Our Abu Dhabi Friends/لدينا أصدقاء أبو ظبي
19 09 2009
Leave a message for the Rawlings family. They moved to Abu Dhabi from Cleobury over the summer holidays 2009.ترك رسالة للأسرة رولينغز. انتقلا الى أبو ظبي من Cleobury طوال فترة العطلة الصيفية عام 2009.
Hello Rawlings family. Hope you are all well. Thanks for the photograph. How is school George? Hope to hear from you soon.
BW
Oh my word we have our own blog site – how exciting!!
Eid Mubarak everyone – Happy Eid!
I hope everyone has settled back into school ok. George started his new school two weeks ago and is loving it. His school is called ‘Al Muna’ and is a brand new school in Abu Dhabi. It doesn’t have a website yet but as soon as it does I will blog about it so you can see what school life in the UAE is like.
Georges school day starts at 7:55 but he gets to finish at 2. This is so the children can get most of their school day done before the sun gets too hot. There is no grass at Georges school so no playing field for his P.E. lessons but they have laid lots of astro-turf so this is where he will be playing football and rugby. There is even a basketball court. Better than that though, Georges new school has its very own swimming pool!
George is also learning French and Arabic at his new school so perhaps when he knows a few more Arabic words he will be able to write a little message on here in Arabic for you all.
Today is the beginning of Eid which signals the end of Ramadan for Muslims. This means that all the people who have been fasting for the last 28 days can finally start eating and drinking during daylight hours again. For Muslims the next three days is like Christmas for Christians. It is a big celebration where they all wear new clothes and eat lots of lovely food. They even get presents but unfortunately Santa doesn’t bring them so the mums and dads have to buy them themselves.
We are enjoying the Eid celebrations too as we get some extra days holiday to spend together as a family.
The weather here is still hot hot hot. We are actually looking forward to when it will start to cool down a little bit – can you believe it!
We are all enjoying life in the UAE but miss all our friends from Cleobury Mortimer. George still talks about his friends from school and how much he misses you all.
We will blog again soon.
To George Hope you are having fun in new country I am missing you.
From Jess.
To George i am missing you .You look nice in your new school uniform! from jasmine
To george like your hat and your new school uniform it looks really funny. Have you got sun burnt yet? Do you like your new swimming pool it sounds great. You look like you have grown alot from when you left. Mrs Griffiths Belly is getting a lot bigger now.Hope fun.
From Eleanor
Hi George i am in school tonight we are playing a 5 a side match by George.
bonjor George
we all miss you back at cleobury mortimer . We hope you are having a good time in Abu dhibi.You look nice in your new school uniform.Were you fasting George? .Well we were’nt .We all like it in year 3. We are doing lots of literacy !. we did some practise writing with a video game.Bye
Hi George I hope your having a great time at your new schosol.i Hope you have made lots of freinds.do you like your new school?
Hi G eorge how are ihope you are having a goo d time at you new home
and i have the new wovles kit by George.
Hello George are you having a good time in Abu Dhabi? I am a new girl called Harriet. Good bye for now.i
Salam a Lakum everyone. Nice to hear from you all. I love my new school. It’s very hot here. I went to the fun fair last night. I’ll send more photos soon.
From جورج
hi george are you having a nice time at your new home? we all miss you i hope you blog us again, bye.
Salam a Lakum George and family, hope you are all well. September has been really sunny here. We have found a website that translates into many languages, it is called transtar. Your teachers/pupils may want to blog us from home in English or Arabic
http://www.stars21.com/translator
Have a look at our newsletters to find out what we are up to. Next week is National Poetry Week. David Mason is coming in to read his poems. We are all excited about his visit. Have a good week. Keep in touch. BW
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Hello Everyone,
Well its October now and the weather here in Abu Dhabi is finally starting to cool down just a little bit. It is still very very hot, but more bearable than it has been since George and I landed in July.
