i love kids!

~ today was a big day for me. it was my first time going for a school visit in australia. i was so eager to go and observe and the most important part was i got the chance to see all those cute little faces.i love it!

i was sent to Ironside State School in St Lucia. i woke up a bit late though today but fortunately i didn't miss the bus.alhamdulillah. i arrived safely to the school at about 8.20am and went straight away to the office with my other 3 friends(acan,ayu and izy). we met with the deputy principal and she has conducted a small tour around the school. i was assigned by erika(my lovely lecturer) to observe a year 4 class. i met with the class teacher which is super duper nice. his name is terry edwinsmith. i think he is about 40+ years of age. he has this face that makes students feel easy to talk to him. and i felt the same way too.;)

i was introduced by mr edwinsmith to the class. they are very nice. the class is multiracial with a mix of australians, japanese, chinese, indonesians and malaysians too!.the class started right after mr terry introduced me with a morning talk prepared by 4 students. after that, they had a session where they learned how to write a letter.

i noticed a few major differences in this classroom compared to previous classrooms which i have experienced for the past couple of years when i was in primary and secondary school. they have a few breaks between the lessons. they have this one break called "fruit break" where the students will eat fruits that they bring from home. and after that, they will have their lunch break for about half an hour. compared to most of malaysian schools, they have only one break which i thought was a bit stressful. apart from that, the number of students in the classroom that i observed is only 24 but compared to most of malaysian classrooms, the number is ranging between 35-45 students. less number of students will give the teacher more time to be spent to the students directly. this was what i observed from the classroom where the teacher spent time with the students if they were not understanding the lesson taught.

it's enough i think. i feel as if i were to write an assignment.hahaha.anyways, i do enjoy the visit. a new experience for me.