Belgium+students

Here we are... From top to bottom and left to right : Jérémy, Arnaud, William, Lucas, Thibaut, Evolène, Marlène Arnaud, Cyrille, Harold, Loïc, Denis-Quentin, Emeline, Juliette, Chloé Salut a tous! Moi, c'est william et j'ai 16 ans. J'aime tous les sports mais surtout le tennis et le VTT( vélo tout terrain). J'aime beaucoup les animaux, j'ai 3 chèvres (goat),un chat, un mouton(sheep) et un cochon d' inde(guinea pig). J' espère qu'on se verra bientôt( en Belgique ou en Nouvelle-Zélande).

Bel effort Willy, mais le but n'est pas de faire davantage de fautes que vos correspondants n'en feraient :)

Je viens d'en corriger 4 dans les 3 lignes ci-dessus... D'accord, je n'en ferai plus(du moins je vais essayer) :-)

It's the thought that counts :)

Hello everybody! I'm Arnaud,I'm 15. I'm not very good in English but I will even try to introduce myself.I love animals: I have a cat, 4 chickens, 4 fishs and I would like to have still chickens and a tortoise. I like to play tennis, to swim and riding motorbike.Oh yes, I also enjoy to climb.See you soon.

Good job! Go on writing! Hi! It's William. After watching your videos, I think that Dunedin looks like very beautiful and I was amazed to see the landscape and, just next to the sea, it must be verry good. Dunedin is a little bit bigger than Namur(about 110000inhabitants) but moreover, Malonne( about 6 miles east of Namur) has only 5000 inhabitants. Thanks to Kate and Mac, I could see your school(and your bins...!) and of course, your gym(your fitness devices).At St Berthuin, we have to walk about 15 minutes to arrive to our gym. There,we have 2 soccer fields and a climbing wall. You know, in Belgium, for the moment,the weather is quite cold(about 52°F) but I heard that winters are also cold in N-Z but about how many degrees? But what strikes me most is your town centre.Aiden,Katie and Sarah, you showed us that you have few malls(meridian and wall street) but can you also leave school at lunchtime to go there? In Namur there aren't malls but a lot of shops, for us, the Octogon, it's la place d'arme but there is wood patform above it.Does the Otago museum is a natural sciences museum? Us, we have museums pretty much about everything.Do you have also other kind of museums? So, your city looks like very good and I hope that I'll can visit it later. See you then! William. Back from Bruges. Well done Will !

Hello New Zealand, i’m Arnaud Richardeau and my teacher ask us to react about your video. Your school is more beautiful than ours. I was surprised by the poster of all your teacher introduced by Kate and Mac, because in ours school, we aren’t that. I was also struck by the fact that you wear uniforms and that the school aren’t mixed because here in belgium, there is no longer wearing uniform, and the school are mixed. Your library is ten times largers than ours. In St-berthuin, we aren’t fitness devices and your fitness equipement are most sophisticated than ours that want to rustic. Your school are more équiped that St-Berthuin. Dunedin is more or less equal in Namur for its population. Dunedin is a modern town compared to Namur. Namur is rather traditional. Malonne is a village situed 10kms east of Namur. And it’s in Malonne where is our school. Malonne is a village where the nature is high present, like at home in Dunedin. But Dunedin is more beautiful than Malonne. Malonne is hilly like Dunedin. The landscape of Malonne is more green than Dunedin. I was amazed too se that Dunedin was formed on ancient volcanoes with a mountainous, as close the sea. Your principal plaza is equivalent to « Place D’Arme » in Namur. The weather in New-Zealand is more better than in Belgium. The Belgium has a temperate climate a little like New-Zealand except that your are temperate oceanic. It’s more hotter than here at home. In Belgium it’s raining 200mm more than New-Zealand and you have 500h of sun more than us. The climate at Dunedin is more favorable than ours. See you later, Arnaud Richardeau All right Arnaud. Have a nice weekend!

Hello, I'm Lucas, I'm 16 and I have watched your videos a few days ago. I am going to tell what I think about your lifestyle and compare with our. I saw that you have to wear a uniform. For me it's really strange because we don't have to. Saint Berthuin is a mixte school not has your school. Dunedin have 120 000 inhabitants. In Namur we have 110 000 inhabitants. In Namur we have all the thing that we need (cinema,supermarket,gym,...). In Saint Berthuin's village (Malone) they are only 5000 inhabitants (sorry for the repetitions). Malonne is 10 minutes drive from Namur. I've learned the the weather in New-Zeland is cold in winter and hot in summer. It's about the same in Belgium but it rain on everage every other day... The Dunedin's lanscapes are more beautiful than the Malonne landscapes. You are lucky because you have the ocean in your city. Malonne it's just a hilly landscape but it's very calm. I hope that we are going to film Namur or Malonne like that you can make your idea about the place were we live. =) See you later, Lucas

