My Work Is Play!!!

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Nothing much has really happened this past month, but I have a lot to look forward to...visitors...holidays...festivals...yay it's summer!

Kindy is busy so the weeks are flying! I'm loving teaching the Bear Class (5 and 6 year olds) and enjoying interacting with them and being able to communicate with them in English. Their personalities are great, although some are very cheeky - Yuki has become Mr Muddle (from the Mr Men books I brought with me) and says and does everything backwards! Haha!

Last Saturday morning (8:30am!), staff from MEK (the Kindy) were invited to one of the schools of ex-MEK students'. It was really interesting to see a Japanese school and the children were really excited and appreciative that we were there! Most of the children that have left MEK still attend afternoon tuition once a week (which we teach) so is nice to still be in contact with them and hear about their new schools and friends.

Not much else to tell...

Oh, but I'm going to Poland with Mario and a Bonsai exhibition in Belgium in September!!!!! Can't wait!


HAPPY 80th OMA!!! Hope you're enjoying Hong Kong! Maybe I'll come to visit...


See you in 2.5 weeks Pete, good luck with your exams!


xxxxxx

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Photos

Tachibana School with ex-MEK students
Mrs Kaneda (music teacher), Me, Rebekah with Junya, Anri, Kyoka, Miyu, Natsumi, Taketo and Shion

Tachibana School
We were invited to these students' new school and were given a tour by them

Koshin
New to MEK this year - the 3 new children are great and have settled really well, picking up lots of English already!

Azumi - so clever, she moved from Tokyo where she also attended an English Preschool
New to MEK this year

Ryo T - because there are 2 Ryos!
New to MEK this year

Ryo K
The class clown - very popular!

Playtime in the classroom
Watches, top left - Strange things we have to do in Japan - we had to make clocks/watches to celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of Greenwich Mean Time??!!

Comments

[dad]

i'm the first
hi marissa - love your photos kids all look the same in their shorts peter cant wait to be there and then both kids will be in japan so mum and i can run a muck in australia

[Blue Steel]

Po-ta-toes!
"What we need now is some nice golden 'tatas" "Tatas?...whats 'tatas" "Po-ta-toes...boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!"

[mum]

potatoes
i wish i was there for potato digging - you know potatoes are my absolute favourite food

[D]

They're so gorgeous
Hey rissy, your kids are so cute. Myprincipal rang the big head of leave today the highest guy up negotiating my leave next year. Fingers crossed. Love ya xxx

[christine k]

hi
hey beautiful :) always love looking at your new pics, i luv the lil afro boy! hes my fav!! haha they sooooo cute!!! luv u and chat soon im sure xxxx

[Blue Steel]

Hey what's up with Ryo T - his got the face of a 40 year old! Ha ha

[TravelQueen]

Hey,
No he doesn't, he's a cutie!

[BlackManx]

hey!!
great to see two of my old tuition kids... koshin and ryo. loved the pics... miss you xx