Twinning Programme

2010

7 Days

Eastern Chinese Cultural

Immersion

23rd May – 29th May

Group photo with parents

Boarding pass

Day 1 @ Shanghai -Taicang

Arriving in Shanghai

Loading our luggages

Agricultural Experimental Centre

Hydroponics

"Rose Lady" Jiang En Tian

Two rose rings

Aboard Zheng He’s replica ship

Day 2 @ Taicang School &

Home stay

Entering the school

“Hoping Ring”

Putting on the red scarves

Receiving a warm welcome

Meeting with the Principal

Classrooms and Lessons

Classrooms and Lessons

Classrooms and Lessons

Home stay

Day 3 @ Taicang School &

Home stay

Our Chinese classmates

Making dumplings

Cooked dumplings that we made

Principal serving us food

Hand-made flowers

Sherlynn holding an orange flower

Day 4 @ Taicang – Jiu Qu

Silkworms

Kai Jun pointing to the silkworms

Tiffany carrying a watermelon

“Xiang Gua”

Making Rice Dumplings

Day 5 @ Taicang - Suzhou

Guzheng performance

Puppet performance

Group photo at the school

From Taicang to Suzhou

Isn’t he cool-looking?

Master of Net Garden

Antique furniture

Travelling on the Electric Multiple Unit Train

At the train station in Shanghai

Day 6 @ Shanghai

World Expo

Our Expo entrance ticket

Pavilions

Inside the China pavilion

A picture of a house that we saw during a ride in the China Pavilion

An eco-friendly car

Photo gallery

Group photo outside China Pavilion

Singapore Pavilion

Group photo with Little Durian Star

Roof top garden at the Singapore pavilion.

The Mermaid from Denmark

Day 7 @ Shanghai Bund

Group photo in front of the oriental pearl tower

Oriental Pearl Tower

Postbox

Jin Mao Tower

Looking down fromJin Mao Tower

Oriental Pearl Tower

Final debrief @ airport

Reflections

I realised that the students of Taicang Experimental Primary School ended their school at 4.30pm or even later.

They had to do their morning exercises before the start of their lessons and they also have 5 minutes of playing traditional games too. Their PE lessons included learning how to play volleyball. Although we did not know how to play the volleyball, we had a whale of a time playing it.

-Tan Shi Ying ,5 Care

Besides having lessons with them, we and our buddies went to another school called Jiu Qu Primary School for a learning journey.

We went to see the silkworms, harvest mulberries, learning how to make dumplings and even play traditional games with the students there.

It was definitely a memorable experience for me!

-Chen Ying Jie, 5 Care

My most memorable experience was when we were in the China & Singapore Pavilion of the World Expo. The China Pavilion may look very small from the outside. But it’s very spacious and there are many exhibits inside.

I learnt that after the World Expo ends, all the pavilions will be removed, leaving only the China Pavilion as a tourist attraction.

-Andrea Wong, 5 Care

I was very proud of my own country because even a small country like Singapore is also part of the World Expo.

The best part of my visit to the Singapore Pavilion was when we were told, we need not queue up. But when we realised this, we were already halfway through the line, so we climbed over a barrier to get out of the queue.

Overall, It was really a fascinating and memorable experience!

-Tricia Ong , 4 Faith

Acknowledgements

We would want to thank :

- Mr Tan and Mr Singh for their support

- Mrs Lydia Lye for sending us off at the

airport

- Mrs Pang for training us for our

Angklung and recorder performance

- Ms Ngik, Ms Lim and Mr Edmund Lim

for taking care of us during the trip

The End

Check out our TGPS Blog for more photos

and reflections

http://www.tgps.edu.sg/blog/overseas-

learning-journeys/taicang-2010/