Hi,it's Evolène, I watching your videos In first,Aiden,Katie and Sarah you haved peresent Dunedin and it's a big and beautiful city.Our school is in Malonne, it's a village it the middle of city and country and there are 5000 inhabitants.The city nearest Malonne is Namur were there atre 110000 inhabitants.It's +/- 20 minutes driving Namur.Namur is a old city and the shops aren't in malls beacouse there aren't malls in Namur.The Meridian looks like really big and great mall and Wall Street looks like really beautiful and modern mall.We have a cinema in Namur.It's called "Eldorado".The "Place de l'Ange"is a plaza than Octagon but there aren't cars on the plaza here.There are the terraces of the pubs.Regent,your theatre looks like great with ballets and musicals.In the theatre in Namur,there haren't popular ballets than Swan Lake but there are a lots of different plays per year.There are a library too but think that we haven't so many books than you.In Belgium,it's cold in winter but it isn't snow a lot.In summer,it's sunshine and sometimes,it's hot.It often rain here in winter and in summer. Secondly,Kate and Mac,your school is so great.You said that your library is small but we haven't a lots of books too.We have new computers since next year.Gym looks like a fitness club because there are so much fitness devices in your school.We don't have treadmill,...but we have basket,climbing wall and badminton.The problem is that gym isn't in the school consequently we have to go across the wood :( .We can't smoke in the school too.We don't have a chapel in the school but there are a chapel and a church in Malonne.We don't have phone for the students but we have our mobile phone (we can't use them in the classroom)but we can ask for phone at the supervisor to phone with the school's phone. Third,Kate,Julia and Nat.There are a big museum about first alive in Dunedin.At Namur,there are several museums but there are smallest than your!Here,there are a lots of sheep,chikens,cow,cats,dogs...The landscape is hilly and Namur and Malonne are on the valley.In the bottom of the valley at Namur,there is a big river "La Meuse".The university to Namur called "la FAC".There are a lots of others high schools.In the food shops,international food and Belgian food are in the same departement. Finally,what strikes me most in your videos is that your city is in coastal the Ocean and it's a big city.The landscape is really beautiful.Your videos were super and you look like funny and friendly people.I hope that we can meet you here or in New-Zealand.See you Evolène

Hello, my name is Denis, I’m nearly 18 and I want to say that’s great for me to have a word with you, it’s such a pleasure!

I have seen your videos with all my class and it’s time for the report ;-). Sorry, I can’t even remember your names, it takes me a few time! :x

What is amazing for me is that your school is SO big regarding to ours! You just have a small complex with 2 blocks, and you got so much new stuff in your school! We just have retarded PC’s with the old “vista” program from windows… And you made a FANTASTIC video’s collage! Welcome to mac’s world, I just LOVE this! :D I think is a dream for all of us to be on a school like you… Maybe except the uniform. ^^

I learn a big stuff with your vids about N-Z, is that you don’t have a persistent pouring rain! You have so beautiful coasts, and sun and so on, I just LOVE your land! :D Your city is very different of our closest city: Namur. You have some big building with so much light and so many screens, is something like in the USA! We have NOTHING like this in our city; maybe in the capital of Belgium (Bruxelles) but not as much as Dunedin. Like your commercial center, it’s so BIG on more time! We’ll never find something like that in Namur… Of course we have some stores of big brands but not so much. Malone is at 4 or 5 Km of Namur, it’s a small village and the biggest think in this village is… Our school!

Well… I don’t really know what to say… I think I’m getting over ^^ With a lot of pleasure, Denis-Quentin.

Hi I'm Harold and I've watched all your videos so I can say that St-Hilda's Collegiate is bigger than our school and our school is poorer than yours. I was surprised to see that you have a lot of bikes and to see that there is a chapel that's unthinkable in our country 'cause it's too expensive in your school. In Dunedin there are more malls than Namur and in Namur there aren't a lot of museums or sightseeing. We have also a theatre but certainly smaller than yours. Malonne (where is our school) is a village next to Namur (about 10kms).

In Belgium it often rains we have rarely more than thirty degrees and in winter the temperature never down below -25°. Dunedin is more hilly than Namur of course, in the third videos we saw there are mountains in Dunedin. In Namur there aren't mountains. That should be fantastic to have a city in the mountains and where you have the sea. I think also that your videos are the most originals. Thank you for sending it, see you later.

Hello everybody,I'm Arnaud.

I've seen your videos and i think that they are more beautiful than our.

