tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52453276184892327242023-11-15T22:42:29.393-08:00Joe's JournalAn educational journal of one bird's adventures in Bhutan. Join Joe Crow as he learns about another place, society and culture with his teacher friend.
A blog designed for children aged 5+ to share with their parents and teachers.Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-1391916969329589372015-11-20T03:19:00.000-08:002015-11-20T03:19:16.209-08:00A Right Royal Celebration!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Wow,
what a celebration!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hi,
everybody! Your favourite corvid, Joe Crow (that's me!), is back
again. I can't wait to tell you all about the exciting couple of
weeks we've been having here in The Land Of The Thunder Dragon. So
I'll get started!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fourth King's picture is on the left.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don't think I've mentioned this before, but this year is a very special one in
Bhutan. It marks the 60<sup>th</sup> birthday of the Fourth King of
Bhutan. He might not be the king anymore, but the Fourth King is
still very, very popular here. This is because he is seen as being
responsible for many improvements in the lives of people in Bhutan.
So, to say <i>Kadrinche Miwong Chog</i> (Thank You, Your Majesty),
people all across the country have been partying, celebrating,
singing, dancing, playing sports, organising competitions... and
doing many, many other enjoyable things!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://shugdensociety.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jigme-singye-wangchuck.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://shugdensociety.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jigme-singye-wangchuck.gif" width="141" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The young king in 1974.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Fourth King of Bhutan, called Jigme Singye Wangchuck, was born in
1955. When he was still a prince he even went to school in England –
at Oxford University! He became the world's youngest ever king in
1972, when he was just 17 years old. Wow... That's a lot of
responsibility for a young man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
thing that makes Jigme Singye Wangchuck so beloved by the people of
Bhutan is how he helped change the country for the better. In 1972,
there were very few roads in Bhutan. There were also no proper
hospitals and less than ten schools. There were no phones, and no
electricity in most of the country. Some places in Bhutan were so
difficult to get to, you had to walk for several days through the
forest. So many people barely left their villages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By the time he
stopped being king, in 2006, the situation had changed completely.
Now there were three big national hospitals and many smaller ones
dotted across the country. Every child could go to school, for free,
and most homes and villages were connected to an electricity supply.
People were much less poor than they were before, and he even
introduced the idea of voting for the government. Bhutan had managed
to achieve all these things without damaging its beautiful forests
and wildlife, and without hurting traditions. (See <a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/04/happiness-in-bhutan.html">my blog about GNH</a> for more information on this!)<b> </b>You can see why people want to
Jigme Singye Wangchuck a happy birthday!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy birthday, your Majesty! (bhutanyouth.org)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
actual date of the Fourth King's birthday was November 11<sup>th</sup>.
So on that day, and throughout that week, everyone in Bhutan joined
in with the fun. You can see many of the pictures of what we got up
to in Samey. The children of Samey P.S. had a great time with a
Sports Day, dance competitions and a special march to show off how
smart they look! My favourite part was sitting up in the trees and
watching all the games and events going on across the school playing
fields. I even saw Mr. MacInnes dancing to some traditional Bhutanese
music! Ha ha! Shame I didn't have my camera with me...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a variety show evening to celebrate as well.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Perhaps
the best moment for everyone present was when the current (fifth)
King of Bhutan, who is Jigme Singye Wangchuck's son, announced in his
speech to the country that he and his wife are expecting a baby! I'm
sure that news was a very happy birthday present to his father.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hope
to see you again soon.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Your
friend, Joe. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FUN
FACT! The King of Bhutan is called <i>Druk Gyalpo</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
in Dzongkha.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">ANOTHER
FUN FACT! In Bhutan, 2015 is called the Wood Sheep Year!</span></span></div>
Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-49136463094099475782015-10-22T09:00:00.002-07:002015-10-22T09:00:50.474-07:00A Surprise For Class I!<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hello
friends, Joe Crow here. I hope you're all well. As you know, I've
been living in Bhutan since January. I've seen many exciting and
interesting things, and learned a lot about </span><a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-is-buddhism.html" target="_blank"><b>Buddhism</b></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
</span><a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/03/samey-primary-school.html" target="_blank"><b>schools</b></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and the
</span><a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/02/part-2-all-about-bhutan.html" target="_blank"><b>country</b></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></div>
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</a>But
most of all I have been working my feathers off trying to help the
children at Samey Primary School to learn English. My friend, Mr.
MacInnes, has been helping a little bit. I think we're doing a good
job, and the children are so much better and happier talking English
to me than they were at the beginning of the year. They are proud of
themselves too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LdH6bg38FZ6jlhLGEzP7bBC6cn2RhXKxsUr3HiYw4o42NZl9MmBTNYKJhujyyNTBAO5bm4Q0WaO8KcrodPeR7Vx3HYNPClK9cPpsOw-HA9_u07s8KFYtv_H5zAoUw-nbzqnDGCAt2ZpS/s1600/P9251380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LdH6bg38FZ6jlhLGEzP7bBC6cn2RhXKxsUr3HiYw4o42NZl9MmBTNYKJhujyyNTBAO5bm4Q0WaO8KcrodPeR7Vx3HYNPClK9cPpsOw-HA9_u07s8KFYtv_H5zAoUw-nbzqnDGCAt2ZpS/s400/P9251380.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's
the end of October now, and it's starting to get pretty chilly here
in Dagana. Winter in Bhutan can get very, very cold indeed. That is
because it is a </span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">mountainous</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
country. When you're living at higher </span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">altitudes</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
the weather gets much colder.</span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"> In
the high mountains of the Himalayas, the temperature </span><span style="font-style: normal;">can get as cold as -20</span><span class="st" data-hveid="51">°C, or colder!</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dagana is in the southern part of
Bhutan, which is hotter than the north, but as Samey is quite high up
it gets very cold at night. The daytimes are still quite sunny, but
in the shade it can still be cool. When there is no sunshine, it really is cold! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, as we're moving into winter now
I've started wearing my new winter hat in the evenings! I'm also
keeping my nest well padded with old feathers to keep the wind out.
