Christmas is a time of gathering, of family reunions and, mainly for children, a time for Santa Claus to pay a visit. Last week on 23rd December adult students were invited to bring their own children to school, to spend a different day with them, interacting and playing. What I witnessed was ... wonderful! Wonderful bonds between mums and children and / or teenagers - YES! There is nothing to be ashamed of; a mother is always a mother no matter how old we are!
We started the day going to the movies and around 1pm we were already heading to school for a shared meal - all very tasty homemade food prepared by ANSC 2 mums!!! (Congratulations, ladies, you are wonderful cooks!). Afterwards there were several activities - from reading and performing a story, game playing,... to drawing. The kids were fantastic - really! They behaved so well - no tantrums, no sobs, nothing! All mums were helpful and all looked after everybody's children, even Catarina's eldest son who was always attentive and looking after his twin sisters. It was a great day, in a great atmosphere.
The most exciting moment was yet to come - Santa Claus with gifts for all. You cannot imagine (???) how excited kids were: they cried and jumped for joy when they heard Santa's HOHOHO...
Before showing you the pictures I took, I would like to thank teacher CLAUDIA SOARES - she has really been unique with her professionalism and dedication; teacher JOSÉ MIGUEL MENDONÇA, a perfect Santa Claus, and teacher NATÁLIA COSTA from the schoolboard, who dealt with logistics making this Christmas celebration possible. I cannot forget the mums / ANSC ladies nor the presence of other teachers (teachers Clara Luís, Conceição Aires, Sandrina Tralhão and Sónia Antunes). A huge THANK YOU!!!
Now, be my guests!
About Me
- Teacher Alex
- Portugal
- I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.
12 comments:
It was a really great day!
Thanks for all who made this possible.
Have a Happy New Year.
maria manuel - ANI2
Now, that's what Christmas is all about: spending time with family and friends, having a good time. What a great idea you had, giving everybody an opportunity to just be together!
Have a wonderful New Year, keeping this spirit alive! May you all have many opportunities to share all your good times with us!
Love,
Lena.
Liebe Alexandra,
although I am not good in English, I wish you and your family a very Happy New Year with lots of Fun, Friednship, Love and Harmony, and do not forget the Deutsche Sprache!In January I will be there in Porto!
Liebe Grüsse
Álvaro (Brasil)
I loved the family day
My boys also loved it, it was good to see them all happy.
Thank you for this opportunity. Happy Holidays
It was a beautiful day.
Children and families enjoyed this special day.
Film was also interesting, but we have to see the rest! For the next!
Thank you all! Happy New Year!
Nice to have such good news from all of you. I'm thrilled that you but especially the kids really had a special day - that was what I meant when I suggested the activity :) I'm sure I'll come up with something else for Easter, yes???
A very happy 2010 :D
Congratulations on teacher Alexandra who had this brilliant idea!!
It was really a GREAT idea!!!
I'm sorry I couldn't stay long but I'm sure you all had a special day!
Happy new 2010 for all!!!
One more activity for the family! Nice idea to inify the family!Fantastic!
Have a nice 2010!
GG
Sorry not to have answered you before, Álvaro!
You know how disappointed I feel about the "death" of the German Language not only at my school but around the country... I've already tried to do something to revive it but it has been useless. I hope that my colleague Teresa Paula is luckier with her recently created "Clube de Alemão" :)
Hi! I really enjoyed this day and would therefore like to thank teacher Alexandra Duarte all her effort so that this Christmas feast could come true. I would like to thank teacher Claudia Soares as well, who also deserves a big THANK YOU for everything.
A Happy New Year to all!
It´s amazing.
It´s fantastic you real are capable to do everything I´m real like thank
A kiss Lurdes
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