Washington DC, USA; France and Essex, England.

From Katie in Washington, DC 

(Katie was Ms Moore's student in Grade 3 when Ms Moore taught in Chatfield, Minnesota)

 

I am so pleased to have received the e-version of Flat Mrs. Creed – and am hopeful to receive the postal version soon! 

I will read through the materials and let you know if I have any questions before getting started. In the meantime, stay safe and well. Thinking about all of the students, teachers, parents, staff, and families that are managing through this difficult time! 

Katie

From Jessica Buck in England:

Hello Linley

My name is Jess, Mrs Cripps is my aunt! My mum is her sister!

I live in Chelmsford, Essex, England. 

I am a primary school teacher (I am doing supply teaching ATM) but we are currently on our summer holidays. 

We are currently in the middle of a heatwave (for England) it is 32 degress Celsius. I have attached a photo of my garden - I bet it looks different from gardens in Australia?! 

I have just come back from a visit to Wales (photo attached!) We went to look at the beach. It was cold!! But there were starfish!! 

We are not in lockdown atm, although some places in England are (depending on the number of Corona cases). We have to wear face masks in shops/supermarkets and there are lots of signs to stay apart/lots of hand sanitisers but other than that, things are back to normal! 

I will send over multiple emails as and when I do things/have Flat Mrs Cripps.

Best wishes  Jess 

    

From Laurene in France:

Hello Johannes,

Confirming receipt of your e-mail. Thanks for sending Flat Mrs Creed.. I’m on vacation tomorrow for 3 weeks and will definitely have more time to send you information about my life and family. My job and children make me very busy... My husband and myself work full time and my children are young (2 and 4 years old) and very demanding after their mum 😀 especially they are 2 boys and move a lot! 

 Cheers  Laurène 

Barrie, Ontario, Canada; Yukon, Canada; Inverurie, Scotland.

From Chris and Flat Mrs Creed to Mia from Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Hello Mia

I am so excited about Flat Mrs Creed visiting my family. Flat Mrs Creed will be going to the beach in Innisfil on Sunday.. Flat Mrs Creed will have fun here in Barrie and all over Simcoe County.

Our family and Flat Mrs Creed live in Barrie Ontario. I work as an educational assistant and that is how I met Ms Moore. We are on summer holidays until September 8th 2020. Our school year and seasons are opposite of Australia. So when you are in summer we are freezing and have snow on the ground.  

I have an old cat Edith who is 16 years old. She can be a grumpy cat at times. I will attach a picture of her. 

I have 2 boys . My eldest boy is Jd and is 21. He lives in Kingston Ontario . He lives near Lake Ontario Kingston has a lot of history. Our first Prime Minister lived there. Also the tragically hip was from Kingston. The hip is a Canadian Band who travelled all over the 🌎.  The lead singer Gordon Downy was very talented.

I also have a boy named Daniel who is 16 and starting grade 11. Daniel is a dancer and does tap dancing. Daniel was on Team Canada tap team. We went to Germany in December. Daniel wants to go to university to study production and set design.

In Canada the driver sits where the passenger is in Australia..Weird Eh?

Canadians are known to say  Eh a lot. It is a very silly word.

Flat Mrs Creed is going to be taken care of and spoiled. I am going to attach a few pictures for you to see. 

Look forward to spending time with Flat Mrs Creed and giving her an adventure of a lifetime.

Chris 

    

From Flat Brodie and Deborah, in Yukon, Canada. 

Hi Brodie,

PERFECT timing! I’m heading to Dawson for the weekend. Flat Brodie will get to watch the famous outhouse race!

Stay safe,

Deborah

Flat Brodie is on his way to go camping in Dawson City, Yukon. 

Flat Brodie is exploring Yukon and the Silver Trail information centre. The Braeburn cinnamon bun is bigger than Flat Brodie and is famous for being on the Yukon Quest dog sled trail. 

   

  

 

From Flat Sienna and Ann in Scotland:

Hello again from Flat Sienna,
My time in Scotland has come to an end and I must return home before long.
However, I have managed to squeeze in one more trip away this week.
I am across in Banchory near Royal Deeside, my day started with walking Pip and Cody by the side of the River Dee, a lot of people come to fish for salmon on this river, Pip kept an eye out for me not to fall in the river. It’s been lovely warm and sunny for the beginning of autumn.
We set off in the car and stopped a few miles along the road to watch the Deeside gliders, gliders are small aeroplanes which don’t have engines and need to be towed high up in the sky before being released to glide back down to the landing strip.
We drove through Ballater onto Braemar stopping at Braemar Castle and a walk along the river Clunie, thankfully the snow gates were open just now, this is the road up past Glenshee Ski Centre, one of the main resorts in the area.
On our way back after having a picnic lunch we stopped at Balmoral along with lots of other people hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen while she’s staying there for her summer holidays.