Boxing Day

Rather than study the same celebrations each year Boxing day was chosen this year for the children to study. To celebrate boxing the we taught the children the origin of Boxing Day and the way we typically celebrate it in modern times. 

I taught them that it was a day when the rich give to the poor and that bosses used to give gifts to their employees, servants and/or tradesmen. Nowadays we celebrate by going to a pantomime, going to catch the boxing day sales and watching a sport such as cricket or horse racing. 

The children also decorated boxes and put inside special message wishing their friends good luck, happiness, good christmas presents etc. Here are some photos of their boxes:

These were my two favourites BMO and Jake from Adventure Time. 

Instruments

The second years were learning about the different instruments and since music is a passion of mine I decided to share with them some classic songs so that they could begin to connect the sounds of the instruments to the names. To start the class I asked them which instruments they'd already heard of then I played the songs I told them to put their hand up when they recognised the instrument. Here are the songs I played for them:

Violin:

Flute:

Voice:

Piano:

Guitar:

My Life

This is a slideshow I prepared for the 5th and 6th years to introduce them to my family, friends, pets and houses.

This is my family

This is my mum and dad at my graduation from university

My dad is called Noel, he's a pilot

My mum is called Susan, she used to be a pharmacist

On the left is my brother Douglas, he's 25 and is a website designer

This is Chris, he's 23 and he studies English literature

This is our house in Auckland

This is our farm in Raglan

This is my cat Clyde

This is my other cat Bonnie

This is our dog Zeus

This is our rooster Alfonso

This is my best friend Rhiannon

This is my other best friend Anusha

Introduction

Hola! My name is Rebecca, I am from Auckland in New Zealand and I am 20 years old.

I just graduated with a degree in Spanish and French and now I’m at Maestra Isabel Alverez working as a language assistant for the 2013-2014 school year.

I have been asked to write about what I am doing in class on this blog so I will try to regularly update it with the work I am do with the children :)

Until next time!