Wednesday 3 October 2007

taking the practice beyond primary school

We are now in the vacation period before the last term of the year (in Australia they have 4 terms, with 2-3 weeks vacation between them).

One of my concerns as the end of the year comes closer is to provide those who will finis the primary school with 'tools' so if they want (and with a bit of help from the parents), they can keep practicing.

I am planning to organize a trip to a temple, probably on a weekend. many of the kids expressed interest, so I started looking for the most appropriate place. I want the trip to be a 'learning' trip, not just a fun or observational activity like going to a museum. I also would like, at least some of the kids (and parents) to finish motivated to keep going.

Of course, Aloka, where I normally go would be my choice, except that it is quite far from the inner west of Sydney, and parents would find it to hard to take the kids there often.

We found on the web, a couple that we still have to visit personally. The Phuoc Hue Vietnamese temple in Wetherill Park, and the Hwa Tsang temple in Homebush.