Me and Ms Fran!

A special Shanghai birthday

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June 25th 2009
This week is the final week of term and today was the last "teaching day" as we have parent-teacher meetings tomorrow, then we are in on Saturday morning clearing our classrooms. As I teach Grade 5, this week has been more hectic than the other grades and us Grade 5 teachers have been thoroughly jealous of the rest of staff winding down, while we have been preparing final assembly, graduation part ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more