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Thank you ISA Guangzhou!

September 24, 2015 at 8:05 am | Posted in Guangzhou schools, School visits | Leave a comment
Tags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Poetry workshops, The Tale of Chester Choi, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, The Tale of Rodney Ram

A big THANK YOU to the staff and students of ISA Guangzhou, a fabulous new international school in Guangzhou, who hosted me on Monday! We had a fabulous day of story readings, with the younger kids meeting Chester Choi, Pin Yin Panda and Rodney Ram, then the older kids took part in my Introduction to Poetry Workshop! Special thanks to principal Elaine Wheeler (in green), teacher Gaby (in black) and admin assistant Linda who helped make my visit so memorable!

Helloooo to the Bellevue Hill Public School Grade Ones from Pin Yin Panda!

August 27, 2015 at 7:47 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: Bellevue Hill Public School, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese Zodiac, Sydney Schools, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda

Well that was fun! Courtesy of my lovely friend Anna Bragg, I made a brief drop-in visit today to the scrumptious Grade Ones of Bellevue Hill Public School today to introduce them to my vain but loveable Pin Yin Panda! And it just so happened that they’d been learning all about the Chinese Zodiac animals and Lord Buddha’s Race yesterday! It was perfect timing! It was lovely to meet you all – I hope to see you again next year!

A Funny and Fabulous Day at DBIS!

March 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: Chinese Zodiac, Discovery Bay International School, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, The Tale of Rodney Ram

I had SUCH a fun day today with my old – and young 🙂 – friends at Discovery Bay International School today! The Grade 2s, 3s, and 4s met my shaggy, shy sheep Rodney, and then the gorgeous Grade 1s met my very vain (but loveable) Pin Yin Panda, and learned all about how the animals got into the Chinese Zodiac! We had a ball! Huge thanks to the wonderful Naomi Gist (above) for hosting me today! And even more thanks for letting me, and my family of Chinese Zodiac animals, make our getaway, very stylishly, in her Discovery Bay golf buggy! But trust that Pin Yin Panda to insist on riding in the front! You can also see below a fabulous drawing of Rodney Ram given to me by a lovely student called Elin – isn’t it terrific?

Fun with the Giddy Goats at Geelong Grammar Junior!

February 17, 2015 at 11:07 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Melbourne schools, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, The Tale of Rodney Ram

Many thanks to lovely librarian Fiona O’Rourke (right below) and assistant Lyn (left below) who hosted me to a fabulous morning today with the loveable lambs of Prep and the giddy goats of Grade 4 at Geelong Grammar Junior School! The big kids met my artistic ram Rodney, and we had a great chat about Chinese customs for Chinese New Year and how these reflect Chinese values and relationships. And the little ones met my vain Pin Yin Panda and learned all about how the animals joined the Chinese Zodiac in Lord Buddha’s Great Race! I hope you all had as much fun as I did! Here I am above with Peter, who was a great help with my Chinese pronunciation – thank you Peter!