Mr. MacInnes is making more use of his winter jumpers too!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A kiwi bird; one of Kia Ora's friends! (cdn.phys.org)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The thing that worried me was weather the children had enough warm
clothes for the cold winter months. Quality winter clothes can be
hard to come by in this part of Bhutan, especially as some of the
families don't have much money to buy clothes with. But – and this
is really exciting – I made a new friend who sent a special
surprise for the children in Class I! This friend is called <b>Kia Ora</b> (which means hello in Maori)</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
and she is a Kiwi bird who lives in a country called </span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;">New
Zealand</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">!
She saw my </span></span><a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/07/meet-class-1.html" target="_blank">blog about Class I</a><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and really wanted to do something to help the children! Isn't that
kind?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So Kia Ora </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">sent a special package, just for the children in Class I. Inside it
were lots of useful teaching aids, like flashcards, books, pencils
and more. She even sent plenty of information about New Zealand, so
the children can learn about her home too. But most importantly, she
sent them all a set of nice warm clothes for them to use in the
winter! They were very happy! Most of them wore the new clothes the
very next day!</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Have a look at the photos of me giving Class I
their gifts. We were very thankful to Kia Ora </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
to her friends in New Zealand!</span></span> </span><br />
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I'll be back again soon so we can compare Bhutan and New Zealand!</span></div>
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</span>Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-40553569536571746552015-09-17T08:29:00.000-07:002015-09-17T08:29:28.505-07:00Bright Smiles!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've
been keeping very busy lately, the rains are slowly stopping and I've
been out looking for as many small frogs as I can eat! There are lots
of them around at the moment. There are also lots of tasty, sugary
fruits on the trees too. The human children here love to pick and
snack on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But
did you know that sugar – yes, even the natural sugar that is in
fruit – can be very bad for your teeth? If you eat too many sugary
things or keep them in your mouth too long, the sugar can make holes
in your teeth. These holes, also called </span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">cavities</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
can be very painful. Here in Samey, the children are no different
from children all over the world. They love sweets and chocolates!
There's nothing wrong with that of course, but it can cause those
problems if you don't look after your teeth properly.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, when a dentist came
to visit our school, he found that many of the children do have
problems with their teeth. There were some cavities, and many
children had to have teeth removed because they had become rotten.
This made me feel very sad for the children. It is especially sad if
this happens to your 'big teeth', the new ones that come when wobbly
teeth fall out. These big teeth are permanent, which means you will
have them forever. If you have one taken out, you'll never grow
another one back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp7bCJK3cEWILg4yxj8Jj9yhOP7FFfiq0z7kF0GbKRzaEigYnA-_vsGhhQxQ-ZHFsT_rFuJpQ2HK9DNP_L1rDPJrxgP3nKA_GyvhjL1rtRVEpGGYd0W9qRm_EU8GT6U_BlK7EZy70SLfd/s1600/IMG_20150909_144242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp7bCJK3cEWILg4yxj8Jj9yhOP7FFfiq0z7kF0GbKRzaEigYnA-_vsGhhQxQ-ZHFsT_rFuJpQ2HK9DNP_L1rDPJrxgP3nKA_GyvhjL1rtRVEpGGYd0W9qRm_EU8GT6U_BlK7EZy70SLfd/s400/IMG_20150909_144242.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Crows don't have teeth, but I'm always
careful to keep my beak clean and shiny! It should be the same for
all children with their teeth. You need to brush your teeth with
toothpaste twice a day, and make sure you brush each tooth! Sadly for
some of the children at Samey Primary School they have difficulty
being able to get toothbrushes and toothpaste. Also, some of them
have not had much experience learning about how to look after their
teeth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But
thanks to my good friends at Pashley Down Infant School in England,
we have a new project called </span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;">Bright
Smiles</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">!</span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Every
child at Samey now has their very own toothbrush! Also, the school
has lots and lots of toothpaste as well as many replacement brushes
for when the children need to change. The kind children and parents
from Pashley donated toothbrushes which were sent in the post all the
way to Bhutan, as well as some money to buy toothpaste. My teacher
friend, Mr. MacInnes is making sure that all the children learn how
to brush properly and take care of their teeth. He invited a dentist
to come and give a special workshop to the children and to show them
the best way to brush.</span></span></span></div>
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the school and brushes their teeth at least once during the school
day. Hopefully they will continue to have bright smiles for a long
time into the future!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They look really happy with their
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Speak to you soon, and remember to
keep your teeth clean and bright!<br />Joe :)</span></div>
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</span>Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-83057864128470299982015-09-04T06:23:00.004-07:002015-09-04T06:23:58.877-07:00Summer in Bhutan
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer in Samey... It's always pretty foggy!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hi
friends (both the feathered and not-so feathered ones)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I'm
sorry I haven't written in such a long time. It's been very difficult
for me to fly anywhere lately, and I've been having a tough time
getting on to the internet. Let me explain why!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Summer
arrived in Bhutan, the Kingdom Of The Thunder Dragon, in June. Normally I love summer! All my birdie friends are out and about,
singing in the trees and having fun in the sun. I bet you like it
too! No school to go to... Sunshine... Ice-creams... Beaches... Well,
in Bhutan it's a little bit different!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For
starters, children in Bhutan still come to school in July and August.
