New week...

A new week, a new timetable ( sort of). The timetables haven´t changed for all the classes yet.
On Monday I followed the 9th and 7th grade. In the 7th grade they had to present their presentation about Australia. Some of them were quite good. A lot of pictures, quite an attactive lay-out. Their language on the other hand isn´t always that great. They make a lot of grammar mistakes.
On Tuesday I followed the 5th grade. Their timetables haven´t changed yet and so I have to ´mix´ my timetables. The 5th graders had to do a matching exercise : match the picture with the right sentence. Afterwards they had to do a roleplay about the pictures. The pupils were in groups of 3-4. They had to make their own sentences. I helped them if they didn´t know something. On Wednesday they had to perform it in class. It was really funny to watch, but I wonder where they learn some of the words, if you know what I mean ;). Normally I had to teach the 7th grade on Tuesday myself but they weren´t finished with their presentations, so Friday will be my day.
Due to the changes of my timetables, I don´t follow the 6th grade any longer, but the 8th grade instead. This week they are not in school so I will meet them next week.

I think I am in Denmark for about a month now and I can definitely say that the teachers have another method of teaching than we have in Belgium. The pupils don´t have any exams until 8th grade. So marks aren´t really important. The emphasis is on the independence of the pupils. A lot of projects. group work, learning things on their own, ...

I´ll tell you more about it later. I have to hurry otherwise I will be late for my cooking class.

Vi ses ! (See you)

( These are qwerty-keyboards and I´m not yet used to them, so sorry if there are some weird words ;) )