Interview with Mrs Angel

What did you do today at the school?

I taught four one hour lessons to different students across different age ranges.  The theme of the lesson was London and I did a range of activities depending on the year group.  With the older students, I taught them some words in English and we played a matching game then bingo with some of the words we had learnt.  All groups made a friendship chain out of strips of paper.  With the younger students, I did a song and a numbers game which they enjoyed.

Was it how you expected?

Yes, it was pretty much how I expected it to be.  The students were very excited and rushing into the classrooms and were all very keen to come and introduce themselves.  It is very basic in the school and it must be challenging for the teachers to teach without s lot of resources.  Teaching in the heat and humidity is a real challenge as well!

Give me a difference between this school and Calthorpe:

The size of the school is a lot smaller and the fact that they have assembly every morning and students are required to take ownership of their assembly.  The students are all very well-presented and have neat uniforms which considering they have a lot less money in the UK is quite shocking when looking at some of our UK students!

Were there any funny moments?

I think seeing the students running into the classroom while the other students were still in the previous lesson was quite funny and the way they came into the classroom, all very excited and wanting to shake my hand and babbling on in Tamil even though I couldn’t understand a word!

What are you going to differently tomorrow, if anything?

I will do more activities with the younger students as they concentration levels are lower and do more songs with actions which they enjoy.  Some of the younger students sang some songs in English at the end of the lesson which was nice.