We are all starting to get very excited now that October is here – not just because it is Georges birthday but because at the end of the month there will be the first ever F1 race in Abu Dhabi and we are going to watch it! It is going to be very exciting and very loud. You will all have to watch it on the telly and see if you can spot us in the crowd! All the children in Georges old class will know just how much he loves cars so I am sure you can imagine just how much he is looking forward to it.
George is still enjoying school. In fact he is at his first ever after school football club as I write. Lets hope he enjoys it. At the moment in school he is learning all about the ear in science and he is reading ‘The Twits’ in English. Last week he took our camera into school to take some photographs and I will email them to Mrs Williams this week so you will be able to see a bit more about what school life is like in Abu Dhabi.
Lynsey Rawlings
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george i hope your having a good time i’m mssing you bye xx
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i’m missing you
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Hi George and gang!Fantastic photographs. George you look so smart and happy. Your teacher looks really kind. Thank you for taking the time to send the photographs. Take care.
Best wishes
BW
WE are having a great day here the sun is shining brightly and are we are all missing you.
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Hi George love that you have a swimming pool but we don’t.
I really want a swimming pool. Do you know That I have broken
my arm.
Take care love Jess Jones
I really miss you George.
Hi George – How are you? Just to let you know my husband will be watching the grand prix on television today at 12pm. Live from Abu Dhabi.
Say hi to everyone from me.
Best wishes
BW
Happy Birthday for the 31st of October
P.S. Sorry this is late!
Hello everyone,
Sorry it has been a while since we have blogged but we have been SO BUSY! There is so much to tell you all.
First of all George has broken his wrist. He fell over in his playground on the RUBBER floor and unfortunately he landed in a funny way and his bones broke. He had to have an operation to put some wire in his wrist to keep his bones in place while they healed and he is in plaster all the way from his fingers right up past his elbow. He has been in plaster now for three weeks and had his wire taken out a couple of days ago. The doctor said his bones are healing well and so he only has to keep the cast on for another two weeks and then he can have it taken off. This is good news as his nan and grandad are coming out for a visit next week so it means that once his plaster comes off he will be able to go swimming with them and have fun on the beach.
George also had his birthday a couple of weeks ago so he is now 8! George’s dad and I bought him a new set of golf clubs for his birthday but he hasn’t been able to use them yet as he broke him arm two days before his birthday. They look very lovely though sat in the corner of his bedroom waiting to be used!
George, his dad and I were lucky enough to go to the Grand Prix when it came to Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks ago. We had fantastic seats right on the start line opposite the pits so for someone as car mad as George we couldn’t have been in a better place. We couldn’t believe how loud the cars were. We were all sat there with ear plugs in as we couldn’t bear the sound without them. It was a fantastic experience so we hope we get to go again next year.
George has had ‘National Day’ at his school today. National Day is a day where the emirate states celebrate joining together to become one nation. It is actually held on the 2nd of December but George’s school will be closed for a holiday then so they had their National Day a little bit early, celebrating it today instead. All the children had to dress in traditional arabic dress or the colours of the UAE flag and they spent the morning making lots of different things and the afternoon they spent having their faces painted, having henna done, meeting a Falcon (the bird of the UAE) and a Saluki dog. George wore traditional arabic clothes wearing a dishdash and a gutra. He looked lovely and I have taken some photos of him so I will email them to Mrs Williams so she can post them on here again for everyone to see. We will also be taking lots of photos on the real National Day as it is meant to be amazing to see so we will post those ones too once we have taken them.
We are just starting to think about Christmas. It doesn’t seem like its only a few weeks away as we keep expecting it to get cold but that hasn’t happened. It will be strange having our first Christmas day in the sunshine. George has been a little worried that Santa might have some trouble finding him in his new house but I am sure that won’t be a problem. Just to make sure we are going to send his letter nice and early this year and we are going to give him our change of address!
