A Snippet of our Performance

Dear Parents,

Here's a treat for you - a short performance by the kids. They sang confidently although they had only rehearsed a few times. They were simply a delightful bunch and the audience liked their singing.

Today's pictures (and the video-clip) can be found at
http://www.hwsonline.org/putian4.zip

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Tomorrow, we'll be attending lessons at Putian School again before going to Fuqing Xishan School. We will be travelling to Xiamen in the evening and checking into another hotel late again. So if you do not hear from us, do not be alarmed.

I am not sure if we will be able to get any internet access there - I will ask and if it is not too late (or you see me online).

At Xiamen, we'll be visiting places of interests and of course, the book-shop. (The kids' luggages are already so full that I doubt they can squeeze in anymore things.)

Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

Busy Day

Dear Parents,

Today is going to be a really busy and long day for the pupils. We have to visit the two schools and perform wushu and singing for them. We will also be visiting a media (newscasting) station before returning for another sumptuous dinner in a revolving restaurant (at the top floor of this hotel). The kids will certainly be tired.

Tomorrow afternoon, we will be setting off to Xishan to visit a school there.

So, we will try to let the kids pack and rest well tonight. If you need to communicate via webcam, we hope that the conversation will be kept brief. Otherwise, we will just post the day's pictures here for your viewing pleasure and keepsake.

Thanks,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

What We Have Learnt Today

Dear all,

Sorry to keep you waiting. The kids took turns to do their reflections and there're only 2 computers here, so we took a long time to complete. Some of them posted their reflections yesterday and requested to take a break. :)

The set of photos for Day 3 is at

http://www.hwsonline.org/putian3.zip

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From MalPang:
I have enjoyed myself today. I learnt some new Chinese words during the Chinese lesson. Tomorrow, I have to perform on stage. How are you at home?

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From Jam.S:
During maths lesson, the teacher showed us some guess-and-check questions. She also told us another way to do the question. After that lesson, we had Chinese lesson. The teacher talked about the beauty of Africa. We had to list out the describing words. I will tell you more when I go back home.

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From Rachel:
The art lesson in the school was very fun as we learnt how to draw 山水画. The teacher explained everything about this topic just for us. After the art lesson, we exchanged class and went on to their music room. The room was very different from us because it didn't have any air-conditioner and instead of sitting on the floor, the students sat on chairs. The computer lesson was also very interesting as we did a lot of work about the 四川 earthquake. I saw alot of art-work done by the students and they were very nice.
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From Felicia:
When I first went to the school, they all welcomed us, I was so......shy and I hated it. We went to the basketball court as they used as a parade ground. They sang their National Song. Their standing position was so different from us - they need to salute using their right hand. Then we went to the 第二会议室 at the second floor. We were the VIPs. The buddies and the Putian School teachers came to interact with us. The teachers gave us the time-table for today's lesson. I was appointed to be in 五（二）班 when some of us went in I am so shy the teacher ask the class to clap for us we are ask to say our Chinese names then the buddy will us ask to sit beside them. My buddy was pretty, gentle, kind, loyal, friendly and look hard-working she is the monitress of the class. The first lesson is mathematics very interesting all in Chinese very easy .Our activity is to do maths guess and check for the question the give us. For the first question I can't really solved but then when the explained the method for the 假设法. I have never learnt but maybe next year for the second question I can really solve less then 1 minute. Don't worry about me.
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From A.P.S.Y:

Although the weather was bad, I had a wonderful time. Today we went to a school and looked at how the China students study, they will very smart.

A few days ago,my best friends and I played basketball to a group of China students. They lost badly and said that we were very good.

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From YiLing:
Today I have made many new friends and I like their method of studying very much. I like putian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yay...

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From AZ : Erm … the two days in Putian is fun. Today I made friends with five buddies. The food is quite nice. Tomorrow we are going to perform soo… excited and nervous [LOL]BB!!!!!!!!

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From A.Y.Y.L:
Today was fun and tiring, ‘cause we went shopping. Dinner was yummy!

