This morning, we all (except for Evi, Lindsay and Ann) joined in in Rugby (even Stef, Ann's boyfriend).
It took place outside, which was very cold but quite alright. When you have crossed the field several times to run after the ball, you will get hot you know...Well, the game started, but I didn’t know any play rule or even what to do, so I decided to have a watch on the field for a moment and see what happens. At the start I was really chocked, because those people really bumped into each other like two bulls getting ready to fight. I didn’t want to be in the middle of the scrum! So during the game, I ran “after the ball” (read: running in its direction), we couldn’t really do anything else, because they were all experienced pupils and they played really tough.
But to make it more easier, Martin our PE teacher, made us a little team and a separate field where we could play at ease ;-)
We really laughed a lot and this game is alright, it only looks a bit tough and hard in the beginning, but I think there are risks in every thing and every sport you do. But now I DO understand why more boys participate than girls (bumping into breasts seems painful to me).
Next we gave 'Citizenship', together with Evi. We talked about Belgium, where it is situated, the capital city, that there is a French part and a Dutch part and that there are loads of tension between them, we also said the language spoken in Belgium is Dutch and not Belgian, talked about our identity card, etc...
Our teacher was really enthusiastic about us and about our help during the lesson, we were a great help, and asked if we could come back, so we are certainly going to do that!
Then we gave 2 lessons of French (busy day pfieuw). They listened very well and spoke a lot of French. The hour flew and it was a pity it was finished.
I also felt at ease with those pupils, we laughed a lot and I actually could be myself! A crazy, funny teacher…
Sometimes, when pupils are explaining something, I misunderstand certain words because of their accent, and as you can imagine, this makes it really funny.
I also didn’t have any problems with class management in this group. I just asked, in a polite way, to be quiet and listen because it really annoyed me that they were talking and they listened. Mutual respect as we say… It was nice :D
Bye bye xxxxx...
Over mij
- Tanja
- Hi everyone, I am going to Leicester and whoohoo I am looking forward to it !
donderdag 26 februari 2009
DAY 18 (25/02)
To start, we gave a French lesson. This was a rather ‘easy’ lesson, because we didn’t have to teach anything. Viv was absent today, so we had to take over her class. Viv made some worksheets (les légumes, les snacks, les fruits) and the pupils had to prepare those ones during this lesson. We just walked around and helped everywhere we could, but there were some very rude boys. They refused to work and they haven’t done anything! I first tried to get them onto work, but they just said ‘no I hate French, I won’t do this, I refuse' and some took their mobile phone.
Next, we taught religion. I never want to teach religion again here. I taught this lesson together with Ann about Hinduism. It actually was the lesson itself we didn’t like. In Belgium, I really love to teach religion, even if the pupils aren’t that interested anymore like earlier times, they do show some respect, compared to the pupils here, they don’t. I can compare them to my pupils in Borgerhout, they had the same attitude…
See you tomorrow folks !
Next, we taught religion. I never want to teach religion again here. I taught this lesson together with Ann about Hinduism. It actually was the lesson itself we didn’t like. In Belgium, I really love to teach religion, even if the pupils aren’t that interested anymore like earlier times, they do show some respect, compared to the pupils here, they don’t. I can compare them to my pupils in Borgerhout, they had the same attitude…
See you tomorrow folks !
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
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
maandag 23 februari 2009
DAY 16 (23/02)
I gave my first lesson today, isn’t that great?!
I must admit I was a bit nervous, it has been a long time you see..
I had to teach French, but actually it wasn’t really difficult, but rather fun, because the pupils were divided into small groups and we (Evi, Lindsay, Natalia and I) had to sit in one group and ask questions like: Quel âge as-tu? Que fait ton père? … and after 10 minutes we had to move on to the next group and ask those questions again… I felt a bit tense in the beginning, but after a while I really was at ease! It were wonderful and very friendly students!
Everything went well and we laughed a lot!
