First Week of School!
We've completed our first week of school and we survived! It was so great to see the children in their uniforms and quite funny to see us in ours. It's really funny because we don't think that they are the most attractive articles of clothing but everyone here loved them!
We spent our week working with the Nursery school teachers and trying to figure out the way the system works here. One thing is that real school doesn't start until next week. Many children don't even come the first week and the teachers don't really start their curriculum until the second week.
On Friday we conducted our first seminar with these teachers. We talked about different supplemental activities that they could include in their instruction such as Calendar Time and also about classroom management. Many schools in Sierra Leone still practice corproal punishment but COTN does not allow it in their schools, which is good. Consequently, they haven't given the teachers another way to discipline. So we are trying to work with the teachers to create a discipline plan that works for them and also with the children.
This week I will be working with the Nursery 1 teacher who teaches ages 2-3. We will be focusing on Classroom Management and helping the teachers implement a Calendar time into their day. It will be quite interesting, as many of these children spent all of last week crying!
We have continued to have good health and are now preparing for the next month in Banta. It is a little more remote there so we are trying to get supplies for the month. There are two different mines near Banta both owned by an Irish company and they have been very helpful to us in the past. They provide us with water and also internet, so I will be able to keep in contact with you. We are very excited to be up there and work with the teachers and the people of Banta.
Please continue to pray for health, for us to continue building relationships with the teachers, and Praise God for the beautiful children we get to spend everyday with.
We spent our week working with the Nursery school teachers and trying to figure out the way the system works here. One thing is that real school doesn't start until next week. Many children don't even come the first week and the teachers don't really start their curriculum until the second week.
On Friday we conducted our first seminar with these teachers. We talked about different supplemental activities that they could include in their instruction such as Calendar Time and also about classroom management. Many schools in Sierra Leone still practice corproal punishment but COTN does not allow it in their schools, which is good. Consequently, they haven't given the teachers another way to discipline. So we are trying to work with the teachers to create a discipline plan that works for them and also with the children.
This week I will be working with the Nursery 1 teacher who teaches ages 2-3. We will be focusing on Classroom Management and helping the teachers implement a Calendar time into their day. It will be quite interesting, as many of these children spent all of last week crying!
We have continued to have good health and are now preparing for the next month in Banta. It is a little more remote there so we are trying to get supplies for the month. There are two different mines near Banta both owned by an Irish company and they have been very helpful to us in the past. They provide us with water and also internet, so I will be able to keep in contact with you. We are very excited to be up there and work with the teachers and the people of Banta.
Please continue to pray for health, for us to continue building relationships with the teachers, and Praise God for the beautiful children we get to spend everyday with.
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