Hello! This is Alexa and Nandita here to talk to you about our AMAZING week, (three days to be exact) here in Mrs.Clayton’s class! First we will be talking to you about Art. On Tuesday, we will be telling you about a speech about Cultural and Global Awareness by Kasym and his friends from E.R.L.A. (Enrichment Reading Language Arts). Last but not least, we will also be telling you about our Chinese New Year celebration, enjoy!
During Art class, we all tried to copy and draw a stamp that someone already designed. What we liked about this project was that some of us (from their stamp) got to copy the language and got to draw the Singapore symbol which is the Merlion. What I (Nandita) thought was very creative was to color in the drawing with watercolor. Later we get to design the paper with the stamp copy on it to make it look like a real stamp by cutting the edge of the paper in a zigzag pattern. Art can be very creative and interesting, like this fascinating project.
On Tuesday, we had a presentation presented to us by Kasym, and his friends from E.R.L.A. It was about Global Awareness.They taught us about other people’s cultures and how not to offend them. I (Alexa) really liked it and thought that it was very helpful. Did you know that in some cultures they only point with their middle finger? Now I have learned that I should always learn about the cultures of that country before I go there. After the presentation, we shared about what we knew about different cultures. I thought that it was interesting to hear what other people’s cultures did and did not do.
On, our last day which was Wednesday, we had a Chinese New Year celebration by all of the Chinese teachers (and some other performers). When we got there we had to take a test about Chinese New Year and what people do for it. When it got to the bomb or fireworks question, everyone said bomb! The first act was the bowl spinning. What it included was one lady, six sticks and six bowls to spin on the sticks. I remember that last year, she was the lady who was also did the flexibility act. While she was spinning the bowls she also did lots of moves with her legs. When the bowls got close to the ground she somehow managed to get them back up over her head. The second act was, a face changing act. It included a man and many faces. Every time he would turn around then turn back around, he would have a different face. When he came up to the audience, he would give high fives, then stop and change faces. Almost to the last was infact, a lion dance. The lions this year were gold. They would jump around and even jump on to each others shoulders! The lions also came in to the audience, like the face changing act. When they did so, everyone would scramble out of their seats and try to pet it. When I tried to pet it, it was all wet and sweaty from all the other hands. For the last act we got to see all the Chinese teachers doing a umbrella dance together which we thought was cool and they did the dance all together at the same time. The last part was when we all sang a Chinese song together, which was Gong Xi Gong Xi.
We thought the week went really well even though it was short. That is the end with our news for Mrs. Clayton’s class. Did you like hearing about our fantabulous week? Even though this week was short we can still have lots of fun! Hope you are eager to read the next wonderful maybe wacky, Weekly Update! Also hope that you guys all have a happy Chinese New Year and enjoy February! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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