Library Research

Nice to see the students using the library for research. Classes 5 and 6 spent time in the library yesterday to see who could find the most words that had the “oa” sound in them. Class 6 found 68. Wow!

Health Checks

Since 2013 our students have received annual health checks at Sonya Kill Memorial Hospital which is managed by Hope Foundation. Covid interrupted these checks but we started again this year. The hospital is situated in a neighbouring province, Kampot. The health checks are provided free-of-charge by the hospital but we have to transport the students roughly 25 kms. They can […]

Chalk art

Reception 2 has been learning English words about all sorts of insects and animals. On Friday they had fun drawing their favourite insects, with a few other animals thrown in, with chalk up in the shed.

What do you do on a hot day?

Stinking hot day today. What better way to keep cool than sitting quietly under a tree stringing pieces of papaya on a stick and then getting to eat your hard work!! Way to go Playgroup. Meanwhile, the Kindergarten class kept cool by quietly picking up gravel with chopsticks. A fun way to practice motor skills. No cheating now and using […]

Craft

Our Playgroup has been busy pasting coloured paper onto cardboard to make flowers. Rorn Sovanarach liked the colour red for his flower. Kindergarten also made flowers.

Cooking

Recently the Reception classes cooked with their teacher, Sokyin. Each class made something different. Reception 3 cooked a favourite of many people, fried noodles. Making me hungry just looking at it!! Reception 1 cooked dried bananas and Reception 2 made a fruit and vegetable juice using a blender. Very, very healthy. I had a taste and it was yummy! I […]

Genocide Education

Recently, the genocide carried out in Cambodia during 1975-1979 was highlighted in four ways at Kep Gardens: 1) parent workshops 2) Grades 10,11 and 12 workshop 3) primary aged children speaking with a survivor 4) Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 visiting Kampong Tralach Pagoda. Why is it necessary to remember such horrific and uncivilised behaviour? According to the Documentation […]

Khmer Dancing

Our Khmer dancing teams were invited to perform at the Kep Children’s 10th Year celebrations. What a great job they did and how very proud we are of them. Thank you to Tha, their teacher, for getting them to the point of being able to perform so well. They looked beautiful on the night thanks to Ly Bunary, the owner […]

Maths Study Trip

Recently, maths students in Grades 10, and 11 from Hun Sen Chamkar Dong High School spent all day at Kep Gardens on a maths field trip. This was organized by their teacher, Seng Chamnap, who did a great job organizing maths activities throughout the day. We enjoyed spending time with them all. Before they left they gave the school many […]