Fun in the Sun

Our first full day of classes was quite the success. Students moved early to their classes and met their new teachers. Supplies were organized, name tags were created, and routines were put in place. I was able to visit most rooms by the end of the day, and I will get to the classes I missed tomorrow.

I am working on my personal learning goal of memorizing the names of everyone in the school. It is coming along, with students introducing themselves to me in the hallways, on the playground, and in the classes. It is a pleasure to get to meet all these friendly children. Now I just have to remember all those names.

I have also had the pleasure to meet many of the school’s parents. Thank you for making me feel so welcome.

My second learning goal (learning to speak French by the end of the year) is coming along slowly. I find myself understanding more than I had expected to understand, and I very pleased to hear students speaking French. I look forward to having the students help me to re-learn French. Merci Bien.

At the end of the day, I was able to take a grade 5/6 class outside for some play time on the soccer field and the forest. Great way to get to know students. It was an excellent, albeit dusty, soccer game. I don’t know who won, but I do know it looked like fun. The three goalies above even found a new way to cover the net.

I can’t promise that I will post every day, but I will try to keep this updated regularly.

Take care.