Family rally

Last weekend, my children and I went on the Ratwinit Bangkaeo School family rally to Nakhon Nayok. All of us had a really good time. My son Ryan really enjoyed looking for the clues, following other teachers and parents, and sharing ideas on where clues were, how to find them etc. The Royal hills golf resort where we stayed was really nice too. The rooms were very modern, and very comfortable and we really enjoyed the party and presentation with everyone in the evening. The next day, we enjoyed a very nice breakfast, relaxed at the hotel talking with teachers and new friends, and then we went to Sarika waterfall, which was really nice. We didn't stay long, because we were all quite tired and hot, but we decided we'd go back there soon as it would be a great place to have a picnic, and it's not really too far from Bangkok. All in all, we had a great weekend, and we're already looking forward to next years rally!!

Student presentations

I was very impressed with the presentations that you guys did last week. I think some of the groups should have practised more,  but overall they were very good. I will cover presentation skills in class,  as there are specific skills, techniques and language that can be used to give effective presentations.

Here are some pictures of you guys in action!

Teachers' Day

I have enjoyed Teachers' Day today, and I would like to thank all of my students who came to see me, to say 'happy teachers day' and give flowers to pay respect (my car will smell very nice now!!)

It is always nice to see all of you, but it is also nice to see former students, who are now at university etc, who come to say thank you. It means a lot to a teacher like myself when students, both former and present, show their appreciation. Thank you.

Answer Key For M3

Hello,

Here are the answers for the reading worksheet I gave you on the topic of  'Ice'.

If you have any questions about the worksheet, grammar, vocabulary etc, please come and see me.

Answer key 

1 Students’ own answers. 

2 

1 F (there needs to be something for ice to form around, like dust. If there isn’t, water won’t 

freeze until it is –42. Celsius) 

2 F (Aristotle noticed this fact, but it was a Tanzanian schoolboy who proved it) 

3 T 

4 T 

5 F (it was the 10th anniversary) 

6 F (there was a pretend wedding in 1740 and real weddings in 2006) 

7 T 

3 

1 -ed 

2 -ing 

4 

1 interesting 4 bored 

2 amazing 5 surprising 

3 frightened 6 interested 

5 

1 The ice sculpture competition was so interesting that I went to see it twice. 

2 Ice was so popular in the London in the 19th century that some ice was imported from the 

US. 

3 The ice palace was so big that they needed three tons of ice to recreate it. 

4 Ice festivals are so popular that there are ice festivals in many countries. 

6 

1 Ice Age 

2 ice cap 

3 black ice 

4 iceberg 

5 ice bucket 

7 

1 black ice 

2 iceberg 

3 Ice Age 

4 ice bucket 

5 ice caps 

8 Students’ own answers / ideas.

New addition

So, as many of you already know, last week was a very good week for me as I got my new car. I have been wanting to buy a car now for soooooooooo long, and to now finally get one is great. Life just got a whole lot better and easier too. Even the simple things become difficult when you're a single parent with 2 children!!

Here are a few pictures of her, outside the library!!

Notice for M1

Next week we will start a morning class, Reading Club from 7:30 - 8:20am. Monday will be 1/1, and Tuesday will be 1/2.

Posting comments

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