There is a two-week break at the start of July but that is it. At
least I got to spend more time in the classroom learning about
Bhutan. In Class 3 we've even been reading a book called <i>Some
Birds of Bhutan</i><span style="font-style: normal;">! Not much about
crows in there though...</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Secondly,
and worst of all, summer in Bhutan is really the </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>monsoon
season</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">. The 'monsoon'
basically means the rainy season. Yep, it rains </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>a
lot</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> in Bhutan during the
summer. Even more than in England! The rain is extremely heavy at
times too. Some of the children have to walk for a long time in the
rain to get to school. Some days they turn up for their morning study
soaking wet, with no dry clothes to change into. I feel very sorry
for them on those days. I hate having wet feathers.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUDP_GXrAfqLJq99vTKoBK_18QRkXWbwRZPnFXLacPRWbuUR6oO0PLdh919IOEA-JHBeGAeshsvr7AuSAeyvar4IgRhNAI8E8Lo3gy8VWY3-zptuLrB0XJN63iX2dtfLPpckOI5N6wDV4/s1600/DSC01005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUDP_GXrAfqLJq99vTKoBK_18QRkXWbwRZPnFXLacPRWbuUR6oO0PLdh919IOEA-JHBeGAeshsvr7AuSAeyvar4IgRhNAI8E8Lo3gy8VWY3-zptuLrB0XJN63iX2dtfLPpckOI5N6wDV4/s400/DSC01005.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
rain causes more problems than just wet clothes though. Because the
rains can be so heavy, or last for days at a time, they cause
</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>landslides </b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">as
well. A landslide is when lots and lots of soil or rocks slide down
the side of mountain or cliff. The rain makes the soil loose and
heavy, causing it to slide down. This can be very dangerous and
people can be killed by the falling rocks and mud. Luckily I haven't
heard of any injuries in this part of Bhutan this year. However, Mr
MacInnes has been stuck on the road a couple of times because it was
blocked by big rocks!</span> </span></span></div>
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of Samey Primary School helping to repair our road after the rain
washed away lots of soil. There were big holes so no cars could get
up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So that's why I haven't been flying about and able to write my blog posts lately. Also, there's quite a lot of mosquitoes out there in the rain... I'm not a big fan of those little biters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Don't worry though. Bhutan is very different from October - March, and there is hardly any rain at all. Then the land and the grass get very dry and there is a lot of sunshine. If you ever want to come to Bhutan, September and October are the best months, then February - April time. Then you'll avoid the wet summer season, and the veeeeery cold winter season!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Have a look at the photos below comparing the dry and wet seasons.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paro in the winter...</td></tr>
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Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-40347772854704686202015-07-08T05:57:00.001-07:002015-07-08T05:57:36.263-07:00Meet Class 1!<span id="goog_882118492"></span><span id="goog_882118493"></span><br />
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<span id="goog_882118490"></span><span id="goog_882118491"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello! Welcome back to Joe's Journal.</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's holiday time for teacher's in Bhutan. They have two weeks off school in the summer before term starts again. I've been flying all over the place and meeting lots of interesting people (and birds!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I live in the south west of Bhutan, in <b>Dagana</b>. But Mr. MacInnes and I are holidaying in <b>Trashigang</b>, which is in the east. See if you can find it on the map below.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I flew all the way, but Mr. MacInnes had to take a bus - for <i>three days</i>! The bus went round and round all the mountains, up to the top of some and down to the bottom again. I could see amazing waterfalls and rivers as I flew above it. Bhutan really is a beautiful country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I have been here in Trashigang, I realised that I've been so busy squawking on about my adventures that I have hardly told you anything about the most important bit - the children of Samey Primary School! After all, they are the reason why Mr. MacInnes and I are in Bhutan in the first place! I love having a teacher as a pet</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, because I get to meet so many wonderful children! That is especially true here in Bhutan. I help Mr. MacInnes in all of his classes, but I always have the most fun in Class 1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The children in Class 1 are usually about 6-7 years old. They are just starting to learn English and they find it very tricky. I am trying to help them with their phonics, just like you learn in school. They like practising all the sounds they know and blending them together to make words! We get to read lots of books, and if the children find the reading hard Mr. MacInnes talks to them about the pictures and asks questions about what they can see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's meet the children, shall we?!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tshoki is a great reader and is getting better everyday at speaking English. He likes it when I fly around the classroom or do something silly! He is small but he can play football very well too!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is Kinley. He is always happy to see me in class and he enjoys singing and games.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sonam Lucky is another good friend of mine! She is very good at drawing and reading, and can speak English very nicely. She is getting better everyday!</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chogyal is a very kind and polite girl, always smart and well behaved. She loves apples and flowers. She is trying very hard with handwriting and reading.</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, now you have met my friends in Class 1 at Samey Primary School. They are all very interested in what school is like in the UK (and other countries!) and would love to hear from you. If you would like to ask them any questions then you can email them to Mr. MacInnes or comment below!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maybe you'd like to know about their family life, what they play, what their homes are like, or maybe you would like to share some things about your school! Just remember to ask a grown-up to help you, and please don't post any photos to the blog. If you want to share photos with the children you can get a grown-up to ask Mr. MacInnes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Until next time, <b>Tashi Delek!</b></span>Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-79939576077671160872015-05-31T04:19:00.000-07:002015-05-31T04:19:19.980-07:00Out of the Darkness<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hello friends! It's been a long time
since I last wrote to you.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A very long time!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There has been archery, of course!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I hope you haven't missed me too much!
