School is a big part of any family's life, and for us it's even bigger, since it's all in Chinese! The girls attend Beijing's famous Fang Cao Di Primary School, which has been accepting foreign children for more than 30 years, and using a modified version of the Chinese standard curriculum to teach them.

This web page points to our growing collection of school experiences:

• The much-anticipated (and -dreaded) First Day of School!
• Observations from Sami and Miranda one month later (in their own voices!)
• The girls' teachers, and scenes from inside the school (coming soon)
• National Day exercises in a nearby park (coming soon)