Lion and The Jewel reflection

The lion and the jewel was a 4 week activity that involved backstage work during rehearsals and the final shows. The learning outcomes were, showing commitment in my activities and working collaboratively with others. Working backstage for the lion and the jewel needed commitment because we had to come 3 times a week during the four weeks of the drama production and it was the first backstage work that I was doing in my school years. The rehearsals were happening after school, and it was kind of tiring because we had to come on Sundays sometimes. Doing backstage for the lion and the jewel also involved working collaboratively with others because there were 6 of us working backstage and everyone one of us was charged with a specific task. Failure of one person to complete their task would result into confusion. Working backstage had a lot of benefits, like improving my creativity and it felt good being part of something successful.

Wobulenzi Week Two reflection

Saturday 27th marked the second week of our Wobulenzi project. We were more prepared this time and we knew what we could do better, compared to last time. This week, we taught the students simple conversations like 'how are you' and what you like or dislike. There were more students this time, meaning that students in wobulenzi have taken an interest in the French classes. Our workshop today run from 10a.m to 1p.m, just like last time.

The learning outcomes this week were working in collaboration with others, planning, developing new skills and like last time, engaging in issues of global importance. Why working in collaboration with others? Teaching today require d a lot of working in collaboration. We as the teachers would do demonstrations among us, showing the students what to do. Today also took a lot of planing because last time we noticed that without planning the activities for the workshop before presenting them to the students. We included games to keep the students more interested in the workshops.

As last time, we played a game of basketball with the students at wobulenzi, this is our way of breaking the ice and making the students more comfortable with us. We left Wobulenzi at 3p.m. We hope that next time, they come to KISU instead of us coming to wobulenzi.

Volleyball team training reflection Week 1

Volleyball team training reflection one

Volleyball is a new sport in school never done before as a competitive sport at Kisu. I joined the team after training during the after school club during the first term. Playing during the first term allowed me to acquire basic skills that would help me try out for the school's team in third term. During this 10 week training, we shall play games against other schools and during that time, I expect to improve my serving, my passes, blocks, and spikes which are smashes. The learning outcome I can think of right now is working in collaborations with others because in volleyball, to be successful, you need to good at communication.

Wobolenzi Project Week One Reflection

Saturday 20th is the first week of our long project with the wobolenzi town academy. Our group consisted of four people and once we arrived on site, we divided ourselves into two groups of twos to increase the efficiency. We alternated the work. While one group was doing the alphabet, another would do the numbers. Our goal for the first week was to break the ice and get comfortable with the groups of students because we would have the same students during these four weeks. Our equipment included notebooks, card boards, French work books for the beginner. Today, we taught the students the alphabet and counting from one up to twenty. The students were quit shy at the beginning but after breaking the ice, most of them were quite eager to raise their hands after some time. We worked  from 10a.m to 1p.m. During that time, the students were given tests to show how much they understood during each lesson.

Something we could have done better, was to make an action plan before the lessons started, it could have made the lessons run more smoothly. After lunch we played a game of basketball with the students at Wobolenzi Town Academy. I was pretty satisfied with the progress the students made this Saturday. We left them words and sentences to remember for next week's lesson. For today, I can say that everything went as expected. The main outcome today was engaging in issues of global importance because all the students come from different places in uganda, some where there is still war, so we have to avoid some jokes and be as most politically correct as possible by avoiding controversial issues.
We officially left Wobolenzi at 3p.m.