I'm very sorry for the delay, but it's been very hard for me to get
my wings on a working computer. In fact, this is the first chance
I've had! Let me tell you all about what's been happening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">About six weeks ago, Mr. MacInnes and
I had just been to a birthday party and it was getting late. I was
ready to snuggle down into my nest for the night so we were heading
home across the school fields when it started to rain very, very
heavily. It was also getting extremely windy, so much so that it
nearly blew me back the way we had come! Fortunately we managed to
get home quite quickly! I could hear the wind and the rain crashing
against my nest for a long time before I fell asleep. When I woke up
the next morning the sun was out and the weather was very calm again.
However, when I tried to turn on my light it wouldn't come on! And
all my worms in the fridge were starting to get warm too. We didn't
know it at the time, but the electricity would be gone for two
weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What had happened was that the storm
in the night had been much worse in some other parts of Dagana and
had actually blown down some electricity cables! It had also caused a
lot of damage to buildings. Some people's roofs had been blown off
their houses and some schools had been badly damaged too. We were
lucky in Samey because the wind hadn't caused many problems. However,
we now had no electricity. This meant that I couldn't use the
computer to update my journal, Mr. MacInnes couldn't charge his phone
and at night time it was very dark indeed! Have you ever walked
around your house at night without any lights on? It can be quite
scary! Mr. MacInnes had been sensible and bought lots of candles so
we could see a little bit, but I must admit I found it quite
difficult to see where I was going! I bumped my beak a lot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It was like that for two weeks. But we
found lots of things to do to keep busy. Some of our friends invited
us for dinner and we played lots of games. I even got time to read my
favourite books by candlelight. Cooking and cleaning is difficult in
the dark though, and we were very happy when the electricity came
back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But it is important to remember that
there are many people in the world, and some here in Bhutan, that
don't ever have electricity. We are very lucky in England to be able
to turn on a light or plug in a TV whenever we want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I was going to post this blog a bit
earlier but then the community centre (the only place where I can use the internet) was closed for a further two weeks as well. But something very important happened recently and I thought
I should tell you about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Saturday 25<sup>th</sup> of April
there was an <b>earthquake</b> in this part of the world. If you read
my <a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/02/part-2-all-about-bhutan.html"><b>second blog entry</b></a> you will remember I told you that Bhutan
is in the Himalayas, in Asia, and that there is a country nearby
called <b>Nepal</b>. It was in this country that the earthquake
happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Being a bird, I don't know much about
earthquake<span style="background-color: white;">s. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">But Mr. MacInnes says
that they happen when parts of the surface of the earth rub move apart or together. This causes the land to crack or crunch up.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: transparent;">Although
the earthquake was in Nepal, we still felt it here in Bhutan. The
chairs in the classroom started wobbling and the fan on the ceiling
was shaking. Everyone ran outside into the field and as we looked
across the valley you could see trees swaying, even though there was
no wind. It was quite scary. What happened next was a bit like when
you have a fire drill – we counted all the children and made sure
everyone was there and was safe. We had to wait outside in the rain
for quite a while, as then can be an <i>aftershock</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
when there is an earthquake. Luckily, nobody (or animal) here in
Samey or across Bhutan was hurt and none of the buildings were
damaged.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: transparent;">Sadly,
many people in Nepal were hurt. In Kathmandu, the capital city, lots
of buildings fell down and huge cracks appeared in the roads and in
houses. Temples that were hundreds of years old have been destroyed
with all the beautiful statues around them, and people's homes were
also broken to bits. The worst thing is that enormous numbers of
people have died, more than we could even count. It makes me so
sad to think of their families and friends. Mr. MacInnes and I were
in Kathmandu in January and it is horrible to think some of the
things we saw might now be gone forever. We also made many friends
there. We think of them every day.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Nepal
is a poor country, and that makes it very difficult for the
government to help people who have lost their homes and maybe lost
their families too. There are many people who need shelter, water and
help with trying to find friends. If you think your parents might
like to help these people, ask them to visit </span><a href="http://www.redcross.org.uk/en/About-us/News/2015/April/After-the-earthquake-appeal-launched-for-Nepal"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>this charity website</b></span></a><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background: transparent;">I
will be back soon to tell you all about how we are getting on at
Samey Primary School. Until next time, stay safe and remember to feed
my feathered friends in your gardens!</span></span></div>
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Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-42165702101164375872015-04-02T04:29:00.002-07:002015-04-02T04:29:18.259-07:00Happiness in Bhutan
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMw5ON036YsbSJ25De6nNGToWdN3-B20mH5W8nEDLQ8jLtBlzwfKJfayuyKhXlBnGFGoQziiKX9HEfzFWCGiW8JQs-W2z3tvzXo7UHVbiuQUFmkGFpZDraH_a5I4pwstWnieXFXu00R0d/s1600/P3240844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMw5ON036YsbSJ25De6nNGToWdN3-B20mH5W8nEDLQ8jLtBlzwfKJfayuyKhXlBnGFGoQziiKX9HEfzFWCGiW8JQs-W2z3tvzXo7UHVbiuQUFmkGFpZDraH_a5I4pwstWnieXFXu00R0d/s1600/P3240844.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hi friends! It's me again, Joe Crow.
