Today, we went to Nanjing Youfu West Street Primary School for lessons such as English, Mathematics, Chinese, Science, PE, Art and Craft, Social Studies, Poetry and IT. After every 45 minutes of lesson, we will have a 10-minute break. Over here, it is a practice to do eye massage after the third period of the day. During the lesson time, we are neither allowed to go to the toilet nor drink water in class.

The English lessons were easy for us to understand. Ms Tay and Ms Thia even conducted an English lesson for the pupils of Primary 6(2) on the different types of sports. The Mathematics topic that was taught was on the area of circles. It was very difficult for us to understand as the lesson was conducted in Mandarin. The Mother Tongue lessons conducted here were of much higher standard than we learnt in Singapore. Our buddies help to enlighten us when the lessons get too difficult for us to understand.

After a delicious lunch, we rehearsed for the Children's Day Celebration that will be held on this coming Friday. We are definitely to experience Children's Day Celebration in China as we were told that this is an important occasion in the country.

The trip to the Nanjing Museum was a meaningful one. I (Adam) learnt that in the past decades, the Chinese like exploring treasures. At the jade section, he was truly amazed by the warrior suit madeof jade. This showed him how the Chinese lived in the past. Jasper observed that China was one of the first countries with an ancient civilisation which started smelting bronze.

Rachel found that the Ming Dynasty City Wall very interesting. It was like a gigantic bridge which protected Nanjing city from invaders in the past. Together with her friends, she took pictures of the beautiful scenery.  

After dinne, we went to Book Mall, which was 4-storeys high. Emilia bought 2 Chinese storybooks - the "Ma Xiao Tiao" series after Joy's recommendation. Emilia was encouraged to read more Chinese books so as to improve her Mandarin. Similarly, Yan Quan bought 2 Chinese storybooks as she felt that they were worth the price. 

As for Xiaoxian, it was her first experience in such a huge bookstore. She was very excited! She bought a pencil box and enjoyed browsing the books that were on display. Xiaoling noticed a variety of books in the store but thought that they were rather expensive. She was also astonished to see so many security guards as there were several entry and exit points.

That's all for today!

Yan Quan, Rachel, Xiaoling, Xiaoxian, Adam and Jasper (Group 3)