We arrived back in China on the 8th
July after a busy couple of weeks at home.
We came via Brisbane for a couple of days so we could catch up with
Cameron.
Returned to Huaian to discover we had to be
out of our apartment before heading to Summer School on the 11th so
was a bit hectic getting our stuff squared away. This was contrary to what we
had been told prior to going home, -again TIC strikes! Our Chinese friend Crystal has offered us the
use of her vacant apartment to store our gear in and use as a base until we
leave-nice!
Our Summer School job is in Yangzhou, about
2 hours south of Huaian towards Shanghai.
The school is massive and as one of the other teachers points out it is
bigger than some university campuses and does not lack for facitlities. Yanghzhou is a wealthy city as is evidenced
by the Aston Martin and other luxury car dealerships on the way into the city.
The school puts us up in a nice local hotel
and all meals are provided. The kids are
various ages and Julie and I both get Grade 3 kids with ages from 9-11yrs. And only 19 kids per class, what a breeze
after the large classes we have had. The
camp is split into two 1 week camps and we get new kids for the second week.
For your homeroom you choose a country and
teach the kids about that country. Julie-New Zealand, Jonathan-Australia. Yes, it was hard enlightening young minds
about Australia, but relax now – was able to balance most things by comparing them
to NZ and China so it was not too biased. What else could I do??
There were a ton of activities organized
for the kids and included; swimming, dancing, model-making, pottery, bingo,
movie-night, craft, fashion show, fun-park trip, flag making, bonfire night,
Halloween, as well as general English culture/country classes. They sure managed to squeeze a lot in and
days were from 7.30am till 8.30pm. So
yes, time went very quickly and we had one day off in 14. At the end of camp we headed back to Huaian to
re-pack for our next adventure, one month travelling in China!
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| Photo 1, Close friends in Huai'an, Frank, Jeff and Chrystal. 2-4 Summer camp at Yangzhou. 5-6 People in Yangzhou. |
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