End of Term

This week is the last week I will have my students, as their summer break begins on Friday. The majority of students were on a school wide camping trip which is an end of the year bonding experience. Of course, there were a few students who decided not to go. These students had regular lessons, though they were far more relaxed. The end of term is always a bit crazy, so the schedules are all messed up. Many students and teachers are slacking a bit as it is the end of the term. Apparently some kids do not come to school all together. Today, I kinda had to make up my own schedule for today. I had options of what lessons I wanted to attend and simply picked.

I decided to start off the day with drama as I had only been in that class once, and it was with the year 9 students, some who I had in my homeroom. (There was no homeroom today, so I didn’t get to see all my boys.) In drama, they were put into groups and had to make up a “whodoneit” piece and perform it for the class. Then the class had to guess who the murderer was. These kids can come up with some interesting story lines. They had the most random things happening. I mean, for being given 20 minutes to think of the whole thing, they did a good job. And they were so funny. Head boy was there. He’s too precious. Seriously.

I was going to go to another year group just to get a feel for everything, but the year 9 students began asking if I was with them all day, I figured I would stay with them. I like them. We sat around in the hallway with them between classes and simply got the chance to sit and talk with some. We talked about America and school, etc. The head boy is seriously a favorite, and I will miss him. I also met another student from New York. He likes the way I say ‘Savannah.’ Haha. Too cute. Many thought I was going to be a teacher and even a teacher at this school next year. As usual, they don’t understand the role of a counselor in a school. The next class we went to was chemistry I suppose. There the students watched videos on how plastic was made. So, not that interesting. We did watch one on how bubblegum is made. Ps there is plastic in bubblegum. That video was a bit more fun to watch.

The next lesson was in the room right next door, so once again I stood out in the hall with them and talked to them. I really like being able to build relationships with them. And it’s crazy but I just love this age group. I learned about public schools in the area from another teacher and apparently they are a completely different world. As I had been told before, the majority of these students come from wealthy backgrounds. Period three for the year 9 kids was another science class. I had not met any of the teachers I worked with today, because I have not been doing any science. For the lesson they just cut our atom molecules and pasted them together. Not difficult at all. So, I joined on it and cut some stuff out. Really chill.

After lunch, the students had P.E. for the last two periods and I was of no use for that, and didn’t really want to go outside in the rain and do sports. So, I looked for some work and made myself available in the library for hire.

It’s hard to believe this is coming to a close and I will have to leave my students and teachers who I have befriended, but I know all of them are going to enjoy their summer breaks.

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