school trips

Our school has been running a summer school course and keeping us very busy!  We recently moved location and got a shiny new school, with new equipment so the management is wanting to promote this.  I can hardly believe I'm saying this but I can't wait for the new school term to start again!

On Fridays we've been taking the younger children out for an activity.
The first week we made sushi at the school.

hard at work rolling sushi

Next we went to a park to play games like 3 legged race etc. but we 'camped out' on a concrete patch in the park and at first the kids complained that they were too hot to run around!  Eventually they got into it though.

3 legged race

The following week we went to the Guangxi museum of Minorities.  Keeping the really young ones (3 years old) interested in this was a challenge - fortunately I had older kids.

my class at the museum, with Ashley (who works at the school)

Becky 'pulling' her 3 year olds along

Then we went to McDonald's where they were taught how to make hamburgers.  The younger ones pretty much watched, whilst the older ones made them.  I think the kids mostly enjoyed eating the burgers!

making hamburgers

happy kids

The following week we watched a movie.  This was a cartoon movie (in Chinese!) which unfortunately scared some of the young ones.  The non-Chinese teachers were mostly reading a book or listening to music as we couldn't understand the Chinese. 

The last outing is a trip to the beach.  We were there with about 30 kids and their parents.  We had activities on the beach and then stayed for lunch.  Some of us teachers decided to stay on for the weekend and visit the Bei Hai beach, a few hours from the one we were at with the school.

Bai Liang Tan beach

kids (and parents) in tug of war - they beat the teachers!