Osnovna škola "Prof. Blaž Mađer" Novigrad Podravski

My October blog

I arrived to Koprivnica in the evening of Friday 30. of September. I had been in Split for a language course for three weeks. I was glad to finally arrive to Koprivnica. I had a warm welcome by my future colleagues and I enjoyed my first weekend a lot.

On Monday I had to go to the police station in the morning. Luckily all went well and we got to head towards the school in Novigrad Podravski with the teacher Ana. I was quite nervous to meet all the pupils and teachers, I wondered how it would all go. When we arrived to the school I noticed that there was no reason to be nervous, everyone was really nice. There was also a great Tervetuloa-sign in the hall, it made me feel really welcomed.

The first two weeks were meant to be time for me to get to know the school: all the pupils and the staff. I felt really warmly welcomed and it was nice that all the people came and talked to me. I also had a chance to talk with some groups for a whole lesson. That was nice.

Now I've started teaching my own Finnish groups and also some English lessons of teachers Mirjana and Valentina. Besides teaching pupils I also teach teachers some English and Finnish. I really like teaching and I think all the pupils are great! It's really nice to be here and have the opportunity to get to know you all. It is also interesting to observe lessons of other teachers even though I don't understand very much about anything since the lessons are in Croatian. Maybe I will slowly learn the language, I atleast hope so.

If you have any questions or you just want to talk to me, please feel free. It's always interesting to hear about you and how is it going with your school and your lives.