http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns The adventures of our GLP Interns and Volunteers in South Africa! Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:23:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_273" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Bernadette Eloff (Randfontein Primary School, SA) and Meryl Ironson (Bragg School, NJ), Center Picture"][/caption]Classroom Connections is an initiative that creates interactions between the classrooms of interested schools in the USA and clusters of schools in other countries. These partnerships seek to foster a philosophy of thinking ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/20/classroom-connections-summer-2010-visits-post-1/ Whoever said that teenagers were lazy did not meet the crew of teenagers that came to South Africa!  It was so impressive how these kids painted, taped, scraped, washed our rollers and brushes, and rags, tarped and cleaned.  They unloaded books, sorted and stacked, dragged, pulled and lugged twice their ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/20/classroom-connections-meryls-summer-2010-4/ In addition to working hard, we were able to tour areas of South Africa.  Being able to stand on the steps of government buildings where Mandela once stood, and being able to look over the treetops of Pretoria was incredible exciting—we felt that just by being there, we were able ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/20/classroom-connections-meryls-summer-2010-3/ After we presented the 2nd annual Poetry Anthology; Teaching Minds, Reaching Hearts, at our Bragg School/Randfontein Primary Celebratory Assembly, we distributed the books to those children who participated by submitting poetry.  Two of the boys in my grade 7 class were so incredible thrilled to have become “published authors” that ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/20/classroom-connections-meryls-summer-2010-2/ I feel as though Randfontein Primary School is now my “second” home…actually, my school away from school!  It was such a thrill to be able walk into the classrooms and to be greeted so warmly by the learners and the teachers I truly felt at home.  I was lucky enough ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/20/classroom-connections-meryls-summer-2010-1/ Despite a short week, because of National Women’s Day on Monday and a teacher’s strike on Tuesday, we had quite a busy few days. On Wednesday, the large GLP group held an assembly at Randfontein Primary School. RPS students read their original poems from the anthology that was created last year ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/17/glpprinceton-summer-2010-internship-4th-post/ We are always excited to offer students the opportunity to connect across continents and cultures. Our summer 2010 Global Learning Expedition volunteers from The Pingry School visited South Africa on July 30th. The student volunteers spent the six months leading up to the trip collecting, sorting and ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/14/pingry-school-summer-2010-global-learning-expedition-reflections/ Hi all- It's Sara. We are taking the kids to a soccer game tonight-South Africa vs. Ghana so we will not have a formal email from the kids until tomorrow-our last email day. I am hoping tomorrow's email will be reflections from all of them on what tomorrow ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/14/pingry-school-summer-2010-global-learning-expedition-day-12/ Sup Y'all? Today we spent nearly all of our day at Zuurberkom.  There weren't as many children in the school today because of a teachers' strike in South Africa.  The strike was held in order to increase the teachers' wages. We split the children into groups by grade level, and ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/14/pingry-school-summer-2010-global-learning-expedition-day-11/ Hello again, Before we start our email we would like to wish the mothers a Happy Women's Day. Women's Day is a celebration of the women of South Africa's involvement in the fight against apartheid. On August 9, 1956 there was a Women's March, which is commemorated every ... http://glpblog.org/south_africa_interns/2010/08/14/pingry-school-summer-2010-global-learning-expedition-day-10/