So I’ve been to my school a total of six times, three of which were spent observing some of the lessons. So far I’ve observed Klasse 5, Klasse 9 and Klasse 11, in lessons like Biology, German, English and Maths (which went right over my head!)

My school is really nice, but it seems HUGE. I keep saying that it’s a lot bigger than my school in Wales, but I don’t think that’s true. My school was expanded over the time I was there, so I suppose it seems HUGE to the kids who start there now,  but it never seemed that big to me because it was added to building by building from the one corridor it was when I started. There are a LOT of teachers at this school though. I think there are ten English teachers? I think I’ve met them all…The staff room is massive and I’ve been introduced to so many different teachers, so I can’t remember! The kids seem really nice as well. As it’s a Gymnasium, I expected the kids to be quite bright, and they do seem to be from what I’ve seen so far.

I hope I can help the kids in some capacity. I’m still nervous about it all, I haven’t had to prep anything, while a lot of my friends have been asked to, but I think that my Betreuungslehrerin (the teacher in charge of me basically) is really sticking to the letter and giving me two weeks of observation – for which I’m thankful, I’m not sure I could deal with being chucked straight into it without getting a small idea of how the kids are. Also she has cleared up another worry I had – about teachers asking me to cover lessons for them. At Altenberg they warned us that sometimes teachers will ask, and we’re not allowed to do it so we have to say no and I worried about how I would say no without seeming rude. Thankfully, she told me that I was under no circumstances to do it, so she’ll have told the other teachers that.

Another thing I love about my school is that the teachers speak German to me all the time, I’m only allowed to speak English to the students! I think my German will improve a lot because of it.

Friday was interesting, because the kids from Klasse 11 had prepared questions for me. They ranged from ‘Do you find it difficult to speak German’ to ‘What do you think about the British Empire?’

…mmm fair play this entry’s a bit boring