Again, we skipped into school, its such a delight.
Sister Jancy asked if we could teach class 7 this morning as the teacher was absent for their 10.30 lesson. I jumped at the chance. I said I would teach music and dance.
We are fundraising funds I had purchased a clapping song book. So I decided to introduce an appropriate song for the class. I also incorporated the colourdul ribbons and scarfs used for performance into the song.
I'm Happy
I'm happy, happy, happy in the morning
I'm happy, happy, happy at night
I'm happy, happy, happy when I eat my lunch
I'm happy, happy, happy when I write\
I'm happy, happy, happy in the sunshine
I'm happy, happy, happy in the rain
I'm happy, happy, happy when I come to school
And I'm happy to go home again.
The children loved it. It ended up being like a broadway show after I had finished. the the kids on the stage singing, dancing, using makaton signs etc.. I asked Sister Jancy if I could practice with them daily and at the end of our visit organise a whole school assembly where they would perform. They return to there classroom and wrote the words into their rough books to practise at home.
The afternoon was equally as brilliant. I taught class 9 all about arcitectureand famous building around the world. Everything from the taj Mahal to London Tower, Pisa, Statue of Libery etc. They copied what I was saying and writing into their books. They are like sponges. We then moved on to the fun bit ART. I had planned the lesson so that every child got a photocopied image of a famous building, this also had key info about the building on it. Each child copied the image outline onto black card and then cut it out. Once they had finished this they filled in the detail. The quality of the work was outstanding. They mounted their own work on colourful paper and blue tac' it to the board.
Great lesson, the teachers loved the project and the books and resources, thank you to all who kindly donated money, you really do not know what it means to these children and teachers. It is truly life changing for them.
Karen x
Sister Jancy asked if we could teach class 7 this morning as the teacher was absent for their 10.30 lesson. I jumped at the chance. I said I would teach music and dance.
We are fundraising funds I had purchased a clapping song book. So I decided to introduce an appropriate song for the class. I also incorporated the colourdul ribbons and scarfs used for performance into the song.
I'm Happy
I'm happy, happy, happy in the morning
I'm happy, happy, happy at night
I'm happy, happy, happy when I eat my lunch
I'm happy, happy, happy when I write\
I'm happy, happy, happy in the sunshine
I'm happy, happy, happy in the rain
I'm happy, happy, happy when I come to school
And I'm happy to go home again.
The children loved it. It ended up being like a broadway show after I had finished. the the kids on the stage singing, dancing, using makaton signs etc.. I asked Sister Jancy if I could practice with them daily and at the end of our visit organise a whole school assembly where they would perform. They return to there classroom and wrote the words into their rough books to practise at home.
The afternoon was equally as brilliant. I taught class 9 all about arcitectureand famous building around the world. Everything from the taj Mahal to London Tower, Pisa, Statue of Libery etc. They copied what I was saying and writing into their books. They are like sponges. We then moved on to the fun bit ART. I had planned the lesson so that every child got a photocopied image of a famous building, this also had key info about the building on it. Each child copied the image outline onto black card and then cut it out. Once they had finished this they filled in the detail. The quality of the work was outstanding. They mounted their own work on colourful paper and blue tac' it to the board.
Great lesson, the teachers loved the project and the books and resources, thank you to all who kindly donated money, you really do not know what it means to these children and teachers. It is truly life changing for them.
Karen x
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