Chinese New Year – Spring Festival
Our partner school in Beijing, Experimental School No.2, shared the images below of their New Year Celebrations. We are extremely grateful and lucky to …
03 Jan
Things we learnt 2
Things we learnt 2
Today it is the start of a new school year and in assembly we talked about how we can show respect for each other and …
01 Nov
Things we learnt 1
Things we learnt 1
Today we talked in assembly about some of the things we learned while at No.2 Experimental School. One of the first …
30 Oct
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
All children study calligraphy as part of their art lessons we got to watch one lesson and have a go. It is very difficult and …
27 Oct
Peking Opera
Peking Opera
The children are taught lots of things about their traditions and culture. The boys and girls have opera lessons weekly. It is a very different …
27 Oct
Visiting the great wall
Visiting the great wall
Yesterday we visited the Great Wall, one of the wonders of the world. It is said to be the only man made structure visible …
26 Oct
Starting the day the Chinese way
Starting the day the Chinese way
This morning we had another great experience at No.2 Experimental School. All the children came outside to do their morning exercise and we watched as …
26 Oct
Music lessons and more!
Music lessons and more!
We visited lots of classes today. The children enjoy being creative and love being able to show visitors what they have learned. The school has …
24 Oct
Entering the Forbidden City
Entering the Forbidden City
After school we visited the Forbidden City as you can see from the pictures it is very beautiful what you probably can’t see is that …
24 Oct
First day at school
First day at school
This morning we went into school to spend it with the children we first had to address the children all 3500 of them. We were …