4 more weeks
I can make it, I know I can.
This week (16th - 20th October 2006) was a very enjoyable week.
We had a Galilee Tuckshop (or some teachers like to call it Galilee Cafe) event planned out for the K1 and K2 children.
It took Choo, Ong and myself two months to plan this event. We discussed the skeleton before Term 3 holidays; when we had to do up the Term 4's syllabus. This event was made possible by making some changes to the K1 syllabus. Ong and I added in money concept for the curriculum. We tied this up together with our food theme and ...... ta-da, this cafe concept was birthed!
Each teacher took care of 1-2 stalls' preparation.
Each teacher sourced for different parents to help out in the pre-preparation work and actual day's running of the stalls.
I am so thankful to my class parents, they are all so supportive and willing to chip in.
Mrs Lynette Tan did everything for our hotdog kebahs' stall, from shopping to preparing to selling the kebahs. She is one amazing woman. I am glad that I've invited her to help us in this event. She was so comfortable in the kitchen as she is a church member, and thus familiar with the premise.
Mrs Tan (Patson's mum) swopped her off day with a colleague so that she could render her help.
Mrs Shannigrahi is always ever so willing to help us whenever we ask her.
Mrs Goel was all gamed though she stays very far from Galilee and Anish actually comes to school by bus. That day, she drove to Galilee, I reckon.
And of course, my ever faithful photographer, Miss Chin. From helping me to snap pictures of the show and tell's shelves, she is gradually roped in to help us in bigger school events like field trips and hands on activities. She is even willing to help us for the afternoon session's activities at times. In Chinese Language, we have a phase - zhen1 nan2 de2.
Miss Van came down to be the photographer for the afternoon session. That is so thoughtful of her. And I must say, she did a really good job for the event. The photos turned out very well. :) Thanks, Gwyneth !
Of course, not forgetting Mrs Phua, Zheng Lao Shi and Miss Tang who manned the afternoon session's stalls.
Thank You, Lord, I have been so so so so so blessed. Thank You for all these great mums, teachers and young lady!
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To be continued, getting my own children ready for their weekly Garage @Venture treat. Yeah! They can't wait! I can't too! I need a break!
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ON 21 October, Saturday, I wrote:
The Tanglin Mall Market Place field trip was greenishly fruitful.. The children came back to school with a lot of vegetables and fruits.
I roped in Mrs Joyce Tan and Mrs Jeslyn Toh to help our class. Thank you, mums, for taking leave and even driving to school. Kimberley and Jerome were the most elated, I suppose.
Miss Chin graciously agreed to snap photos for both the morning and afternoon sessions. For Thursday, I brought Ben and Zoe for a walk around the whole Marketplace. It was also fun having just two "students" for that hour.
At Marketplace, the children were all excited. Well, the teacher too!
Much teaching had been done in class and the tour was a bliss. The children were all set to buy their own vegetables and fruits. Each child had $5 in his / her money bag. Honestly, all of them looked very adorable (with the bag hanging around their necks), you should be there to see their expressions and hear the mini conversations which went on among them. Too bad there is only one of me and one Chinese Teacher. If not, an even smaller groups' teaching concept would be more fruitful.
I am very grateful for the extra pairs of hands I had with me. Mrs Tan and Mrs Toh looked like me, mother hens to the little chicks! *grins* With their help, we could take the children to the public toilets in groups too. We were always doing head counting. We had to!
From what the children told their parents about the field trip and their attempts in penning their thoughts down onto a A4 size paper, I can tell that for every child, learning has taken place in different depths. Different child learns differently. Every child's expression was his/ her very own. I had a good time reading their completed work.
Of course, I displayed their work as originally as possible. Not too nice to see my red words on the board, I reckon. I am glad my students and parents love to see the whole class' work up on the display board. Why should I let their wonderful work sit in my classroom's in tray (due for marking) only?
This batch of K1 children's literacy journey (which started since 2005 when they were in Nursery) has been a rewarding one thus far. Much perserverance from the teachers is expected. The amount the time we devote to reading, word recognition, creative expression and literacy development (includes penmanship) is actually almost halve the total number of weekly formal teaching slots we English teachers have with them.
The children have come a long way. All the planning, typing, printing, laminating and teaching, plus many extra hours in school, late nights and burnt weekends are all worth it.
Yeah !
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To be continued .....
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Time : 8am
Jesselyn Ng
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