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Dear Parents and Students,

I greet you from the other side of the world! Although we had some ups and downs this semester, we’ve all survived and are hopefully stronger for it. The exams are long forgotten and the long-awaited vacation is finally here.

Time has flown by so fast and we are half-way through the school year already! ALL our students have made tremendous progress even those who tried not to J. Attitudes toward assignments and basic class behavior have both improved. They are interested in learning and this change is reflected in the overall class performance as well as individual achievements.

At the beginning of last semester, the main focus was to do the best that they could do. While we constantly compare ourselves to others, it is unrealistic to expect each person to be the same as the next.

In our lessons in the past semester we learned that as individuals, we each have our own unique talents that express who we are. Each child needs to set his or her own goals and expectations and strive towards them. If we base our expectations on someone else’s ideas, we will always fall short. I therefore ask that you help your child set goals for the new semester, guide them, but don’t set goals for them. Allow them to take responsibility for their own learning.

While I will continue to challenge them and make the challenges more difficult as they master the old ones, the tasks and assignments will not be beyond their capabilities. The only requirement is that they TRY.

Winter Break Homework

I am a big fan of none to minimal homework during the holidays (10-15 min of reading a day). This gives parents a chance to reconnect with their kids. At this age, they change so quickly and before you know it, they’ll be off to uni!

Many of our students will be travelling over the winter break. Please be prepared to share your adventures with the rest of the class in the first week on Wednesday during experience class, something like ‘Show and Tell’.

Everyone has a new writing book and the first item of note is the movie review of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’. Please note that this is the movie version, based on the book ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ by Roald Dahl, and some parts of the story will be different. 
Should they wish to read the book, it is available at Caves bookstores countrywide  @280nt

 Click on the link. Caves Bookstore 

If you don’t want to buy the book, this is the audio version of the book on Youtube, so you can listen to it being read. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXASC3aGkk

Semester Grades

The grades for the semester have been posted and you should have access to them. I noticed that some accounts have not been activated yet so… I have resent emails to those accounts. Please activate your account in order to avoid any confusion. The semester grades include class behavior, homework assignments as well as individual tests and exams for the entire semester.

 Click on the word Learnboost and activate your account before the end of the month as we will start posting the new grades starting the week of February 15.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a fantastic vacation and a spectacular Chinese New Year!

Shine on!

Carmen