As summer comes to an end, another semester begins at Huamei Kindergarten. September is a busy month for schools all over China and the world, as millions of returning and new students go back to school, Huamei Kindergarten is no exception. In the month of September, we have covered so much in such a short period of time, from our opening ceremony to welcoming new students to Huamei Kindergarten.

Before the festivities of the new school year begin, the teachers of Huamei Kindergarten return a week early for preparations. We start by scrubbing and cleaning the school from top to bottom to ensure maximum cleanliness. We then move on to our classroom preparation, making sure we have all the decorative boards ready for our new students. The final phase of preparation week is when we plan and produce all teaching materials for the coming semester and plan our teaching days.

Kicking off our new school year, we have new students and new teachers to welcome, the new additions to are international teaching team at the kindergarten are Ms. Madi from the UK and Ms. Collete from South Africa. We also welcomed new teachers to are Chinese teaching team, Ms. Freya and Ms. Erica. We have also welcomed many new students to the kindergarten, from three brand new junior classes and one new medium class, along with many new students across the kindergarten. On the first day back, we welcomed the students back by having some princesses waiting to greet them, along with a selection of games to play upon the children’s arrival. The children had the chance to meet some of their favourite Disney princesses along with games to win some prizes.

We also have held our first parent-teacher conference in the school to great success, with teachers and parents getting a chance to meet each other. We started the day by having a presentation by principal Li, covering all aspects of the school and focusing on some of the key features of our IB curriculum. We then moved onto the kindergarten and took a tour of the different facilities that Huamei has to offer. Then, finally ending the day by the students’ parents meeting their new class teachers and teams.

e the joint holiday of National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we have shared these festivals with the children. We have celebrated the national day with the children by having fun and games throughout the day and teaching them the values of the national day holiday. Then we move onto the Mid-Autumn Festival, with lots of fun and games that were had. We shared stories and videos with the teachings of the Mid-Autumn Festival and then everyone’s favourite, making mooncakes.

September is always a month full of activities to do and festivals to celebrate, with students returning and students starting. Teachers are very busy with the start of a school year, and it is always nice to celebrate Teachers’ Day in this month. Onwards and upwards for Huamei Kindergarten this September, and we look forward to the year ahead.