DAY 17 (24/02)

Dance was really nice, though we were a bit nervous beforehand. We didn’t totally finished our dance song and I had some parts I always forgot. We practised it several times the evening before. When we entered the dance hall the pupils were rather curious who we were, why we are here,...
The dance teacher divided us into 2 groups. The first group started with the theory about dance styles and the second group joined us. At the start, we didn’t know very well what to do, but then we actually divided our little group into 3 more little groups (one for Ann,Natalia and me) to make the teaching and learning of the dance more easier for all of us. So we started and learnt them the moves step by step and after half an hour each one of them already knew everything, which was fantastic! They learned so quickly!

After 30 minutes our group passed on and then the other group came and we all started all over again. When the lesson had come to its end, the teacher wanted to see us dance all together and so we did; except for us, we filmed everything and it’s so cool to see!!
We really enjoyed teaching dance, it has become one of my favourite subjects !!


Hereafter, I observed a PE lesson, but this lesson wasn’t a practical lesson, but a more theoretical one, which was a pity, because I really want to join in in sports. Normally this is a practical lesson, but because the exams are coming up, other things are a priority...
The pupils had to work on their GCSE analysis, so actually analyse their dance into little steps and write down what went wrong, what could be improved, how you can see whether you have improved,... Martin (PE teacher) said I was allowed to help, so I did, but actually I couldn’t do much even after I asked if I could help. I don’t know what they do exactly, so this made it very difficult. I walked around, checked their spelling and talked a bit about Belgium, because in some way they are SO interested in discovering things about Belgium. We talked about going the different languages in Belgium, the different laws, the school system,...They were really surprised!

At the end of the lesson, I asked Marvin if I could join in in another lesson and I explained it was difficult for me to help, because I have no clue what they are talking about and it’s for their exam, so they really had to work and I didn’t want to bother them too much.So I was allowed to drop this lesson and join the next one. This is a practical lesson, but with another teacher (Mark). I had a chat with him and said I was allowed to come and observe his lesson today, so I did. They did basketball today, nice sport, but it were all boys, only 2 girls!But actually, I don’t mind. I just want to have fun and get to know the system and the pupils better.

Kiss