I've had a wonderful month of March here in the <b>Kingdom of Bhutan</b>.
We celebrated Mr. MacInnes' birthday, went to a special festival at
the <i>Dzong</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> (if you want a
reminder of what a 'Dzong' is, then visit my </span><a href="http://joecrowbhutan.blogspot.com/2015/02/let-me-introduce-myself.html"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>first blog</b></u></span></a><span style="font-style: normal;">) and had a great
time getting to know the children at Samey Primary School. Just have
a look at the photos!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The weather is changing fast – it's
not freezing cold at night any longer, and the days are hot. Mr
MacInnes is not keen on the little biting flies that keep attacking
his legs, though! I wonder what April will bring?<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">In
this entry I'd like to tell you something about “</span><i><b>Gross
National Happiness</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;">”,
something that is very important in Bhutan. It is called </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>GNH</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
for short.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The four pillars of GNH - painted on our school wall.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">In
most countries, we look at the </span><i>economy</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
– how much money the country is making and how much money people
have to spend on things – to see how well the country is doing. We
also look at whether people have good levels of education, access to
hospitals, clean water, electricity, internet and nice things in the
shops. This is known as “</span><i>development</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”.
If a country is doing well in all of those things, we call it a
“developed country”. England is a developed country. If some of
those things are missing, we sometimes call such a country a
“developing country”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">However,
in Bhutan, they try to look at more than just the economy and
people's living standards when working out how well the country is
doing. They also try to measure </span><i>how happy people are!</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
This is the vision of Gross National Happiness.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A traditional ceremony to celebrate the King's birthday.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
basic message of GNH is that people's happiness in life is just as
important as money, owning nice things and living in a comfortable
place. Bhutan believes that in order for people to be happy then
development must be </span><i>sustainable</i><span style="font-style: normal;">,
meaning that things will be as nice for people in the future if not
even better than now. Also important is keeping traditions and
protecting the environment and all the animals in it.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A golden langur.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">There
are a lot of laws in Bhutan to protect traditional ways of doing
things, like wearing the </span><i>national dress</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.
This means that people won't feel their traditional beliefs will be
lost as the world changes. There are also many laws to protect the
many rare animals that live in Bhutan, like tigers and rhinos. Most
of the country is still covered in forest, meaning that Bhutan is an
incredibly special place for animals. There is one species of monkey,
the </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>golden langur</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">,
that doesn't live anywhere else in the world! Bhutan believes that by
keeping these animals – and their natural homes – safe is also
important for people's happiness. I love seeing my wild friends
healthy and free, don't you?</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fourth King of Bhutan.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
idea of GNH being important in Bhutan's development came from the
</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Fourth King</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">,
in 1972. It might be difficult to measure, but Bhutan hopes that
other countries and experts will adopt the ideas in their countries
too. I really like the ideas of GNH, and I like the way the children
learn about the ideas in school too. If these children grow up caring
about their world and looking after it, then it will be a better
place for animals like me as well as all the people on Earth!</span></span></div>
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Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-84363891405741873262015-03-16T05:00:00.001-07:002015-03-16T05:00:36.931-07:00Samey Primary School<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have now been living in Bhutan for six weeks,</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and I’m just about beginning to settle in. I do miss my comfortable nest back home, and all of my feathered family, but I feel very much at home here now. The local birds are friendly and welcoming, and they have done lots to help me get used to my new location.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast at Samey P.S.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, a lot has happened since I last blogged. I’d better tell you all about it!<br /><br />The
most important thing is that the children have started a new year at
Samey Primary School. In Bhutan, the school year runs from February to
December. The children have their long holiday in the winter, when it is
very cold! <br /><br />A normal school day in Samey starts at 7.30 in the
morning . Yes, that is very early!!! Some of the children have to walk
for an hour to get to school, so that means a VERY EARLY start for them!
They do get to have breakfast at school though, and it is very tasty!
The breakfast is usually fried rice and chickpeas. Birds aren’t normally
allowed to have it, but they make a special exception for me! The food
at Samey Primary School is provided by the <b>World Food Programme (WFP)</b>.
The WFP is a very special organisation that gives food, for free, in
places where food might be hard to get or too expensive to buy. The
children also get a free school lunch, just like children in England.
