Celebrating Chinese New Year
Posted by kellyyeh
Chinese New Year was on January 22nd and it is the biggest holiday in Asia. Many people celebrate Chinese New Year, not just Chinese people but also people in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Laos. Lower School Mandarin students also celebrated the biggest Chinese holiday by learning songs and stories about Chinese New Year and about the Chinese Zodiac. We also created art projects to decorate our classroom and the Dining Room and had a fun time making dumplings with the older students!
Creative Minds At Play
Posted by Sarah Pollex
Four square tag…ultimate bean bag toe touch…pinball 8…Can you invent a game that has never existed? “Fun Friday” in PE class becomes a time for students to showcase their talent with creating a variation of a beloved game or an entirely new activity itself! They try it out and if it works, students at every level of the school benefit by enjoying all sorts of new Gator-inspired games!
Red Envelopes & Lion Dances!
Posted by Betsey Young
“Gong Xi Fa Cai!” Unquowa parent, Jo Toolan came to second grade to showcase the Lunar New Year. We learned about the Year of the Rabbit and the traditions of Chinese New Year. Students received red envelopes full of goodies and danced a Lion Dance to ward off Nian. “Xin Nian Kuai Le!”
Potato Pancakes Anyone!
Posted by Betsey Young
How many potatoes does it take to make a potato pancake? A latke!
Here grade two is listening to ” Maoz Tsur” while playing hot potato and grating a potato for cooking our own latkes. ” Chag Sameach!”
¡Feliz cumpleaños!
Posted by Ms. FernandezRecently second grade students sang Happy Birthday (feliz cumpleaños) to their classmate in Spanish! They love letting me know when it’s a classmate’s birthday, so that we can all celebrate with a birthday song! We look forward to the next birthday so we can wish them a happy birthday in Spanish and use our lovely singing voices!
Our Community’s Past
Posted by Maureen Diallo
The First and Second Graders visited the Fairfield Museum and History Center for a walking tour exploring Fairfield’s past. We began the tour on the green and imagined what it was like to be standing right there almost 300 years ago. We actually would have been standing in the center of a pond, which was eventually filled in! We explored the Sun Tavern, which provided food and lodging for those traveling through the area. We even got to test out the rope beds on the upper floor of the tavern. Next, our group headed to The Fairfield Academy, a private school for girls and boys. Sitting at the wooden desks in straight rows felt much different than the comforts of Unquowa! We discussed how education has changed over time and felt lucky to see how far it has come.
