Thursday August 13 Practice for Tomorrow's Benefit

Today was another good day. I am truly thankful for being blessed with many wonderful students and co-teacher.

Today started well when many students brought things for "Show and Tell."

Nana brought her Finding Nemo sticker, and we got to talk about turtles and clown fish (Johnny was wearing a clown fish shirt).

Richard brought a bag of toys, two action toys, some cards and a sticky ball.

Vivian brought her teddy bear called Vivian and her Mickey Mouse doll. She says she always sleeps with them. These came in useful for a play session where Vivian and Sophia both slept with the dolls. Nana became upset when she couldn't join that game, but they sorted things out in the end.

Johhny showed us his dolphin that he got from his previous school when someone busted his balloon on the fan. He says he also sleeps with his toy.

Yoyo brought some cards for everyone to see, but waited until after "Show and Tell" to show everyone.

The boys had a special dance practice today in preparation for tomorrow night's benefit. They are going to reprise their "Monkey Dance" from the graduation play. It was a favourite of many people. I hope everyone can join tomorrow nights activity and remember to give generously, it's for a worthy cause.

The day ended on a somewhat curious note. Big class is a time of change for many children. Students have many more demands at this level, and sometimes find it difficult to cope. I have seen some students become upset when they are unable to do the things they know are expected of them. But this afternoon I saw a student display a level of empathy that was astounding. During the spelling test, Sophia was not able to spell the words. Sean became very distraught by this and had to be comforted by Teacher Jojo. It reminded me of Gardener's Multiple Intelligences book and the interpersonal intelligence. All that meet Sean are aware of his intelligence, but I have never seen a student display his interpersonal intelligence to such a degree. In fact, many of the children in Peter Pan class display a large amount of empathy for others. It reminds us that we should do our bit on Friday night.

By the way, the spelling test went well. Apart from Sophia, everyone either made just a few mistakes or no mistakes. Well done everyone.