Back in Al Ain after ten days in London for Christmas. London was beautiful, snowy, freezing and people driving on the correct side of the road! Term two has started, and at last I feel like I understand what I am doing at work. Great relationships with the teachers certainly helps, and the girls are as gorgeous as ever.
We have had a tiny bit of rain, funnily enough we had a weather warning from the office a day or two before, right around the time my home town was being completely flooded. It rained here for about half a day, just light sprinkles really, and the girls were squealing with delight at the novelty. A weather warning for a few drops of rain? Really?
Wednesday nights sees us at the Rugby Club, for the cheap curry dinner and the trivia night. We had a good win last week, beating about 15 other teams. The prize is dinner for 4, so we will go on Monday night with our team members, before we go to the Monday night trivia at the Hilton. Our team is fluid, but generally consists of Mark, me, Stacy (an American teacher) and Laurence (an Australian ADEC guy). On Mondays, my friend Alissa usually joins us, she works with me in the same position, but looks after Science and ICT, whereas I look after English and ESOL. The grade 4 and 5 girls have done really well at English this year, their work samples have been shown as an example to the rest of the company as to what an 'A' looks like. No other school has students doing as well as ours, so I'm pretty happy. My local English teachers are fantastic, they certainly get the best out of the girls.
Well, I have made it through half of the academic year, and am still very happy to stay on, so will keep adding to this blog.
Cheers,
Michelle
We have had a tiny bit of rain, funnily enough we had a weather warning from the office a day or two before, right around the time my home town was being completely flooded. It rained here for about half a day, just light sprinkles really, and the girls were squealing with delight at the novelty. A weather warning for a few drops of rain? Really?
Wednesday nights sees us at the Rugby Club, for the cheap curry dinner and the trivia night. We had a good win last week, beating about 15 other teams. The prize is dinner for 4, so we will go on Monday night with our team members, before we go to the Monday night trivia at the Hilton. Our team is fluid, but generally consists of Mark, me, Stacy (an American teacher) and Laurence (an Australian ADEC guy). On Mondays, my friend Alissa usually joins us, she works with me in the same position, but looks after Science and ICT, whereas I look after English and ESOL. The grade 4 and 5 girls have done really well at English this year, their work samples have been shown as an example to the rest of the company as to what an 'A' looks like. No other school has students doing as well as ours, so I'm pretty happy. My local English teachers are fantastic, they certainly get the best out of the girls.
Well, I have made it through half of the academic year, and am still very happy to stay on, so will keep adding to this blog.
Cheers,
Michelle
