National creative writing competition...

These were my kids, they were selected for this...so I was there to give them a bit of support!

Last three days in Ceuta...

Boat trip

This is my lovely class, I've had them since I started(Oct) so we grown quite close... when they come to London for their year abroad trip, the teacher will ring me and i'll be there...God willing

The boat trip was fantastic, and the weather was amazing, we were quite lucky, not a cloud in sight!
This is the teacher and I, she's quite funny....she just walks along and leaves the children behind, it was quite stressing for me coz i kept turning around and I panicked when I lost sight of them. She says they gotta learn to fend for themsleves...I think nowadays it's quite a good technique....IF THEY DON'T WALK FASTER THEY WON'T GET ON THE BOAT AND THEY CAN STAY HERE WAITING...LOL

Spot the teacher...

Yes...I took the kids on my own! but that was NOT the plan...lol....I dont even teach this group,
last minute the head of activities told me I'd be taking them on my own, wasn't that bad as you can see they look older than me! the eldest was 19 and she was pregnant and happy....everyone was happy! the whole class were all girls except for 1, footballer for the Ceuta team. he carried around a newpaper clip of him on the pitch ....the early years I say...
The girl behind me wants to study languages at uni so we spoke in english most of the time....and lol...on the way back we took the long way round(beachside)...trying to bunk lessons....kids eh!

History of Theatre

This morning I took the one of my classes on a trip to a museum talking about the history of Theatre. It was fun for them and they also spoke english while we walked there...and we had a laugh! I´ll put pics up as soon as I can. The place was great because the lady got the kids to participate so it was quite funny...on fri i´ll be going on another trip with another class. we´ll be on a small boat and go around the coast of ceuta talking about legends and stuff...should be graet for taking photos as well...cant wait! hehe

Escaped to the Peninsula...

Did I mention that I´d be going to Cordoba?...well anyways, I was invited to go there by a collegue of mine and her lovely family. It was really nice! a beautiful place to visit. The main attraction of course is the "Mezquita", now a cathedral, a mixture of all periods(roman, celtic, byzantine, islamic, etc etc) makes this place so fascinating. there are so many columns inside, supporting the massive structure that it is often called " el bosque de las columnas" (the forest of columns). I would definatley go there again to visitr.
Then, outside is very much Andalucian style, houses etc.... I took so many photos.
we shopped and I bought some typical jewellery there called firilijo or something like that, it was quite funny because we asked the man woman selling if it was pure silver....and she said no...it´s a mixture of silver and something, bad silver....ENGLISH silver....lol.... I laughed because of course she would never imagine that I was born in England!
We then went to a nice restaurant and ate yummy italian food and shared some massive desserts...and then we went home to drop our stuff and later on we went out to join a festival type parade... something to do with easter... well, it was interesting, but its not my type of thing...but hey....nice experience...
the ferry ride back was terrible, I felt sick because of the fact that I had eaten, a bag full of sweets, time of the month, garlic breath, had a cold, and my stomach swollen up again...blurrrr...
the trip was fantastic though....loved it!

It´s thursday, and i´m already shattered! had a full on week. I have decided to give my kids an activity that consists of creating a series of questions which by answering with a yes can show if you are really from the area, in this case Ceuta. The title of this questionnaire is HOW CABALLA ARE YOU? and I will post it when it´s finished and then it will be put on the school magasine...so naturally the kids are motivated... I have been doing this task with them since last week and it has gone well.
The kids are really wearing me out though...you need to bring alot of energy to the class to be able to teach them.
This weekend I should be off to Morocco again to shop around and pamper myself...im going with my friends Kinsa and Guarda, should be fun...!
next weekend I should be going to Cordoba with one of my collegues....it´s about time I visit the peninsula!
Well my private lessons are practically finished now...because I need to get on with my work...arghh