Bloom where you're Planted
In the seven weeks of term one at Kathmandu International Study Centre I have learnt unbelievable amounts about myself, the children under my care, how to run my class effectively and how to live in a foreign culture without becoming utterly overwhelmed... it's sad to say the first term is over, but realising that it was the shortest term of the four, I'm so happy there's many more weeks to come in this beautiful country with this amazing role! We ended the term with a 'Splash Day' for the kids, but I was loving life, flying down soapy slides and tipping buckets of freezing cold water on my colleagues; most of them reciprocating simultaneously! The kids had so much fun and it was a great end of term bonding experience! Throughout the term, I had to face the challenges of every new teacher... parents night was one of these and I'm so glad my teaching assistant, Amelia was there to help! I also had to face taking an Assembly, for the first time in my teaching ca