Well it seemed like a great idea when I put my hand up, after Mrs. Powell asked in the staff meeting if anyone fancied visiting our partner school in China! The chance to experience the totally different teaching styles and to get to work with children in Chengdu was just too good to miss.
With only three weeks to go before we leave, I must admit that a few nerves are now starting to kick in. I know that Miss Butler, Mrs. Thompson and Miss Harrington are all feeling the same too. We all know it is going to be an amazing experience, but the thought of going to a part of China where very little English is spoken, and to a culture that is totally different from our own is definitely scarey!
Over the next two weeks we will be collecting work that children have done in our school, to take as examples to China, as well as trying to prepare lessons that we will teach while we are there. As long as the technology works, I will post regular updates of how we are getting on during our trip, along with photographs of our experiences.
I hope you enjoy reading about it.
Mr. Golightly
Really looking forward to watching how you get on in China. Make sure you put plenty of phtographs up too.
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ReplyDeleteHere in Spain we are trying to send a message to your blog, but are having problems - so we are trying again!
We hope you all have a wonderful time and China and wish you lots of Spanish 'Good luck!' or 'Buena suerte' for your trip!
We also hope you manage to get your case shut (despite all the extra things Miss Butler keeps asking you to put in it!)
Gail B, Spain
Hello again!
ReplyDeleteWe are really pleased as it looks like we have finally managed to send you a message!
You will also see that we are now the first followers of your blog and have given ourselves a happy Spanish sunflower picture so that everyone will know who we are!
We hope you like it!
Hi Teachers,
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a nice time in China at Wuhou
Foreign Language school. How did you like the Welcome Ceremony?As Miss Butler said that she was very excited to be going to the Panda breeding centre (and that you all had a supply of sweets!)
Noah Rotstein xx