Art 10

Happy Trash

Math 10

Social Studies 10

English 10

Great works

On Feb. 28th, my mom and I went to an exhibition near city centre. It is called "Chao tian palace" and it is very famous.
This exhibition includes different kinds of treasured artwork. There are sculptures, clothes, jewelries, etc. They are amazing. Every artwork has a long interesting history. I saw a big strange cart. It's called "Drum mileometer vehicle". It is made of wood and there are also two wooden men sitting on the top of the cart. This kind of cart is an ancient Chinese vehicle with a wooden figure beating the drum to indicate traveled. It is also used by the guard of honour in imperial processions.
The exhibition shows the medicine too. There is a box of red pills and it is used to make people live healthier and longer. It's interesting. My favorite artwork is a tiny carriage which is made of bamboo, silk and wood. It is really small and wonderful. It has two wooden wheels by the side of the carriage. There is a silk top above the carriage which is used to keep the off sunshine. I can imagine that a carter sit in front of it and drive the horse to move it. This carriage must be made very carefully. It looks so beautiful that I stayed there for a long time. There are many other things are like this such as a wooden boat. It also shows lots of rolls of paintings. The paintings are really great and they are all very long. I saw a roll and there are many people on it. They have different jobs and they are working differently. Some people are fixing the shoes, some people are barbers and some are cooking, etc. Everybody has his/her own characteristics. It is a great work.
I like this exhibition because every single artwork has its own meaning. Everthing is made carefully. I took a lot of photos.

Blind School

I went to a blind school almost every weekend. The students there affected me a lot. They are more hard-working than the most students of the normal schools. I found this school very different from others.

When the first time I got there to be a volunteer with my friends, we met a little boy in grade one. We played and chatted with him. I found he is very different. I guess if a handicapped person has a special spirit which normal person doesn’t have. The boy’s hometown is far from here and his parents never come to see him. I thought it was dreadful but he seemed very happy all the time and doesn’t have anything to worry. This is great. He does not care but he still loves his parents. He said his parents must be very busy. The boy has his own dream and nothing can stop him. He was exited and asked us to tell stories to him. We told many little stories and fairy tales and we had no more stories to tell so I decided to bring a story book next time.

There was another person made me surprised. I taught this girl English and she was surprising. She chatted with me first and I knew she was 14 years old but she only in grade 5. It was not strange because it is difficult for them to learn. She took out her English book and read the sentences so that I could check out the mistakes. She told me that she wants to learn the course of grade 6 because she hopes to skip the grade. She asked if I could help her. I consented. I found the text books of Grade 6 at home and taught her some lessons. She was clever and worked hard. The girl also told me that she does not want to be a normal blind person. It meant she doesn’t want a job like massaging as most blind man. She likes singing and she wants to be a singer.

The children there are more active and talkative but well-behaved. Although they love playing but they know when to stop. They are absolute paragons. I learnt many things from them. They have lots of worthy spirits deserve to learn such as their confidence, effort… The very important thing is that they are not self-abased. They are polite and have good manners.

After these volunteer works I understand the skill to be a competent volunteer. It’s to take people’s words seriously and respect them. When I stayed with someone alone, I tried my best to answer all the questions. When I worked with others, we chatted and played together. I am happy to have these good experiences. They are good for me and my future. It can help me do better on many things in the future. I think I should often improve myself on employability skills because I will deal with these kinds of thing normally. I must be more active and ask people if they need my help.

Basketball Team

This is the first term that I came to GCA and I become stronger than before. We have a lot of chance to exercise at GCA. There are many PE lessons and physical activities. Students can join them and train themselves. I joined Basketball team.

Many people love playing basketball but I did not like it at first. In the beginning of the term, my good friend asked me to join the Basketball club. She told me basketball is really a kind of interesting sports. I thought, “why not?” I could learn something.

My friend did not know how to play either so we learnt from the easiest part. First, Mr. Saxby (our coach) taught us how to dribble and the rules of the match. He trained all of the members as clear as possible. I did not know anything about the basketball but I understand a lot after I had the class. We had classes three times a week and I felt I did better in dribbling and many other things.

After many weeks there came the match. We were going to play against the GCA in Jiaxing and Hang Zhou International School. We were both very nervous and excited. We played against HIS first but they were too strong to play with us. They were trained well and seemed learnt for a long time. Their movements were perfect and had great teamwork. That was why they could play so well. The higher grade members played most of the time of the match. I also played for some time and I felt it was so wonderful to stand on the court and take part in the match with team mates. We put effort on one thing together that was to win the game though we were lost at last. I was exhausted but happy to join this game. This was a good experience to me.

We played against Jiaxing GCA later. I was less nervous and hope to get into the game more. Jiaxing GCA was not strong and they were not as good as our team. I played more than last time and I had more confidence. Mr. Saxby talked to everyone about what they should do. This time we won easily. Although we could not win the champ but we won one at least. I was so happy.

I learnt a lot from this match. We must have team spirit and be serious with it. HIS was a good example. We should learn more from them.

We had another match after a few weeks. Our team did better than before and won again. I was glad to see it. I believe we will be stronger and stronger. If we want to win the score while we are playing the match, we must look at the goal and trust ourselves. It is important to be brave in the match because we are going to catch the ball from the offence. Teamwork is the most important. In basketball lesson, we did not only practice basketball in many ways but also exercise like running or frog jumping.

I like basketball now and it maybe fit me because it needs much passion. I think it is good to do this sport. It's fun to play and also makes ourselves healthier.