Looking back on the past week, I can’t believe how busy it was. It was Alan Katz week so we heard poems from him every day, we had Mr. Denton come and visit our class, I failed my driving test…again… and the last two days have been full of basketball games and team building exercises for our student leaders. Throw in a math test, a birthday party and a successful Haiti fund-raising pajama day and you can see why I am disappointed Mimi woke up at 5.30 this morning.. I am tired! Well done to our class for raising over 2200 rmb for Haiti.

Thanks 5KP for making the learning fun and flexible. With our two new students, Samantha and Dennis joining us Monday, expect to settle down to some serious classroom activity as we start our second math journal, work on our completing our migration wiki and plays and get ready to write our first essay for writer’s workshop.

It was wonderful having the Western Academy of Beijing basketball team visit our classroom. They answered many questions about not only basketball but also academics, travel and their thoughts on the future. Thanks for the Tigers you gave us W.A.B. and it was fantastic watching you play.