Today marks my second full day of teaching! And God has it been a full two days!!! We have been working with a new writing assessment that is incredibly time consuming. Yesterday my host teacher, Ruth, and I stayed until 6:30pm and today we were at school well until 8:30pm (which means I was at school 12.5 hours). Although most people would be destroyed by the amount of work done, I was delighted because Ruth took me to pizza and wine on the beach after we finished tonight! LOVE IT!! We were both feeling like real people again after a nice glass of Pinot Noir and greasy, cheesy pizza! (see it’s just like home!)
I
am in love with my little year twos! I feel so blessed because I can honestly
say that I have had the two best teachers I could have ever asked for and the
best classes. I was so nervous to
leave my first graders at home and my incredible teacher who I look up to so
incredibly much, but I am finding a family here that I never expected. Ruth is absolutely fabulous and her
class holds some of the most interesting little characters that I am growing so
fond of already!
Just
to give you all a taste of my school day here are some of the highlights that I
LOVE LOVE LOVE:
● Morning
Tea- I get to go to the teacher’s lounge for 20 minutes and drink coffee and
have a snack!
● Lunch-
the kids all eat outside. There is
no lunchroom so they have time to play and eat all at once! Such a cool
concept!
● Waterwise-
they have a pool that the kids actually take swim lessons in during the day!!
● Free
spirited- every child is catered to individually in their learning! Very little
whole-class instruction! EVERY CHILD ACTUALLY GETS WHAT THEY NEED! CRAZY
CONCEPT!!!!
Basically if you haven’t caught on, I LOVE THIS
SYSTEM!!! Who wouldn’t like a
break in the morning where the kids get to snack and play for 20 minutes, while
you get to drink coffee in the lounge?!
But more than that I am really enjoying this philosophy of teaching and
think I am better for having experienced it! I know I am just starting this
adventure and am going to grow even more, but I am already thankful for this
experience and can feel my teaching philosophy changing and adapting to this
incredible educational viewpoint.
I can’t wait to see where this adventure is going to lead me!!!
Here are some pictures of my classroom :)
It will be interesting to see how their system compares to the system in the U.S. concerning discipline, standards, parent responsibility and whether or not it is processed on a "politically correct" plane as we are here. Sounds like you are making the most of this. What a fantastic time for you.
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