Christmas Pictures

Here are a few pictures we took during the run-up to Christmas at school.




This is my favourite Senior 2 class, Class 122. It's also my biggest - 72 students - but you couldn't find a friendlier, more harmonious group of kids.








This is my best Junior 2 class, Class 170, there's only 58 of them! This was early on in the week when my plastic tree was still looking pretty good. By the end of the week it was held together by sellotape, and I'd gone through 6 sets of lights!










I love all my Junior 1 classes and have a load of photos but this kinda sums them up. Bunch of nutters.











These are our favourite girls. We eat with most of them every day and despite only being Junior 2s (about 13 years old), they have fantastic English now.










The week was rounded off with the first Annual Lanshan Yizhong Christmas English Talent Contest, for which we were judges. All those taking part were my students and we had poems, speeches, songs and drama. It was great fun and of course, we had to perform our piece too. We did 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' and they loved it. I guess they'd never heard it before and each time we raced through the part after 'fiiive goooold riiiinnnngggssss' they all wet themselves
laughing. These kids are easily pleased... Seriously one of the best nights I've had here so far. And who at home could ever have imagined seeing me stand up and sing in front of this many people? Amazing.