parents, no need to make packed lunches for the children anymore, they're all capable of making their own!

Here are our Year 5 students tucking in!

Perhaps our children can post a comment on the blog to say how their sandwich tasted, and how they enjoyed making it.

The Highwayman

2012-01-19T14:11:00.001+03:00

Over the last two weeks, year 5 have been studying the poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes culminating in the writing of our own additional verses in the style of the poem. Below are some of our efforts.

The two ghostly lovers,laughed and chattered

Bess, I should say, wasquite indeed flattered.

Together they rode acrossthe long, purple moor

Together they stayed withhearts rich, but never poor

Together they rode – away– away- away

And the story of theghostly lovers is still told today.

Deniz 5N

Tim the Ostler was disappointed when he heard the terriblenews.

But thestingy soldiers the arrogant soldiers were grandly amused.

He waslooking at the lovely Bess everyday.

Every lonelynight, storming night and dark night.

His fiercefeelings were drowning and drifting away.

Amin 5S

Tim shattered when he saw his love lying dead.

Tim got mad with sliders and went to kill them dead.

Up ahead was king Georges castle.

He got mad mad and madwith anger.

He talked with anger. With the pistol in the solders hand .Tim was scared and dazzled .

Ayyan 5S

He watched him gallop off in thedistance, then turned his gaze to the room,

He looked up the casement withimpending sense of doom,

He ran with his power of love,

Running with every teardrop,drop,drop

He wished he’d go with herabove

Saud 5S

WhenTim heard about Bess death he turned his gaze to the room.

Helooked up at the casement with impending sense of doom.

Tim’seyes started tiring all the way.

Heblew his first kiss, his second kiss and then his last kiss.

Timsadly toke the horses and galloped away.

Sherouq5S

The soldiers' took the highwayman'sbody and threw it off the cliff

All the highwayman's clothes wereripped and on the water it would drift

Tim the Ostler shouted out with gleeand was happier then ever.

But then one second later, one minutelater, one hour later.....

He found out Bess died he cried andsniffed then never forgave his self ever.

Samar5S

There Tim the Ostler was outside ofKing George’s palace

He told them his word to capture Bessand drink her ale in a chalice

They heard once more what the Ostlersaid

They were carefully listening,listening, listening

Then they thought about her in theirhead.

Andy 5S

Tim the selfish ostler told the fierce Red troop soldiers,

What he had heardbehind the highwayman’s shoulder,

They didn’t trust him but still went all the way,

Thinking the highwayman would come riding,riding, riding,

Thinkingthe highwayman would come riding to take Bess, his love, away.

Humza 5S

The Beefeaters are here!

2012-01-15T13:46:00.000+03:00

With International Day fast approaching, 5S have been preparing themselves and gathering resources for their own class display for England. On Sunday we had a surprise visit from the Head of the British Trade Office here in Al Khobar, Mr. Dai Harries and his Deputy Mr. Bill Kelly. Both came laden with goodies to help with our research on England (although obviously the Trade Office deals with the whole of the United Kingdom). In addition to our Beefeater - and Mr. Harries himself pointed out the uncanny resemblance to himself! - we also have a regiment of the Coldstream Guards, a fantastic view of the Roman Baths in Bath, and a member of the Royal Family, Prince Andrew himself on display! Our visitors also gave out lapel badges, and left calendars and a book of British design for the children to peruse.

Our Trade Office visitors with our new class member!

Keeping Healthy

2012-01-11T14:22:00.001+03:00

As part of our Keeping Healthy Science topic, try this great activity on Circulation from BBC Schools.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/

Greece deposits due!

2011-12-10T12:31:00.001+03:00

Just a gentle reminder to those parents who have indicated that they would like their children to go on our Greece trip in March - your initial deposit is due by Tuesday please in order to secure your place on the trip. Would you also please send in a copy of the passport photo page your child will be using when they travel to Greece.

Thank you!
Mr. Suter

Maths problems written by Year 5

2011-12-06T12:52:00.001+03:00

1. Year5 and 6 are going on a trip to Greece. They were 54 children and 4 teachers, a ¼ of them didn’t go. How many went?

2. Jakeand his dad opened a shop. They soileddrinks that cost 1.50. 25 costumers cameand bought 2 bottles each. How muchmoney do they have? Jake splits themoney with his dad. How much money doesJake get?

