May 22 - Nursery Rhyme Program at 8:10 AM
May 25 – cooking with Bauer’s Mom
May 28 – China Alive Performance Day
May 29 – China Alive cooking Day
May 30 – China Alive Art Day
May 31 – China Alive Sports Day
June 1 – China Alive Activity Day
June 5 – Cooking with Jacob’s Dad
June 7 – Summer Sizzler
June 12 – Last Day of School, 11:30 dismissal!
Nursery Rhyme Performance: Please join us on Tuesday, May 22 at 8:10 – 8:40 am for the nursery rhyme performance. The library staff has been working hard and it will be a great opportunity for you to see your child on stage! Please send the necessary props tomorrow, Monday, May 21. You have received a note earlier from Ms. Boyer about props.
Teacher Appreciation Week: Thank you so much for helping teachers celebrate the whole week with something special every day.
Thank you for the encouraging cards, chocolates, cookies, flowers and delicious luncheon. I am thankful every day that I have wonderful children to teach and supportive parents to work with. You are all very special to me!
Important Dates: May 22 – Nursery Rhyme Program at 8:10 AM May 25 – cooking with Bauer’s Mom May 28 – June 1 – China Alive Week May 28– China Alive Performance Day May 29 – China Alive cooking Day May 30 – China Alive Art Day May 31 – China Alive Sports Day June 1 – China Alive Activity Day June 5 – Cooking with Jacob’s Dad June 7 – Summer Sizzler June 12 – Last Day of School, 11:30 dismissal!
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Hare solves his family’s problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one’s wits to overcome hardship. “As usual, Stevens’ animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It’s all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing.” Source: http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/janet-stevens/tops-and-bottoms/
After listening to “Tops and Bottoms”, the children have started making their own books called “Where Does It Grow, Above or Below?” today.
We had a wonderful field trip to the Organic Farm today. The weather was perfect! The BLUE sky . . . We took a farm tour and hand picked some vegetables – beets, cow beans and lettuce! The children used their big muscles to pull the beets and the joy on their faces was absolutely priceless!
We also saw two baby goats. Miss Jane from the Farm told us that if the mother goat is scared, she does not produce milk for her babies . . . so the children were wonderfully quiet and gentle to not scare the mother goat! The love and care the children showed toward the animals was wonderful to watch! We also saw four baby birds in their nest on the ground. We were right there for us all to see up close!
Just before lunch, groups of children designed their own organic farms using real leaves, flowers, vegetables and crayons on a big piece of paper. Our lunch was wonderful – very tasty!
It was a pleasant day and I would like to thank all our wonderful moms and dad who accompanied us. You are the BEST! Thank you, Mr. Torris, for organizing and pushing swings for the kids!
We had a wonderful field trip to the Organic Farm today. The weather was perfect! The BLUE sky . . . We took a farm tour and hand picked some vegetables – beets, cow beans and lettuce! The children used their big muscles to pull the beets and the joy on their faces was absolutely priceless!
We also saw two baby goats. Miss Jane from the Farm told us that if the mother goat is scared, she does not produce milk for her babies . . . so the children were wonderfully quiet and gentle to not scare the mother goat! The love and care the children showed toward the animals was wonderful to watch! We also saw four baby birds in their nest on the ground. We were right there for us all to see up close!
Just before lunch, groups of children designed their own organic farms using real leaves, flowers, vegetables and crayons on big pieces of paper. Our lunch was wonderful – very tasty!
It was a pleasant day and I would like to thank all our wonderful moms and dads who accompanied us. You are the BEST! Thank you, Mr. Torris, for organizing and pushing swings for the kids!
The PTSA Teacher Appreciation Luncheon was beautiful — thank you all so much! There were so many kinds of dishes to taste that it was hard to choose!
This week has been wonderful and I appreciate you thoughtfulness planning so many events to honor teachers. Every day I try my best to make a difference in each child’s day. I am so blessed to have your wonderful children under my care. Together we make a difference in the future through our children!
Thank you again!
The PTSA Teacher Appreciation Luncheon was beautiful — thank you all so much! There were so many kinds of dishes to taste that it was hard to choose!
This week has been wonderful and I appreciate you thoughtfulness planning so many events to honor teachers. Every day I try my best to make a difference in each child’s day. I am so blessed to have your wonderful children under my care. Together we make a difference in the future through our children!
