School in times of Corona

The schools here will probably not reopen in this school year, that is until mid-December and then in March everyone hopes that it will finally continue somewhat normally, but no one knows exactly. In the meantime, we have to make do with online classes. However, this cannot be compared to what we did last school year in Germany. The children here have Zooms twice a week in almost every subject. There is regular sports once a week and every evening there is a different sports Zoom like extracurricular activities. Mia has already tried gymnastics, trampoline, and a few others and she loves it. The teachers are very creative and doing a great job with the kids.

The kindergarten children also have their Zooms, although usually only one per day for about 40 minutes, but Ida is already running around here and announcing that she has a meeting today. One would never have dreamed that a 5-year-old would already have meetings on the internet, but different times, different customs. The educators are also making a great effort here and in addition, Ida has Spanish lessons once a week with a few other German children, of course also via Zoom.

Mia also receives additional Spanish lessons in addition to regular Spanish lessons at school. She has a year to catch up to the level where she can be assessed at school...

Mia has also found her way around the new digital world wonderfully, which sometimes scares you a bit. She has already found two girls whom she already calls her friends, one of whom has actually been here physically, and she chats with the other one via hangout in Google Classroom, where the children can independently make a video call to someone from their class...

It would have been nicer if we had gotten to know people in person right from the start, but it's better than nothing. And so Mia also has a little time to catch up in English, as elementary school English at home doesn't really bring much and here the fourth graders (she is skipping a grade) can already write proper texts and speak excellently, but we'll manage that... :)

I also only know my students through the video cameras, which are not always turned on.... There are often wifi problems and they cannot or do not want to turn on their camera or they drop out of the meeting completely, etc.

To give you an impression of the school lessons, I have attached a few sports lesson pictures of Mia :)

Hello dear ones,

I saw Argentine students in 3-D for the first time during the DSD exams. It is indeed a somewhat strange feeling, being in school for the first time and looking like a Martian. It was also a bit exhausting all the time with the face mask and the shield. Every morning, I walked around the school grounds once and was able to take pictures of an oppossum and the Cara Cara, the slightly larger bird with the yellow beak... I took a few more photos on the way there or photographed the school from the outside... at the entrance, they measured the temperature and with me, the thermometer didn't work and the guy said I probably have too low of a temperature for the device... the same game was played on the second day... well, better than too high... before you can actually enter the building, you have to go through the obstacle course and walk over a disinfected carpet and of course rub your hands with disinfectant and there are guards or school staff everywhere who make sure that everything runs smoothly.