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From TKH:
I had fun in the Putian School as I had learnt many things and I knew how to play the games during the PE lesson.I have made a lot of friends.

From I.Hong: Papa and Mama, don't worry about me. It is very fun here! The school was very weird, as my buddies keep hugging me .YUCK! I kept running around the school. I played ping pong with them today. We were like VIPs and need not queue up.Students played against us and a lot of them lost the game to me and Kian Heng (my friend.) So don't worry about me as it is funhere. Bye Bye.

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From Van:
I had a lot of fun in the school today as I met many interesting class-mates in the class. They sometimes joked with me. There were many fun things and the class is quite big. One of the boys helped me to draw a snake. It was nice but SMALL (so sad). I hope that if there is a chance i would one to be like them, able to draw mouse , cow, rooster, dragon, sheep for me haha !! SOOOOOO FUN!!!

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From JH:
I had a fun day at the school though the time was so short . I like the 队课because it teaches me how to thank the person by using a powerpoint. I was shocked by the China boy and girl dancing gracefully. I also did the 剪纸. I did a pig-shaped 剪纸. I really enjoyed this TRIP! If there is another chance to go to China again, I would to come here AGAIN!!!

Answers to some Queries

Dear all,

Our apologies for not being able to answer through the chatbox. Apparently, some activeX controls are blocked by the hotel here, so we can only read your comments. Keep posting anyway.

I'll get the remaining pupils to make a post tonight - so sorry about that. It was getting close to bedtime by the time each of them posted and we just had to let them sleep early.

Arix's Mummy, I will check his handphone and ask him to switch it on today.

Malcolm's Daddy, Malcolm is certainly having so much fun... and he is learning to take care of himself. He comes to me for assistance when he needs. I will get him to make a post tonight, too.

Arix's Male Cousin, sorry, but we can't bring chewing gum into Singapore... :)

Yincai's Mummy, your girl is obedient, so not to worry. I will ask her to switch on her handphone too.

The kids will be attending lessons in the morning and will have some shopping time in the afternoon today. I am sure they will be very very excited.

We will post again tonight.

Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

Reflections - Part 1

VAN-It was fun today. We went to many places and in the school we were like VIPs.... haha!

Chang AZ -Wow! Today was fun ... at the fenghuang shan soo fun eeks... Don't worry, I am fine^^!

KRac- It was fun today...juz dun wry bout me la...

AY: Hi! Iit was fun @the sch ya. The games was FUN!! Love u mama,papa muackz^_^!

T3r3ence o=ng: WOW!It was totally AMAZING ! The games was so fun and it was so was quite funny when I came to a very challenging game which required team work. Anyway I did not regret coming to this trip. The items were so CHEAP! The food taste quite good too.

CYL: The trip here is very fun ,but at night the traffic there is crazy, so very hard to cross the road!!!!!!!

Fel-Hiie! It was a bit boring at the sports centre but at the park (a.k.a "escape theme park") was fun!! At night,going to the grocery shop. The traffic was crazy and terrible but we'll be careful........the items so cheap lor...it was fun today..juz dont worried about me byebye.XD...........

Jam-Very fun - the people there are very nice.

Heng JH-Today's trip was quite fun because at the park,there are a lot of THRILLING games.I also like the school that we visit because the students and teachers treat us like VIPs!!!

Reflections - Part 2

TKH: I had a happy day in the Putian School and played lots of games. It was fun.

HTW: I played a lot of games at the school. I learnt that they celebrate Children's Day in a different way.

NJH: I love the way they celebrate their Children's Day and they sang very loud!!! we=P...

TYL: It was very interesting as their marching parade is totally different and the pupils there are very friendly.

Ec: I don't like to go out because the weather is very very cold!!!!

HLY: I find it slightly difficult to "push through" the crowds - perhaps due to my size. The pupils crowded round to play games. I won many little tokens.

LYC: It was a happy day at the school. The games were fun. I wish them a Happy Children's Day!!!

Day 2 - Photos

Photos for Day 2 are available at

http://www.hwsonline.org/putian2.zip
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Here's one for the record.



Everyone is WELL and ACTIVE!

Cheers,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH