Some schools you can just tell. I don’t know quite what it is but you can just tell when things are going to to well. Today’s school started out great as the teacher in charge had emailed me a list of requests for the teaching workshop, and they asked all the right questions; what to do about pronunciation, how to teach without an ALT and what to do if you don’t speak English yourself. All stuff I can really help with.

Then the Head Teacher’s greeting was great, really genki and totally friendly! So after a chat it was off to the gym and for the first time in a long time they had everything set up perfectly! So no need to spend 30 mins re-wiring the sound system. So then as can be expected from such a cool head teacher and cool teachers, the kids were fantastic. Nearly all of the 600 kids had a sparkle in the their eyes and gave 100% to a fantastic performance. All the motivation stuff they took in their stride and to say that they haven’t had any English lessons yet ( they start next year) they were up there with the best schools in the country. Great.

In the teachers workshop there were a few teachers who were either very much against, or totally terrified of, the Head Teachers decision to start formal lessons next year. But by the end of it they were nodding their heads and had the look of “Well, you know, I might just be able to pull this off”. Cool.

So a great day’s work and this will be a cool school to watch!