LKYMS Study Tour

13 July Will the rain ever stop? Today is the last school day of the students at Shafston. All students said goodbye to their teachers and classmates after the lesson. They also took photos with each other and exchanged contact details for future correspondence. I am not sure if the sutdents got great improvement in their English. But at least they had a valuable opportunity to make friends with other students who came from different parts of the world. They also learnt how to be independent and take care of themselves and even other people. After lunch, we went to the China Town in Brisbane and had a walk there. The China Town was rather small in comparison with China Towns in other big cities like New York, London or even Sydney. A simple graduation ceremony ... read more

9 July Grey sky, scattered clouds shading the sun. The rain came at last! Today, Connie and I went to sit in the lessons for the junior students. The class I went to included students from mainland China and four of our S1 students. Some of them were rather active (or talkative) and the teacher did not care their discipline in the classroom. Two Chinese students even fell asleep in front of the teacher but no action was taken. The lesson was about vocabulary items that are related to computer and students were asked to list out as many relevant words as they could think of. Our students were able to list out quite a number of words. In the afternoon, the students visited the Queensland Museum where they could briefly learn about the history and ... read more

4/7 Another sunny day. Lesson in the morning and activity in the afternoon as scheduled for each day. Today’s activity is learning how to play a didgeridoo and painting the boomerang with patterns designed by the students. Blowing a didgeridoo is not easy. You have to manipulate your lips and the air flows from your mouth. Among the 15 students, only 3 of them are able to make a sound at blowing. Both teachers also failed to do so. On the other hand, painting the boomerang was with more fun and is welcomed by all students. Each student was given a boomerang of unpainted white wood. They were allowed to design patterns or figures and then drew them on the boomerang. Every one tried their best to make a boomerang of unique design. Some students really ... read more

30th June It's lucky that the typhoon Doksuri missed HK and went inland at a high speed which rendered no serious impact on the study tour. As scheduled, all 15 students, accompanied by their parents, gathered at the airport terminal on 30th June morning. The students were all with excitment on their faces, while parents kept nagging their children to be a good boy/girl during the trip, and most important, to speak more in English. With 30+ mins delay, the plane finally took off at ~13:30 and started our Aussie Tour. The plane landed at Brisbane International Airport at local time ~23:30. There were only 2 immgration officers to serve 300+ passengers. It took almost an hour for us to pass the immgration and the customs url=../../Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-727231.htm... read more