George is going to write on here himself again soon. He has just been very busy with school and with his broken arm. He was only saying yesterday that it had been a long time since he had last written anything so keep your eyes open for a message from him.
Georges school has finally got its website up and running and although it is not all working yet you can have a look at a few photos of the school on there and see a picture of Georges new headteacher. I think you will agree he is not as pretty as Mrs Williams! The website address is http://www.almunaprimary.sch.ae
George still misses all of his old classmates and talks about you all.
Well I think that is about it for now. I promise to try and write a little bit more often. I will send those pictures of George in his dishdash as soon as I get the chance.
Lynsey Rawlings
poor goerge be a bgit more careful does it hurt jess jones and james broke there arms very recently
Hi George, how are you?
I have just joined Cleobury Town under 8′s football team. On my first match I scored a whopping 5 goals and still managed to get back in defence!
Cleobury A to Z just missed out on the bronze medal. We miss you George especially at football because we have no subs.
We have been celebrating all things Australian at school, making boomerangs and hats, doing word searches and finding out lots of information on Australia.
Are you glad that Jenson Button won the championship? It must have been great to see the Grand Prix live, lucky you I wished I was there. Did you get any drivers autographs?
We had a big Halloween party at home with sparklers! After the party Kieran stayed for a sleep over.
What new friends are you making over there?
Blog soon, bye for now
Sam Cooper
Is it hot?:)
george i have hurt my hand as well its very very painful but its healing a bit now so i havent been able to do any pe and football because we do football
on a monday and it is really really fun if you were here you would really really
enjoy the football george is it getting very cooler now its november if i was there would i enjoy it george any way bye for now blog you soon from ellie
lloyd
bye george
hi george i am very sorry that you have broken your arm jessj. broken her arm to and james has broken his arm to
Hi george i hope your wrist gets better.On sunday i am going to India for 2 weeks .I will probaly fly over where you live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the messages. My arm is nearly better now. I can’t wait to have my plaster off.
I went to watch the golf in Dubai last week which was cool and I managed to get some golfers to sign my cast!
I have broken up from school today for ten days!
My nan and grandad are coming on Monday and I am very excited to see them.
Whats the weather like back in Cleobury? We watch sky news and have seen all the rain. Its nice and hot here.
Hello all my friends, especially Matt. I miss you all and hope to see you in the summer when we come back for a visit.
Who is your new teacher while Mrs Griffiths is away having her baby? Has she had it yet? Do you miss her?
I have made some new friends, Jamiy from France, James from Australia, another George who is from England, Elisiya from Italy and Ben from Thailand. People from all over the world come to my new school. My new teacher is called Miss Goldsworthy and she is from London. She is very kind and nice.
Blog me again soon. I love to read your messages.
From GEORGE
hi gorege are new teacher is mrs hector she is very kind but no mrs griffths hasnt had her baby yet a real shame I want her to have it soon but we dont know what it is yet either yes we really do miss her I whish she could stay at school anyway she is having her baby this December exsiting hey it could be born on christmas day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway there is a christmas fair on at school today I should propaly tell you the date or you’ll get totally confused the date is 27 nov 2009 and also annaleises mums baby has been born I should be able to blog again I’ll blog when mrs griffths babys been born we all whish her alad of luck and we whish you a load of luck to YOU LOADS LUCY
hope your arm gets better George.
Jess Jones and James broke there arm to.
Hi George I’ve just got back from the school sleepover. We did lots of fun activities but didn’t get much sleep. we all miss you lots.
mrs grifffths has had her baby a boy called Archie
hi george we’ve had a bit of snow and a lot of ice.
when are you coming to visit we really miss you hope to see you soon bye for now one of your friends lucy
we have had lots of snow but the school was still open.
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We have had lots of snow here we’ve got mrs hector for our new teacher
mrs griffiths has had her baby its a boy they’ve called it Archie we haven’t seen the baby yet but i can’t wait to see little Archie e’s probely really cute
having a nice time
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