Fantastic video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman, remixed

Do you think you can skip or jump rope?

Check out this eight minute video.

A Physical Education teacher, Lynn Kelley who founded the Kings
Firecrackers 13 years ago, said the video of their performance at an
Army vs. Navy game in February was posted to the team's Web site in
early April, and has ignited national interest.

Week 30 (2009/06/13)

It was our last day for this school year. I was glad to see that most of my students showed up. I gave them their report cards along with awards and prizes.

It is OK if you do not get a good mark.
The most important thing is that you really learned something from the the classes.

We had to carry our chairs to the gym for the assembly. That was a challenge for my large and young class. Anyway, we made it through the crowded hall way and got set in our position in the gym.

We were the second class to go up to the stage after the speeches. We did not sing as loud as we usually do. It was OK! It really looked scary up on the tall stage. Even though we did not sing really loudly on the stage, it was fine because we had fun singing during the classes.

The program was too long for little kids. They took turns going to the washroom with me. I took care of one girl who got a bloody nose... When it ended we got all our chairs back to the classroom. Good job! I am so proud of you guys!

I encourage my students to use their Chinese names more, to speak Mandarin more, don't give up learning Chinese if they don't come back next year, pay attention in class and do their homework...

I open the door, hugged everyone, wished them a good summer and let them go home.

Graduation and year end celebration!

Tomorrow will be the last day of our school year. Please sign and bring in the student's information sheet if your kid is coming back next year.

For those who did not register your kid, please come back and enroll your child in September.

We will hand out report cards, awards, and some prizes. Please come and joint our celebration!

Week 29 (2009/06/06)

We had the quietest class ever!

I was very impressed that everybody was so concentrated on the exam. I bet everyone did a great job!

We sang the Monkey's Rhyme and had fun when we went up to the front and performed in groups. We did some Pokemon colorings. Some kids were impatient and only used one color, but they did better on the second one.

You can do a great job if you work harder!

We practice the song that we are going to sing next week. Before we left for home, we gave each other "爱的鼓励"! ("ai de gu li " Love Cheers!)

Way to Go! Kiddos! No Homework!

Final Exam!

We are going to have a Final Exam on this Saturday.
Test coverage:

• Text Book 1 Lesson 1 to 12
  (中文修订版第1册 第1课 ~ 第12课)
• HanYu PinYin Book Lesson 1 to 18
  (汉语拼音 第1课 ~ 第18课)

The style of the final exam will be the combination of the three previous tests.
Students will have to write their Chinese names without looking at their name tags.
Please bring some pencils for the test.

You will be fine if you paid attention in the class in the past two weeks, as well as review the sheets I handed out.
Study hard, and good luck!

Week 28 (2009/05/30)

We are almost there!
Well done kiddos!




Homework for week 28:

• Text Book 1 中文修订版第1册
  综合练习(四) Review4 p.76 and 79 and 总练习 Exercises p.80~p.84
• Finish HanYu PinYin sheet
• Practice writing your Chinese name

Please register your kid for 2009 school year's enrollment!

According to the District School Board's regulations, they approve the numbers of Chinese School's teachers in terms of student numbers.


For a better arrangement of the classes and enough time for recruiting teachers, we are pleased to invite parents to register your kid for 2009 school year's enrollment before May 30th.


Please fill in the forms and contact the office or home class for your child’s registration.

The forms are also available online:
sites.google.com/site/lcsnewsl/forms


根据教育局法规：语言学校须依据学生人数聘请教职人员。

为利于伦敦中文学校作业，请于五月三十一日前为贵子女办理下学年注册。
请填写报名表后至中文学校办公室或贵子女教室办理报名。

网络下载报名表：sites.google.com/site/lcsnewsl/forms

端午節快樂! Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Week 27 (2009/05/23)

Time really flies! Can you believe that it is almost the end of the school year?


We have two weeks before the final exam. We are going to use them for a good review.

I handed out a review sheet and showed the kids how much they had learned this year.
The review was a bit long. But everybody paid good attention and it went well. They all want to do well at the final exam. I am so proud of my young students.

I repeated the tip that I said many times: pay attention in class and do your homework.
It works for everything you learn. If you can study and practice those tips more, you will do well in every subject in school.

Homework for week 27:

• Text Book 1 中文修订版第1册
  综合练习(一) Review1 p.16~p.17 and 综合练习(二) Review2 p.34~p.35
• Finish HanYu PinYin sheet

Summer School and 2009 school year’s enrollments

Summer School and 2009 school year’s enrollments start now.
Please fill in the forms and contact the office or home class for your child’s registration.

The forms are also available online:
sites.google.com/site/lcsnewsl/forms

暑期辅导班以及2009学年度课程已开始接受报名，请填写报名表后至中文学校办公室或贵子女教室办理报名。

网络下载报名表：sites.google.com/site/lcsnewsl/forms

Week 26 (2009/05/09)

Everyone was very good today. We made some Mother's Day cards . We had a very busy class, so busy that we almost did not have time to sing! I hope everybody had a fun time. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!


Homework for week 26:

• Homework Book B Lesson 12 练习册第1册B 第12课 p.71 (3, 4) p.80 (5) p.81 (5)
  
• HanYu PinYin Book 汉语拼音 p.55 read p.53 and 54

No class next week because of Victoria's Day.