3. There was a bus leaving from derby at 15 45and going to Beeville. It took 40mins toget there. What time did it arrive?

4. Mrs.Robert had 44.00 in her purse. Her 2sons each brought 3 friends to play with. An ice cream cost 1.75. How muchmoney does she have left?

5. Ina football stadium there are 120 VIP seats. 205seats are for bachelors and 430seats for families. How many seats are in the football stadium altogether?

6. Mr.Suter had to makecostumes for 136 students, Mrs.Naidoo had to make costumes for 154 students, onefor herself, one for Mr.Suter and one for Miss. Thomas. How many costumes aremade?

7. There was a big festival at school. 254 adults and 179 children came to the festival. 281 adults and 366 children arrived at thefestival.

a) How many adults came altogether?

b) How many children came altogether?

c) How many adults and children came altogether?

5th December 1890 - Year 5 go back to Victorian times...

2011-12-05T14:31:00.001+03:00

Year 5 children today enjoyed stepping back in time as we enjoyed a Victorian school day. See their comments on how they found things as they post them on the blog below. Watch this space!

5T, 1890 style.

Ithought Victorian day was very strict and you could not do anything. I learntthat being a Victorian was very hard and that they need to work very hard everyday. I would not like being a Victorian because it is very hard, tiering,strict and painful by someone hitting you with a stick. Their clothes whereripped, old and they could only afford one pair of clothing. The only food wecould get was bread butter cheese and that’s it. You could not smile, turnround and you had to march.

Tony 5N

TheVictorian Day was really an amazing and special day. Before going toschool I was really nervous about beinghit and shouted at by the teachers as they used to do in the Victorian days. However, as I arrived everything seemedinteresting and enjoyable. Everythingsuch as clothes, food and the assembly made me feel like a real Victorian. Iliked the assembly when we sang. I didn’t like the lessons because they wereboring compared to the lessons nowadays. School wasnot amusing for Victorian children. Lessons were boring as children onlylearned reading, writing, arithmetic and object lessons. We learned about the potato which wasreally boring. However, I enjoyed the time when we wrote with ink and pen. Welearnt a lot about Victorians during that day. Honestly, I am really happy that I am not a Victorian.

Ibrahim Raslan5N

5N, c.1890.

Dear Dairy

I was so excited on Monday because it was Victorian day.

Thebest part of the was weaving because you finally get

todo something fun. The worst part of the day learning

about the potato it was so boring! Drills were sostrict

Iwould of preferred normal P.E .

Didthey have to check our hands and hair and the teachers were shouting at us . Ionly got one slice of bread !

Saira5N

5S in 1890.

Iliked Victorian day because it was fun and it told me how the Victorianchildren felt. I liked the part when SIR Suter kept on hitting the caneon the table some people jumped back it was funny . At assembly Igot sent to the front because I started laughing so much. We had tobring bread witch I didn’t my class ate some ofthere own bread after some time we got to eat our normal snack forspelling we had to stand up and say the word then say spells the word It was sohard . I think we should do this every week because it is fun we should do it more often Victorian day every day the end Victorianlessen was when we had to make a toy they mad us write with our right hand itwas easy for most people the Victoriansdidn’t have any homework the worst part waswhen we have put our shoulders back chest forward the best part was when we could writewith the ink and pen! byAyyan Malik 5s

On Sunday I was very excited for Victorian day.Finally the day had arrived!

At the beginning of the day I didn’t know that wewere going to start acting like Victorians when we came in the play ground, Iwas so excited I couldn’t stop laughing, Miss Thomas came and shouted, “wipethat smile of your face!” I became so nervous about the day in the end it wasvery interesting to act like a Victorian, my favorite part was when we couldwrite with the ink and pen! My leastfavorite part was going in miss Nido’s and miss Thomas’s room it was veryscary.

I really hope we have another similar day!!!

