Last week was my first week with my new Grade 1 class, and I LOVE it. :D I teach them for Maths, Science, Spelling, Reading and Grammar which can sometimes be very challenging as their English is limited mainly to "Miss can I go to the bathroom", "Miss can I drink water" and "Miss can I play", but when they do understand something and get it all right it is very very rewarding. I have a grand total of 9 children in my class, 3 girls and 6 boys, which is great a...

So our four day weekend began on Friday with a parade to celebrate something important, I'm still not really sure what. Anna and I were feeling fairly optimistic as we walked into town, we are living a lot closer to town now so it only takes half an hour to walk and the temperature is bearable at 6 in the morning!!! Almost every school in Tela was taking part in the parade and we were 6th on the list so we bought a bag of juice each and watched the other school...

So last week we decided we would try out the public transport for the first time, and all I can really say about the whole experience was that it was a giant epic fail!! We needed to go shopping for some more food for the house, and so decided that we would get a bus into and then a taxi home. We left the house and headed for the "bus stop" (you just stand at the edge of the road), normally while at home we see buses go past the house every ten to twenty minute...

So I've discovered a way of controlling most of my third graders, for most of the time!! I call it the smiley face technique…I put a smiley face in the top corner on one side of the bored and a really really sad face in the top corner on the other side of the bored, they are all really eager to have their name under the happy face, and if there name gets put under the sad face they can be quite and hardworking for well over 10 minutes to try and have their na...

So it turns out that my forehead doesn't enjoy sunlight, it preferred to be hidden away behind a full fringe of hair. I hadn't really thought about the fact that my forehead hasn't seen sunlight for about 2 years, so when Anna and I went down to the beach last Saturday it didn't occur to me to apply extra sun cream to it, which now means that my forehead is pealing….yes just my forehead. NOT a good look!! My first (sort of) full week at school has been a mix...