Letters from the Petit Prince
See below latest newsletter from the Petit Prince school
See below latest newsletter from the Petit Prince school
08 Mar
Since long, the little elves of the school le “Petit Prince” have not given you any news … Well it is because we were very busy and we have not seen the time passed!
We were back to school last September in a new loving school, full of warm colors and for some of us it was the big jump into the French language! Wow! We are always learning new words, new games, new songs but also what was a major news this year is that we are going to the swimming pool every Tuesday!!! Yes yes, it’s true … At the beginning, it was a little difficult but now we look forward to Tuesday to be able to splash and swim some more. Also new: we have a music teacher who comes to school every Thursday. With Mourad, we learn songs (in French, Arabic and English) but also we learn how to vary the tone of our voices and how to follow the rhythm pace using new instruments. It is really fun! In addition to all these activities, we have the greatest chance to learn English with Nicola on Thursday and we have Arabic classes with Miss Nawal on Friday.
Our knowledge does not cease to grow. We also have the opportunity to cook for fun or for special occasions such as birthdays, parties … So, the little elves of the Petit Prince have become chief cooks and apprentices who know how to make yogurt cakes, chocolate cakes, cookies, cake of the kings, chocolates and many other things. They are eager to learn new recipes to share with you!
We participated to extra-curricular activities such as the Game Festival where we could discover new games and play with other children or we sometimes go to exhibits (photos, paintings …).
We almost forgot to tell you that we have our school mascot: it is the Pimpin rabbit. Yes we have a rabbit that we can bring home during the weekend end. That way it can travel a bit and see new faces. You cannot imagine how greedy is our mascot as it has grown so well since last September! It is therefore part of the school and be even involved in the party for the egg hunt that we do at the end of the month to mark the feast of Easter. Don’t worry, we will tell you all that soon as well as about our three day tour to Hebron which is scheduled for next month and the one of Tiberias in the month of June.
We have more friends than last year (because the school continues to expand) but we look forward to having even more news, so we can share with you some of our adventures!
01 Mar
I have been the English teacher of the Petit Prince School since November 2009.
I teach the older children on Thursday, and have a small group of pupils in my class. We have fun in our lessons and the children enjoy playing ‘alphabet bingo’ and ‘matching pairs’ which helps them recognise and pronounce the letters in English.
The children love to show me they can count in English and we play bingo most weeks-they love to win!
We have just moved on to learn different animals in English-which involved us making animal sounds!
We have music lessons and I have helped the children learn ‘Jingle Bells’ in English, which they sang with great effort at the Christmas show!
Lunch time is another opportunity to get the children to learn the word for the food they are eating in English.
Although I don’t speak arabic and only a little French we are able to communicate well. I very much enjoy arriving on Thursday mornings to shouts of ‘Hello Nicola’.
08 Dec
“Long time we have not given some news …
It is because we were busy! What a change since last year!