Life of Pi, the film

Such a wonderful film. Didn't regret waiting to see it for months. :)
Not as detailed as the book, but was great enough to lighten up my Sunday morning.  

Oliver Audition!!

Started the day with an audition for next term production "Oliver Twist", MP3 children showed that they have great potential for both acting and singing. MP3 teachers possibly will have a hard time choosing main characters. :)
Well done to all children who took part in the audition!

Dragons Den

After much hard work and practicing, Year 6 presented their fairground rides to the Dragons this morning, hoping to get some investment for further work on their rides.

Overall, Year 6 children had done a great job at persuading the Dragons. There were persuasive pitches, great presentations and amazing attitude. The Dragons had a hard time deciding where to put their investment into. Well done everyone!

 

Earthquake at TX

Monday started as calmly and gently as any other Mondays. Until....an announcement exploded that TX was being hit by an earthquake. Children frantically scrambled under tables and tried to protect themselves.
The earthquake ended with everyone still safe and sound. Thanks to the Y4 earthquake "experts", who came to our class last week and intructed us what to do during an earthquake. :)

 

Twins research

"Family structure and relationship" is our topic for this week Vietnamese Culture lesson. During the lesson, children explored the relationship between parents & children and between siblings. There was great discussion on the pros and cons of being the oldest, youngest and the only child.
At the end of the discussion, we crossed the perspectives on twins. Do twins have different ideas, different experiences on the matters?
To help us to have a better idea on twins, Vietnamese Culture homework for this week is: " to search for an interesting fact regarding twins and comment on this post." Your comment can be facts, example, case studies...

I'm looking forward to read your wonderful research.

CAT testing

This week, children are taking CAT test, which stands for "Cognitive Ability Test". These test are designed to find out how good one is at reasoning, being able to think things through. Children do not need to have any preparation since they don't need to learn any facts. These tests will help us to identify strengths, weaknesses and one learning preferences.

Riddles for weekend :)

1. On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

2.
Which is the finished cube? A, B, C, D, or E ??

Christmas Box Decorations !!!

 A special Christmas event is waiting for children to join at TX! 

 Each child is being asked to decorate a small box with a Christmas theme.  It can then be filled a range of items.  We will then collect the boxes together, to be entered into a special Christmas raffle.  There will be a prize for the best home-made box per Mile Post. 

Ideas for decorating boxes

Any small box can be used from home and decorated using Christmas drawings, ribbon, fabric, paint, etc. It's an opportunitiy for children to show their creativity while doing something for our community.

Ideas for filling the box

-Sweets and biscuits                                                                       -Colouring books and note-books

-Stationary-pens, pencils, crayons                                            -Stickers

-Small toys                                                                                          -Hair clips and bands

-Necklaces and bracelets

No chocolate please!

All money raised from the raffle will go to the TX Community projects and Community clubs.  If you have any questions, please come and see Ms Gurvinder in the F1 classroom.

Important dates

-Boxes can be handed in in the foyer week beginning Monday 3rd December for one week. For each box handed in a child can buy one raffle ticket. No Christmas box, no ticket! Children are very welcome to make more than one box. Each raffle ticket will cost 25,000 VND. It will help us if children bring in the exact amount of money.

-On Monday 10^thDecember between 7.30 and 7.55 am in the foyer children can come and exchange their raffle ticket for a Christmas box!