School Events

It's been slightly more than a month since KK started at his new school and already there are many activities organised by the school.

Last Thursday, KK went on an excursion to Animal Land and then Friday, it was 'Dress Up as your favourite book character' day. You can see his glee when he went up the bus and chose to sit at his favourite seat - behind the driver. At the farm, he milked a cow, held some ducks and rid a pony amongst other things. For me, the greatest benefit of that excusion was his change in attitude towards butter. At the farm, KK saw how butter was made from milk and had a taste of freshly made butter on a biscuit. Mummy has been telling him for the longest time that butter is nice but he wouldn't believe me. Now he says he loves it!

For the dress-up day, KK went as a 'Transformer'. It was not much of a costume, just a Transformers t-shirt, I wished I had a mask. In school, I saw a lot of Spidermans, princesses and even a Darth Vader! It seemed to be favourite 'cartoon' or 'movie' character day rather than 'book' characters! That's the young generation for you.

Today, the school organised its own Olympics Day. All the children are divided to represent different countries and they are supposed to dress in that country's national colours and compete in some games or activities with other 'countries'. There is even an Opening Ceremony and a releasing of pigeons (symbolising peace) which parents are invited to attend. KK is representing Italy so I dressed him in green track pants, a red pullover and a white cap.

Unfortunately, the weather today is not very cooperative. The Opening Ceremony was supposed to be held outdoors but was moved indoors due to the rain. Still, it was a lot of fun (and warmer) to cluster inside and watch the kids do their cheers, sing the school song, national anthem and parade around. The 'teams' made their own 'ra ra' stuff, like flags, banners and posters. We took lots of photos of course.

I think such events are fun and highly educational at the same time. As the Olympics is a big thing now, it is timely to teach the kids about the different countries and the different kinds of sports. I know they talked a lot about the Olympics in class recently cos when KK comes home, he expressed interest in watching the Olympics and when he sees the Olympics logo, he recognises it excitedly.