Week 1

It has been a very tiring week! Getting to know a new school, new staff, and new students all on top of culture shock. Overall, I think I am getting the hang of things.

This past week I was mainly just obseving in the classroom. I was getting to know the schedule and the rules as well as the students. It has been a huge difference from what I am used to at Northern Ozaukee Middle School (which I thought was small). This class only has 16 students between two grades. The whole school has only 45 pupils.

I was able to start to get to know the students that will be in my class. We did a fun activity about the Tudor period. We were working on the Tudor style homes that were built. To learn more about them the students were able to construct their own, which was a great opportunity for the students to have some fun doing an activity.

I am looking forward to getting to know the students and the staff. I am interested in seeing the parallels that run between the US and the UK in the field of education.