Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Journal Day 2 9 am 10 am 11 am 12 pm
We clocked in at 8.30 today. Early but we got some time to have our breakfast. Today was my second day at the centre. Miss Janet attached me to the shoe and bag removal station. At the dining room, the children were all eating their breakfast and getting ready for their lessons. The children then lined up and return back to their respective classes. The Chinese teacher was having her lesson and I blended in to listen. Half way, Agnes told me to help her with some worksheet. I also tried to learn the names of the children around the class. The assistant teacher came into the class at about 11.pm. The assistant teacher came into the class. Now there were three adults in the classroom with 18 children. Unfortunately, for a paid assistant teacher, I really don’t understand how come she could just pull a chair and sit at one corner, not even lifting a finger to help in aiding the class. I sat with the children and responded in Agnes’s class. The children queued up for lunch. School bus children went home. The rest of them queued up for bath time. I got the shower duty again. Finally, the day for us ended at 1.30 pm today.
``*Debbie* ; 11:11 PM
Monday, July 09, 2007
Journal Day 1
9 am
It was reporting time for start of practicum. But we reached at 8.45, just to play safe.
We were brought around the centre by Miss Janet, who gave us an introduction to everything and every area of the centre.
10 am
Miss Janet than attached me to Miss Agnus to observe or at least pick up some skills in her class. She was the teacher of a K2 class and the children were delightfully welcoming and interesting.
The class was having a Chinese spelling test then and was busy with their work. I sat one corner first so as not to interrupt the class.
I got a chance to read a book to the children and interact with them while Miss Agnus took the other half of the class for some lessons.
Someone from the nursery was celebrating a birthday, so about 10 of the children went over.
11 am
I helped the children with their class work from their workbook. The lesson was based on English nouns and pronouns.
I got to know a few of the children, like Pablo, Nickolas and Bryan. The names of everyone will take awhile more to remember.
All the children were back in class and Miss Agnus told me to gather the children for lunch.
12 pm
Children gathered and went to wash their hands and gathered in the dining room for lunch. They were quickly fed and rushed off to catch their school bus.
Miss Janet taught me and Letchimi how to handle the shower room.
I cleaned up about 13 children and got them ready for their nap time.
The younger children take a longer time to change up as they are still learning how to remove their buttons and putting on their clothes.
We left the area at about 1.30pm.
``*Debbie* ; 8:45 PM