My Third Day at School

final day of my first week

My second day at school

Observing how the Chinese classes work

My First Day at School

My first experience in China and my first day at the school

Learning about houses with Grade 2 and 3

This week I taught Grade 2 and 3 all about the different rooms in a house. They have previously learned about words such as window anddoor, and I felt teaching them about houses was a good follow-one from this. Firstly we went over what ro

New Years Celebrations

New Years is always a time for reflection for me; what have I done over the past year to make it a memorable one? For me, 2017 was one of the most amazing years of my life! Not only did I finish university with a degree in Biochemistry, I

Christmas is nearly here!

Christmas is nearly here! It feels strange to behere in a country that doesnt celebrate it, as in the UK, where I am from, it is our biggest and most importantholiday. Every year our Queen gives a Christmas day speech, and one of the thing

Christmas with Grade 2

Since Tanghu is such a large school, I will be teaching the students about Christmas for four weeks. This week it was the turn of Grade 2 to learn about Christmas. Practice for the Cinderella play also continues, with the children now prac

Christmas with Grade 4 and Sports Day

This week I started teaching the students about Christmas. Since Tanghu Elementary is such a large school I had to start teaching the students about Christmas now, or I would be teaching it until January! Christmas is my absolute favourite

Teaching Grade 1 the Parts of the Body

This week I taught Grade 1 again. Although I have been at the school for nearly 3 months now, Ive only taught them once before so I was very excited! I decided to teach them about the body, since I found a video I really liked about differ

Building a farm with Grade 6

This week I taught Grade 6 again. After how successful the farm lessons were with the younger grades I once again recreated this lesson with more difficult vocabulary for Grade 6. I really enjoy teaching Grade 6; their levels of english ar

Going shopping with Grade 2

Once again I taught Grade 2, this time about shopping and eating out. I thought back to when I first came to China; what did I first need to know and learn? The first thing I learned was how to order food, as its often the first practical

Creating a city with Grade 4

This week I taught Grade 4 again. After seeing how much they enjoyed building a farm I decided to replicate the style of lesson to be about the city instead. We started each lesson by going over “what do you see in a city”. We went over