Teaching a class of 100

Well, before I got here I would have thought it not possible, but it can be done. After seeing Mateos run 3 grades at the Science club, with the help of some brilliant students. The large class sizes don't seem like to big a deal.

And in all honestly, it doesn't look like what I thought 100 kids would look like. I mean, there are 3 to a desk and about 4 rows of 7-8 desks. It's practically impossible to get up and move around, or to reorganise the furniture, but it is possible to learn.

I took a grade 6 class for a couple of hours today. The aim was for them to learn how to make friends. We did a simple dialogue using hand gestures to help understand the meaning of the words and the students practised in groups and presented to the class. They loved presenting!! It was a bit of a cat fight as each group wanted to go next. They were quite clever and involved a group of 6 to go through a 2 person dialogue. Then we read a story about a boy who didn't like his vegetables, or his rice, or his bread. But he loved his Injera! (a local dish). We looked at the varying degrees of liking something (love, like, okay, don't like, hate) and the students came up with things they did and didn't like.

They are a great class and I'm going back tomorrow to do some maths (I can sense your smile from here MR TYAS!) so I will see how they compare with Australian students! Their foreign language skills are a bit better, I can tell you that much.

If there are any Kingsbury kids who want to get in touch with me email me at azpeeters@gmail.com or you can send letters. Mrs Hinsley should have the address. Also, there should be a letter in the mail for you soon!

Cheers,
Aaron