petek, 11. oktober 2013

Some of my activities at host school

Bicycle training
In this section I will explain to you more about my activities at Walter-Gropius-Schule, the school that is hosting me. As Comenius assistant I joined different activities so far. It started at my first day. Already after few hours I went with class to their bicycle training. That means that children went to "bicycle school", where they are learning about all the rules that they need to consider when they are riding their bicycle. After thet they we went with the teachers to polygon, where the children showed what did they learn also in practical way. And now the shock came. My mentor said that I could also show my knowledge on polygon and try to ride with the kids. So they gave me helmet and bike. So here we go! After being nervous at the beginning (I admitt) I slowly catch the right tempo. And I think that I passed it! They didn't evaluate me, but I like to think that I was doing just fine, hehe. Maybe after this I will put some pictures from my crazy ride, but first I need to get those photos.

Presentation of Slovenia
In the end of that day I had presentation about my country, Slovenia. First, I had some technical problems with sound, but after that everything was fine. I presented where I'm living, location of our country, flag, national anthem, traditional food, our tradition, habits and our biggest attractons. Also I told them a little something about myself. From my home I also took maps, brochures, badges and flag, so that the presentation would be even more authentic. Children were really interested and they had many questions. Especially about me and my life. It was really nice and I hope that now they now something more about Slovenia.

Stands for Offenen tür in school gym
At one particular friday we had open door day of our school (Offenen tür). That means that school is open for all parents who's children are going to primary school next year. It was nice relaxed day, where kids from school prepared many things, from food stands, musical performances and so on. Also teachers played their role with their stands for parents and children. I specially liked the one with famous bratwurst. Yummy (or lecker in German), I must say! 


Well, one of my tasks at this open door day was to keep an eye on children who were making papir frogs who can jump. Of course I need to try to make one on my own. I remember that we did this as well, when we were children, but from then it's a long time ago and I forgot how to make those paper jumping frogs. Well, I can only say that my made frog did jump in the end, hehe.


My cave masterpiece
And... I can't forget about my part at art lesson. Teacher asked me and other assistant if we can try to make some "demonstration" for the kids. The objective was to make some sort of cave picture with drawings. Well, I will say no more, you can be the judge! Surface is canvas, where I put mixure of sand, glue, water and colour and the drawings are from some special dusty-colour. You can try this in your class or with other children. I can assure you that it will be a little bit messy, but children will enjoy without a doubt! Trust me, because everybody wanted to help me and put their own part of their art knowledge on my picture. Let's call this a team work.

Those are just some of the nice moments that I remember right now. At class, I'm trying to help the children at different subjects. Well, but of course I can't help them too much with German language lesson, right? I need a German lessons as well. I'm trying to be useful as much as I can. I made some summary for the Comenius project about evaluation, I'm helping the children at project Natural ideas for Europe, I also participated at consultation hours, free time activities and so on. Now that I get the feeling how is to be here, I think that after those holidays the main part of my assistantship is only coming. Let me tell you that I'm learning a lot from my mentor and others, but at the same time I'm trying to put myself into activities and ideas for children. There are a lot of plans for the future months, but let's talk about that some other day. 

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