My School

So yeah, you know I'm a teacher. Let metell you a bitmore about my surroundings.

I teach at a 'semi-underpriveledged school (in South Africa). I say that is is semi- underpriveledged for many of the learners live in squatter camps. If you don't know what that is... Have you see 'District 9'? The movie where the aliens invade Johannesburg? Well if you have, those houses in which the aliens live, it looks exactly like the houses in the squatter camps. (Yeah, I don't think the movie is just about aliens, more like some of South Africa's History - Go Google 'Apartheid' and you'll know what I mean.)

Anyway, so me of the learners in my school live in the conditions of those 'aliens'. They don't have any resources to work from. They don't have a place to do their homework, and a lot of the time they don't even have electricity to provide a light to use when doing homework. A lot of learners have to take care of younger siblings, so schoolwork is definatily not a first priority.

I want to make learning fun for them. That is why I'm glad that I am teching them Arts & Culture this year. Arts & Culture consists of Music, Dancing, Drama and Visual Arts. I hope that I can make this a great learning experience for them.

I am starting with Music (one of my big passions). I can't teach them how to play different instruments, however I am going to teach them how to really listen to music. We are going to have our own make believe orchestra, where I am going to learn them how to conduct, and then every child will pretend to play a different instrument. We are going to listen closely to the song so that we can hear when the differnet instruments are playing. Then we are going to have our own concert.

The learners were very excited when I told them my plan, so hopefully it will work.

Wish me Luck!!!

Happy learning!