Charlie had a high fever a couple of weeks ago, so we took him out of school. After about 4 days off school we were ready to take him back, but the school informed us that they had closed as a number of the children had fevers. There was no mention of H1N1.
Over the last few days about 5 schools in HCMC have been closed due to H1N1 outbreaks and Charlie's school has just informed us that they won't be reopening until 15 August.
H1N1 is still rare in Vietnam with only about 500 confirmed cases so the government is still trying to contain it. Looks like they are fighting a losing battle though.
Charlie is fine now, but we are being careful with him and not taking him to swimming pools, etc.
From what I can gather H1N1 doesn't sem to be all that much different from normal flu, but I summise it is getting so much attention, particularly in the UK, as it is going to have a much larger economic effect than normal flu.
Normal flu kills old people. As old people are financially a burden on society it may be quite financially benefical for the country if they die. H1N1 kills young people and this has huge adverse economic impacts.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
1st day at school
Last Thursday we finally put pen to paper and signed up Charlie for kindergarten. The kindergarten isn't far from our house. This all I could find on the net about them:
Creative Young Talent Kindergarten
- Address: 101 My Kim 2, Phu My Hung, District 7, HoChiMinh City. - Tel: (848) 5412-1009
The kindergarten receives children aged 1.5 ~ 6 with 10 children per class. The facilities are of international standards, featuring live broadcasting of the children’s entire activities through IP camera to parents. Besides programs of language education and making familiar with natural science like British kindergarten program, C.Y.T. provides some aptitude subjects for children like ballet dance, vocal music, painting, and play-acting
At first I wanted Charlie to go to school so early to become more immersed in English, but I couldn't find an English language kindergarten that would take kids before the age of 2 years old. Even though the language of instruction is Vietnamese I still decided to send him there as I am worried about Charlie becoming too spoiled. Because of the huge amount of attention and the overcare he receives at home he is definitely quickly becoming a spoiled brat. I am hoping the school, along with better care at home, will despoil him.
Last Friday, was his first morning at school (5 mornings a week) and he cried most of the time. He still cried today, but most of the time he is very happy at school.
Creative Young Talent Kindergarten
- Address: 101 My Kim 2, Phu My Hung, District 7, HoChiMinh City. - Tel: (848) 5412-1009
The kindergarten receives children aged 1.5 ~ 6 with 10 children per class. The facilities are of international standards, featuring live broadcasting of the children’s entire activities through IP camera to parents. Besides programs of language education and making familiar with natural science like British kindergarten program, C.Y.T. provides some aptitude subjects for children like ballet dance, vocal music, painting, and play-acting
At first I wanted Charlie to go to school so early to become more immersed in English, but I couldn't find an English language kindergarten that would take kids before the age of 2 years old. Even though the language of instruction is Vietnamese I still decided to send him there as I am worried about Charlie becoming too spoiled. Because of the huge amount of attention and the overcare he receives at home he is definitely quickly becoming a spoiled brat. I am hoping the school, along with better care at home, will despoil him.
Last Friday, was his first morning at school (5 mornings a week) and he cried most of the time. He still cried today, but most of the time he is very happy at school.
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