The lunch is often rice and <i>dhal</i>, which is a lentil soup. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting for breakfast.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> After breakfast is the whole-school assembly. This happens everyday at 8.45, and the children say a special prayer and sing the <b>national anthem</b>. I’m trying hard to learn the words, but the <i>Dzongkha </i>language
is very hard to get my beak around! In Bhutan, the children stand up
for the assembly. They are very well behaved, and stand very still when
listening to the teachers. Lessons begin after assembly. Unlike most
primary schools in England, the children at Samey have different
teachers for each different lesson. So Mr. MacInnes might teach a class
English, and after that a different teacher will teach Science to the
same class. There are eight teachers at Samey, and seven lessons a day.
So if you were at school here, you might have seven different teachers
in the same day!</span></span></span><br />
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sometimes there are sports events in the afternoon too. The children
love playing football and volleyball the most! Recently we helped build
new football goals for the children, using wood from the forest. It was
heavy work, but the children love having proper goalposts now! You can
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where they clean the school and the grounds. Each group of children has
a particular area to work in, and they swap throughout the year. Some
might sweep the classrooms, while others will look after the vegetable
garden and some clean the toilets. Yep, in Bhutan the children clean the
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from in England. Children start school at age 5, and the first class is
called Pre-Primary (PP), not Reception. Then, instead of Year 1, the
next year is called Class 1. Then Class 2, and so on up to Class 6.<br />There
can be a lot of children in classes in Bhutan. Most classes have about
40 children. But because Samey is only a very small school, there are
few children in each class. In Class 5 there are only eleven children,
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that means there are no SMART Boards, computers or playground equipment
like there are in most schools in England. There are lots of other
resources you will know though, like multilink cubes, base-10, and wall
displays. There is also a <i>blackboard </i>instead of a whiteboard. You
have to use chalk to write on those instead of pen. The children bring
their own writing books to school everyday. They can be heavy, but at
least they can always show their Mum and Dads what they have been doing
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than the ones he’s had in England, which can make it difficult when he
wants them to do group work! However, they are beginning to talk a bit
more now that they feel less shy. And they love seeing me! I have really
enjoyed helping Class 1 learn English. I have had to pretend to be a
bit naughty so they could learn how to say “excuse me” and “I am sorry”!
They are getting better everyday.</span></span></span><br />
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about school life in Samey. If you have any questions, please put them
in the comments below or ask a grown up to help you. I hope you enjoy
the pictures!</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Joe :-)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you’re new to my blog, my name’s Joe Crow and - you guessed it - I’m a crow! I’m originally from <b>Britain </b>but now I’m living in the <b>Kingdom of Bhutan</b>. If you would like to know more about me or Bhutan then please read my previous blog entries.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our home in Samey.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />I’m not living here on my own though; I’m living with my good friend, Mr. MacInnes. He’s a human being unfortunately, but despite that he’s not too bad to live with. Besides, he can help me type my blogs because he has actually got fingers! He’s the real reason I’m here, because he’s a primary school teacher and he decided he wanted to go and teach in Bhutan. Well, I couldn’t let him go all by himself could I?!<br /><br />When Mr. MacInnes applied to teach in Bhutan, we had no idea of where in the country we would end up. It was up to the <b>Royal Government of Bhutan</b>, and an organisation called the <b>Bhutan Canada Foundation</b> (BCF), which school would most like to have us. [If grown-ups would like to know more about BCF then please click <a href="http://bhutancanada.org/"><b>here</b></a>]. They decided we would be best in <i><b>Samey Primary School</b></i>. Samey is pronounced ‘Sammy’. It’s a very small school, and there are only 103 children in seven classes. Mr MacInnes will be teaching English to children in four of the classes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Samey Primary School is in a little village, also called Samey, which is in the <b>Dagana </b>district of Bhutan. Can you find Dagana on the map?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the reception classroom (called PP here)!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We’ve now been living in Samey for two weeks! It was quite exciting moving here, as I am the <i>first ever</i> yellow-beaked crow to live in Dagana. Also, Mr. MacInnes is the <i>first ever</i> person to live in Dagana who isn‘t from Bhutan. Because we look a bit different, lots of people (and birds!) have been interested in learning about us and where we are from. Although we are different, everyone has been very kind and welcomed us in to their communities and homes. We’ve been invited to lots of parties and dinners, and even to watch special archery matches!<br /><br />Mr. MacInnes and I live in the school grounds, which makes it nice and easy to get to work in the morning! We live next door to another teacher, and very close to the headteacher too. I bet most of your teachers have to drive their cars to school each morning! Well all of the teachers here live very close indeed! <br /><br />Samey is at the top of a steep hill, and there are only a few houses. The only way to get here is by a farm road, not the kind of road you will be used to. It takes quite a long time to drive up it because it is very rocky and muddy. I can fly up and down very easily but Mr. MacInnes gets tired legs from walking! There is a small town at the bottom of the hill, where Mr. MacInnes can buy some food. The shops are all very small, and there are no Tescos or Sainsbury’s or any other supermarket here! So many of the things you might buy are not available in Dagana. Mr. MacInnes says he misses pizza and humous the most!<br /><br />The favourite foods <i>by far</i> here in Dagana are rice, cheese and <b>chillies</b>. Yes, chillies - the spicier the better! Some of the food is so spicy it burns my beak! But I’m slowly getting used to it. The most popular dish is called <i>ema datsi</i>. That’s chillies (usually halved, but sometimes whole) in a cheese sauce. Yowch! I’ll stick to what I can find on the ground thanks! But Mr. MacInnes seems to enjoy it. He’s crazy!