Day 3 and 4 in Valencia

So, I met my primary classes on Wednesday and Thursday and they are so cute! I have two year 6 classes of about 30 students. Carmen, the primary teacher, was absolutely lovely and seemed really excited to have a native speaker in the class and is happy for me to do lots of active, task-based activities and take free reign with the textbook. For next week's lesson I am doing vocabulary surrounding activities that we do with friends. Carmen has given me flashcards, yippie! Jenny - I might actually be able to try out lots of the ideas you gave us in your drilling workshop! The lesson also involves a rap and acting out flashcards. I will update you on how it goes!

I'm also doing CLIL Art with both year 6 classes. This so far involves me explaining the art book tasks in English and admiring the students work and asking about it in English. It's so sweet the way the students are super excited to show you their work and ask if you like it. Today they drew lines and colours to express how they were feeling. They (I hope) learnt a few new words around 'feelings' in the process of being creative.

Finally, I mentioned in my last blog post about the door opening fiasco. Well, behold, I have pictures (kindly sent to me by Jody on WhatsApp) of this event. Please enjoy. I also attach some photos I took in the Turia Riverbed Park which expands along the city. It's right by the school and it is absolute bliss to go walking there in the sun and warmth whenever I have free time.