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Family Yummy Day at the Family Fun Day
Visit to Thailand (1HW)
By Cecilia Fatti
Two weeks ago was International Week, every class
in the school represented a different country. This year
Upper School represented South America. We had a lot of
classes coming to visit us and we had prepared many fun
activities for other children to do.
Additionally, we not only hosted, but also visited! Year
7 was split in two groups, one going to 1HW which was
representing Thailand, and the other one going to 1HM
which was representing Namibia. I was in the group going
to 1HW.
As me and my and the rest of my group entered the class
room, we saw that every bit of it was covered in beautiful
decorations, pictures of Thailand and festivals celebrated
there, all full of colour and life.
Firstly we sat down and the Year 1 children taught us how
to say a few easy words in Thai, including Sa-wat-dee-kha
which means hello, kun chêw a-rai which means what’s
your name and pom chew which means my name is. This
first activity was very fun and intriguing.
Then, Ms. Wells showed us a video of a special festival
celebrated in Thailand, the elephant festival. Elephants
are the national animal of Thailand, in this festival, they
are beautifully decorated with stunning designs and
patterns all over their body, they then get brought around
the town as the whole village celebrates. The elephants
are not just beautiful, but also very skilled! On the video
we watched, they had been trained to play football,
basketball, polo, tug of war and many other interesting
things. It was amazing seeing them do so many things
and doing them so well!
After watching the video, Year 7 were split up on the two
tables each with a few Year 1 children. The teachers then
handed out some already cut elephant shaped pieces of
card which we had to help the Year one children decorate!
Laid out on the table were plastic gems and sequins of
all shapes and sizes, There were also many different
coloured glitters. The children did a very good job in
sticking on the sequins and I was amazed at how neat
their work was! It was fun helping them decorate their
elephants!
I had lots of fun doing this with Year 1 and would be happy
repeating the experience all over again! The children
worked really well and I’m sure everybody had fun.
Newspaper report
by Sarah Razek 6IT
Cecilia and her Year
1 partner
On Friday 31st February 2014 at Maadi
British International School there was an
International Family Fun Day with many
stalls to eat food from many different
Countries.
There were games to play like,
the bouncy castles, pirate ship and
the climbing frame and lastly many
performances.
MBIS had an amazing International Week
but Friday 31st of February was a blast.
People went to try all the amazing food
from all over the world. There was a
Danish stall, Egyptian stall, Scottish stall,
an English stall and many others.
Eva in 5ST had a very nice comment to
share: “I have lots of fun at the family
fun day my favorite food was the Saudi
Arabian Zalabia.”
Erica in 1HM said “ I loved the Korean
food.“
Let’s move on to the performances there
was Indian dancing, Yaning in year 7
on the Chinese Harp and my favourite
performance was the staff dance.
Objects from Thailand
Countries From Different Parts
Of The World Come Together
Rashal and her
Year 1 partner
Beautiful decorations
in the classroom
By Emeka Osuji
MBIS had a great time during International
Week. People from different part of
the world came together and enjoyed
themselves.
Different people from different countries
visited other countries and children
performed on stages and danced and
sang. People from- different countries
dressed up in their country clothes.
Then on Friday MBIS had a big party
called family fun day and people from
other countries ate food from other
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countries.
There were bands in the family fun day
exp: The rock band, the Italian rock band,
the Samba band and the Brass band.
They all played a lot of songs.
Then the Year six interviewed the little
kids about what the liked about Inter –
national week and their favourite part was
the family fun day and some of them liked
playing Kingie with their friends, and also
some of them liked eating the food from
the other countries.