Art Field Trip 12/18

Hello parents,

We know it has been a busy semester and now that exams are almost over, we would like to encourage the students to take a trip to the Art Gallery to view the Joan Miro exhibition. This is not just an opportunity to take in art and culture, but the students in Grade 5 will mentor and help students in Grade 1. For one Grade 5 student, two Grade 1 students will be assigned to them and they will escort the students through the exhibition and sit with them in the park when we take lunch. This will take place from 9:30am - 2:00pm on December 18th, 2013.

This is a learning experience that gives children collaborative learning experiences that are essential to giving students learning moments. These are fundamental to Catholic schools around the world. The homeroom teachers Ms.Fisher and Mr.Hazell will be accompanied the art teacher, Ms.Mahon, who will identify ideas and images of Miro's art. We believe that arts are fundamental to learning but also that the cultural identities of our children can be shaped by older students who model the identities of students of the Dominican International School, Kaohsiung. We hope you will permit your child to come along. This will be held on a school day, and since there will be no regular classes there will not be any loss of classroom learning.

Students are required to wear their full dress uniform (no PE uniforms) and lunch boxes from our lunch provider will be provided.

Please check the permission slip that was sent home in the communication books today and return to homeroom teachers as soon as possible.