Ms Myra couldn’t be at school today and we had Mr. Matthew join us.
I taught Matthew in my Pre K class in Korea a FEW years ago and what a delight to see him again in Shanghai and have him as an assistant! Matthew worked in Africa this past year as a basketball coach . On his way back to the States, he stopped to see his sister, Ms. Regan, who is our MS counselor.
Matthew and I talked with the children about how we grow to be grown ups and what we do to become good at playing sports. The children enjoyed playing with him outside. It’s good to have a male teacher!
PS: Some of our children thought Matthew is older than Mrs. Borden because he is taller!
That is fine with me!
written by Reid Blickenstaff (High School Music Teacher)
The Shanghai Youth String Quartet ( with 12th graders Leo & Levin Zhu, 11th grader Julia Deng, & 10th grader Alex Yang) will give their final Farewell & Summer Charity Concert – see attached flyer – on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Function Room of the Green Court Phase 1 Club House. This is the same building as the pool and work-out room of Green Court Phase 1.
The concert poster is attached. It’s a free concert with the request to make a donation that will benefit Roots and Shoots’ ongoing project to plant trees.
I hope to see you there. Last December this same group did a fantastic job at their previous recital and this time promises to be even better.
Ms Myra couldn’t be at school today and we had Mr. Matthew join us.
I taught Matthew in my Pre K class in Korea a FEW years ago and what a delight to see him again in Shanghai and have him as an assistant!
Matthew worked in Africa this past year as a basketball coach . On his way back to the States, he stopped to see his sister, Ms. Regan, who is our MS counselor.
Matthew and I talked with the children about how we grow to be grown ups and what we do to become good at playing sports.
The children enjoyed playing with him outside. It’s good to have a male teacher!
PS: Some of our children thought Matthew is older than Mrs. Borden because he is taller! That is fine with me!
Our class will be swimming on the following dates: May 16 – Day 5 at 8:40 – 9:10 May 18 – Day 1 at 8:40 – 9:10 Important Dates: May 17 – Bio Farm Field Trip 9:00 – 1:15 PM. Treat Day, Prek and K parents, please help by sending in treats to sell. May 18 – Cooking with River’s Mom May 22 – Nursery Rhyme Program at 8:10 AM May 25 – cooking with Bauer’s Mom May 28 – June 1 – China Alive Week May 28– China Alive Performance Day May 29 – China Alive cooking Day May 30 – China Alive Art Day May 31 – China Alive Sports Day June 1 – China Alive Activity Day June 5 – Cooking with Jacob’s Dad June 7 – Summer Sizzler June 12 – Last Day of School, 11:30 dismissal!
BioFarm Organic Farm (Pudong)
Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 9:00 – 1:15 PM
Transportation – school bus
Please have your child wear his / her House shirt and a hat.
You may want to apply some sunscreen to your child face, neck and arms.
Please send snacks as usual. We will have our AM snack on the bus on the way to the farm. Please send disposable pack drinks. Carrying a water bottle might be heavy for your child and there is a chance losing it as well.
To be environmentally friendly, please send a large shopping bag in which your child can put vegetables that he/she picks.
If the trip has to be canceled due to the weather, I will send you an email on Thursday morning, May 17th at 5:45 AM.
Tentative Schedule
9:00 Leave SAS
9:30 - 9:45 Arrive at the farm and Reception
9:45 - 10:45 Guided Farm Tour and Picking Own Vegetables
10:45 - 11:30 DIY Workshop prepared by the Farm
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch and Leave the Farm
1:15 Return to SAS
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Tentative Schedule
9:00 Leave SAS
9:30 – 9:45 Arrive at the farm and Reception
9:45 – 10:45 Guided Farm Tour and Picking Own Vegetables
The children have been fascinated about the life cycle of frogs. The children have been witnessing with their own eyes our tadpoles as they first had just a tail, then two legs and now four legs! Every day the children looked at our froglets with awe. I read the book Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni today. This book beautifully describes the different life stages of a frog. “Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish, tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he expected. Friendship truly saves the day in this imaginative tale of a fish out of water.“ source: amazon.com
The children also each created a diagram showing the various stages in the life cycle of a frog.
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