Nicholas' Adventure in China

For Spring Break I went to China. I had bacon almost every breakfast. I went to the Great Wall. I rode the ski lift up to the Great Wall and took the luge back down. I got a dragon for a souvenier and I rode the Bullet Train. The bullet train hit a speed of 349 km/hr. I also rode in a sidecar. On my first stop I went to a temple. On the second stop I took a picture somewhere. It was really cold riding in the sidecar. When we finished the sidecar we had KFC for lunch. Then I went to the zoo to see the panda bears and every night in China I went to Starbucks to have hot chocolate. I had a very good time. I wish I could come back! Love Nicholas

Check out our Animal Research Presentations!

After learning about several nonfiction features, our amazing first graders went out to learn more about their favorite animals. They asked questions and found answers using books, magazines and the Internet. Our kids went to the library for their research and used their little computers. It was wonderful to see them independently reading to learn.

And they learned a lot!! Check out the videos below to learn some new facts as well.

Giant Squid by Sereena

Hammerhead Sharks by Matthew T.

Butterflies by Raine

Anacondas by Aman

Eels by Nick

Whale Sharks by Eva

Golden Lion Tamarins by Tess

Horses by Jada

Killer Whales by Sam

Bengal Tigers by Carmen

Blue Whales by Jonathan

Painted Dogs by Maddi

Pumas by Matthew N.

Jack Jumper Ants by Declan

Bull Sharks by Oscar

Tasmanian Devils by Jung

Sea Horses by Levi

Dolphins by Suhani

Strengths and Goals Conferences

Hello Parents and Kids,

Thank you for attending the conferences and taking the time to share your strengths and goals with me. It was great to be able to celebrate with you how much you have improved and grown academically, socially and emotionally this year.

I was impressed with the stars and wishes you wrote for yourselves. Some of them were exactly the same as the ones I wrote for you! Way to go!!

We still have a couple more months of lots of learning and fun in grade one! You are almost ready for grade two, but I don't want to let you go just yet.

Congratulations and keep up with the great work!

Cheers,
Ms. Analu

Oscar's second gymnastic competition

Last Saturday, my brother Noah and I participated in "Prime Invitational gymnastic competition". It started 7 am, so we had to be there by 6:45am to start stretching. I am used to getting up at 6am. So, I was up early and ready to go. There were more than 400 participants who came from all over Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Australia. Of course I was nervous. In our Philippines competition, we performed each routine 2 times. This time we were allowed to perform only one time. So I knew I could not make any mistakes. There were 6 routines (Rings, Parallel bars, Floor, Vault, Pommel Hose, High bars). I did my best and I earned 6th place on Vault, 5th on High bar and 3rd on Pommel Horse. Our SACAC boys team won 2nd place as a team. I would like to practice more to get more medals for the next competition.

Declan in Bangkok

Last week I went to Bangkok, Thailand. First we went to a snake farm, where they make antivenin to cure snake bites. I liked when a spitting cobra reared up in front of me!

Next we went to Dreamworld, which is a very fun amusement park. My brothers and I played SO MUCH! We went on many rides, such as the Cable Cars, the Big Splash, the Crazy Schoolbus, and Space Mountain. My favorite thing was popping the balloons with the darts - I won a little stuffed animal for popping 5 out of 7 balloons!


The next day we went to the Temple of the Dawn, called Wat Arun in Thai. Me and Daddy went all the way to the top of the high tower. I took many pictures of the temple, and later also of the beautiful Reclining Buddha. We had lots of fun putting the coins in the wishing bolws!
Finally we went to the Grand Palace, which was very big. I took a picture of the military guys who guard the palace.

I also liked all the beautiful pictures around the temples. After that we went to the Thai weapons museum.
I had lots and lots of fun in Bangkok - Sawadee Kap!
Declan

Our Scientists Are Now Exploring Air

Our Scientists are back at work! We are now investigation air. Here are some facts we have learned about AIR so far:

Air can move light things around. By Maddi

Air is invisible. By Yoony

Air takes up space. By Tess

When using two syringes and you push both plungers at the same time, the air is pushed in and we say that air is compressed. By Suhani

Air can push stuff up and down. By Serena

You can trap air and air is lighter than water. By Raine

Air can push up so the parachute falls down slower. By Matthew N.

Air can slow down light thin objects from falling, like a parachute. That's called air resistance. By Jada

Check out some more pictures of our AIR explorations!