18 October - 22 October

On Monday the 18th another week began, and time is already flying! This week I visited Year 2 to read them the HUNGRY CATEPILLAR.
In the classes I showed the children my family. They learnt about my dad, my mum and my sister.

In the science classes Year 6 and Year 4 I played them a song about the five senses, this was a bit hard as it was too fast! Year 4 found it a bit easier as they were learning about the senses so had the vocabulary fresh in their minds.  To see the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CHfLP71T4

Things are starting to become normal and it is wonderful. In the English classes I now sit at the back and take 1 – 4 children and ask them to describe me pictures or read them stories and ask them questions afterwards.
On Thursday 21st we got a visit from a witch about Castynada / Halloween this coming week. I got a big fright! The children thought it was very funny.

On Friday 22nd I was lucky enough to accompany the senior children (Year 5 & 6) to Ripoll and we visited the monastery and scriptorium there. This was amazing and great fun, the teachers got a lot of English practice telling me the history of Catalunya and Ripoll.

Another busy and interesting week, and am looking forward to the next one.

Short week! 13 October - 15 October

This week I showed the classes a short presentation about the NZ song, Tutira mai. The Year 5's had song this song for me last week, so I brought a translation for them.

Firstly I showed them how the song sounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkCvpKjBCs

Then I showed them some simple actions which we all tried together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HogrQL1zrSg

I started speaking with my classes one on one, the children where a bit scared but it was a lot of fun! 

8 October 2010

Fridays I normally have away from school but I choose to go to the really little children and with Juana I read them the hungry caterpillar, they think my accent is funny, I think they are cute!

7 October 2010

I was starting to settle in now, and Navàs was feeling like home. I spend lunchtimes eating and playing with the children and this is a great way to get to know them.

With Year 5 English I did a short activity describing photos.

These are photos from New Zealand.

What can you see?

4 October 2010

This was my first day at school. It started at 11am with a big welcome in the hall!

I learnt a lot about the students and Cataluyna, everyone was very welcoming and we were all so happy to see and meet each other.

In the afternoon I went with Year 6 on a tour of Navàs, this was wonderful, and the sun was shining!

1 October 2010

This was my first official day of my placement. Fina and I drove to Barcelona (and got a little bit lost).

This day was all about our roles as language and cultural assistants and all the bits of paper we needed to sort out!
I am very glad I was with Fina to help me understand and organise everything, it was a bit overwhelming.

We finished earlier than we thought and were able to pop into Sant Josep school to quickly say hello to all the students, this was a great surprise for the children and myself to finally meet each other!
It was amazing to see that all the hallways were covered in signs saying "Welcome Emily". I felt so famous, and very lucky to be here.