More School Happenings

This past week was a fun week at school, so this post will be a continuation of last week's.  We were very happy to have a team of education majors come to visit us from Avondale,

our Seventh-day Adventist College of Higher Education in Australia. They were in the midst of spending three weeks visiting schools here in Nepal.

The kids had so much fun!  Actually, I'm not sure who had more fun--the "Big Kids" or the "Little Kids!"  They taught us some songs

and we taught them one.

We sang our national anthems to each other.

Then we had a P.E. time and played, and played, and played!  :)  We even learned some new games.

Then we chatted

and all too soon we had to say Goodbye!  We wish you could have stayed longer!  Good luck in your careers--we know you'll be great teachers!  Bye!

It was timely that they came the day they did, because we had other visitors that day:  a crew building our new library!  They were fast and efficient (and of course a little noisy!)!

Soon we'll be able to "move" into it! 

What else happened last week?  We also had a Spelling Competition preceded by a balloon game for the little ones.  Super cute!

At first they were too polite to step on each other's balloons!

But not for long!

Next it was time for the older ones to spell!  There were three categories:  English, Science, & Nepali!  It was a hard competition.  Each team had one member from Grades 1-5.  At one point as I was walking around the tables, one of the fifth graders pointed to the first and second graders on his team and said to me, "They're not helping very much."  :)  "Did you really think they would?"  I answered.  :)  He grinned and said, "Well, I guess not!"  :)

"Boy, that's a hard one!"

"This is fun!"

"I think we know it...maybe..."

Did we get it right?

(Sorry!  I don't remember if they got that one right or not!)



And I think the boys were concentrating on this one just a little bit more than the girls were!

"Is it ever going to end Kathy Miss?"

Yes!  And the winners got a small prize.

Way to go Team!  However, everyone was a winner since we all had fun!



So now, we say Goodbye

from Esa Memorial School and we hope you have a lovely week too!

School Happenings

As school is out for the summer in most places in the Northern Hemisphere, we are full swing into a "newish" school year here in Nepal, where the school year goes from April - March, following the Bikram Sambat calendar where it's now the year 2068!  What a blessing it is for me to work with the beautiful children who attend the school here on our hospital campus.  For anyone who doesn't know, I'm teaching English grammar to Grades Kindergarten through Grade 5.  The kids are always cheerful and how nice it is to be around cheerful people all the time!  (Plus, they're so cute!!  :))

We were all especially cheerful this day when we received an ice cream treat!  :)

Here is Sweetness Personified:

"How do you eat the last part of the cone without getting napkin in your mouth?"

:)

Who was peeking during prayer?  Everyone!  :)

Here are the little ones watching a movie on Movie Friday:

...and the older ones.

You can see that they are all good friends and treat each other like family.

Here are the older ones at their handwriting competition.

One day we had to say Goodbye to our assistant principal who accepted a job in Korea.
He will be missed and we wish him all the best!

Our precious Playgroup members don't all have a uniform yet.

In the beginning of the year some of them cried every time they saw me, while others ran to me like I was their their best friend they hadn't seen in awhile!  :)  Now they all run to me and I love it!

Here are the adorable "Big Kids" in Nursery.  They knew me from last year when they were the "Little Kids" in Playgroup and during the first days of school they would run up to me and proudly (and somewhat incredulously) say, "I'm in Nursery now Kathy Miss!"  Sooo cute!!!

My Kindergarten English Class:

Adorable, sweet, and hardworking!

Here are the first graders.  I'm pleased with their progress.

We were looking out the window and using Pronouns.
"They are working."  "Look at them."  "He is over there."  "She is walking."

Yeah!  First Grade is FUN!

So is Second Grade!

And sometimes it's so much fun that we stay in the room to read instead of going to recess!!!
(Yes, I caught this pic during recess!)

Don't you love it?!

Grade Three students are amazing...

...and a joy to be around!

The fourth graders are very competent and studious--so nice to see and to be around!

They also have their fun side!

Last but not least, we have our fifth graders!  They are a great group and actually enjoy school.
(They really do!)

You can see why I enjoy going to work every day and why I am so blessed!
Ramon feels very blessed at the hospital too.
May you have a blessed day--whatever you're doing.