Revision weeks give the children a chance to exercise their recognition and recall memory. To kick this off, our Volunteering Teacher’s created and executed a lesson of competitions and team-focused tests – a fun way to revise learned content! At the end of our two-week revision, the children took home colouring storybooks, juice boxes and biscuits.

This week, we designed rockets, fastened our astronaut uniforms and set far into space to meet our home planet Earth’s friends in the solar system. As we taught them how to describe different planets, we learned that their favourites were Mercury because “it’s so fast”, Saturn because “of the rings” or Jupiter because “it’s very fat”!  

Knowing the world beyond us is vital for widened opportunities as we grow. Taking this first step of awareness into globalization and identity, our lesson this week introduced the children to where they are in the world; and the planet they call their world.

Designing flipbooks and stepping into our inner architect’s shoes, this week we reflected on our homes. We also shared laughs on midnight snacking stories from the children, and how treehouses were no fit place for a human to live – unless you meant to be eaten by a wild animal!

Hands-on learning to learn what our hands feel? That’s the goal! In this session, we taught the children about textures of all kinds and the organs used to identify them.

Who said learning can’t be fun? This week, we dove mouth-first into the literacy-rich world of taste, and each made our own pizzas

 In Week 5, we explored the sense of smell through reading, vocabulary and writing practice, and a fun free painting session!

Our team has completed one entire month of English Literacy Classes! In week 4, we set out to learn vocabulary associated with sounds. The wholesome laughter you see in these pictures is because of delightful mystery items like ‘pompoms’. Not only did they sound funny, but they felt delightfully soft to the little kiddos!

This class focused on enhancing the children’s knowledge of their physical bodies and expanding their vocabulary through guided reading. It aimed to support the children in taking the vital first step in self-awareness of the basic composition of their bodies.

In our very first session, our team of Volunteering Teachers warmed up to each other and the children while testing their existing abilities in interpersonal communication. Fun play-time was utilized as a means to introduce the basics of interpersonal communication in the English language.