- Two Cake Sales
- A Christmas Quiz
- Busking carols around Cheltenham
- Non-school uniform day
- Valentine's Roses and Sweets delivery
- Spring concert ticket money at school
- Spring concert raffle at school
There's been quite a considerable radio silence as regards fundraising over the past few months. Here are some of the things I've been doing/organising to raise money:
After months of waiting, we have finally been given our specific projects!
It wasn't January as I first thought, it was actually May, which is when all selection courses have finished. I think some people can actually still get selected in April to go away this year - scary.
May came around, no news. The days passed by, still no news. We weren't sure if they were coming by post or by email either... then I checked my email....!
And so without further ado, let me tell you about my project.
Next year I will be volunteering as a full member of a secondary school English department in Uthai Thani, Thailand.
Uthai Thani is a small provincial town, so it will be a bit of a mix between the city proper, which is close by, and the more rural area in which I will actually be living. My partner and I will share a house in the grounds of the school where we will be working, which has been described to me as a "lovely wooden affair", which sounds wonderful!
Our actual job at the school is to teach classes of around forty (!) and make English learning more fun for the students. I have heard, a bit earlier on in the process, that truants are not cracked down on so much in Thailand as they are here, so if you're lesson isn't interesting, the students won't attend it! Pile on the pressure to make sure I'm a good teacher!
I'm really excited about the culture of the country as well; there are so many different things to see and do from here! I'm particularly interested in the language, which I know is going to be hard. I really want to learn it properly though, language is something that really interests me. I've got a couple of books lined up to give me a basic understanding of the language which I can then build on, once my exams are finished.
Speaking of books, I was also given the National Geographic's Guide to Thailand for Christmas by my parents, and have since bought "Culture Shock!Thailand".
I now have all trains and accomodation booked for Training this summer. That's going to be hard as well. Lets just assume, from now on, that everything I talk about is going to be difficult, unless I expressly say so! That's not to say it won't be incredibly worthwhile or extremely enjoyable. After all, it's our first tangible stepinto the abyss on the journey to Thailand.
It wasn't January as I first thought, it was actually May, which is when all selection courses have finished. I think some people can actually still get selected in April to go away this year - scary.
May came around, no news. The days passed by, still no news. We weren't sure if they were coming by post or by email either... then I checked my email....!
And so without further ado, let me tell you about my project.
Next year I will be volunteering as a full member of a secondary school English department in Uthai Thani, Thailand.
Uthai Thani is a small provincial town, so it will be a bit of a mix between the city proper, which is close by, and the more rural area in which I will actually be living. My partner and I will share a house in the grounds of the school where we will be working, which has been described to me as a "lovely wooden affair", which sounds wonderful!
Our actual job at the school is to teach classes of around forty (!) and make English learning more fun for the students. I have heard, a bit earlier on in the process, that truants are not cracked down on so much in Thailand as they are here, so if you're lesson isn't interesting, the students won't attend it! Pile on the pressure to make sure I'm a good teacher!
I'm really excited about the culture of the country as well; there are so many different things to see and do from here! I'm particularly interested in the language, which I know is going to be hard. I really want to learn it properly though, language is something that really interests me. I've got a couple of books lined up to give me a basic understanding of the language which I can then build on, once my exams are finished.
Speaking of books, I was also given the National Geographic's Guide to Thailand for Christmas by my parents, and have since bought "Culture Shock!Thailand".
I now have all trains and accomodation booked for Training this summer. That's going to be hard as well. Lets just assume, from now on, that everything I talk about is going to be difficult, unless I expressly say so! That's not to say it won't be incredibly worthwhile or extremely enjoyable. After all, it's our first tangible step
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