Something important to say; my timetable has changed again, because I took one hour of French extra together with Natalia (that makes 6 hours now) and one hour of sport (practical part) extra. So this means I will be giving 15 hours, which is nice heih !
My second lesson was PE (physical education) but the theory and we didn’t really teach. It seemed as if our teacher had totally forgotten about us. We tried to participate as much as possible, but he said we will be doing some nice things next week, like a discussion and it’s up to us to prepare this.
After school, we quickly passed by Sainsbury’s to buy a writing case, a portfolio,… I had totally forgotten to bring this kind of stuff, so now all my papers are a bit chaotic. But after today, the chaos will disappear ;-) hihi*
Our lesson about religion needs some adaptations (I’ve really had enough of it) I feel like a dog running after his … J Oh well… It will be fine I hope…
Today’s planning:
- take care of my blog (check)
- practice our dance
- search basic information about Hinduism
- write down what we would like to do for citizenship
- get my sports outfit for PE tomorrow ;-)
That’s all folks !!
Bye Bye xxxx
I must admit I was a bit nervous, it has been a long time you see..
I had to teach French, but actually it wasn’t really difficult, but rather fun, because the pupils were divided into small groups and we (Evi, Lindsay, Natalia and I) had to sit in one group and ask questions like: Quel âge as-tu? Que fait ton père? … and after 10 minutes we had to move on to the next group and ask those questions again… I felt a bit tense in the beginning, but after a while I really was at ease! It were wonderful and very friendly students!
Everything went well and we laughed a lot!
Something important to say; my timetable has changed again, because I took one hour of French extra together with Natalia (that makes 6 hours now) and one hour of sport (practical part) extra. So this means I will be giving 15 hours, which is nice heih !
My second lesson was PE (physical education) but the theory and we didn’t really teach. It seemed as if our teacher had totally forgotten about us. We tried to participate as much as possible, but he said we will be doing some nice things next week, like a discussion and it’s up to us to prepare this.
After school, we quickly passed by Sainsbury’s to buy a writing case, a portfolio,… I had totally forgotten to bring this kind of stuff, so now all my papers are a bit chaotic. But after today, the chaos will disappear ;-) hihi*
Our lesson about religion needs some adaptations (I’ve really had enough of it) I feel like a dog running after his … J Oh well… It will be fine I hope…
Today’s planning:
- take care of my blog (check)
- practice our dance
- search basic information about Hinduism
- write down what we would like to do for citizenship
- get my sports outfit for PE tomorrow ;-)
That’s all folks !!
Bye Bye xxxx
DAY 15 (22/02)
I finished my travel and tourism subject about the Ardennes! And I was glad to have it finished, because I was tired of always doing the same thing.
Next, Ann and I have done some religion, but actually we were very pissed off, because every time I see that teacher he has no time or he’s too busy or I should come back later and then he isn’t there anymore,etc… So today, we were sitting here thinking ‘What the *** do we have to do?’
So we decided to have a kind of plan B, to let him se we definitely did something!
There was also a story about the Banyan tree (about Hinduism) but we couldn’t figure out what it was about, we searched on the internet, Molly called her friends, went to the neighbours, but apparently there’s not one story about this tree, but millions, so yeah… We decided to give it a rest and move on to the next part, so we made a quiz about Hinduism in order to find the IDS of the pupils and next, the pupils have to tell whether the gods (shown on the powerpoint) are male or female (not easy!) and then we wanted to tell them the story and do something on the internet… But I’m going to stop talking about religion because I can keep on talking about that subject!
At the evening, we were here with 13 people (Molly and Dave’s children were there too) and we ate Brussels sprouts (bah) and other vegetables and some meet…njammieee…
She always cooks delicious food you know!
Then we borrowed, as a matter of fact bought, a DVD ‘White Noise’ and saw him downstairs with the rest of us. Naturally, I got too scared and asked Natalia and Ann if I could sleep in their room or bed. But nevertheless, I was the first one to fell asleep, so I wasn't so scared then after all?!