Kate and Mac, here, it's also prohibited to smoke.Your school library is bigest and more beautiful than our. We don't have a lot of books.In St Berthuin, if the students wanted to do a photocopy, we they have to pay.

We have also a gym but we don't have bike, dumbbell, treadmill and fitness devicus.So I can say that your university is more luxurious than our. we don't have any trophees. As for canteen, we have few choices. Either sandwitshes,or pasta or an hot meal. We have a lot of slat machines.

Regarding the video of Aiden, Katie, Sarah, Kate, Julia and Nat,they are also very well.Here,in Malonne, we don't have any mall.You're very lucky to have sea near to your city because I like togo swimming to the sea! In namur, there is some shops but much less has Dunedin. You have also newer and best library than our. We have also somemuseums in namur and a theatre. then as for international exchanges, we have a lot of foreign food.you have certainly a biger university than our school.

Alternatively,regarding the weather,it's more beautiful in New Zealand.You have a mild climate and in Belgium, it rain all the time.

Moreover,about landscapes,Dunedin looks like Malonne.It's very hilly, they are valley everywhere!!! You, you have something beter has Malonne, it's the beautiful sea!

I was amazed to see that Dunedin is so bigand so beautiful.Malonne or Namur is ridiculous compared to Dunedin.I was also amazed to see that you wear your uniform all the time.I think that you just wear it in your university,not in the city.I dcan't believe that they are 120000inhabitant in New Zealand.

I learn that New Zealand is a beautiful country. I learn also about the climate.Now, I know that it's warm in summer but more koud in winter. Regarding the landscapes,I thought that it was almost flat but, now I know that it's very hilly.

I realy hope to meet you a day!

See you soon

Arnaud

Hello the girls! I hope that you understood us in videos... We also looked at your videos, it is really very well, congratulations! In Kate & Mac's video, I noticed that your school was very modern and that have very equipped rooms.But I am a little disappointed, because you didn't show us your classroom :( . Your school isn't as our for example the view and the landscape which you have. In your school, there is a sea, mountains whereas in my school it is the school playground and the street. Your library is really big with regard to ours, we also have gyms but we have no fitness room as you. Dunedin is a beautiful city, there are a little more inhabitants than to Namur ( 110000 inhabitants), but my school belongs to Malonne. It is the village which is a part of the province of Namur.  To Namur there aren't big shopping malls for The Meridian or Wall Street but there is a street to Namur with all the stores. There is also as to Dunedin, a theater, museums, university and especially many plazas.

 Moreover, your climat is much better than here. In summer the weather is beautiful but not as to the Carribbean islands! And in winter it's rather cold but there isn't snow: (  In the video of Aiden, Katie and Sarah, you say that it's cold, but how many degrees is there? Because my cousin of Miami, says that it's cold over there while there is 15°C!  You're lucky to have the beach a few meters away from your school and your houses .When you open hangings in the morning and that you see the sea in your window it must be rewarding! About your country, I learnt that the kiwi was a bird and that in more it was the national bird of New Zealand. I was able to notice that the landscape was magnificent and very hilly.

Bye !

Chloé Minet, 16ans.

Hello New-Zealand, i'm Cyrille Caufriez. I've seen your school and your country on the video. You have a big library and a great gym, you have a lot of fitness devices. I htink we have a biggest gym but we don't have treadmill and fitness devices. I've seen too you wear a uniform. In our school we don't have to wear a uniform. Do you like to wear a uniform?  Your school is in the city, i find it great ! Our school is in the country, in Malonne near Namur. I think Namur is more or less big like Dunedin.  In your videos we saw few mall and museum, … As for Namur we have like you a lot of shop and some museum. Of course not in Malonne. Over there there are just some elementary shops.  We have seen your wonderful country. New- zealand is Hilly, there are a lot of valley and mountain. I find it so beautiful ! In Malonne there are a litlle hill and just onr little river : the « Landoir ».  I’am srpised about weather, in your country the weather is great. Sun, in summer and cold in winter. In belgium it rain a lot ! it’s boring… I hope to go one day to New-Zealand.  See you then !  Cyrille

Hello New Zealand! I’m Jeremy and the last week we see your video. Dunedin is beautiful and bigger than Namur, in Namur we don’t have a mall. We have a museum, shops, university, one big cinema, and any thinks too. But in my school, we haven’t a library, chapel and if we want go Namur we have to take a bus. Your school is next to the town centre is very more easily! In Belgium there rain very often and in the winter the temperature was -10°/-5° and in the summer if we are lucky 25°... It was often cold in Belgium. And in Dunedin? How many degrees have you? I have seen you wear a uniform, do you like this? Do you not prefer to can wear what do you want? We have seen your beautiful country, there are a lot of montaigne and beach! In Malonne there are some valley and a very little river...

