I am sitting here in my room at our host teacher, who has been showing us great hospitality. The bags are packed and me and John are getting ready to go in to London to stay at a hostel in South Kensington close to Hyde Park. Today was our last day at AVT and I am really going to miss the school and the pupils. We have had a wonderful time here in Bromley and I can absolutely say that I have learnt a lot. Today, for example, during maths the pupils were solving mathematical problems using writing and mental calculations. See the picture below. The teachers has been educated to teach the pupils as much mental calculations as possible at this level, even though they still also teach the pupils how and when to use algorithms.
I am also very impressed of how they use the interactive whiteboard in the classroom. Even though our teacher told us that she's not using the IWB as much as many of the other teachers at school do. I think that every teacher in Sweden who has access to IWB really should learn how to use it.
Here are some photos from the school.
Hello, how old is that "mental-calculator" in the last picture, interesting? Did you and John spend time together at the same lessons, or were you even at the same school? xoxo Munter
SvaraRaderaWhat do you think about all the stuff on the walls in the classrooms?
SvaraRaderaMårten: They are nine to ten years old. We were in the same class the whole time. We thought it was best that way because we wanted to get to know the pupils.
SvaraRaderaAgneta: I really liked the stuff on the walls because it was the pupils who had produced it. It made the classroom more personal.