I went to bed at about 11 ‘o clock, little bit too late, but for the first day it’s ok.
Greetings,
Mum and Dad, miss you :)
Next, Ann and I have done some religion, but actually we were very pissed off, because every time I see that teacher he has no time or he’s too busy or I should come back later and then he isn’t there anymore,etc… So today, we were sitting here thinking ‘What the *** do we have to do?’
So we decided to have a kind of plan B, to let him se we definitely did something!
There was also a story about the Banyan tree (about Hinduism) but we couldn’t figure out what it was about, we searched on the internet, Molly called her friends, went to the neighbours, but apparently there’s not one story about this tree, but millions, so yeah… We decided to give it a rest and move on to the next part, so we made a quiz about Hinduism in order to find the IDS of the pupils and next, the pupils have to tell whether the gods (shown on the powerpoint) are male or female (not easy!) and then we wanted to tell them the story and do something on the internet… But I’m going to stop talking about religion because I can keep on talking about that subject!
At the evening, we were here with 13 people (Molly and Dave’s children were there too) and we ate Brussels sprouts (bah) and other vegetables and some meet…njammieee…
She always cooks delicious food you know!
Then we borrowed, as a matter of fact bought, a DVD ‘White Noise’ and saw him downstairs with the rest of us. Naturally, I got too scared and asked Natalia and Ann if I could sleep in their room or bed. But nevertheless, I was the first one to fell asleep, so I wasn't so scared then after all?!
I went to bed at about 11 ‘o clock, little bit too late, but for the first day it’s ok.
Greetings,
Mum and Dad, miss you :)
DAY 14 (21/02)
Because we have to teach our first lessons on Monday, and because not every lesson was finished yet, we were a slightly stressed!
Today, I prepared travel and tourism together with Natalia, we are going to give a lesson about Belgium’s most famous places and worth to visit. I have Ghent and the Ardennes… I had no real inspiration, because in my opinion we started a bit too late… I love to work on time and in advance and preferably at least one week before the TP begins… That might be the reason why I didn’t have any inspiration, I was more thinking about the pressure for being finished than thinking about something creative...
At the end of the day, my lesson about Ghent was finished (creative yeps!) and I was happy, but still loads of work to do and to prepare…
But because we all worked so well today, we left at around 4.30h to go shopping in BORDERS as a reward! Borders is a famous book store, well known in every village here… It’s FULL of books on democratic prices, but there are also DVD’s and a Starbucks whiiii… So we first choose some books we liked and then drunk a nice coffee at Starbucks!
Before we drove home again, we took a quick look at Sainsbury’s, but I didn’t buy anything. I only bought a book in Borders: The Notebook for only 7 pounds and that's also my favourite movie, so I can compare the book with the movie.
For diner we ate Spanish rice dish, made by Molly, and it was really NICE !!
Then I spoke my parents and read in my book ;-)
Another lovely day !
Kisses Tannie xxx
Today, I prepared travel and tourism together with Natalia, we are going to give a lesson about Belgium’s most famous places and worth to visit. I have Ghent and the Ardennes… I had no real inspiration, because in my opinion we started a bit too late… I love to work on time and in advance and preferably at least one week before the TP begins… That might be the reason why I didn’t have any inspiration, I was more thinking about the pressure for being finished than thinking about something creative...
At the end of the day, my lesson about Ghent was finished (creative yeps!) and I was happy, but still loads of work to do and to prepare…
But because we all worked so well today, we left at around 4.30h to go shopping in BORDERS as a reward! Borders is a famous book store, well known in every village here… It’s FULL of books on democratic prices, but there are also DVD’s and a Starbucks whiiii… So we first choose some books we liked and then drunk a nice coffee at Starbucks!
Before we drove home again, we took a quick look at Sainsbury’s, but I didn’t buy anything. I only bought a book in Borders: The Notebook for only 7 pounds and that's also my favourite movie, so I can compare the book with the movie.
