Chinese New Year Celebrations

We were lucky to be given some great resources by our parents in our community that helped us in our understanding of Chinese New Year celebrations. We learned about how the animals that represent each year of the zodiac. We learned that the emperor held a race where animals crossed the river. The first 12 across the river had years of the zodiac named after them. The most common animals represented in our class are the tiger, the rabbit and the dragon. Ms Corbett really want to be born in the year of the dragon, however, she was born in the year of the dog.

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Chinese Language Week - Day 2 - Tuesday

In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o...

Tennis

This is our second tennis lesson with Lucian. We practiced our forehand returns. We enjoyed our lesson with Lucian.

Problem Solving and Building things

One of our tasks for EOTC Week was to set a building goal, work as a team to problem solve to achieve our building goals. We also spent some time problem solving as individuals. Miss Laxa set 4 tasks based on a television show from both the Philippines and USA. One task was to balance a can on it's side by altering the water levels. Other tasks include catching ping pong balls in cups, building a domino style track using CD cases and directing a balloon using only an air pump.

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