Today I spent my first day in a British school! Not teaching, just observing but it was a good day. It gave me a feel for how things go in a typical school day. I was in a Year 5 classroom (which is the age of Canada's Grade 4's) in a Junior School (Year 3-6) and the class was pretty well behaved...chatty...but well behaved.
Something different that they do in schools here is have an assembly everyday. It's a short assembly, the one I observed today was about 15 minutes long, but it's a way to get the school together and unite staff and students of all grades and ages. The awesome thing about today's assembly?...It was a singing assembly! The classes gathered together to sing a traditional song and a modern pop song. This week's pop song? Firework by Katy Perry! One of my favourites! It was awesome, and you could tell all the students enjoyed singing along too. The music was played karaoke-style, with the words going across the screen using a karaoke Youtube video. I was impressed!
The students in the class spent the afternoon learning about Ancient Greece, which is a topic student's learn about in Canada at the same age.
Today I feel more ready to begin teaching next week. Hopefully this feeling of confidence and readiness continues for 5 days!
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