Lois has been enjoying school. She knows all of her classmates' names and would constantly enumerate the things they did at school. From her stories, I think she has developed friendship with Charisse and Mariel. Though she's fond of her classmates, all of them, when I ask.
Her teachers told us, during the last assessment - they have regular parent teacher meetings to track progress of the kids and ensure these lessons are translated at their home life - that Lois acts a big sister in school, particularly to her classmate Paola. I notice Paola is a year younger, so maybe Lois sees a baby sister in her. Teacher Leslie said Lois would always comfort her when she cries, holding her hand or simply staying beside her. Awww, our little girl knows how to care for others.
Last November, the school had a play, Ang Paglalakbay ni Tanglaw. It's about a fifth-grader who was timewarped into the ancient Philippines, when our country was not yet established and that our archipelago is called Dewata. The play showcased various Filipino folk dances and songs - singkil, sagayan, sayaw sa banga and many others. Original compositions and group poems were also done - all by the students. What I like most about the play was how the kids played their part excellently. They were not ashamed doing all these folk dances. I could tell the smallest kids, those in preschool enjoyed the most. They also did everything, from the playing of the kulintang, singing, enlivening the shadow play. Of course, the faculty did their part too - video presentation, writing of scripts, ushering the audience and all, but the kids were pretty involved as much as possible.
Nursery 1 pupils lining up with their mamag costumes on
There was even a story shared by the school's chaplain that Grade 3 students staged another show in order to invite guests to see this show. A show within a show. The kids wanted children from an orphanage, House of Refuge, which was devastated by typhoon Ondoy, to attend the play as a treat. So the kids are sponsoring their tickets, since the show is basically a fund-raising of the school. How were they able to raise the funds to shoulder P300/piece ticket for around 100 kids? They sold banalanghais, or bananas sprinkled with chocolate and wafer to make it look like the ancient balanghai. They sold Austronesian cakes, which is simply chocolate fudge brownies. They staged violin and piano shows. They even talked their teacher to lend her pet pug, which they dressed up to look like a mamag (tarsier) for a day of fun and activities. Creative and promising little kids, they are!
Mamag dance costume rehearsal at the Convenarium
Last November, the school had a play, Ang Paglalakbay ni Tanglaw. It's about a fifth-grader who was timewarped into the ancient Philippines, when our country was not yet established and that our archipelago is called Dewata. The play showcased various Filipino folk dances and songs - singkil, sagayan, sayaw sa banga and many others. Original compositions and group poems were also done - all by the students. What I like most about the play was how the kids played their part excellently. They were not ashamed doing all these folk dances. I could tell the smallest kids, those in preschool enjoyed the most. They also did everything, from the playing of the kulintang, singing, enlivening the shadow play. Of course, the faculty did their part too - video presentation, writing of scripts, ushering the audience and all, but the kids were pretty involved as much as possible.
Nursery 1 pupils lining up with their mamag costumes onThere was even a story shared by the school's chaplain that Grade 3 students staged another show in order to invite guests to see this show. A show within a show. The kids wanted children from an orphanage, House of Refuge, which was devastated by typhoon Ondoy, to attend the play as a treat. So the kids are sponsoring their tickets, since the show is basically a fund-raising of the school. How were they able to raise the funds to shoulder P300/piece ticket for around 100 kids? They sold banalanghais, or bananas sprinkled with chocolate and wafer to make it look like the ancient balanghai. They sold Austronesian cakes, which is simply chocolate fudge brownies. They staged violin and piano shows. They even talked their teacher to lend her pet pug, which they dressed up to look like a mamag (tarsier) for a day of fun and activities. Creative and promising little kids, they are!
Mamag dance costume rehearsal at the Convenarium
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