Bergvliet Primary School
http://bergvlietprimary.co.za/
Childrens Way Bergvliet
7945
Cape Town, South Africa
The primary school in South-Africa is quite the same as in The Netherlands, but there are differences. The school in South-Africa is much more bigger. They've got seperated classrooms. For example the subject 'Arts'. The children are taught Arts in a special room for this subject. They've also got a swimming pool to practice the swimming of the children. There is also a seperated drama classroom.
The way of teaching is also different. The teachers are more stricted. But there are very nice things on the way of teaching in South-Africa. I liked it.
I did my internship for about 330 hours.
I used papers to learn the six and seven times tables. The children had to make couples.
I also used own teaching materials. For example I used my guitar to teach them a Dutch song.
I used mirrors to learn them the line of symmetry.
It's important to use materials when you're teaching, to make it visual.
The teachers think, in the beginning, that you can't teach very well. Usually in South-Africa, they start with the internship in their third year.
So you need to say that you really want to teach. I've taught the following subjects: Music, Drama, English, Dutch, Arts, Maths, etc.
The ability to teach at this primary school is very good. You can just ask them if you can teach a lesson. Most of the time you can do it. I really wanted to give music, drama and arts lesson. I spoke to the teachers of those subjects. They were glad that I wanted to teach these lessons. They really enjoyed it.
I stayed at 15 glen alping way, Bergvliet.
The house were I stayed was very big. They had everything. There was for example a washing machine.
The culture was very good. You can just decide to eat with the family or you can make your own food. There are a lot of things to do in the surrounding. You can walk and you can do whatever you want.
The people in South-Africa are very nice. Before you go, they will tell you that South-Africa is very dangerous. I didn't notice anything about unsafety. It's safe and the people will always help you. You just need to be carefull when you're travelling by train at night. That's unsafe. The taxis are very good. You must not take the white taxis. The other ones are safe. I really enjoyed my stay!
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