[SEA-Teacher Batch 6] 6th-7th Aug, Day 4-5 - Sawadee kha Satit Ayutthaya School!

This is my first week in Ayutthaya. In Monday morning (6th August 2018) we met Miss Cherry for orientation. Miss Cherry gave us the example of lesson plan and Thai Curriculum and explained it. Then we practiced to make the lesson plan. By the way, I got a thai name. My thai name is ฟ้า (f̂ā). It means sky, because that day I wore blue hijab.

The first meeting at Ayutthaya Rajahbat University

After that, we went around the university and had a lunch. The canteen serves halal food and not really expensive.

It's only 30 baht

Then, we went back to the meeting room and met Miss Noi (supervisor for secondary school) and Miss Nongnut (supervisor for primary school) and they took us to Satit Ayutthaya School (STAY). Satit Ayutthaya School is a part of Ayutthaya Rajabhat University. It's same like Lab School UPI. But this school is a laboratory school that belongs to Faculty of Education ARU. And this school is the sixth best school in Thailand. In Thailand, children are enrolled in elementary school from the age of six and attend for six years, Prathom 1 to Prathom 6. Secondary education starts at age 12. It consist of three years of lower secondary education, Mattayom 1 to Mattayom 3, and three years of upper secondary education, Mattayom 4 to Mattayom 6. And then, the curriculum in Thailand focused in these core learning areas:
1. Basic skills (Thai and Math)
2. Life Experiences (Science and Social Studies)
3. Character Development (Ethnics, Arts, Music and P.E.)
4. Work Education (Technology and Basic Vocational Skills)
You also can get more information from here.

In the first week we have to observe the class, the students, the teachers, the methods, etc. This observation period aims to make us know which classes will be used as classes for teaching in the second week and the third week. I will observe mathematics subject in Mattayom 1 and Mattayom 2. In this school the math subject is divided into Basic Math that learns about the concept of some topics and Special Math that learns about the topics of basic math in daily life and usually learned using classroom activities. Both basic math and special math are studied for 3 x 50 minutes a week. So the students have to study about math 6 x 50 minutes a week.

The schedule of mathematics subject for Mattayom 1 and Mathayom 2

The school starts from 8.00 a.m. until 16.30 p.m. and has 5 days in a week (from Monday to Friday). Tuesday, August 7th 2018 was my first day at school. Me and my friends joined ceremony in our school. Every school in Thailand doing ceremony everyday. It's different from Indonesia. And we introduced ourself in front of all the students and teachers. I got so nervous hahaha. We also met some intern teachers from ARU. Pin, M, Dy, Dream, Sukit and Zom. They're so friendly, funny and so kind.

Ceremony