Hello friends!
It’s me again – Lavcho. Now I’m going to tell you about my visit to Birchen Coppice Primary, our partner school from Kidderminster in the UK. Of course, I wasn’t there by myself. My companions were Mrs Mancheva – our head teacher, Mrs Kalaydzhieva – the Partnership contact person, Mrs Tsolova, Mrs Tepavicharova and Mrs Kuseva – teachers at our school. They presented our school’s activities during the first semester and took part in working out the Action Plan for the second semester of the Partnership. It goes without saying that they introduced me to the children who had gathered together to welcome us with a short musical programme. I had a present for them – a Culture Box full of sweets and martenitsas from “Hristo Yassenov” Comprehensive School and you. The children liked them very much and tied the martenitsas round their wrists with pleasure.
After that we walked around Birchen Coppice Primary. It has around 230 pupils. They start school at the age of 5. The school day begins at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at 3:45 p.m. Their course books which are kept in the classrooms are interestingly written, with a lot of pictures. However, they do not have books for each subject as it is in Bulgaria. Education there is organized around topics which are related to all subjects. Besides, teachers there prepare individual lesson plans for each child. Pupils learn to be responsible and independent, to make decisions and take initiative on their own. Classes are of about 16 pupils who have a teacher and at least one assistant teacher. In the classrooms there are 3-4 computers, a tablet, an interactive board and a lot of posters and decoration, made by children and teachers. Most of the classes look after a pet either in the classroom or in the corridor. Lunch is provided in the school canteen, where children have a choice of a couple of delicious and healthy dishes. No sweets or fizzy drinks at school.
Parents have to take their child to and back from school. Some pupils come by bike. The schoolyard is divided into a number of playgrounds for each age group. Children can freely play and relax in the breaks. We could see the garden patches where different classes grow vegetables and flowers. What impressed me most was the Forest School within the school yard. There pupils learn about environment, how to saw, light a fire, make things by themselves, prepare compost for their plants. They invent and tell stories and have barbecues. I was also given a barbecue sandwich. It was really delicious.
I believe that if you were able to see Birchen Coppice Primary School yourselves, you would definitely like it. Goodbye and wait for my report on my next trip!
Love
Lavcho
It’s me again – Lavcho. Now I’m going to tell you about my visit to Birchen Coppice Primary, our partner school from Kidderminster in the UK. Of course, I wasn’t there by myself. My companions were Mrs Mancheva – our head teacher, Mrs Kalaydzhieva – the Partnership contact person, Mrs Tsolova, Mrs Tepavicharova and Mrs Kuseva – teachers at our school. They presented our school’s activities during the first semester and took part in working out the Action Plan for the second semester of the Partnership. It goes without saying that they introduced me to the children who had gathered together to welcome us with a short musical programme. I had a present for them – a Culture Box full of sweets and martenitsas from “Hristo Yassenov” Comprehensive School and you. The children liked them very much and tied the martenitsas round their wrists with pleasure.
After that we walked around Birchen Coppice Primary. It has around 230 pupils. They start school at the age of 5. The school day begins at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at 3:45 p.m. Their course books which are kept in the classrooms are interestingly written, with a lot of pictures. However, they do not have books for each subject as it is in Bulgaria. Education there is organized around topics which are related to all subjects. Besides, teachers there prepare individual lesson plans for each child. Pupils learn to be responsible and independent, to make decisions and take initiative on their own. Classes are of about 16 pupils who have a teacher and at least one assistant teacher. In the classrooms there are 3-4 computers, a tablet, an interactive board and a lot of posters and decoration, made by children and teachers. Most of the classes look after a pet either in the classroom or in the corridor. Lunch is provided in the school canteen, where children have a choice of a couple of delicious and healthy dishes. No sweets or fizzy drinks at school.
Parents have to take their child to and back from school. Some pupils come by bike. The schoolyard is divided into a number of playgrounds for each age group. Children can freely play and relax in the breaks. We could see the garden patches where different classes grow vegetables and flowers. What impressed me most was the Forest School within the school yard. There pupils learn about environment, how to saw, light a fire, make things by themselves, prepare compost for their plants. They invent and tell stories and have barbecues. I was also given a barbecue sandwich. It was really delicious.
I believe that if you were able to see Birchen Coppice Primary School yourselves, you would definitely like it. Goodbye and wait for my report on my next trip!
Love
Lavcho