HalaSamaha5S

Since we started this subject on Victorians we’vebeen thinking how they were hit and now were quite lucky today the whole Year5found out how it is to be a Victorian child in school. We were hit by a cane, gotdunce for small mistakes, made to right with our right hand. But Victorians didn’t have any homework, theydidn’t do any hard all they did were times table, repeating words that theteacher said and object class. Well the most funny part was when we picked thepotato and started hearing it, the worst part was when we have put ourshoulders back chest forward which actually was hurting my back. The good partwas when we have to I didn’t have to hear and right the sentences because ofAyyan and had to go to the to take the eye test and I not good at hearing and Iknew that I was going to be hit by Sir Suter. I think we should have Victorianday every week because it as a lot of fun so I think we should do this moreoften

Saud 5S

DearDiary,

Todaywas Victorian day. I loved all the costumes that they all dressed in. My classmates and I had assembly after, we practiceour times tables that I enjoyed. Wesang a song that I enjoyed singing infront of the teachers.

We headed back to class and practiced spellingwords that made me learn a lot. We had to memorize a poem for the inspectors sothe teacher was very strict about it, it was horrible. The teacher said weshould work on our handwriting with ink we all had smudges on our paper so shestarted screaming at us I WAS ABOUT TO CRY!

Mostof the boys were shouted at so we were lucky. It was break finally but theteachers were there we couldn’t talk at all so they left us to leave for theirbreak I was so happy. Break finished and I was so sad we had to march to classI felt that we were in military school.

Whenwe arrived to class we learnt about the potato I was so bored I was about tosleep.

Itwas time for drills it was completely boring!!

Atthe last hour it was sewing, I was confused I was begging it to end.

Nowthat I that I realized we should be happy for what we have and I definitelydon’t want to be a VICTORIAN!!!!!

ByTara Haddad 5N

Ithought Victorian day was fun but it was so scary .I only ate two bread and oneapple but I was still hungry .In P.E we had to drills it was really boring .Thenormal P.E is much better. The class lights were off. The boys sit next to eachother and girls sit next to each other .The teachers will not smile and also us.It was really hard being a Victorian child.The teachers will shout at us if weplay with our hands or touch anything only when she says to touch that thing.The lessons were really boring. I learned something in the Victorian day Ilearned that you have to be grateful of what you have and where you are.

HUSSAH 5N

Today was myworst day ever because it was Victorian day. We came quietly inside our classroom and sat down; the teacher read a book for us called Oliver Twist. Afterthat we all had a booklet for handwriting, we all grabbed pen and ink andstarted writing, after 10 minutes our teacher informed us that we will have togo to assembly for checking our clothing, we all got checked well after we wentto play straight away to play then we came back to class and sat down andcompleted our handwriting when we were done we learned about a potato my worsesubject we all were about to fall asleep because it was extremely boring .

I was so happywhen my teacher informed us that we had to go to drills, we all marched to theplace we have drills when we finished drills we went to play .

The last subjectwas sewing; we sewed paper into a pattern. And that was the end of Victorianday.

Nada 5N

Today we had our Victorian day atschool where we had to dress as a poor Victorian schooler. Itwasn’t fun or exciting, in fact it was extremely terrible to me. Wellfirst we had our assembly in the morning, but not a normal assembly wehad a special Victorian assembly where we first had to do the registerthen the teacher checked our shoes, nails and hair. Then we had to sing andtake photographs.

The next period we hadarthmatics(maths), It was too boring though because all we had to do was towrite down our four times tables on a slate. Then after that we did handwritingbut that was boring too because all we had to write was our alphabet again andagain. Then we had break in which we ate bread. After that we had andhandwriting. We also had our object lesson when we had to learn about thepotato and that was way too boring .

At last we had drills but it wasmuch better than the rest of the lessons. After that we had break and the lastlesson was weaving for the girls and to make a paper toy for the boys and afterthat the day ended normally like everyday.

Hamnah Hafeez 5N

Dear diary,

Today wasfinally Victorian day, at the beginning of the day we were playing outside andlooking at each other’s outfits. We lined up and then we went to ourclassrooms. We did some math (our times tables) and then we learnt a songcalled all things bright and beautiful. We went to the hall and then we sang the song that we learnt. The teachers did an inspection on our hair,hand and nails. My hair, hands and nailswere absolutely fine. We also took class photos and then we headed back to theclass. After we went back to the class, we went outside and ate our food. We only ate a slice of bread and a slice ofcheese but the rich people ate the same things but with an apple and butter.When we came back from playtime, we learnt about the potato and where it camefrom? How did it become popular? And so on…….

