Hey everyone, I haven't written anything for a little while, as I have been busy with writing Monthly tests! :s Yesterday, I tried to test my Chinese Primary students who have very limited English! I asked them questions such as "What is your name?" and "What colour is your hair Oven?" (yes, there is a child named Oven in my class - the teacher chose his name from a dictionary!). Most of them just repeated my questions back to me, as they are ...

Hola Amigo's and Happy Halloween!, We have just held a party for Halloween at school and I was entrusted with aiding Balloon Tag for 50 young children, whilst the parents watched. All the children enjoyed the festivities, and the principal handed out sweets for them to have.. All was great, until my 5 year old Primary class arrived and I had to break up a fist fight between two boys as they were crying and screaming at each other for bursting each others balloons...

Ni HaoThanks for all the comments on the blog everyone, it is much appreciated! I miss you all, and wish you could be here with me! Hope everyone is great in the UK!! I have finally (after a month) got my computer back in working shape, wahoo - which means I am available for Skype conversations!! A few new thoughts, and some things I missed before from the National Holiday week: Chinese Massage - A while ago, me and the boys George and Matt decided we would go fo...

Hello everyone, I had a lovely week off, for National Holiday (the 62nd birthday of the Mao's People's Republic of China) but as a result we all had to then work the weekend as well as the week after!! 7 whole days in school :( I cannot complain though as every worker has been made to do the same - its the governments decision, so literallly - can't complain! ha During my week off, I explored alot of the places in Beijing I had wanted to go to for a while, bu...

Hi Everyone, Hope everything at home is good. Things are great here!!! And they are about to get even better, as I have 7 days off due to National Holiday!!! This is the anniversary of Mao's Republic of China. I am warned that Beijing gets crazy busy around this time, as its not just schools have the week off - its almost every worker in China! To make it even more enjoyable, just got paid yesterday for the whole months work (we get paid in cash here) annoyin...