Hello again! I’ll admit, I didn’t get to do as much today as I’d hoped.
First thing I went into Fionnuala’s classroom. I spent my time in her class
today shadowing like yesterday, while some students told their news. Nothing
much different happened to yesterday. After that I went into Eilis’ class, but
they were doing the Drumcondra test again, and there wasn’t much to help with
as it was the listening section. So, I went into the office with Áine.
I had to do this again after lunch due to more Drumcondra tests taking place. I
mainly covered more books (enthralling, I know), and in fairness by the end of
the day the covers were much smoother than they were to begin with and I was
becoming faster too. Also, I sorted the flyers for the school’s fete
into piles for each class, which was a nice break. I handed them out too. Again, this wasn’t too
exciting, but I got a chance to see what office work is like. A bonus was that
Rachel visited at regular intervals with more entertaining stories.
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Lunch breaks today were a good laugh. It struck me just how
much easier Irish was coming to me after only a couple of days. I found myself
able to respond quicker and I was able to participate much easier in
conversations. I was quite chuffed when I kept up with an interesting (I can’t
think of another word to describe it exactly) conversation about Strictly Come
Dancing. (Don’t even get me started on this one!) Out in the yard children were
treating me like one of the qualified teachers, calling me “múinteoir” (at
first, I wasn’t sure who they were talking to) and coming to me with their
injuries. Luckily none were serious, and the children just needed a bit of
cheering up, which I was happy to provide. One interesting case was when a girl
somehow got hit in the eye two days in a row… not sure what to say about that.
But I loved it, honestly, even though I’m complaining now. It was great to see
all the children out having some fun together.
Between my two supervisions, I spent some more time with the
junior infants. As usual, I helped out with the children’s booklets. However, I
found today a bit more challenging. The group I was working with contained a
boy named Mikhael. He’s a nice boy but spends most of his time daydreaming and
refuses to listen to instruction. It was frustrating to get him to agree to
allowing me to stick in his pictures, but when he did agree it was rewarding. From
then on it was smoother sailing and I enjoyed chatting to him and his group in
a more relaxed manner after that. After I was finished, I returned to the
office to carry out more of the fun jobs I listed above. Like on Tuesday I was supposed to help with the special help class, but the teacher recently took on
the role of principal, and she had lots to do in that respect, so I went to the
office instead.
This day wasn’t too busy, and I didn’t have much to reflect on
when walking home. I hope both for you and myself that tomorrow is more
eventful. I’ll keep you updated anyway so bye for now!
Ceri
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