Hi Everyone,
It's great to have so many messages from you and to hear about what you have been getting up to in your new classes!
I have just finished my job as a kindergarten teacher in Frankfurt. We had the summer festival on my very last day which was great fun as all of the children sung songs. They even sang 'Kukaburra sits in the old gum tree' and 'Tie me kangaroo down sport'. I din't have any time to teach them NZ songs but they did make kiwi birds which they loved!
The weather in Germany is fantastic at the moment. It is up around 30 degrees everyday but it can also be a bit muggy. At the moment I am enjoying the beautiful clear skies of Tenerife which is part of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is actually part of Spain but it is down near Africa, just west of Morroco. It is very hot as you can probably imagine so we are getting out and enjoying the many things to see an do around the island and cooling off in the pool.
Hopefully it isn't too cold for you back home.
Missing you all,
Miss Millward
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Guten Tag from Germany!
Well it is almost time for you to start school for 2008 and I hear you have been having fabulous weather to enjoy those last few days of your holidays in. The weather has been a little colder this week compared to our warmer weather we had been having- down to 2 degrees during the day. Today it is a beautiful sunny day but the temperature outside is -1 degree so I think it will be a VERY cold night! At the moment I can hear the church bells ringing around the city.
I started my new job on Monday. I am working at a Kindergarten with German 3-6 year old children. It is very different from teaching Year 5 and 6 children! I play a lot of games with them and do puzzles and craft activities. Even though they speak German, I have to speak to them in English. It can be a little tricky at times but if I listen carefully I can work out what they are saying and then I reply to them in English. They understand a lot of English already but are just a bit shy to practice it.
On Tuesday it is Fasching in Germany. It is a big Carnival where everyone gets dressed up and goes a bit loopy for the day. They do it to scare away Winter and to have one last party before Lent begins. At my kindergarten we are having a Fasching party where we will be eating lots of food and dancing. All of the teachers are dressing up as Hula Dancers. I will try to put some photos of our celebration on for you.
Ella, it was great to hear that you received your postcard! I sent one to Mrs Thompson too so hopefully she has had hers arrive too.
Keep in touch everyone and let me know you are still reading the blog by leaving a comment on the comments page!
Miss Millward
xox
I started my new job on Monday. I am working at a Kindergarten with German 3-6 year old children. It is very different from teaching Year 5 and 6 children! I play a lot of games with them and do puzzles and craft activities. Even though they speak German, I have to speak to them in English. It can be a little tricky at times but if I listen carefully I can work out what they are saying and then I reply to them in English. They understand a lot of English already but are just a bit shy to practice it.
On Tuesday it is Fasching in Germany. It is a big Carnival where everyone gets dressed up and goes a bit loopy for the day. They do it to scare away Winter and to have one last party before Lent begins. At my kindergarten we are having a Fasching party where we will be eating lots of food and dancing. All of the teachers are dressing up as Hula Dancers. I will try to put some photos of our celebration on for you.
Ella, it was great to hear that you received your postcard! I sent one to Mrs Thompson too so hopefully she has had hers arrive too.
Keep in touch everyone and let me know you are still reading the blog by leaving a comment on the comments page!
Miss Millward
xox
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!
Well in NZ it will officially be 2008 by now...I still have 7 hours before I will be celebrating the German New Year.
Here are a few pictures from my skiing trip over Christmas in France.
Surrounded by the French Alps on Christmas Day
Jace and I after a long day on the slopes!
The beautiful mountains of the French Alps.
It was a wonderful surprise to find Ella's Christmas card had arrived when I got home- thanks Ella!!! xx
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here are a few pictures from my skiing trip over Christmas in France.
Surrounded by the French Alps on Christmas Day
Jace and I after a long day on the slopes!
The beautiful mountains of the French Alps.
It was a wonderful surprise to find Ella's Christmas card had arrived when I got home- thanks Ella!!! xx
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Merry Christmas from Germany!
Here is a little picture of me with our Christmas tree in Germany. We leave to go skiing for Christmas in France tomorrow so I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Keep in touch with me!
Miss Millward
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Venice
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Here are some pictures from my trip to Venice with my brother Hamish. Enjoy your last days of school for 2007!
Here are some pictures from my trip to Venice with my brother Hamish. Enjoy your last days of school for 2007!
Monday, December 10, 2007
Countdown to Christmas
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Ella has reminded me that I haven't updated the blog in awhile....
Well everything in Frankfurt has turned very Christmassy. In Germany most cities have Christmas markets and the one here is amazing (you can see some pictures in the slideshow). All of the shops here are beautifully decorated and at night there are lights everywhere!
