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My job is to be one half of a very small EAL project attached to a school - i've been doing the same thing on and off since i was at uni. The age range is 13 to 15 and the English level is very low - the point of the project is more to keep the children in education at all whilst they wait for a college or school place to become available in a mainstream school. Because of that, I have a huge amount of freedom to do what i want. I take everything from PE to art lessons, as well as a straightforward english language crash course. Technically I'm a [Higher Level] T.A. - it's always been my role to inject a bit oif energy and creativity into proceedings rather than plan the curriculum (we er, make up our own quite a lot of the time..!) I love it, cos I love within my means and don't need to work from 8 to 8 like fully q'd teachers.
I wrote the above preamble as it may be used again making a different request about something else, I have loads of things i'd like to ask here.
To the matter at hand - we have one term left in the year and want to do trips on an almost weekly basis. Can you think of places for day trips (back by 3pm, public transport only) in london - and especially interesting week day events that are coming up? Be as creative as you like, but remember anything that really relies on understanding English is pointless. A lot of the children are from places like Afghanistan and Pakistan and our whole notion of school and education is quite alien to them - for instance; why we even give much of a toss about our past (museums, churches etc.) and that we even have a past that is much different to our present is something I have to attempt to explain! Don't worry about it being strictly educational either then, if there's an awesome park, garden or walk we should do: smashing.
NB: I've already had "take them on the Mayday rally" knocked back but am going to make a stronger case for it lol
PS: a trip i resolutely refuse to do again, is the RAF museum. Yes, wow, planes. The last time some of my students saw planes like that, their families exploded. I really cannot believe this hasn't occurred to my colleagues before. Education is such a bubble sometimes.
I wrote the above preamble as it may be used again making a different request about something else, I have loads of things i'd like to ask here.
To the matter at hand - we have one term left in the year and want to do trips on an almost weekly basis. Can you think of places for day trips (back by 3pm, public transport only) in london - and especially interesting week day events that are coming up? Be as creative as you like, but remember anything that really relies on understanding English is pointless. A lot of the children are from places like Afghanistan and Pakistan and our whole notion of school and education is quite alien to them - for instance; why we even give much of a toss about our past (museums, churches etc.) and that we even have a past that is much different to our present is something I have to attempt to explain! Don't worry about it being strictly educational either then, if there's an awesome park, garden or walk we should do: smashing.
NB: I've already had "take them on the Mayday rally" knocked back but am going to make a stronger case for it lol
PS: a trip i resolutely refuse to do again, is the RAF museum. Yes, wow, planes. The last time some of my students saw planes like that, their families exploded. I really cannot believe this hasn't occurred to my colleagues before. Education is such a bubble sometimes.
