Monday, June 28, 2010

Saint Brendan's Catholic School Part 1

hello pretty earthlings!

ok i'm bored. i have nothing much to do so i shall update on my teaching experience okay? i just found the right time to blog about this.

well, TE lasted for 5 days. thank god. it's only for 5 days. phew. Me, Najwa, Naia and Shud were assigned to St Brendan's Catholic School in Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. it's 45 minutes journey from the Wellington station by train. at first, i was quite nervous and worried knowing that we are about to go to Catholic school. i have a lot of questions in my mind. what if we are not welcome in there? what if they don't like us being there? what if the students ask us about our Hijab? what if they are prejudice and skeptical towards us? what if they being racist towards us? thank God. none of them happened. i feel glad. i feel totally blessed. because they (teachers + students) were super duper nice towards us. they greeted us with with warm smiles. our associated teachers were very easy to get along with and very friendly.

okay. for the 1st and 2nd day of TE. we didn't do much things. me partnered with Najwa (wawa). our associate teacher was Karolina. for the 1st and 2nd days. what we did was only the observation. we observed the teaching and learning process. we observed the students (the misbehavior they did), we observed how Karolina began and ended the lesson, we observed how Karolina managed the classroom and many more. Karolina was being very helpful to us. she did explain to us for every single thing she did during the lesson. she amazed me very much. thank you so much Karolina for the explanation, information that you have shared with us.
we totally appreciate it :)

and for the kids. they were so adorable, cute, awesome, cool and warm :) i love them very much. i think i started liking the kids. hehe.

a convo that i had with one of the kids:

Me: so, i guess you are supporting All White for the World Cup?

Kid: yeah, of course. they are doing absolutely well so far. what about you?

Me: well, Germany is my fav.

Kid: why Germany? you should be supporting Malaysia?

Me: errr, i think you are not aware that Malaysia didn't qualify for the World Cup.

Kid: ohh, so why are you supporting Germany? is Germany near Malaysia?


Me: errk..well, i love their teamwork spirit. Btw, Malaysia is not near Germany. *laugh*

i did take pictures of the classroom and the school after getting Karolina's permission. let the pics do the explanation kay?

students' artwork being displayed on the wall. cool right?

some of the student's creative paintings.

the classroom. Room 5.

the school's corridor.

the school's compound for play and recreation.

that's all i guess for part 1 of the TE. to be continued. wait for me okay?

cheers!

Me.

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