After we learntabout the potato we did some handwriting and we wrote with ink. We got a little mess with the ink on thetable so the teacher told us to clean it a playtime. After we did handwriting,we went to the hall to do some drills, it was really fun but some people gotpunished. We went outside after we did the drills and we played with theskipping rope. We went back to the class but all the boys went in one class andall the girls went in another class. We did some paper weaving because wedidn’t have enogh money to get what we needed to do weaving.

What I reallyliked to do best in the Victorian day was weaving because we learn how to do anew creative thing if we are bored. Themost thing I hated in the Victorian day was learning about the potato becausewe just learnt boring facts and we didn’t really learn any fun facts. I am really happy that I am not a Victorianchild because I would never like to live that way with getting punished by theteacher and get hit all the time by thewhip, I don’t really like learning boring things because I want to know a lotof fun facts instead of boring facts. Ireally appreciate how I am living now and how I work at school and my familytreats me very good so I love them really much.

Vian 5N

Victorian daystarted seriously where the teachers like Miss Tomas, Mr Suter and MissNaidoo were very strict.

We first worecostumes from Victorian times such as grey trousers along with a waist coat anda brown cap. We used ink for writing and chalk along with a board for writingsums. lastly We ate food that the Victorians ate and this included bread, cheese and apple.

Victorian daytaught me that while the Victorian children had the same objective to learn aswe do today they however used different methods to achieve them. Next time Iwould like to have Viking day to learn about their culture.

Isaac 5N

Today was Victorian day at school. We had to wear like Victorian children. The food we had to bring was bread and maybe some fruits or vegetables rolled in kitchen towel. In class, if anyone didn’t follow rules he would wear a dunce cap, or get hit with a stick by the teacher. We started the day with an Assembly then Arithmetic then we learnt our spellings, later we had writing then drill, After drill we made our own toys. This is how life was for Victorian children at school, And that is why I really enjoyed the Victorian day.

Abderrahmane 5N

In Victorianday, I liked it when we did make the thaumatrope that was a parrot in a cage.It was fun. When I did it, sometimes I saw it in the cage while I was blowingit.

What I didn’tlike was when we did the drill. I didn’t like it because Mr Ashford was beingstrict andhe sent some people to the wall. I even didn’t like learning aboutthe potato because we were learning it in a boring way. The way we werelearning it was by repeating the answer after the teacher and then learning itoff by heart.

What I feelabout the Victorian children is that I feel sorry for them; because they hadreally strict teachers and they had really bad punishments.

I would neverwant to be a Victorian child in school because I don’t want to be caned.

Fayez 5N

Today we hadVictorian day. We tried to get a feel for what it was like for children inVictorian times. School was not amusing for Victorian children. Lessons wereboring and children only learned reading, writing, arithmetic and objectlesson.

I likedarithmetic, assembly, object lessons and writing. I didn’t enjoy reading andsinging too much. The rules were too strict for me and my classmates. I amlucky I didn’t live in Victorian times. Children, especially the poor ones hadto work and go to school at the same time. That must have been very tiring forthem. Thank God school is not the way itwas in Victorian times!

KAREEM HIJAZI 5N

Victorian Daywas really fun, but however I don’t really think I would like to live inVictorian times. The teachers were very strict and we weren’t allowed to smile!The object lesson was REALLY boring andthe drill (P.E.) was awful! If we didn’t wear shoes or if we laughed, we had tostand in the corner! My back is still hurting from standing up straight and mylegs are aching from marching! (I’m sure yours would if you marched everywherein mid-heeled boots!) I was starving! Ican’t believe we could only eat cheese, bread or an apple! I don’t think theink is going to come off my fingers any sooner than 2 or 3 days!

I think the bestpart of today was when we did handwriting and the paper weaving. It was fun,but hard, because some people (including me) cut the strips the wrong wayround! There was a lot of pressure because Ms.Naidoo and Ms.Thomas were goingabout telling us how bad we were doing and that we wouldn’t get employed as ahousemaid.

Talking aboutteachers, Ms.Thomas really scared me in the morning when she was shouting at 5Sand 5T, I wasn’t really expecting it… Ms.Naidoo looked like a real Victorian,and BOY did she treat us like one too! Mr.Suter looked like a Victorian, too. (But I think, he looked a bitfunny with the hat!)

Victorian Daytaught us 2 lessons:

#1. It taught us how Victorian children livedand how school was like in those times.

