Bluestar Summer Camp 2017

    Day14: The great wall

    28 June 2018 09:28:59 AM
    The quick


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      A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      8 August 2017 11:58:15 AM
      Yesterday we hit the Han Style cultivating and reading gardens where we did macrame, plant art  and some calligraphy.  We moved through many displays and even had a look at the little zoo they had.

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing
      Ben is now officially sick of me taking photos of him!
      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

      Image:A visit to the Cultivating Gardens with some caligraphy and macrame , then a beijing duck lunch and some snow skiing

       Unfortunately we couldn't take cameras into the ski slope but we had a great time and everyone had a good time

        Closing Ceremony practice

        6 August 2017 11:15:14 PM
        The last two days have been all about the Closing Ceremony. We've got a pretty good idea of what we are doing and have had the final approvals this afternoon.

        There is Chinese girls singing
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        Then Alice in wonderland pops in
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        A bit of mandolin
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        The Nut Bush!
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        Cotton Eyed Joe
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        and much more. Below is Ben at Tai Chi later on in the evening
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        The girls at K pop
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          Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          6 August 2017 10:52:00 AM
          On Friday we hit the Beijing Olympic Centre to take a look at the birds nest and the water cube stadiums. Beijing put on a beautiful blue sky day for us and man it was HOT!

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Team Q

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          We then headed over to the National Science and Technology Museum after stopping into another beautiful restaurant for lunch.

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show

          Image:Olympic centre, Science and technology museum and an acrobatic show
          We then got to see an awesome acrobatics show complete with performances on the high wire, an all girl diablo troupe, lots of high flying tumblers featuring a four stack balancing act with people juggling. Sadly no cameras were allowed.
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          This is what it looks like when you take 120+ people out for dinner
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            Nations Day

            4 August 2017 02:01:26 AM
            Nations Day started with an Alien invasion of the Blue Planet in the opening part of the day which featured Lilly

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            We sang Waltzing Matilda in hope of our survival

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            After the Aliens left us alone we ran an All Australian Stall draped in Flags complete with Tim Tams, Anzac biscuits, BBQ Shapes and vegemite sandwiches.
            There were prizes for everyone who hand passed the ball or pinned the tail on the Kangaroo. Capri was interviewed by a big Beijing newspaper.

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            Then finally some Kaos with a celebration dance in the hall
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            Ben dancing with the French Ladies

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              Summer Palace and the Film Museum

              2 August 2017 12:00:53 AM
              We took 4 boat rides to get to the Summer palace today and it was hot, hot, hot but well worth the climb

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              Class 2

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              Qenos kids + 1
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              Lunch

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              Film Museum

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              Nations Day practice and set up tomorrow - Waltzing Matilda

                Family weekend

                30 July 2017 09:32:01 PM
                This morning was the beginning of the family weekend which is the weekend that the kids are welcomed into the homes of some of the kids that live in Beijing. I shared a bus into Beijing with these guys

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                The families sent us some shots of what the kids were up to
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                Grace shared her family weekend with 8 year old Beili from the UK who the girls have taken under there wing
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                The family weekend gave me some time off so the other Foreign Team Leaders and I had a look around Beijing

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                  Bluestar visitors

                  30 July 2017 09:07:03 PM
                  We had some visitors today and it was great to hear a familiar accent. The Blue Star Board met in Beijing today and decided to drop in for a visit, the board includes both Australians Jonathan Clancy and our CEO Stephen Bell.


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                    Ratings, awards and practice

                    28 July 2017 03:17:48 PM
                    Today we stayed at camp and spent the day practicing a performance for some of the Blue Star Board. The kids were given ratings for participation in the camp and Ben and Capri were given awards. We also began perfecting the Blue Star song and we made some plans for nations day.
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                      The Forbidden City, The national Museum and Chinese Theatre

                      27 July 2017 12:01:18 AM
                      Wow what a day we've had! We left our hotel an 7.30 this morning and returned at  9.30 this evening. When I'm writing the blog I can usually here kids running up and down the hallways and lots of talking, right now there is not a whisper of noise anywhere.
                      We started the day with  bus ride to the Forbidden City, pictured below is Tiananmen Square. We got a bit of light  Rain early today but it kept us cool and cleared up just before lunch.
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                      Entering the Forbidden city
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                      The Emperors' palace
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                      Lunch time
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                      The National Museum
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                      Chinese Theatre -The History of Kung Fu
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                      Image:The Forbidden City, The national Museum and Chinese Theatre

                      Image:The Forbidden City, The national Museum and Chinese Theatre

                      We ended the day with a dumpling dinner and a pretty quiet bus ride home