Expanding Our School

So since my Birthday one of the kindergarten classes from the other Learning Jungle Campus has moved over to my school to make room for another toddler class there.  They figured since my school has six classrooms and we were only using one of them they may as well fill a classroom with kindergarten to make the school look more occupied.  The addition of the kindergartens has completely changed the atmosphere at the school making it more lively and fun.  I really like the teacher of the kindergarten at my school (her name is Sophy but we call her Buffy), she's Cambodian and she also has her degree in education.  She has been teaching at the other campus for over a year and the other teachers had to answer to her there as she was head teacher therefore she has a lot of say of what goes on within the classroom dynamics.  By having her kindergartens close by we are now also able to coordinate what she should be teaching in order to prepare the kids for grade one.

Thats not the only change happening at our school though as my classroom has gone from 18 students to 26!  With the rapid expansion of my classroom we are now looking for another grade 1 teacher so that we can split my class and make room for more students.  And we are thinking that by August we will be able to open a grade 2 classroom.  Virak has asked me to be involved in the interviewing of the new teachers which is pretty cool to have that responsibility.

The first few months I am not going to lie have been the hardest thing I have ever had to do.  Between battling illness (oh did I mention after returning from Sihanoukville I got really sick again and it turned out I had Typhoid Fever?!! But I'm all clear now) and having to learn my students levels and abilities in order to adjust my lessons to better suit them, not to mention adjusting to the school and all the new students being added to my class as the school is building its way up the ranks it has all been rather draining but now I feel excited and prepared for the remainder of my time here.  I am looking forward to experiencing all the changes to come and to be able to watch the transformations of the school and be apart of it all!!