Monday, May 4, 2009

Video about Happy Trash

Happy Trash .
Wish you enjoy it.

Volunteer work 2




For this term, I went to a kindergarten to be a teacher. At first, I think to be a kindergarten teacher is easy and comfortable. During this volunteer work, I found I totally wrong. I went to RuiLei kindergarten to be an English teacher. At first, these kids were attracted by me and listened carefully. But when time past, they couldn’t pay attention what I was said and some of them made big noise of the class and disturbed other kids. Then the whole class became noisy and without control. And at first, I was patient but when most of them jumped in the classroom and enjoyed doing their things by themselves happily. I found I couldn’t control them until their teacher came and shouted them sit on their chairs.
So I tried to find what my problem about my class is. Maybe they thought my class was boring and they couldn’t understand what I was saying. For this mistake, I changed my style about the class; maybe they need the atmosphere of class to be more cheerful. So I used some pictures and cartoons to show each English letter and used some English songs to attract their attentions. At first, it’s not a good way; they always enjoyed their selves and let me be alone on the stage without any listeners. Then, I tried to be more patient to the kids. I went around the class and smiled with them. When the class became noisy, I just played the music to attract their attention. For 5 hours class, I became tired and throe throat. I can hard to say anything because I always shouted to them and attracted their attention.
Once I considered that kids are lovely and cute, but after the teaching, I totally confused my ideas. It’s the first time I felt the difficult to a teacher when his/her students don’t listen to his/her. For the last class, I became more patient than the first class. And kids maybe more like me than before. They understood some of my questions and most of them can put their hands up first and stand up to answer my questions. I was really happy when I saw they can make a peaceful class with me.
I was glad to be a teacher of RuiLei kindergarten, and I was proud of the teachers who were teaching there. They used their heart to teach their children, our country’s flowers and future. They were tired of the noisy, but they made their selves to suit for this. This volunteer work gave me a good chance to stand on the teacher’s view to know deeply about teachers. Thank for this kindergarten’s leaders and teachers, thanks for them to give us this chance to try to be a teacher. I also thank for these kids. They helped me know deeply about a teacher and how difficult a teacher is. I also thanks for them to help me be succeed at the end. I am impressed about this volunteer service. If I have a chance, I want to go there again.

My Classmates and I



Me!!

My best friend Willa



Funny boy : Noah

Sunday, May 3, 2009

A service activity organized by a GCA teacher




On April 18, I joined the cooking club which was making some western food from Exchange students and some of our teachers. I was in a group of Melisa. We made a kind of cake which is called muffin.

Our muffins’ favor is the mixture of banana and chocolate. We put the melted butter and all the sugar in the bowl and beat the banana until it becomes liquid. Then put 6 eggs in it and add the flour and yeast. Beat again. Then put the mixture into small cups and put a piece of chocolate inside of it. At last, put them into oven and temperature of heating is 220 degrees, then waiting for 15 minutes。The beautiful and delicious muffin is finished.

I felt really excited during the time when i was making the muffin. Because I like making food for myself and friends. When i make satisfied food to them and i see the people who like my food, i will feel really succeed.

This activity taught us how to make food, especially good for our future without parents and live without them. Thanks to Melisa and also the teachers who taught us how to make dessert.

Religious Service

The brochure of scripture





I took photo with Cindy outside the church



The Catholic church


On April 25, I went to the largest Catholic Church in Shanghai Xujiahui Area. It was the first church in Shanghai. We saw this church when we had arrived in Shanghai. This church was really attracted us. Because it's beautiful and western style, it looked ancient and mystery. So tomorrow morning we went there for our curiosity.
It was really serious for us because this church is illegal to take photos. And out side the church there were some volunteer people who told us some rules for visiting. For example. we cannot shout in the church, we cannot take photos in the church and so on. When we went into the church, first we saw a beautiful altar, and a famous paint above it which is called The Last Dinner. Both sides of the church, there were some people kneeled on the place and shrift to the paint in front of them.

In the middle of the church, there was a big stage. It's for some wedding people got wedding there. The church is really high and there were many paintings about Man of Sorrows on the windows. On the top of it, it's a big blue window with a circle. We also got a brochure of scripture. It said' Et unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam '

We were impressed about the huge church and special western style building with two big roods on the top. And it's the first time i saw the Catholic Church in China.

Academic showcase

Mandarin:



PE work: Did with Willa


Social work: Got 19.5/20


Art work: Got 18/20




Maths work: Got 10/10 marks






Planning work: Got 3/3








Science work: Got 12/13





English work :Got 24/30











Go to a Performance



This is the first performance i have seen before. This singer is from Singarpo. Her name is Tanya.


I took photo with the advertisement of the play : Romeo and Juliet

The ticket of this show



The brochure of the Romeo and Juliet show









On April 24, I went to Shanghai with Cindy, Yuki and Justin. We had a fabulous play on Saturday's night at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre which was called Romeo and Juliet. TNT Britain presented for us. Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. Even though this show is perfect and famous for all over the world, we never know whole story clearly. So we paid whole attention on this show. Otherwise, the theatre was small, and quiet. The performers didn't use microphone and other background music; we can hear what they were talking clearly. This play performed in English with Chinese subtitle. Almost of them i could understand easily, but 1/3 they performed i need to see the subtitle to help me understand.

The play showed a story which is talked about a girl and a boy who loved each other. Romeo who was the son of Montague; he crashed a Capulet party, and met Juliet who was the daughter of Capulet. They fell in love. Since their families would disapprove, they married in secret. Romeo got in a fight with Tybalt who was the nephew of Lady Capulet, and killed him. He is banished from Verona. Capulet, not knowing that his daughter was already married, he planned marry Juliet to Paris. This made Juliet in quite a spot, so she went to the sympathetic Friar Laurence, who married her to Romeo. He suggested a daring plan to extricate her from her fix. Tragedy ensues.

The most satisfying and revealing current production of Shakespeare's wonderful play. Said Theatre World Magazine, London. Just like what they said. This show made me like seeing classic plays. I felt excited about this show and also this tour for Shanghai.




The show of Tanya's performance