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Tag: Teaching

  • Exam time

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    It’s end of term exam time. While that means I’ve been super busy writing exams, photocopying and designing the Inter newsletter it also means that now I only have half-days at school. The students have exams block 1-4, then the bus leaves at 12.50pm. So I’m sitting at home doing some marking in between reading…

  • Work work work

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    It’s just been work work work and nothing interesting. There’s only a few weeks left until summer holidays so it’s a busy time – finishing topics, having elementary school parents come visit, writing end of term exams, writing reports, marking, setting holiday homework, writing tests for assessing the holiday homework, designing the newsletter to go…

  • Camera Alert

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    I was wondering why there were people with cameras coming into my classes three times in the past week, and now I know why. Lara teaching the H-1 class science.

  • The end of Golden Week

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    The spring weather that was so sunny and warm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (excellent weather for our excursions) took a turn to the cold side for the rest of Golden Week. Tuesday and Wednesday it rained on and off for most of the day and it was cold. Perfect weather for baking and reading…

  • GIS and the Inter Students

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    Today we finished school early for Golden Week mid-term holidays. Yay for holidays! In one of the lessons this morning we went to the Chemistry Lab and did 5 experiments in 50 minutes – pop test, precipitation of silver chloride, combustion of magnesium, carbonate base with an acid and a displacement reaction with zinc and…

  • Week One of Teaching: the highlights.

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    The starts can be a little early – on the bus by 7.10 to be at school by 7.25am with the first lesson at 7.30am. At least it only takes around 10 minutes on the bus and the bus stop is 2 minutes walk away. On days when I don’t have the first lesson (which…

  • Starting school

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    First teachers’ day at Gyosei. I had an introductory walk around the school before being introduced to all the other International faculty staff members. We sat in the staff room for over a hour listening to random Japanese from old men teachers (saying such things as ‘let’s keep the corridors clean’ and ‘our college admission…

  • We’ve Survived One Week in Japan.

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    Toshy picked us up at 10am. I opened a bank account and filled in the forms for direct debit of the rent, gas and water (but not electricity yet). After endless red tape, paperwork and random forms, 90 minutes later I walked away with a Disney passbook/card and a Pooh face towel (a present for…

  • First Official Duties

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    Toshy picked me up and we went to Gyosei wearing our “suits”. All the new teachers were invited to a little ceremony and a “party”. There were 2 new international staff – myself and a scottish primary teacher – and 6 new Japanese staff (a nurse, a senior maths teacher, some sports teachers/coaches and some…

  • We’re moving!

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    Yep, it’s all happening. We’re moving to Japan where we will live and work for a year. After threatening to do so for 4 years we are finally following through. Lara has a one-year job contract teaching science in the English-speaking stream of an International School in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She will be…

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