Just discovered that one of my all time favorite bands are reforming despite the loss of one member.
Crowded House
If linking to their clip works I will be so excited

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I tell you, since coming to Shanghai American School and having a working and reliable computer in my classroom, on my desk, with a wonderful colour printer working beside it and staff to help me through…I have learned so so much.
You know who teaches me the most though…my students, my 10 and 11 year old lovely kids from around the world.
This year has been even better as all of the grade 5 team received a lap top and an LCD projector for each class. Mr Howitt did even better getting a smart board, he is really going to town on that thing.
So this morning I had my class with their laptops out while one of my students, Alex Liu taught the class how to put images on their blogs and we are doing that now. I learned how to do this over a year ago but have not practised it so much, it was great to get a refresher course from one of my students.

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Well, how was the break??? In a word-fast! But I do feel more energized and am at least ready to tackle the next three weeks until the end of the quarter with more gusto.

We have a busy few weeks ahead until the end of the quarter with our Global Natives project due on the 26th and our Sign of the Beaver book reports due the week before. It is so important that you all pace yourselves and set daily goals for where you want to be. If you waste time now, you will pay for it later. Give yourself every opportunity to achieve success, keep looking at the rubrics and aim high!

We are also nearly half way through our Geometry unit in the Everyday Math program. It has been great seeing how much fun the kids have been having reviewing their math skills using www.brainpop.com Parents, check out this site, it is great fun I am sure you will agree.

Hi there 5KP
How is your break going? How wonderful that tomorrow, we don’t have to get up early and catch the bus…
Hooray, hooray, hooray! I think I am more excited than you are. Well anyway, I would love to hear how everything is going on your break whether or not you are here or elsewhere.Try and add some photos to your blog too.
Enjoy

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Hi Students

I feel like I haven’t seen you for ages.  I taught you on Tuesday and then we have had a day of typhoons and I spent the last three days at school, but without you, at a conference. So we have a busy week ahead of us before the luxury of October Break is here. During this week we will be reviewing our unit two math test results, many of you did very well, congratulations. We will be starting our unit three in math and I would like to finish another two science experiments before the break too. Then of course our main priority is keeping on track with our ‘global natives’ project, making sure we adhere to the timeline and that people are not wasting their time googling aimlessly but are effectively researching their chosen tribe.

In regard to the upcoming break, in your own blog I would like you to write about what your plans are for this week long holiday. If you don’t feel like you have much going on and would rather write a fantasy entry, put the title as ‘fantasy October break’. If they are real plans, call it ‘My October break’ I look forward to reading your entries and I look forward to finally teaching you again tomorrow…

Mrs Power

Hello blog readers
Well I am hopefully heading off today to check out some art at Moganshan Lu. I have never been there before but it has been on my to do list for awhile now. It sounds like there is a great exhibition on:

Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Artists on Global Warming

so I will take my daughter Hannah and check it out.

I hope you are having a great weekend and I hope the link I put on here actually works.

Signed…still learning about blogging

Mrs P

Hello and welcome back to past students and a big warm welcome to those of you about to join the SAS team.
Thanks to so many of my students who blogged over the summer, Ryan and Ellie spring to mind and there were more also, well done 5th graders.
I spent my ‘summer’ in an Aussie winter but it was great to have a big break and I am back feeling ready for action.
Meet you and see you soon…
Mrs P