The first week at HTS Drostdy was dedicated to the orientation of the visiting Stellenbosch students. Having been assigned mentors for each of our specializations was exciting to most, and less so for some. I was extremely fortunate to be assigned to Mrs Lambrechts for English ( EFAL) – who also steered extracurricular activities relatd to the arts. I was also afforded the great honour to be assigned to Mr. De Lange – the Senior Deputy Head of the School – for Life Orientation.
Focusing on Eglish lesson allocations for the term were more successful than those for L.O. That being said, it has to be noted that I was only allocated one English lesson during the first week, and two during the second. Thankfully, the first was critiqued by my mentor, which fills me with hope that I will make my required number of critiqued lessons in English. I hope to be allowed to be more involved next week!
In L.O. I was only assigned one lesson for next week. At first I was a bit demotivated by this, but being able to observe a week of Mr. De Lange’s classes turned out to be immensely valuable! Experiencing how this subject was handled in practice cleared up a lot of my questions and concerns. On Friday, I managed to schedule a meeting with Mr. De Lange, where he informed me that he was going to depend on me a lot during the coming weeks, as his other duties promised to take up a lot of his time. I was both excited and concerned about this, as it meant that I would be allowed to be allowed to dive into the curriculum quite extensively. My concern, however, is that my mentor in L.O. might not be able to critique the required 8 lessons. Perhaps I could arrange for other teachers to observe my lessons?
Colour me nervous.
As far as extra-curricular activities were concerned I hit the proverbial jackpot! I was invited to join Mrs. Lambrechts’ activities, and welcomed to join in with the School Orchestra as well as the School Newspaper: Die Aambeeld.
Overall, I am extremely excited about the coming term!
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