For diner we ate Spanish rice dish, made by Molly, and it was really NICE !!
Then I spoke my parents and read in my book ;-)
Another lovely day !
Kisses Tannie xxx
zaterdag 21 februari 2009
DAY 13 (20/02)
We went to Nottingham today (the place where Robin Hood is based on as you all should know...)
We visited the castle and there were beautiful, maintained gardens and inside the castle were clothes from the earlier times, remnants,...
Then we took a look in the town and we suddenly discovered: Nottingham City of Caves and Crime and Punishment. We asked whether it was worth it and finally went to the second thing (Crime& Punishment), so we came in the building and there was a kind of skeleton thing (in steel with bars) hanging on the ceiling... It gave us the creeps!!
This "thing" hanging on the ceiling was meant for example for murderers. A murderer was hung inside, one inside you weren't able to move anymore and you just had to wait until you die and feel the birds picking and tearing apart your skin... BRRRR !!
We followed our guide, which was a strange person all dressed up and playing angry, and we entered a courtyard from the earlier times. This was funny because our guide immediately divided us into parts! When you were wearing green, had a cap or had curls,... you were guilty and a punishment was said (mostly this ended up in death after cruel punishments or the stake...)
For the rest, we were free to walk around but every time another guide received us and gave us some explanation, but they were really in their roles, so they also got angry when we laughed or something... Because something funny happened... =D
Our next guide was a pretty handsome guy (VERY hihi) and he said "there are some rule you must obey as a prisoner. Rule 1: You do as I say!" And I said: "Well, this is rather kinky", but he saw us laughing and asked: "What did you say? Throw it in the group come on!"
But I didn't dare to say it, because I already felt a bit embarrassed :p LOL...
It was really worth it, because we have seen a lot of cruel things, but also how prisoners have tried to escape, how they washed themselves (20 men in 1 little bath isn't njammie...), so I really learned a lot and it was very interesting.
We were all really dragged into the earlier times, which was exciting !
Everything was done in an interactive way where one another could participate etc...
Really nice !!
The evening was a 'silent' evening --> TIREDNESS again ;-)
Kiss kiss xxxx
We visited the castle and there were beautiful, maintained gardens and inside the castle were clothes from the earlier times, remnants,...
Then we took a look in the town and we suddenly discovered: Nottingham City of Caves and Crime and Punishment. We asked whether it was worth it and finally went to the second thing (Crime& Punishment), so we came in the building and there was a kind of skeleton thing (in steel with bars) hanging on the ceiling... It gave us the creeps!!
This "thing" hanging on the ceiling was meant for example for murderers. A murderer was hung inside, one inside you weren't able to move anymore and you just had to wait until you die and feel the birds picking and tearing apart your skin... BRRRR !!
We followed our guide, which was a strange person all dressed up and playing angry, and we entered a courtyard from the earlier times. This was funny because our guide immediately divided us into parts! When you were wearing green, had a cap or had curls,... you were guilty and a punishment was said (mostly this ended up in death after cruel punishments or the stake...)
For the rest, we were free to walk around but every time another guide received us and gave us some explanation, but they were really in their roles, so they also got angry when we laughed or something... Because something funny happened... =D
Our next guide was a pretty handsome guy (VERY hihi) and he said "there are some rule you must obey as a prisoner. Rule 1: You do as I say!" And I said: "Well, this is rather kinky", but he saw us laughing and asked: "What did you say? Throw it in the group come on!"
But I didn't dare to say it, because I already felt a bit embarrassed :p LOL...
It was really worth it, because we have seen a lot of cruel things, but also how prisoners have tried to escape, how they washed themselves (20 men in 1 little bath isn't njammie...), so I really learned a lot and it was very interesting.
We were all really dragged into the earlier times, which was exciting !
Everything was done in an interactive way where one another could participate etc...
Really nice !!
The evening was a 'silent' evening --> TIREDNESS again ;-)
Kiss kiss xxxx
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