Upon entering the school draws from all his shoes because the DSI slippers are worn. This is only the background, that as little dirt is taken in. - but at the same time improving the well-being.
The classrooms, kitchen and office are all located in one building, the elementary school on the lower level, intermediate level on the upper floor.
For physical education is driven by the "service bus" to an outside gym and also to a pottery studio not far away.
The school is still under construction, the opening was a month before the beginning of my internship. Thus it should be noted that all students are new to the school. The difficulty here is that they come from very different schools from different countries. This is reflected in their extreme differences in educational attainment, particularly in the core subjects, again.
The DSI has a primary school in each of the 1st and 2nd , And 3 and 4 Class will be taught together. This has its advantages and disadvantages.
Positive is that from it a class-wide group may feel that should be promoted.
Negative is that the elementary school teachers often feel overwhelmed, especially in core subjects such as mathematics, to communicate clearly the subject matter.
As from the 5th Will work with your class distance education program (ILS), the students mainly work independently.
The faculty will be present for supervision and feedback.
Before the internship, I had the idea that I expect an interesting mix of young people who also have a lot of other experiences, difficulties and problems than students who live in a country firmly and go to school there. I assumed that they are open in thought, as most of them, in their few years of life lived in several countries and have met in other cultures.
One problem I could imagine that it's extremely difficult to build strong friendships, as well as many is clearly saying that they often no longer than 1-2 years in a country - will be at a school.
As I put it very difficult to me, no fixed abode, no fixed home to have.
Positive I imagined on the other side, but that some children may have developed in exactly the strength to close contacts very quickly, regardless of language barriers or cultural differences.
The contact with the students went well. I put myself in the morning and sit in a circle just before the first day in class was tierend assist, helping present the first problem was getting to know pupils of equip.
Since I was the first intern in social work at the school, I can draw no comparison to typical previous contacts.
For the children I was the "assistant" and many came up to me by itself, if there are problems, arguments, or simply gave only desire to talk.
