Don’t forget to wear your house shirts 5KP and let’s get those points moving on up for the PUMA team please!

Tomorrow at 1.30 our students get to enjoy the Pre- K – 4th Grade Winter Concert (parents of those students see the show at 10.30 am on the same day and our Winter Band and Strings Concert is next Tuesday at 1.30 pm.

Most students have their personal narrative in the form of a digital photo story on their blogs now so ask your child to show you what they have come up with and have a look at it with them, the whole process was a lot of fun for everyone. I think for some, the digital part got in the way of them further developing their narrative, but for most, the concept was still worthwhile.

Thank You parents for the wonderful response to the Giving Tree Program this year. We were able to donate 11 full bags and contribute over 1100 rmb, well done 5KP. It will be a wonderful experience for Grace and Roxanne, our Eagle Leaders, to be able to hand these bags over in person on December 10th, my 6 students last year that enjoyed the experience found it extremely rewarding.

Students, your homework over the weekend is to write a couple of paragraphs introducing yourself to your American Blogging Buddies…. yes, finally, we are ready and Mrs Chiavarini’s class have all just been given their blog accounts so we are good to go and your buddy is expecting to hear from you over the weekend. Due to the fact Mrs C has 22 students in her class, 14 girls and 8 boys, we have a few of our students ‘doubling up’ and also a couple of our boys have been paired with a girl in the States, so I think it is going to work really well.

These are the things I want you to introduce to your buddy in paragraph form in the comment section on their blog.

1. Your name, age, date of birth, physical appearance, cultural background, you know, the basics, you’ve done it before!

2. Some information about what a day at SAS is like, the schedule, your subjects, your favorite things to do at school and with your friends.

3. General information about what it is like to live overseas, how long have you been o/s, whereabouts, why, who with, for how long etc.

That is enough to start with, however students, be clear, any disrespectful language, or inappropriate talk will see you taken out of this buddy program very quickly. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The world is watching and your digital footprint leaves a very long trail behind you so making mistakes now could cost you dearly in the future.

Here is the list of who you are partnered with, let me know if you have any trouble getting onto their blog, remember it is early days for these students, you are a few months ahead of them in this field, so be patient and give good advice and encouragement as needed. As yet, they don’t have any posts on their blog, so maybe you could suggest some good things for them to write about, like book or film reviews, adding some links and making a blog roll.

Girls names are in Red, Boys are in Black.

Alex                         Roxanne
Lauren A. Kevin
Lauren  B.              Patricia
Avery                      Kyra
Anabel                    Kyra
Mitchell                  Mike
Caroline F.            Grace
Jack                        Spencer
Maggie                   Maddie
Matthew                Kevin
Isabella                  Ingrid
Izzy                         Claire
Barrett Carl Z.
Nick                       Thomas
Brett                       Max
Hannah                 Maddie
Brian                      Carl B.
Andrew                  Jonathan
Heidi                     Hsuan Hsuan
Amy Calen
Caroline W.           Mrini
Jason                     Xing Chen