This week, I had the pleasure of meeting Class 2Z for English 💚📚. First classes are always a mix of excitement and curiosity—on both sides! 😄🤓 But starting with smiles 😁 and a bit of structure 📋 really helps ease everyone in.

Before we dived into anything, I took a moment to let them know how sorry I was for being away for so long 😢💬. I explained that I had broken my wrist 🤕 and their responses were so sweet it melted my heart 💖🥹.

They asked the kindest little questions:

• “Does it still hurt, teacher?” 🥺

• “Can you write yet?” ✍️

And some just gave me big, warm smiles 😍. It was such a lovely moment of connection 🤝💫.

I also reminded them gently to be careful in the bathroom 🚻🧼—accidents can happen so fast, especially on slippery floors! 😬💦 Safety first, always! 🛑👟

We kicked off the English lesson with a cheerful greeting 🎶 and a quick intro. I gave them a light vocabulary warm-up 🧠—nothing too heavy, just classroom language we’ll be using a lot 💬🖍️.

Plan to do it every day!

Then it was group work time! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑👩‍👧‍👦

We explored the calendar together—day, date, month 📅🗓️. I asked them to brainstorm what they already knew 🧠💭 and invited brave volunteers to write on the board 🧑‍🏫✏️. The enthusiasm was so lovely to see! 😄👏

Next up: Spell-Robic! 🕺📣

We got moving and grooving with the days of the week and the months of the year 💃🗓️🕰️. I’ve featured Spell-Robic before, but I’ll definitely post a demo video 🎥 soon—it’s way easier to show than tell! 😅🎬

Midway through, I introduced our class attention-getter:

🎤 “1-2-3, eyes on me!”

👀 “1-2-3, eyes on you!”

We practised it a few times and had so much fun with it 😆🧏‍♀️. It really helped us get our focus back quickly! ✨

We ended the day with a vocab revision on parts of houses 🏠🪟🛏️. Most of them nailed it! 💪 Which means… I think we’re ready to tackle those exam questions next week! 💯📖

The next day, we dove into colours 🎨🌈 and items from the textbooks. I used my iPad to project images 📲🖼️, and we used them to build sentences together ✍️📚.

We:

1. Drew the object ✏️

2. Coloured it based on instructions 🟤🔴🟢

3. Wrote a sentence about it! ✍️

Example:

• 🖍️ Draw a ball

• 🎨 Colour the ball brown

• ✏️ “This is a brown ball.”

Then we added another ball:

• “There are two balls.” 🎾🎾

🧐 Upon reflection, I realised the sentence pairs were a little mismatched 😅:

Instead of:

“This is a brown ball.”

“There are two balls.”

It should be:

✅ “This is a brown ball.”

✅ “These are brown balls.”

OR

✅ “There is a brown ball.”

✅ “There are two brown balls.”

Oh dear! 😅 SILLY ME! 🫣 I’ll do better next time! 💪✏️

All in all, it felt soooo good to be back in the classroom 🎉💗. I missed being with the learners, and their warm welcome reminded me why I love this job so much 🥰🍎.

Here’s to more magical classroom moments ahead! 🌟🌱📚✨

Teacher Asniem