Oh, Look, my really awesome host, Ms Sussi, prepared a lunchbox for me before I left the house! You can see, there is an apple, 2 oranges, 2 bread, 2 carrots and 2 bread!
Haha, I decided to 'celebrate' my first day of school with a picture of myself. What I wear: Green Long Sleeves (from Uniqlo) with a set of Long John beneath. Wore a jacket over my outfit as well. As you can see, outfit for teachers in Denmark is really informal - unlike Singapore. There is no picture of me cycling under the windy weather, but let me just say that it was really bad when I tried to cycle up-slope when the wind was hitting against the direction where I was cycling. In school, I also gave a short introduction about myself to all the teachers, and I shared with them a background of myself as well as my Teaching Philosophy!
Let me give you a short tour around Maarslet School. Oh look, here's the cozy library for students of Grade 1-5!
Here's the assembly area for students, where students can congregate during tea breaks or lunch time to talk or organize common activities between students from different classes!
Here's the playground for students of grade 1-3. According to Ms Britta, it is compulsory for students to leave their classroom and have fun in the playground. This will be helpful for students who are restless or have short attention time span.
Here's how a classroom looks like. The walls are layered with bricks - very quaint and historic. The walls are also nicely decorated with Christmas ornaments! Really thoughtful, unique and special for these children to celebrate a festive season in their own classroom! I am sure it builds a sense of ownership in the class.
Outside the classroom, is where they put their jacket. The idea is to ensure that the classroom space is not messy and cluttered with sweaters.
Here's how their Design and Technology room looks like! It resembles the D and T room we see in the secondary rooms of Singapore!
Here's one of the Geography class I have been to! No doubt, it is a well-behaved, inquisitive and well-mannered class! Even though it is spoken in Danish,
I went to the Canteen at 1pm, and all the food are sold out, except for snacks - which are not exactly real food. Hence, I shamelessly headed to the nearest local supermarket and bought packets of Thai Curry instant soup and Instant noodles after school! It is just 5 days here, but I am already missing Asian food so much. Here's a picture of how instant soup in Denmark looks like!
I forgot to take a picture of dinner (again). But it's fine, I will be having the same dinner tomorrow because Ms Sussi and I could not finish the food, so I will take the picture then! The children has went over their dad's house and will not be staying at home today. Of course, I remember to take a picture of my dessert! Apple Strudel! According to Ms Sussi, Denmark grows lots of apples, and it is a problem because they have no idea what they can prepare with these apples. Hence, Ms Sussi's mother prepares bags of apple of strudel every month for Ms Sussi and her family! Technically, it is crushed apple mixed with sugar water. Yes, it is very sweet, but it is really delicious!
That's all for my day today! Godspeed,
Wow, your lunch bag looks really healthy! I like your observation about creating a sense of ownership on the part of the students - good food for thought. The 'compulsory play' is also very enlightened.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your blog and pictures - they give us a wonderful insight to your experiences. Keep warm and take good care!