Leigh in Azerbaijan

Shabran

Originally uploaded by Leigh Newton

Did I post this a month back? This was a forgotten major trading centre north of Baku. It gradually fell into disuse when overtaking nations saw no use for it. We were shadowed by the equivalent of the local Lions Club who were there digging weeds. They [...]

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The morning of the Exhibition! Final touches are put to the displays. I was rather proud of the kids today as they presented at their stands. They presented at an Assembly to parents and other invited guests, with scripts that gave some information from what they had learned in this unit. [...]

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Priscilla would be proud. Grade 4s at TISA have just posted their work on the passage wall down from my room. I was impressed. … and I love this one…

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The 31 Day Comment Challenge for leaving comments on blogs started at the beginning of May. I learnt about it after it after it started and have only just started to think about it. Sue Waters (The Edublogger) explains the aim like this: to spend a month of focused commenting for us [...]

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Sharing an evening together with friends we were able to watch a great fireworks display last night on the foreshore. I guess it was a combination of Victory Day celebrations as well as commemorating the life of the previous President. It was the “85th jubilee of the national leader of Azerbaijani people” according [...]

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