Yu Tim School - First HK style Open Day

25 December 2014

Christmas is the time for reunion, to enjoy, share and give.

So, we chose to open our school on Christmas Day. 

The first cohort of iPad users in Yu Tim. A demo lesson on using iPads and Iclass for learning English. 

- a highlight of the Open Day

"Wow! Christmas tree! Never have I seen a Christmas tree so tall, and so many gifts hanging on the branches. Can I take one?"

Students had the most enjoyable time. Singing, dancing, acting, cleaning, and EATING!

Rehearsals 

Reception Counter 

Awaiting the performances

Parent Volunteers helping with Reception 

Snapshots of rehearsals

登陆生日－ 踏进人生新阶段

12 月4日
半岛酒店开了生日会。50年的Chesa , 20年的经理。咸咸的煎cheese, red lamp shade......

 12 月6日
卖了心爱的相伴了7年的RAV 4

12月7日
本来听不到的见证，竟然因为师母臨时安排，听到了。好像是对我说的。

停车场也遇到这不认识的人，他说：“已经是好价钱啦。”
我还要留恋吗？

宝贝女儿的公仔也告别了

Yu Tim - Children's journey

10 Nov 2014 

Snapshots of children's learning journey posted on home room walls

I found the colours very special. A very peasant feel. Like the New Year Drawings. 

 Indicators of Cooperative Learning Emerging too. 

Yu Tim at HKU Service 100

31 October 2014 

We had a fruitful day at the Service 100 Fiesta, with 11 students signed up showing interest for the project. It was the first time Principal Li and Liang Lu came to HKU, and they were very impressed by the international composition of students here. In fact, we made an international team as well: David from America, Principal Li Korea, Liang China, and me Hong Kong. Our next-door neighbour - Food Label team came to chat with us and were amazed at hearing Korean conversation between an American guy and a Chinese lady.  

Neighbor to our left, 'Ignite Our Dream', was initiated by the red-shirt guy who came to our booth to make friends with me. He really impressed me by his humble and excellent communication. He told me that he and two other team-mates started the project of recruiting HKU students to do volunteer teaching in China in 2013 and now they have already recruited more than 70 volunteers and will set off to 4 different sites in China. They work through the Tin Ka Ping Foundation Fund. This is no coincidence that we met. I shared with him what we have been doing in promoting cooperative learning in Yu Tim, also professionally supported by the Tin Ka Ping CL Train the Trainer project. 

Our biggest reward perhaps was that we got these resource persons and NGOs that can be our future partners:
Children Health Education & Environment Rescue Association www.facebook.com/cheerbbb
Life's Like a Play: We Act to Change    https://www.facebook.com/service100acttochange
Art Adventure           artventurehku@gmail.com
Speech Express        www.facebook.com/SpeechExpress
warm Hearts          http://www.warmhearters.org 
Tsinghua University and Tseng Hin Pei Charity Fund    http://www.tsinghuafp.com


One heart, One goal. To serve China with Love. 

We did and we will. 

(David, projector initiator, has recorded his experience in his blog. 
http://misterwoo.blogspot.hk/2014/10/deeper-inside-hku-student.html  http://misterwoo.blogspot.hk/2014/10/deeper-inside-hku-student.html)

Yu Tim - English Singing Contest

29 October 2014

It was a big day to Grade 3 students. Ji's class was so dressed up for this event. Many put on pretty pink dresses and had their long hair nicely pleated. More than 70 parents came. It was a working day. But they came. Just to see their kids perform, and to meet their class teachers. For their children they were willing to take a day off. After the 9 solos, we had the most exciting part: interclass competition.   All of them did the 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' with energy and unity. Well done. All the anxieties were gone, but a sense of achievement, the English team had made a big step forward.

Yu Tim - Thankfulness training

17 October 2014
 A sunny but cool morning. 
Mr. Li Jie and his team conducted a thankfulness training for students, parents and teachers. Grade 1 & 2 students sat on little old chairs while their seniors sat on floor. Parents and their babies stayed at the back.Li started with a story about hardship of a peasant worker. The whole school was moved to tears when he came to the point of children being ungrateful to their parents who sweated and toiled for their food, and clothes. Then came the part when teachers burst into tears and students and parents went to thank teachers. Never had I seen scenarios where children and adults were so emotionally aroused. It did have a healing effect to some teachers and parents.