#2. When youcompare our life to theirs, it gives us something to be grateful of. It showsus the great things we have: a wonderfulschool with caring teachers and happy children around, delightful lessons withno pressure, fun playtimes and enjoyable lunch breaks.

By: Deniz Kirci,5N

Thebest thing in Victorian day was that we could write with pen and ink, mywriting was very good in it and Andy’s was also very good, it was so good itwas better than his normal and Mr.Suter said that Samar wrote better in herright hand than in her left hand. I also liked P.E because the second half ofit we played dodge-ball and our teachers never found out. But the worst thingswere that when we were walking or lining up we had to put our shoulders back,make our back strait, put our chin up and swing our arms gently. When we wantedto answer we had to stand up which personally I think is a waste of time andpoor old Samar and Sherouq they had to write with their right hand and gottheir left hand tied up so they couldn’t write with it. But at the end wesurprisingly all had fun.

Charbel5S

Ienjoyed Victorian day since it was the first time using an inkwell ! it issurprising that my handwriting is neater with pen than in pencil! Unlucky forleft handed pupils (only 2 of them) were forced to write with their right hand.One of them had horrible handwriting even worse than mine! 2 children sat inthe corner with the dunce hat, the girl with the horrible and a boy whoanswered incorrectly. One thing was PE we had to sway from side to side withour hands on our hips 50 times! I enjoyed the rest of the day.

Andy5S

Victorianday was horribale because im left handed and had to write with my right wichwas hard. In P.E it was marching and turning your waste which hurt my back andwas boring. I wish to take all those bad things about school after seeingfictorian day. The food didnt tast nice because it was only bbread and cheeseand if you were rich you would bring an apple.but in all of that the stupiedthing was learing about was po tat to and when we had to repeat like a parrot.

Samar5S

Victorianday was great!!! The teachers were very strict but not too strict which wasgood. In P.E. we did the drill, exercise, marching and at the end of P.E. wecame to normal and played dodge ball which was fun but as we got back in classwe were back in character. In the last lesson boys made a Victorian toy and asit was hard we came to normal to do it (hooray!). The girls did weaving. Ididn’t get hit with the cane (really no one did) so it was good and I didn’thave to wear the dunce hat but at the end of the day everyone in my class woreit. I would still like to be in a modern school because a Victorian schoolwould be more strict.

Humza5S

Iloved victorian day it was so much fun i wish it happens every day :)

Fay5S

victorianday was quiet fun bit very strict, when the girls had to go to the paperweaving i got nagged alot for not doing it correctly. When we had to answer aquestion we had to stand up and sit down, we were not allowed to situntile told, we were not allowed to smile which i couldn't help it. It wasquiet scary and tiering. But the best thing was writing with ink and pen.I whish we can write with it again.

JuWon 5S

What I liked was........

I really liked when we wrotewith ink pens it was very fun. But the problem was that we had to put ink everysingle time when we want to write a word.

I also liked when we went tothe playground and only ate bread and cheese.

And I liked when we sang thesong in the assembly hall.

I also liked the costumes ofeveryone in the class.

What I didn't likewas.......

I didn't like when we wentto P.E because Mr.Ashford was already scary so his scariness with victorianscariness he will be very very very scary.

I didn't like writing on theslate because it didn't have space to write and, i don't like writing withchalk.

I didn't like to say mam andsir all the time.

I didn't like the poem thatwe had to learn by heart.

I didn't like the teachersbeing so strict.

But although it was kind ofhard I still enjoyed it.

Thank youMrs.Thomas,Mrs.Naido and finally thankyou Mr.Suter.

Faisal Darwish 5T

What I liked best aboutVictorian Day was when we had to do handwriting with pens and ink. What I liked least of Victorian Day was when we did dictation, becauseyou read it too fast and some of the words were complicated. I also didn't likethe rules of Victorian Day like the rule where you had to stand when you replyto a question.
Jauda 5T

On Victorian day, I enjoyedwriting with pen and ink. I also enjoyed P.E and weaving a bit. I didn't enjoy it when we had dictation and when wehad to repeat a poem thousands of times. The teachers were also too strict! AllI could eat was bread and a bit of cheese.

Martina 5T

On Victorian day I did notlike the teachers screaming at us,repeat us the poem a lot of time,dictation.Iliked the pen and ink,p.e and I liked lining up ,boys alone and girls alone.
By HANNA BAHSA 5T

I liked that at the end ofthe day we made our own toy,I did not like the ink and pen, the teachers beingstrict and repeting the poem so much.

