We are the Happy Mondays!

It’s Monday and everyone had a wonderful day, so happy to be back at school and with our friends. We started the day by talking about the weekend, although we might need more practice at that. Then we went outside to do some movement activities in the playground. We also did some dramatic play, which worked well and we will have to do some more of this. This is a good chance for us to practice listening and following instructions, and we showed some improvement in this area. Later we came inside and read some stories. Jerry brought a book called, “I Like to Hop” and we read the class books, “Am I Big or Little?” and “How Big is Big?” We then tried to start an exercise to help us improve our drawing, but we ran out of time. We are trying lots of things and we are making improvements every day.
All the children seem to have good listening skills, and many understanding the class. A lot of students, even the quiet ones, can speak in English when necessary, but like to speak in Chinese, even if I tell them I don't understand. I work on the assumption that you want your children to speak English, and that is why I encourage them to speak English. They will learn much more English if they learn to speak to each other in English. If you agree, we will encourage this.
Kenny is adapting to the class much better now, he speaks some Chinese but can talk well in English. Andrew, Hugo, Teresa, Tin Tin, Howard and Olson appear to be able to speak English well, but prefer to speak Chinese. Michelle, Sean, Benson and Lucky are more quiet, but they respond in English very well. Hank speaks Chinese almost exclusively, but can speak English, it is easy for Hank to become upset. I know Jerry and Celine from their previous school and they have fitted into this class very well. Sherry has not spent much time in class, so I don't really know her.
Apart from their language abilities, the class seem to be very smart and able problem solvers. Generally they work well together and I look foward to reporting on their progress throughout the year.