You know when you have those days when you just feel like everything goes right? Well I had one of those today and it was wonderful! This week I have basically taken over all of the subjects that my host teacher (Mrs. Hobson) teaches, so I've been like a real teacher! With the exception of Afrikaans and Xhosa (African languages) and a few random periods, it's all been mine. With the hype of the reuinon over and everything being settled back down it has been really nice, but of course I always love the excitement too!
Only having 18 boys in class makes things much easier as well. Since Monday, the Under 11 Cricket Team has been gone to Knysna on "Cricket Tour." Basically this is like a tournament where different schools from around the area come and play each other for a few days of friendly competetion. All of the boys who were going were extrememly excited! These type of events happen throughout the year with different teams and different age groups.
That being said, having a smaller class is much easier to work with and much more fun! Using the Starburst that I brought from America, I did an adjective lesson with my boys where they had to eat a candy that they had never tried before and give me all of the descriptive words (or adjectives) that they could think of. They absolutely loved this (and hopefully learned something as well)!
During Natural Science we have been studying the 5 senses and currently we are on sight. When discussing the topic, I was telling the boys about how I wore contacts; they were fascinated at this concept. Of course they have contacts in South Africa, they just weren't very familiar with them. So today I brought in my contact solution and showed the boys how to put them in, take them out, clean them, etc. They were absolutely amazed! It was so cute!
Finally to end the school day I did a computer lesson using the Paint program and we discovered some really cool optical illusions online. At St. Andrews, the classroom teachers also teach computer; there is no specific computer specialist. This was the first time that I had ever taught this before and I really enjoyed it and the boys seemed to as well. This is just another example of how everyone does everything at this school and I really like that system!
Highlight of the day: After school was over I was talking to Mrs. Hobson and she said, "I am definitely going to miss you when you leave for Junior Prep next week. I have really been impressed with your teaching and think that you are a wonderful teacher!" It was definitely a very sweet and reassuring comment to top off a wonderful day!
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