Rad

On Victorian day the bestthing I liked was when we did P.E and weaving. The things I disliked were whenwe did dictation and the teachers were very stricked and we also had hardlyanything to eat.

from,

Umnia Saqib 5T

In victorian day the bestthing I liked is when teachers shout,because like when they speak it's likefunny to me. The worst thing I hate is P.E because we just did exercise,theother thing I hate is the ink and pen because its like panting and I hatepainting,and the last thing I hate is the poem because we made lots of mistakeand then we repeated it like fifteen time that part I really hated. Being aVictorian is really hard.
By:Thaqib 5T

These are the things I likedabout Victorian Day .

likes

1. Writing with pen and ink.

2 .P.E

3. Writing on a slate whithchalk

4. When answering we had tostand up

5. Talk when been asked

6. No laughing

7. When we had to say hellowe had to bow

8. Being seperated from thegirls

9. Had to be straight whilewakling and standing.

dislikes

1. Marching around theschool

2 .The teachers shouting atthe children

Victorian Day was a goodexperience.

By:Agop 5T

My Thoughts about VictorianDay

What I like best about theVictorian Day is we get to write with pen and ink and we get an easy mathslesson and I got to sit next to my best friend and the teachers didn’t correctour dictation because I missed like half the story. What I didn’t like is the morning assembly wehad to stand up almost the whole time. Ididn’t like the poem because we had to repeat it like 20 times. I also didn’t like the teachers being sostrickt. Except for bread and cheese wedidn’t eat anything. When it was breakeveryone was shouting. It was like our15 minutes of freedom!!! By Effat 5T

This is the thing that I liked about Victorian Day:

P.E. was fun.

This is what I hated aboutVictorian Day:

You screamed at me, I didn'tlike the part when we had to write everything what you said, the poem, thesinging and the marching.

Thank You,

From, Adam 5T

This is Ahmed.I'm tellingthat what I liked the most in Victorian day. I liked the most is when we wrotein the Victorian pens and using the Ink I even enjoyed P.E when we had to marcharound the P.E hall and doing exsersizing. Now for the thing's that I dislike.Ihated the most was when the teacher's yell on you and when you want to say aanswer you have to stand up and tell the teacher.

Ahmed 5T

I really liked Victorian Day. It was a new experience for me as a Victorian.In the last couple of weeks welearned about Victorian children so I was not scared about Victorian Day.Yougave detention as a Victorian teacher to Thaqib and Arkady for not saying aword in the poem that is also new to me. I like Yameen's costume because he wasa Butler and hewas dressed very well.

What I like about VictorianDay:

I liked when we wrote withpen and ink.

I liked when we hadVictorian and modern P.E.

I liked when we wrote on theslate.

Making a thruatam

What I don't like aboutVictorian Day:

I didn't like marching

standing in line with armsto your sides

arms to yourself

no talking

I would like to thank youfor your guidence for the preperation of Victorian Day.

Muhammed Alam 5T

What i liked least of all inVictorian day was the rules and how strict the teachers were .

What i liked most aboutVictorians day was writing with ink pens and weaving .

From YASMINE ELKHOULY 5T

2011-11-28T10:41:00.001+03:00

We are currently working on myths, legends, fables and traditional stories in our Literacy lessons. 5N wanted to share some of the critters they made for their myths and legends. Can you create a better one?

Geography and er... ice creams?

2011-11-13T13:22:00.001+03:00

Clipboards at the ready - off we go.

Awab and Andy studying hard.

Hamnah and Saira

Mrs. De Jager and Mrs. Roberts enjoy their ice creams.

The old saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Which, when work is such fun, is not really an issue when you're working hard in Year 5. However, last week, before our half term break, we took our learning outside the classroom and applied our Geography knowledge to the community around us.

Officially, we were investigating land use, whether it was used for transport, housing, public buildings, industrial use, commercial, and so on. Our compound here offered us the chance to investigate these different land uses, and to plot them on a map.

Ms. Thomas says that it was purely coincidental that we had to closely investigate commercial use, namely the compound shop, and that she doesn't know how it was that we all ended up with an ice cream. All part of the research, we feel!