May 2016

We had so much fun this May! At the beginning of the month, we were very busy preparing gifts for our parents for Parent's Day. We made some cute crafts with Miss Maura and our art teacher Miss Sunny. We even made yummy cookies!  

      

      

      

      

   

On May 4th we celebrated Children's Day by playing games, watching movies and eating pizza for lunch. We had a great time! The 5th and 6th were a holiday, so we could enjoy that time with our families celebrating the holidays together.

The 16th was Hans' 5th birthday. We had a special party for him. He showed us his baby photos and then we all wished him a happy birthday as he blew out the candles on his cake.

    

   

Our field trip this month was to the Jureong Jureong Animal Park in Gyeongju. We saw so many different animals there, including lizards, snakes, prairie dogs, a serval cat, parrots and fish. We got to pet and hold some of the animals and learn about where they come from and interesting facts about them. 

    

    

    

    

After the animal park we had a lovely picnic in Gyeongju. Everyone had yummy food and then we played tag in the park.

Our theme in May was family and adjectives for describing people. We learned the names for different family members and how we are connected. To help us understand these relationships, we all made family trees. It was great to see everyone's family trees and learn more about the important people in our lives. 

    

    

   

It's getting sunnier and hotter these days, so it looks like spring is finished. Let's have a great summer together!

April 2016

We had a funny start to April thanks to April Fool's Day. All day, Miss Stephanie and Miss Maura pretended that they forgot English and only spoke Japanese - it was so funny! Miss Stephanie showed us at the end of the day that she didn't really bump her head and forget English. We were so surprised!

The weather started getting better in April so we spent more time outside learning about nature. We grew our own potatoes in cups in our classroom. It was a fun way to learn about the parts of plants and how they grow. We could see the roots, stems and new leaves growing.

   

When the potatoes got bigger we took them outside and planted them in our garden. We can't wait to watch them grow outside and maybe get to eat our homegrown potatoes this summer!

    

    

We also went to see the tulip festival here in Pohang. There were so many beautiful flowers in many different colors. We really enjoyed walking around the garden!

Our field trip in April was to a big park in Heunghae. We did a little hiking up the hill and saw a nice view of the park. We could run and play in the grass and we even did a nature scavenger hunt. We found pinecones, leaves, and spiderwebs in the park. We had a yummy picnic, too.

      

During April we learned about the Solar System. We studied all the planets in our part of the universe - we learned their names and special things about them. We also learned more about our planet Earth, and our sun and moon. It was so interesting to learn more about our place in the universe.

There were many birthdays in April. On the 9th we celebrated Andrew's 5th birthday! We all gave presents and wished him a happy birthday.

    

    

April 12th was Brian's 6th birthday, and we had a lot of fun celebrating with him.

     

And on the 29th, we had a party for Ian's 4th birthday. We exchanged presents and had some yummy cake.