Figure 1.--Many classes are conducted traditionally with the students at their desks facing the teacher who lecturs the children are oversees a discussion. This becomes more common in the forms with the older children.
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Figure 1.--Many classes are conducted traditionally with the students at their desks facing the teacher who lecturs the children are oversees a discussion. This becomes more common in the forms with the older children. |
Of course there are all kinds of activities going on in the prepschool classroom. Many of the schools are quite traditional with the teachers seated at their desk giving a lesson to the children facing him or her lestening and taking notes, but there is much less of this than there used to be. Increasingly younger teachers are introducing all kinds of innovations to classroom work. Of course this varies with the subject matter. Science in particular permitted all kinds of interesting demonstrations which can easily interest the children. The computer is also making a difference in some classes, although this was still relaively limited in the 1980s. And during the summer term there were a variety of activities that can be conducted outdoors.
Puzzled is doing a logic problem,
Surprised is getting a huge parcel,
Astonished is seeing a magician doing a trick,
Flabergasted is doing well in my assessments.
Graeme Kettle, Junior Wyvern (Queen's College Junior School), 1989-90.
"Brilliant, it's Tuesday, my best day," I screamed really loudly and an echo could be heard. Boy do I like Tuesdays. First lesson is Art, French, (Break) English, )Lunch) P.E., (Rest) Carpentry, and last but not least needlework.
Caroline Barraclough, Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
When I was in Mr Floyd's lesson I was desperate to think of something to wrote down. It was nearly half way through the lesson when I started and I'd only written five lines when he said we had a quarter of an hour left; then it didn't help when I had to fill ny pen up. Then again I couldn't really think of anything, etc etc. When I'd put etc, etc, I realised I couldn't do anything else until I put down what I have just put.
Jason Bush, 8.9, The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1978
The exams are finished and done,
Suspense and worry have begun,
Soon enough the results will come,
But waiting for them is no fun
Biting nails and kicking heels,
No one his troubles quite conceals,
Asking, 'How much did you get?'
'I haven't got my results yet.'
Dreaming by day, nightmares by night,
Will my results give me a fright?
Will they be good, o.k., or bad?
Will I be overjoyed or sad?
Will I fail or ... or ... will I pass?
Will I move up, or down, a class?
And how much longer must I wait
Until I sulk or celebrate?
Richard Hodder, Fanfare (Mount House School), Autumn 1988
