Wednesday, 2 April 2014

This term's timetable put back already?

I have been given a list of the days we are on holiday this term. There are holidays when we are at school but doing the shows and holidays when we really are not at school so I wanted to double check before finalising my plans for this term. I am really keen that the kids have progressed as far as possible by the end of my stay regardless of whether it is me that teaches them next year or someone else.

I am also lucky that we have a bit of flexibility so this morning rather than heading in I worked at home finalising the timetables I also decided to send them to my head with my outline plans for the end of term shows so that what I am planning should fit in with other plans.  One of the things I hope to start tomorrow is a book with the students, that I want them to write, just basic stuff but to help them revise some phrases and to benefit from their good drawing skills and then they can present the finished book to their parents. However, it turns out tomorrow our year two children are in competition. They have to take some songs and dances and compete with some other children, and when I heard them practicing in English I realised that one of the songs that they are taking with them is the one I have taught them.  So instead of starting on the book (we may still be back in time, but no one knows)  I have an invite to the competition.

It is an unusually miserable day today we are in the clouds so it is raining, but I gave up and helped clear some stuff to put on the bonfires, which was actually nice and warming under the circumstances. And to my surprise when I headed out to find out if there was any food discovered two nice Germans who normally live in Bishkek but have a short holiday and who are really hoping that the weather will improve tomorrow, so I have had a nice evening chatting with them.   This morning it was so lovely so rural so I hope too that things will be better tomorrow and that our children do well in the competition.

By the way does anyone know why wild dogs do not demolish dead birds immediately I have seen several dead birds recently maybe revealed under the snow but also saw a few in the snow. but they were there for several days despite the presence of wild dogs.

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