Learning how to learn by Mr. Cheng

Just as Rachel said, this was the first week of full lessons so everyone was exhausted by Friday afternoon. Mind you, teachers were probably also glad to hear the afternoon bell ring on Friday afternoon which signalled the end to what has been a very long and tiring week!

In general, I've been quite happy with 3A's performance in English class. I can already see some classmates who are being very brave and trying to face their weaknesses, and in fact, minor improvements are already visible!  However, some classmates may still be adapting to the way I work / teach. I'm not just an English teacher here to teach you new words or grammar. I want to teach you how to learn by yourselves. You all need to find the best way for you to learn and apply this to all the every subject (not just English!). Often, you forget the things that a teachers teaches you but the skills you learn remain with you forever. So I urge you all to find how you learn best and start learning how to learn!

On Friday, we also had the honour of having a world-famous best-selling author and speaker Mr. Andrew Matthews in school to promote his latest book "Happiness in hard times". I was the MC for this event, and luckily I practised my lines in front of 3A beforehand. Otherwise, I don't think I would have done a very good job. My message? Preparation is everything! Speaking English well does not make me automatically good at presentations or being an MC. It's all about practice! Keep this in mind...

Mr. Andrew Matthews' talk on happiness

Winners of a competition we had in class (look how happy Esther (2nd left) is!)