This is my last blog post while in India; it feels very strange to be going back to the UK and I'm going to miss the children at Adams School so much. Despite this being our last week, we've managed to get a lot done and it's been really fun.
Our 2nd standard class finally performed The Gruffalo on Saturday and it went very well. We were so proud of them, especially the kids who had lots of lines to learn- they were pretty much word perfect! The costumes were all made by me and Izzy, so some of them were quite interesting. The snake was wearing my old green t-shirt with yellow spots stuck on and she looked awesome! The butterflies were wearing paper wings which kept falling off, but overall it was quite successful and they looked really cute. The weeks of intensive and stressful rehearsals definitely paid off, but it does mean that we all know The Gruffalo inside out and can recite it all off by heart!
We have finished the nursery classroom wall after hours of slaving, sometimes in the dark during power-cuts. I think it was the snacks and shouts of "Wow Mam, so super!" from passing children that kept us going, as it seemed to last forever. All modesty aside, it looks pretty awesome! We discovered that Izzy has severe OCD and is a massive control freak, as everything that me or Sarah did was re-done later by her!
During the whole year, my parents have been sending over lots and lots of story books for the school. We were planning on opening a school library with them, but in true Indian style, the room we were told we could use hasn't actually been built yet! However, all the books have been so so useful for our lessons and they have definitely helped to improve the children's English. Thank you so much to Mum and Dad and to the Bossés for the amazing amounts of books.
Back in February we did a week in school about individuality; we sent some photos off to a charity called Inside Out who printed them out for us. We finally got round to sticking them up this week. The photos have a picture of each child holding up a piece of paper saying why they are different from the others. We stuck them up on the wall opposite the school, we've had lots of nice comments about them and the children who are in the photos are very proud to have their faces on the wall.
I'm so so sad to be going and I wish I could stay for longer. Hopefully we have helped the children a bit and their English will continue to improve, but for now that's all from me in India. England here I come!
Our 2nd standard class finally performed The Gruffalo on Saturday and it went very well. We were so proud of them, especially the kids who had lots of lines to learn- they were pretty much word perfect! The costumes were all made by me and Izzy, so some of them were quite interesting. The snake was wearing my old green t-shirt with yellow spots stuck on and she looked awesome! The butterflies were wearing paper wings which kept falling off, but overall it was quite successful and they looked really cute. The weeks of intensive and stressful rehearsals definitely paid off, but it does mean that we all know The Gruffalo inside out and can recite it all off by heart!
We have finished the nursery classroom wall after hours of slaving, sometimes in the dark during power-cuts. I think it was the snacks and shouts of "Wow Mam, so super!" from passing children that kept us going, as it seemed to last forever. All modesty aside, it looks pretty awesome! We discovered that Izzy has severe OCD and is a massive control freak, as everything that me or Sarah did was re-done later by her!
During the whole year, my parents have been sending over lots and lots of story books for the school. We were planning on opening a school library with them, but in true Indian style, the room we were told we could use hasn't actually been built yet! However, all the books have been so so useful for our lessons and they have definitely helped to improve the children's English. Thank you so much to Mum and Dad and to the Bossés for the amazing amounts of books.
Back in February we did a week in school about individuality; we sent some photos off to a charity called Inside Out who printed them out for us. We finally got round to sticking them up this week. The photos have a picture of each child holding up a piece of paper saying why they are different from the others. We stuck them up on the wall opposite the school, we've had lots of nice comments about them and the children who are in the photos are very proud to have their faces on the wall.
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