Mr Eugene's Kindergarten

In the Sharks class we really like how we work as a team, enjoy what we are doing and (as you may see below) if things all fall to pieces we try not to stress about it 

Over the Spring break it seems that many of the Sharks were involved in egg hunts. Like so much else from the home environment when they returned to school they wanted to relate what they did in whatever way they could. As you will see from the photos below it soon took on a life of its own.

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Hi Shark parents.

This is not a classic but it is very helpful in order to understand the concept of subtraction. and the Sharks thought it great fun.

Here is our photo from international day (taken with Mr. Eugene’s camera – a better copy will follow)

It was great to see so many parents here on the day, particularly some with whom we don’t get a chance to chat to very often. It’s a very busy day and we didn’t take as many photos as we would like. Maybe some of you have photos that you would like to share with us. If so please forward them to Mr Eugene (comere@ismanila.org)

Such was the response of both children and parents to our international costume project that we decided to take a class photo of them and they look fabulous.

The Sharks are incredibly curious about what we eat in our home countries as well as the languages we speak and the stories we read. Please see our homework project on this week’s email. There is also a hard copy in the black folder/school bag.

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Here are a few that have come in already. Top marks for effort to all involved. Thanks very much for your help parents.

Robert Magnuson returned as planned and was very generous with his time once more. After reading one of his stories (The great duck and crocodile race) he invited the sharks to plan and create a scene from the story. It was up to the children themselves to come up with a background for the scene and they could choose from a number of characters. They basically let their imaginations run riot, some scenes took place on the moon, some involved crocodiles suffering electric shocks or feasting on ice cream rather than winning the race.

To finish each child presented their work to the class with Robert’s kind assistance. Here are a few photos from the event.

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In case some of the Sharks are trying to build ships to sail in your pools please be advised that we are constructing a raft presently that we wish to use in order to transport Mr. Campbell across the competition pool in the not too distant future. Many of your children have been involved in it’s construction while others were too busy on their own projects. In any case why not quiz them on the materials used or how we have been constructing it. here are some photos of the process so far.

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As you all know sports day was held last Friday. If you have spoken to any of the children involved you will also know that it was an amazing day of fun and exercise. Mr. Eugene has heard that half of the Sharks fell asleep in the car on the way home and coach Chapman slept in the Elementary School office.

Here are just some pictures from the day but you might want to get comfortable… this will take a while.

PS: the Sharks T-shirt was voted the best by the combined ES staff 

Award winning children’s author and illustrator Robert Magnuson stopped by today to touch base with the Sharks ahead of a planned visit on March 19^th. The kids (and unusually so – the boys) were so interested in what he was doing that he hung around for much longer than planned. He was drawing with the kids as well as painting and working with them to develop their own stories.

Thanks for stopping by Robert, see you again soon.