On Tuesday my brother arrived from NZ to visit me for a month and today we are flying to Venice for four days. Venice is in Italy- you may have seen the part of Venice we are staying in on some movies. There are no cars there, everyone travels by small boats down canals. I will put some photos on for you to see when I get back.
Hope school is still going well and that you are all getting ready for Christmas!
Love,
Miss Millward
Ella has reminded me that I haven't updated the blog in awhile....
Well everything in Frankfurt has turned very Christmassy. In Germany most cities have Christmas markets and the one here is amazing (you can see some pictures in the slideshow). All of the shops here are beautifully decorated and at night there are lights everywhere!
On Tuesday my brother arrived from NZ to visit me for a month and today we are flying to Venice for four days. Venice is in Italy- you may have seen the part of Venice we are staying in on some movies. There are no cars there, everyone travels by small boats down canals. I will put some photos on for you to see when I get back.
Hope school is still going well and that you are all getting ready for Christmas!
Love,
Miss Millward
Friday, November 9, 2007
Could it be snow???
Today out at Frankfurt International School it is snowing! That is only about a 20 minute drive from here! I wonder if we will have some snow over the weekend?
I haven't been up to too much over the past few weeks. I have done a painting to hang on the wall, have been to a few rugby games and have been out to Frankfurt International School with the rugby boys to teach the Year 5 children there about nutrition, stretching and warming up for sport and exercise.
This is a photo of me on the bus on the way to Cologne. Cologne is about a 3 hour bus ride from Frankfurt. Guess how long it took us to get there? 5 hours! We were driving along the Autobahn (which is the German word for motorway) and we hit a huge traffic jam! It wasn't like a traffic jam in Auckland where you just move along REALLY slowly.....we didn't even move at all for at least 20 minutes. The German bus driver turned on the traffic report on the radio and it said that a truck had driven off the side of a bridge up ahead and that they had closed the motorway until they could get cranes in to lift the truck back onto the road. We had to take a bit of a back road so we could get back onto the clear motorway ahead. We did finally make it to the rugby ground though and Jason's team won 81-5. Jason scored 2 tries.
The photos above are at Frankfurt International School. Jason and the other rugby boys had to go out to the school to teach the children a few things about sport and exercise. I went out too to look around the school, take some photos and help out if they needed it. Jason's group wanted some ideas for some games to play with the kids so I taught them a few of the games we play in NZ. We played games like rats and rabbits, red light, green light and octopus. The children really enjoyed them. Being at the school and doing a bit of teaching made me miss teaching Room 10!
Thank you to those people keeping me updated by email and through comments on the blog. I am hoping to be able to talk to you through a computer to computer phone line called Skype. It's lots of fun. I have been talking to Mr Rosamond and Mrs Behague on it. They can see me through a webcam and Mrs Behague has bought one too so that I can see her at school. You should go a visit her to ask which morning she will be talking to me next and you could come and talk to me.
Miss you all lots. Hope you're having a great Term 4!
Miss Millward
I haven't been up to too much over the past few weeks. I have done a painting to hang on the wall, have been to a few rugby games and have been out to Frankfurt International School with the rugby boys to teach the Year 5 children there about nutrition, stretching and warming up for sport and exercise.
This is a photo of me on the bus on the way to Cologne. Cologne is about a 3 hour bus ride from Frankfurt. Guess how long it took us to get there? 5 hours! We were driving along the Autobahn (which is the German word for motorway) and we hit a huge traffic jam! It wasn't like a traffic jam in Auckland where you just move along REALLY slowly.....we didn't even move at all for at least 20 minutes. The German bus driver turned on the traffic report on the radio and it said that a truck had driven off the side of a bridge up ahead and that they had closed the motorway until they could get cranes in to lift the truck back onto the road. We had to take a bit of a back road so we could get back onto the clear motorway ahead. We did finally make it to the rugby ground though and Jason's team won 81-5. Jason scored 2 tries.
The photos above are at Frankfurt International School. Jason and the other rugby boys had to go out to the school to teach the children a few things about sport and exercise. I went out too to look around the school, take some photos and help out if they needed it. Jason's group wanted some ideas for some games to play with the kids so I taught them a few of the games we play in NZ. We played games like rats and rabbits, red light, green light and octopus. The children really enjoyed them. Being at the school and doing a bit of teaching made me miss teaching Room 10!
Thank you to those people keeping me updated by email and through comments on the blog. I am hoping to be able to talk to you through a computer to computer phone line called Skype. It's lots of fun. I have been talking to Mr Rosamond and Mrs Behague on it. They can see me through a webcam and Mrs Behague has bought one too so that I can see her at school. You should go a visit her to ask which morning she will be talking to me next and you could come and talk to me.
Miss you all lots. Hope you're having a great Term 4!
Miss Millward
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