ILP Multicultural Event

We will have a multicultural event this weekend at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School:

Date: May 02, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Place: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School
          1360 Oxford Street W. London, Ontario
          Tel: 519-660-2795

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There will be no teaching on May 02 at our school site (St. Catherine of Siena).
No children under 12 years old are allowed to be left alone on the premises of the event.

I will demonstrate abacus there.
I have prepared some treat for my students. Please bring your kid to me when you get there.

Origami and game: Fortune Teller

摺紙與遊戲：东西南北


1. 先将纸两侧向中对角线折，回复原状留下折痕，重复另一侧。
Fold a square of paper in half diagonally. Unfold, rotate the paper then fold in half again. Unfold once more.



2. 将四个角往中心折。
Fold each of the four outer corners in turn to the centre.

3.翻到背面 Turn over



4. 将四个角往中心折。将算命结果写在三角形里
Fold each of the four outer corners in turn to the centre. Write fortunes in the 8 triangles



5. 翻到背面，写上东西南北
Turn over. Write 东西南北 in the 4 squares



6. 对折之后以两手拿着如图所示，利用现成折线挤压
Fold the model in half. Then hold it as shown and collapse using existing crease.



7. 将食指与拇指伸入四个口袋里
Place fingers and thumbs into the four respective pockets


让朋友挑一个号码 (手指张合的次数) 和方向，把他选的方向结果告诉他。

Ask your friend to pick a number and a direction (one of 东西南北). Pinch and separate your thumbs and index fingers several times according to the number then tell your friend his/her fortune inside the direction s/he pick.

Week 25 (2009/04/25)

We reviewed the words regarding positions and directions.
We also made sentences by rearranging cards.

I am glad that the children are now more familiar with PinYin.
We sang all 9 songs, under the condition that no one should run around when I play the music.
I gave the kids some rice cakes before I sent them home.

All the students were very well-behaved today! Good job!


Homework for week 25:

• Homework Book A Lesson 11 练习册第1册A 第11课 p.75~82
  
• HanYu PinYin Book 汉语拼音 p.51 and 52
  

What browser are you using? (Follow up)

There is no problem (that I mentioned the other day) when using IE 7.0.
It seems that they fixed the "bug" after version 7.0

Please update your IE to version 7.0 (or above) or switch to "Fire Fox" if the image is bothering you.

Happy Surfing!

No after school program this week!

The teachers are going to have a meeting this weekend. There are no after school programs tomorrow.

What browser are you using?

I just found out that this page does not appear the same on different browsers.

You can see that the transparency of the title picture( the birds) doesn't work if you are using "Internet Explorer".

With "Fire Fox"

With "Internet Explorer"

It happens to all the pictures with transparency on "Internet Explorer". Even the web site I am developing has the same problem.

There is no problem using the browser "Fire Fox". You can see what I really want to display. I personally recommend "Fire Fox" because it is the safest browser on the market and it is free.


"I.E." also decodes "HTML" differently than "Fire Fox". I am working on it.

It is very appreciated that you inform me of other problems you encounter while using browsers other than Fire Fox.

Thanks a million!


By the way, My I.E. version is 6.0.

Earth Day!

Week 24 (2009/04/18)

We had a really excellent class this week.
Everybody (well... most of them) paid good attention to me. We learned all the words in lesson 11, and reviewed all the PinYin we learned.


We also did some origami and played a game called
"东西南北" ("dong xi nan bei")




I hope we can have more weeks like this. Good Job! Kids!


Homework for week 24:

• Homework Book A Lesson 11 练习册第1册A 第11课 p.68~74
  
• HanYu PinYin Book 汉语拼音 p.47, p.48(四), and p.49(五)
  

Homework Schedule

In order to help parents assist their children doing homework, I add a calender at the very bottom of the page.

Just click on the event and it pops up the schedule. You can also click on "more details" (which will open another page) to discuss this event. I set the homework time at 6:00pm to 7:00pm everyday. You can shift the time at your convenience. I think it should take less than an hour to do what I assign in the schedule.

Please give it a try and let me know how it is going.

Week 23 (2009/04/04)

We stayed in the Gym longer this morning. But we were asked to leave before we could sing all the songs. It was a shame that we could not share the gym with the adult TaiChi Lessons.

Anyway! When we settled down in the classroom, I told everyone that I would ask the student to step aside if s/he talks during class because s/he is disturbing other students.

Some students still talked, but we had a quieter day. Most of the children paid good attention to me. Well done kids!


Homework for week 23:

• Homework Book B Lesson 10 练习册第1册B 第10课 p.58~59, and P.61~63
• HanYu PinYin Book 汉语拼音 p.39, p.44~45
• Practicing writing your Chinese Name

No school next week because of Easter long weekend!

I hope you like the Easter Eggs I bought from States.

Week 22 (2009/03/28)

It is good to see you again and know you all had a great March break!

We went through the test. It took so long that we only had time for lesson 10 and some drawing.

Homework for week 22:

• Homework Book B Lesson 10 练习册第1册B 第10课 p.56, p.57, and P.60
  

Earth Hour

THIS SATURDAY 28 MARCH AT 8:30PM
YOU CAN VOTE EARTH BY SWITCHING OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR ONE HOUR -

EARTH HOUR.

Welcome back!

How was your March Break?

I will give back your 3rd test. Please bring a red pen this Saturday. We will use that to go through the test. Also bring some crayons or markers for the drawing.
Don't forget to give me back your homework: the name sheet!

Please submit to the office for summer school if you are interested.

I will be waiting in the gym as usual. See you then!