The Sunshine after the Rain!!

It got slightly better at the school today. I was in Joliot Currie, and I'd arranged to meet one of the English teachers to discuss what I could do. I'd already decided that I would read 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' to the children, and when I showed her she thought it would be a good idea. Unfortunately we didn't really get a chance to discuss what else I could do in detail, although I said that I could do something on Scotland for St Andrews Day, and then tell them about Christmas in England, so that takes us up to Christmas...not too sure what I'll be doing after that!

I'd done some Flashcards for the story to help them understand, (it's very hard to draw a snowstorm BTW!! and I couldn't draw a bear so I ended up sticking the word Bear on my teddy!!!) And the teacher held them up as I was reading. They managed to understand almost all of it, I was really impressed, (of course My Wonderful Acting probably helped!!) After the teacher was teaching them about Numbers, and getting them to say their phone numbers in English, she wanted me to give them an English number, the first one I thought of was my home!!! Oh well if Mum and Dad start getting weird phone calls that'll be why!!! Then she started teaching them how to tell the time, she tried to teach them 'Hickory Dickory Dock' but she had forgotten the CD, so guess who stepped in!! I even managed to do actions for it!!! I didn't even know I knew actions, it was just as they were saying it , I thought of them!! I asked Kathryn, and apparently they are the same as the ones she does in the nursery!!! Slightly weird!!

Anyway I did the story again with the next class, It was with a different teacher, and I hadn't actually managed to speak to her about it beforehand, I just walked in the class and said I have a story, I meant to ask 'Can I do it?' but I think I might have said 'I am doing it!!' She didn't mind though, and so I did it with her class too!

Then it was breaktime, I went outside, and immediately had about 10 kids running over, asking if i was going to play...I didn't actually realise that was what they said, but they looked so happy when I said yes..that I was kinda stuck! It was really sweet though, they played a really nice game where half of us stood in a circle, and chose a number, then we counted while the others ran in and out, when we said our chosen number we sat down, and anyone in the circle was trapped!! It was really fun, and I even managed to get some of them to count in English!!!

After breaktime, the class that I had been with earlier was going swimming, so I went into the CE1 class (6-7 years olds) they don't really start learning English until next year, but they really like me, and they know a little bit (hello, goodbye) I asked the teacher if I could read the story, even though it was in English. She said I could. I don't think they really understood all of it, but they liked listening to it, and looking at the pictures. Then the teacher asked if I knew any English Christmas songs, so I taught them Jingle Bells! It was really sweet to hear them try singing it! After, I was thinking about how the kids were really interested in me teaching them English, (but I knew that they weren't meant to start learning properly till next year) but I asked the teacher if I would be able to maybe teach them a little bit of English on Thursday afternoon, She thought it was a great idea, but we had to check with the Headmaster...He said it was a good idea too, (especially as the alternative is me sitting doing nothing!!!!) SO now every other Thursday afternoon from 3:30-4:15 I get to teach the little Kids...it's great because I have Tuesday from 3:30-4:30 free as well, so I can plan my lessons then, and on Wednesday If i need too! Yeah finally have something to do!!!

And Mum is coming tomorrow, and we're going to the Christmas Market in Lille....YEAY I can finally get out of here!!!!

See everything always works out in the end!!!

Love

A Much Happier Becca!!!