第22期青埔通訊英語專欄

    Happy New Year family and friends of QingPu Elementary School! I think it is fair to say 2020 has been quite a ride and a challenging year for the world. As such, we are very grateful for the sense of “normalcy” and safety we feel at QingPu Elementary, which has allowed us to have such a safe and productive fall semester.

    Here is a recap of some of the interesting things we have been up to in the Bilingual Education Program. Grade 1 and Grade 2 International studies we started the year learning to play traditional games in countries around the word. For example, we learned to play Taiwanese sandbags and shuttlecock and compared them to similar American folk games: corn in the hole and hacky sack. We will finish the year by learning about transportation across the world, proper etiquette and procedures aboard various types of transport, and conclude with a field trip to MRT stations A18 and A19. Grades 3 and 4 completed a unit on transportation earlier in the year and also experienced a ride on the MRT as well as instruction and a visit to the HSR station. This semester grades 5 and 6 have explored food and travel across the word and got to experience and taste such world traditions as British afternoon tea, Spanish tapas, Italian pasta, and making an American peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

     We hope your children have enjoyed learning English through the interactive activities in our classrooms. We look forward to a new year and new semester with our students. We wish you all a happy and safe Chinese New Year with lots of time spent with your family and friends!