Our pupils' reflection

After the trip, our pupils want to share their thoughts.

30 May 2010: Coming Home

A gentle reminder to all parents:

Our teachers and pupils are scheduled to return to Singapore on board
SQ833 (16:35/21:50) from Shanghai. Kindly check the flight schedule with Changi Airport 1-2 hours before their arrival in order to find out the landing Terminal.

29 May 2010: Visit to the Shanghai World Expo

The highlight today is our visit to the ongoing Shanghai World Expo. We had the opportunity to visit the Iran Pavillion. As usual, we took a lot of photos of the buildings around us.

In Shanghai: Updated Room Nos.

Dear Parents,

Our pupils and teachers arrived in Shanghai as scheduled and the
updated room nos are as follow:

Group A1: Rm 712
Group A2: Rm 719
Group A3: Rm 720, but Lavinia in Rm 706
Group A4: Rm 725
Group A5: Rm 728
Group B1: Rm 512
Group B2: Rm 519
Group B3: Rm 520
Group B4: Rm 521
Group B5: Rm 526
Group C1: Rm 527
Group C2: Rm 420
Group C3: Rm 426
Group C4: Rm 427
Group C5: Rm 428
Ms Teh: Rm 706
Mr Ken Lee: Rm 432
Mdm Rita and Mdm Teo: Rm 511
Mdm Rasidah: Rm 720

28 May 2010: Goodbye Hutai Foreign School!

Today is our last day studying at Hutai foreign School. We truly enjoyed our stay in the school. Not only did we learnt a lot from the teachers, we have also made many new friends. As a farewell treat to our friends, we decided to sing our favourite song "Home". Afterwich, we took some group photographs and then exchanged gifts with one another.

27 May 2010: Our Visit to Hanshan Temple

Today, we made a visit to the famous Hanshan Temple located on the outskirts of Suzhou, by a small canal and accessed via an old humpbacked bridge. Green foliage cascades down over the saffron walls. Its beautiful scenery has inspired many poets throughout history to write memorable poems. It fact, it owes its fame to the poem "Overnight Stay at Feng Qiao" by Zhang Ji, a Tang Dynasty poet.

We learnt that the temple has a history harking back to 1500 years. It was built by Han Shan, a Buddist poet. It was rebuilt about 200 years ago. Do you know that the temple was burnt down five times in the past?

We loved the scenery so much that we decided to take lots of photos.

26 May 2010: Cruise down Grand Canal & Visit to Silk Factory

Today, We took a boat ride down the Grand Canal. This canal was artificially created during ancient time. It starts from Hangzhou and ends at Beijing. We learn that during the olden days, a lot of people lived besides the canal and all of them used the water from the canal. However, nowadays only old folks are left behind, as the young people prefers to stay in apartments. One possible reason is because the houses near the canal are very small, about 15 to 30 meter square. In addition, the water in the canal smells foul in Summer.



Next, we visited the silk factory. After the briefing on the production of silk, we got to know how silk is being made. And we also know how to differentiate between the real and fake silk. Do you know that silk worms need 42 days to grow? By the way, we saw how they made silk quilts too!