Member's Day at the Races

My student's family invited me to a day at the races in Shatin.  It was a lovely day for horse racing.  They own one of the horses, Fiery Raider, a 3 year old stallion.  He came in 5th place in his race, though he was predicted to come in 10th.  As a guest of the owners I got to go down to the main stadium where they show the horses and meet the jockey and trainer.  That was alot of fun.  This Lexington girl was quite impressed with the race facility and track in Shatin.  It is in a beautiful setting overlooking the mountains. 

Spring Musical

 

For the Spring musical this year we did the Go, Go Jonah kid's musical.  The songs are really lively and the story is funny and entertaining.  Everyone worked really hard on the production.






 Jonah running away on a boat from what God told him to do.

Picasso in Hong Kong

On Wednesday, I took my Grade 2 students to see an exhibit of Picasso.  It was a special exhibit that is usually only in the Musee National in Paris.  Due some renovation in that museum the exhibit came to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.  My class was going there anyways for a Social Studies field trip and getting to see the Picasso masterpieces was a huge bonus. 

Students described the exhibit as wierd, crazy, disgusting, scary, you can sortof see what it is and it is sortof hidden.  Needless to say they were not impressed.  One little boy was very surprised that Picasso had sculpted a naked pregnant woman.  He wanted to know why were there so many naked pictures.  I tried to explain that the human body is artwork and that we were created and fashioned in our mother's womb by the Master Artist God.  I was grateful I got to see some of this art that I otherwise would only have seen if I was in Paris visiting the museum.