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Internship week 4

 Hi again 

I'm sorry for the delay but here I am with another weekly blog. 

This week was already week 4 of my internship, It's insane how fast the time is flying by! 

We had a really busy but fun week, on monday we went down to grade 6 exhibition. They had been working on presentations and we were the audience. I also brought the speculoospasta that I had taken with me from Belgium and the team demolished it during the meeting. They made 'diabetis sandwiches' by adding some speculoospasta on to a cookie and then putting chocolate on top. Half of that jar is already gone, and I'm sure it will be empty in no time. After school, Joy and I tried to get a haircut but the salon was fully booked already. So we made an appointment for a different day and just went to get dessert instead. 


Thursday was another important day since we had our own exhibition that day. After school the parents came over and the kids were able to show their parents what they have been working on for the last 4 weeks. It was super cool to see how proud the kids were to show their work and how much they really remembered from all the lessons. They became small teachers and explained everything to their parents. It was also amazing to meet all of the parents and get to chat with them for a bit. 


After the exhebition I went to get my haircut. Joy came with me and I'm so happy that she did because the lady only spoke Japanese. We went out for chinese food after and just talked for so long that we didn't even notice it was already 10p.m. 


On Friday we had a bit of a special day, it was Cameron's last day. (one of the homeroom teachers in my team) A lot of the kids were really sad that he was leaving and we really took some time to say goodbye to him. Although it ended in a bit of drama with the team and he left the school without taking any of the presents the kids gave him and without saying goodbye to any of us. 

After school we went out with a lot of the colleagues for Korean BBQ. although none of the people on the grade 5 team were able to join. I still had a lovely time with the other people from the schoolteam. I went home and got a good night of sleep before starting my week of spring break. A lot more exiting things to come! 



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  1. Mamasa(rah)17 maart 2024 om 06:05

    Oei, wat jammer dat het afscheid zo verlopen is. Maar maak er een memorabele springbreak van!

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