<br /><br />It’s so very quiet and peaceful here, and there’s lots of time to read my favourite books and go for a flap in the beautiful countryside. Mr. MacInnes got all excited because he went walking and saw a type of eagle called a Steppe Eagle. Hmmph! Crows are <i>much </i>more interesting! They’re waaaay cleverer too!!! Sometimes the peace and quiet gets interrupted by the shouts and cries from excited archers or noisy dogs. There are lots of stray dogs in Bhutan but most of them are friendly. However they do keep me up at night with their barking sometimes! If you do go walking in Bhutan it’s very common for people to invite you into their house for a cup of tea as you walk past. People like to show kindness to each other here and often if you say “no thank you” to something offered to you, people will keep insisting until you say yes!<br /><br />I hope you can get an idea what my home in Bhutan is like from the pictures. Until next time, goodbye and <b>Tashi Delek</b>!<br /><br />Joe :)</span>Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-54417791171419394462015-02-17T03:34:00.000-08:002015-02-17T03:34:22.224-08:00What is Buddhism?<h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you remember that last time I was telling you about how most people in Bhutan are <b>Buddhists</b>? “Buddhist” might be a new word for some of you. I know my crow pals back in England won’t have heard it before. But then again, most of them can’t speak English as well as I can!</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(PS - did you know a group of crows is called a ‘murder’? It’s true!!! I often hang out in a murder of crows!)</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought with this blog update I’d try to explain a bit more about what Buddhism is and what Buddhists believe, so here we go!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It all starts with a man known as <b>‘the Buddha’</b>. He lived over 2,500 years ago and was born in an area near the border between India and Nepal. You can find out where those countries are by looking at the map in my last blog post. They are very near to Bhutan!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Buddha’s real name was <b>Prince Siddharta Gautama</b>. Yes, he was a real prince! Because he was a prince he had everything he could want - money, good food, lots of nice possessions and a powerful family. But one day, the young prince snuck out of the palace to have a look at the places around him. He soon noticed that not everyone was as lucky as him. He saw sick, old and dying people, and he realised that all of the nice things he had couldn’t help save people from the problems of the world. As he grew up, the prince decided to leave behind his royal life to search for the true way to help people escape from suffering. One day, he sat under a tree and entered into a deep <i>meditation* </i>in which he was able to develop complete peace in his mind. For the rest of his life he taught people how to develop this peace, and about how caring for and loving others brought true happiness.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Buddhists are visiting a temple. One of the ladies is spinning <b><i>prayer wheels</i></b>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Throughout the many years since his death, people have read, studied and followed the Buddha’s teachings. These people are called <i>Buddhists</i>. They aim to not only reach total peace and happiness (a state called <i>nirvana</i>), but to help all other living beings reach this happiness too. The main focus for a Buddhist is to develop love and <i>compassion* </i>for all living beings. This is known as <b>Buddhism</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many Buddhists believe that when you die your spirit lives on, and comes back to live another life. Maybe I’ll get a chance to be inside an egg again! However, the goal of Buddhism is to escape from the cycle of rebirth and suffering that everyone goes through, and to reach nirvana.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Wheel of Life</i>. This picture shows all the different ways you could be reborn.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are different kinds of Buddhism in the world, and the type practised in Bhutan originally comes from <b>Tibet</b>. This is a country on the northern border of Bhutan (have a look at the map again!). The <b>Dalai Lama</b> is the most famous Tibetan Buddhist in the world. He is a very special man; even some of my crow friends have heard of him! He is a good friend to children, and has written many books on how to be happier and have more compassion.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Bhutan you can see many pictures and statues of the Buddha. Tibetan Buddhism uses a lot of colourful paintings, pictures and statues to help people in their meditations. You might often see people bowing down in front of statues of the Buddha or other important figures. However, they are not worshipping them like a god, but showing respect and thankfulness for the Buddha’s teachings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These kinds of buildings are called <b>chortens </b>in Bhutan. These are also called <i>stupas</i>. They often have Buddhist <i>relics </i>inside them, like the ashes of respected monks. The one in the picture is a very, very big one, but most are quite small. Buddhists often visit them as places of meditation, and to concentrate on developing compassion. They are often in very peaceful places, and are lovely to fly around and think about the world (but I always fly clockwise around them!). Buddhists believe it is very good for you to build stupas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*<i>Meditation</i> - Spending time in very deep and quiet thought.<i> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>*Compassion</i> - Showing kindness and caring, and being willing to help others.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*<i>Relic</i> - An old object, usually belonging to someone or something very important. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span>Joe Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778203295967315182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245327618489232724.post-74269936592870623742015-02-11T03:46:00.001-08:002015-02-17T00:46:51.362-08:00Part 2 - All about Bhutan.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Hi again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought I should tell you a little more about Bhutan, the country where I will be living for a whole year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bhutan is a very small country, and only 745 thousand people live there. That’s not a lot at all compared with England! They also speak different languages to back home. The main language is called <b>Dzongkha</b>, although in some parts of the country they speak other languages. Would you like to know some Dzongkha? It’s difficult for me to squawk it but I’ll try my best…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Kuzuzangpo-la</b> (Koo-zoo-zang-po lah) : Hello</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Kadrinche-la </b>(Ka-din-chay lah) : Thank you</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Give it a go yourself! You might impress your friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bhutan is very far away from England. I couldn’t have flown here on my own so I’m glad I took the aeroplane with Mr. MacInnes. It’s so far away that when my pals back home are eating their lunchtime worms, I’ll be getting ready for bed! And when it’s morning here it is the middle of the night in England!