Thursday, April 24, 2014

Welcome back!

It's been a terrific week back to school after our spring holidays. The children shared their adventures and experiences on Monday during our Mystery Holiday Game and it sounds like you each had a truly fantastic holiday, even those who stayed in Dubai! I'm so glad that they were so enjoyable. 

My sister, Julie, and I had an exceptional time in Italy! We met in Milan on Friday morning, although we accidentally flew into two different airports! We then met at the train station and traveled to Cinque Terre, a stunning part of Italy, which has even become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

After four days of exploration along the five coastal towns, we took a train back through Milan, then to Venice, where we spent our remaining four days (including side-trips to the islands of Murano and Burano). 

Needless to say, the whole trip was an incredible journey of learning, laughing, eating, boating, walking, sleeping and enjoying all the beauty, culture and history that Italy has to offer! I will be sharing some more pictures soon. :) 

Please avail yourself of some news from the week here, so you know what we've covered this week. Kindly take a look as the work has included some very high-level thinking (stereotyping, poetry, difficult math). We will continue these topics next week, as well. 

I hope you each have a wonderful, spring-but-feels-like-summer weekend! :) 






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