http://clarecaley.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:07:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Malawians never seemed to be short of an excuse to celebrate, and they did it in style. On my first weekend in Mitawa, I was invited to two weddings, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. I was told later that July, just after the harvest, is a popular time for ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/come-on-and-celebrate/ Apologies - it's proving difficult to find time to put everything on here that I'd like and keep up with the day job. Somehow a month has slipped by since I came home from Malawi and yet the realities of everyday life there are still very fresh in my memory, ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/09/02/village-life/ "What was the food like?" is a question I have been asked many times since I got back - the honest answer is: remarkably varied, very healthy and LOTS of it. The staple food in Malawi is called nsima and it is like a thick porridge made from ground maize. It doesn't ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/is-everyone-in-scotland-vegetarian/ It's only now that I'm finally back at school here in Scotland (term started yesterday) that I am starting to make sense of my experiences in Malawi, and noticing some of the contrasts and similarities. In Malawi, school was supposed to start at 7.30a.m., although for lots of reasons this didn't ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/08/19/schooldays-here-and-there/ I got home from Malawi at the end of last week and have been trying to think since then about what to put onto this blog first, but it's really hard to decide. One thing that is very striking about returning home is just how complicated our lives are here ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/greetings-from-malawi/ We finished our last Inservice Training Event on Friday. This involved an experiential lesson where we managed to incapacitate 70 teachers. A Gairloch tie was used restrain one man! Saturday was our final evaluation with the Headteachers planning next steps for all to take advantage of the ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/07/29/tie-ing-things-up/ The Global Teacher team are now working together to train local teachers.  We spent two very long and  intensive days, last Sunday and Monday, preparing our course.  This week we are delivering four days of training to teachers who work in the schools we have visited.  This is very tiring ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/07/23/sharing-experience/ Term ended in Malawian schools on Friday with a closing ceremony which also became a farewell to Global Teachers. At Mlozi school. there were songs, dancing, acrobatics and poetry, much especially composed for the occasion - it was all very moving. I have been given gifts, letters, drawings, carvings and ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/07/20/farewell-to-school/ I am now into my third and last week at Mlozi School. Term ends this week. I did some training with the teachers last week and some of them are taking on ideas and trying them out. I've also done some work with the oldest pupils in Standard 7 ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/07/15/time-is-passing/ I am staying with a lovely family but I still have to work out exactly who is a member! The host father is a minor chief. Then there is mother and her daughter along with two sons, aged three and one. There are also several teenage boys. My ... http://clarecaley.edublogs.org/2008/07/12/daily-life/