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because Bhutan is in the mountains, some parts of the country are veeeeeeery cold (in the highest points) and some are quite hot (in the valleys at the bottom of the mountains). I quite like Thimphu in the daytime because it’s nice and sunny and I can flap about with the other birds. But at night it is so cold I have to wrap up tightly under my wings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My favourite thing about Bhutan is that the national bird is the raven! Crows and ravens are from the same family so that makes me feel very special. People here tend to like animals, because most of them are Buddhists. This is a religion which teaches about how important it is to live a good life, and to always be kind and caring to other living things. You can see many Buddhist temples throughout the country, and they are very beautiful. Hopefully I will learn a lot more about Buddhism so that I can tell you all about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bhutan is a <i><b>developing country</b></i>. That means that not all the people have easy access to some of the things we think of as normal, like schools, hospitals, electricity and the internet. In fact, Bhutan didn’t have television until 1999. That was a long time after other places in the world. Some children have to walk for several <i>days</i> until they get to school. Remember that the next time you have to walk in the rain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the King of Bhutan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He is quite young for a king isn’t he?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">His father, the fourth King, decided that Bhutan should develop at a pace that wouldn’t damage the special culture and ways of doing things in the country, and would benefit everybody. He called this approach<b> Gross National Happiness</b>, or <b>GNH</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">GNH is very important in Bhutan, even teachers have to make sure their lessons support it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The national sport in Bhutan is <i><b>Archery</b></i>. The archers have to fire their arrows at a target which is very far away, and there is a lot of singing and shouting involved. If an archer hits the target, his team-mates will sing his praises. However, the opposition team will try to put him off and will sing about how bad his shot was if he misses! People do like football and basketball too, especially as the King is a keen basketball player! But nothing comes close to archery yet!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can you see the little white rectangle in the distance? That's the target!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will tell you some more about Buddhism and GNH another time. But now I need my afternoon flap!</span><br />
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Crow</b>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m called Joe Crow because
that’s what I am. A crow! I’m a little bit different from most crows. Do you
know why? It’s because my beak is bright yellow. Most crows have a black beak
but I was born differently. It made me very famous in the woodlands of my home
town, Eastbourne. That's in England. I was so famous, in fact, that I became good friends with some of
the humans! Especially those at Pashley Down Infant School (more about that
later). My pet, Mr. MacInnes (more about him later too!), was a teacher there
so I got to know lots of different children.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my pet, Mr. MacInnes.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You see, crows are extremely
clever birds; our bird family, called <i>corvids</i>, are the cleverest of all
bird-kind! That’s why I was allowed to help Mr. MacInnes in the class. Humans
need a lot of help, and I’m much better at solving puzzles than he is! I was very good at helping in Pashley Down School, and I was never, ever naughty... Just ask the children! Anyway,
one day Mr. MacInnes decided he was going to leave Pashley Down School. It wasn’t
an easy decision, apparently, he had to think about it a lot. But when he left,
so did I. And we didn’t just move to a new school, or a new town. We moved to
an entirely new country, in an entirely new continent! The place we moved to is
called <b>Bhutan</b>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A river in Paro, Bhutan. The international airport is in Paro.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the peak of Mount Jomolhari, the tallest mountain in Bhutan.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Bhutan is a very small
country in <b>Asia</b>. It’s next to Tibet and India, and it is very <i>mountainous</i>.
That means there are lots of big mountains! I’d never seen mountains before and
they really are... </span><i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">enormous</span></i><span style="font-size: 22.0pt;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> The mountains
all have different names but together they are called the <b>Himalayas</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I was a bit scared when we
moved to Bhutan. Mr. MacInnes said there were tigers and bears here, and I didn’t
know if the other birds would like me. Also, everything here is so new. The
animals, the scenery, the buildings and the things people wear and do are so
different from back home in England. Some of the things that I do seem strange
to the people here. But I am used to being different, and I’m sure I will get
used to things eventually. I hope you can see in the pictures how different
things look.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lady selling vegetables in a local market.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr. MacInnes says that I will
get to meet some new children soon, in his new school. It’s called Samey
Primary School. Before we go there though we are spending two weeks in the capital
city of Bhutan, called <b>Thimphu</b>. Mr. MacInnes says that we have to do
that because schools in Bhutan are not the same as in England, and there’s lots
for him to learn before he can teach here. While he’s been learning about
Bhutanese schools, I have been exploring! Have a look at my pictures and
I’ll tell you some more about them.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a <b><i>dzong</i></b>. Dzongs used to be fortresses but now they are district government buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many of the dzongs are hundreds of years old! They were built to defend the country from invasion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an old dzong which burned down in the 1950s.</td></tr>
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