For the end of the year performance at our school all of the different English classes put on a show for all the parents on Friday. Our theme was Christmas Around the World. Each of the ILP teachers picked a country and wrote a script going along with the traditions of that country at Christmas time. Since most of the students are young and know very little English the scripts were very simple with each student only speaking a few words. I chose to have my group of kids be in France. We all wrote our scripts and then gave them to our administrator at the school to go over. She did not particularly like what we wrote. She said we gave the kids too much to say and do. So instead she took all of our countries information and then made her own script. We all just laughed at this and let her do her thing. So for the last month we have been rehearsing with our classes, helping them memorize their lines, and teaching them Christmas songs. They all practiced so hard and we were very excited for this performance.
The big day finally came. The teachers had to be at the school early to clean up everything, go through all the shelves, and organize for the next group of ILP teachers to come in a few weeks. Then all the kids showed up at the school around 4pm in their costumes and ready to go. Each group had to dress up according to what country they were from. The parents were in charge of the kids costumes and they all did a fantastic job!! The kids looked so cute. Whenever a student would walk into the room we would gush about how cute they looked.
Haley, one of the teachers here, made a video of our time spent teaching in Ukraine. They showed it to the parents right before our performance. Here is a link to watch it on youtube:
Then we took all the kids downstairs to the room we performed in. It was full of parents and it was really hot. But the school decorated the room very Christmasy for us. Then the spectacle began. My head teacher, Dianna, filmed the whole show for us so hopefully I will get a copy of it. The kids did such a fantastic job and all the parents and teachers were so proud! Afterwards, we took all the kids back up to the classroom and they each got to pick out a final prize and then we had to say our final goodbyes. It was very hard to say bye to these kids. They were so much fun to teach. I will always remember them. This experience in Ukraine will defiantly be one that I will never forget.
The big day finally came. The teachers had to be at the school early to clean up everything, go through all the shelves, and organize for the next group of ILP teachers to come in a few weeks. Then all the kids showed up at the school around 4pm in their costumes and ready to go. Each group had to dress up according to what country they were from. The parents were in charge of the kids costumes and they all did a fantastic job!! The kids looked so cute. Whenever a student would walk into the room we would gush about how cute they looked.
Haley, one of the teachers here, made a video of our time spent teaching in Ukraine. They showed it to the parents right before our performance. Here is a link to watch it on youtube:
Then we took all the kids downstairs to the room we performed in. It was full of parents and it was really hot. But the school decorated the room very Christmasy for us. Then the spectacle began. My head teacher, Dianna, filmed the whole show for us so hopefully I will get a copy of it. The kids did such a fantastic job and all the parents and teachers were so proud! Afterwards, we took all the kids back up to the classroom and they each got to pick out a final prize and then we had to say our final goodbyes. It was very hard to say bye to these kids. They were so much fun to teach. I will always remember them. This experience in Ukraine will defiantly be one that I will never forget.
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