Bye bye ! Jeremy

Hello girls !

I've seen your videos and I really like it ! It was funny and created. I think, St Berthuin is older than St-Hilda's collegiate but your school looks like our school. However, Kate, I was amazed to see your gym with treadmills and fitness devices. It's so cool ! There are not fitness devices in our school... Nevertheless, the sport hall of St Berthuin is quite big. What strikes me most is that there is a chapel in you school... How often do you go there ?

Now to something else... Dunedin sounds like pleasant, I think. There are more inhabitants in Dunedin than Namur even though Namur is a somewhat big city. There isn't a mall in the town centre like in Dunedin but there are a lot of shops. There are also a theater and a museum in Namur. Malonne is next to Namur. (It's the village where I live and where St Berthuin is situated). There are 5000 inhabitants in Malonne.It's in the country but there are some shops, pubs and a chip shop. The landscape of Dunedin is as hilly as the landscape of Malonne. But unlike Malonne, Dunedin is just next to the Ocean. It must be cool in summer ! How often do you go to the beach during the summer ? The seaside is about 2 hours drive from Namur ! Moreover, it rains a lot in Belgium, you know !

To be honest with you, I didn't know a lot of things about New Zealand but thanks to your beautiful videos, I learned more things... For example : Kate, Julia & Nat's movie teach me that the kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand.

I'm looking forward to receive your response ! See you soon. Bye bye :)

Emeline Hi Girls ! I've seen all of your videos last week, and it was really funny and interesting. When I compare our two cities I can see that Namur is older than Dunedin. There are eldery monuments especially in the town center, but the city is not very big. So except the style, our towns look like similar. We also have several libraries, a university, a lot of restaurants but not a mall ( thanks to Aiden Katie and Sarah to have showned it to us ;), one beautiful theatre, two cinemas called the Cameo and the Eldorado... A big citadel overlooks The Meuse, one of the three rivers of Belgium who is crossing Namur, and at night, with the lights, it's wonderful. I've seen that the country around Dunedin is really hilly, like in Malonne. Malonne is my village and where I go at school, close by Namur. To be honest with you, I prefer my city to Dunedin because I like old thinks, old monuments. I think that Namur is the prettiest city of Belgium. But one think which is great for you is that you have lot of special animals. Like Kiwis or sheeps, the albatross... In Belgium there are just cows, some sheeps, and rather a lot of horses. I've got one ;). But there's a famous cow which is eaten by us and by french, german, people... La Bleue Blanc Belge ! " Blue White Belgian " ! I've got several questions to ask you about your lifestyle. How often do you go to the mall ? Do you go to the cinema? Later, do you want to study at Dunedin's University ?

Well, now I can say that ... I absolutly love your scool ! It sounds to be modern, very clean, beautiful... Kate I've laughed when I see you with the bal ! :D You're lucky to have all these fitness devices ... At Saint Berthuin we have a big hall but at the moment we're not going in. We're running outside, and it's not cool because after we are all refrigerated. I've got some questions to ask you about your school. How does your canteen look like? Isn't it boring to wear a uniform? Do you often go to pray in the school's chapel? Can you go outside at 12hour ?

I'm surprised to see that the weather in New Zealand is not very hot. I thought that there was a lot of sun in your country, like in India or Caribbean, with surfers and palms... In Belgium it always always always rains, like in England. At the moment the weather is really cold, it's the ice age brrr.

So it's over, that's it ! I'm looking forward to your answer ;) Kiss !  Juliette

Hi girls ! The climate in New-Zeland is more dfferent than the climate in Belguim ! In New-Zeland the climate is colder in winter than in Belguim. And I learn in New Zealand it is as well warm as in Belgium. In belguim we are a midl climate. Dundedin is as hilly as Malonne. I learn you have a two mall Meridan and Wall Street, in Dundedin. in Namur we don’t have a mall but we have a lot of shop in street. Dundedin There is more inhabitant has dundedin that to Namur., in Dundedin there are 120000 inhabitant and in Namur there are 110000 inhabitant. However Malonne is located 10 kilometers east of Namur, Malonne is the village when my school is situâtes ! There are 5000 inhabitant. In my school, we don’t have to smoke in St Berthuin. Your Library is bigger than our Library, you have more book ! I’m surprised when I see your gym ! It’s more fit out than our gym because you have a lot of équipement like bike, fitness devices and treadmill. I’m was amazed to see that you have chapel in your school because in St- Berthuin we have chapel but nobody student’s go over there ! I’m surprised when I see you wear a uniform ! In st-berthuin we don’t wear a uniform. Your museum is bigger than our museum ! There is one museum in center. I liked your video, and I hope that my English will not be too bad! Bye. Loïc