Teaching is still going fantastically! Seem to have done a lot of superhero based lessons recently which means I have been dressed up in various costumes of characters we created including "WolfGirl", "SuperMonkey" and "FavelaMan"! Was a lot of fun in my New York School classes. Also had a great lesson on London and Edinburgh with Gersone last week where he is now visiting. Very jealous of him right now! But I will be back there soon enough and then missing Cascavel just as much. Also at New York School witnessed their version of Mother's Day where all the kids under 12 sang "Let it Be" for their mums...so cute! Despite Denise totally embarssing me in front of over a hundred people (!) everyone was lovely to me and some of the smaller kids were SO excited that I was from London....I even had photos taken with some of them! Yes I am that much of a celebrity haha. Made me realise how much I am going to miss working in such an amazing community with such incredible people. I love all my colleagues and students.
At Eleodoro I have picked up the pace in lessons as I know I only have a short time left with them and want to leave the kids with as good a basic english as I can. This means that the brightest kids are now doing fantastically and the ones who want to learn are picking up the more difficult concepts of tenses and grammar easily. However it does also mean that a few of the slower kids or ones who arent that bothered about learning are struggling. But each class we play a game or sing a song and revise the previous work and they keep coming back so obviously not TOO boring for them!
Had to say goodbye to Monica this week :( We had a great few days together though. A "party" with her students at her house...oh no wait they didnt turn up! haha. So just me Monica and Carlos in the garden drinking lime juice and listening to sertaneja...cant get much better really.
Also had a girly evening with Monica and Gabi...cooked cake, sung disney songs and watched movies...great sleepover! Almost as good as my Harry Potter night this week with Ale, Dani and Julia....SO MUCH FUN! I don't think I have ever eaten as much in one night....ever. Plus was pretty much an english class right?? For them to practice speaking and listening to British English, haha.
This weekend I also cooked a "British Feast" for my host family...unfortunately many of the ingredients I wanted I couldn't find at the supermarket :( But I made fish and chips with what I had.....and actually tasted pretty darn good! Not exactly the healthiest of meals but great fun to cook and for everyone to try....and an amazingly great apple pie with cream for dessert...mmmmmm.
It is getting a little colder here so on my days off I can no longer sunbathe but have to go to the gym or walk to keep warm. Am still loving every second though.
OOOOH also exciting news from my wonderful amazing fantastically beautiful mother this week...SHE BOOKED MY FLIGHTS TO AUSTRALIA! I will be there in 85 days! This is literally the most exciting year of my life...first Paris, then Brazil, then Australia and then start at St Andrews! Really could not be any happier.
Missing you all but not long now!
Email me as always lottiebarker@btinternet.com
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