Lessons here start at 8.00am (tutor period is just before lunch!) so I turned up bright and early to observe a Yr13 Biology revision lesson. Sadly
the one student in the class actually had an exam this morning, but I had an
interesting chat with the Biology teacher instead (there is only one at the
moment). After break, I ran a Physics revision class for two super-bright Yr13
girls, Charlotte and Claire, on Oscillations. Really lovely to get into the
classroom and have such excellent students (Charlotte is going to Cambridge to
read Engineering, and Claire to New York to read medicine). They rocketed
through the questions I gave them.
After lunch I went to observe a primary Jiangsu Maths lesson (year
6). Very interesting but sadly all in Chinese, so I struggled to follow. But
the kids were super and told me (in English) a little bit about what they were
doing.
After tea, I ran a mentoring session with five of the six teachers
from the Science department, where we discussed good practices for teaching
science. I gave them the schemes of work and a number of resources that we use
here and they were absolutely delighted.
After dinner (I'm getting used to the food!) I had a visit into
down town Changzhou to go to the mini supermarket. Fascinating to walk through
the colourful street market on the way there. All in all, a busy, varied and
productive day!
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