April 25, 2008 – 11:38 pm
I am not artistic.
But sometimes i am inspired, and with the help of a friend or a pc, i can create art. Recently i was inspired to make something to personalise the classrooms in my school, Smith’s Ohtsu.
I made a simple sandblasted 2 colour mirror with the Smith’s logo and the location of my [...]
Smith’s- why do i love thee so? Let me see……. when i “worked for the man” at another English school in Japan and we had a slow day, i would be assigned some boring paperwork or cleaning job. Lately Wednesdays have been quiet at MY school, Smith’s School of English FC Ohtsu
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I found a great phrase cards lesson plan in the English Lesson Plans section from Gideon at Kyobashi. I have used it several times and really enjoyed it, as did my students. I have now expanded on it, and added a couple more sets.
In summary, here’s how i run this lesson.
1. Write the [...]
We had an amazing day Sunday with over 80 students attending Smith’s School of English Hanami Party at Osaka Castle. Al already mentioned some details in his article “A truly fun English School: Smith’s” but i wanted to express how wonderful it was to plan this event with 4 other schools. Everyone at Smith’s has [...]
Every one of my regular 6pm students knows that if they come a little early, they can watch the last couple matches of the Sumo Basho with me before their lessons. After the last basho, students got to know my love for sumo, and every 6pm student last week and this week came early and [...]
Not the most exciting thing, but i noticed some other schools have some great location shots, and as we recently had new signs installed, i thought it would be nice for other schools to see what we look like now. As our school is on the 8th floor (the penthouse as it were), we need [...]
As strange as this may sound…… on Australia Day we have a special event night called “Canada Event Night”! This was unplanned, obviously i am not aware of Aussie holidays. Anyway, we had a very multicultural event night, including Canadians, Australians (my flyer guy), Brazilians and of course Japanese! We had fun playing trivia and [...]
February 28, 2008 – 7:04 pm
I started teaching the Smith’s curriculum in December, and i have discovered some great lessons. But i know that many of you have been working with this curriculum for a while and probably have some great ideas. I want them! So i wrote an article title “Stretching the Morning” under “English Lesson Plans” explaining my [...]
February 28, 2008 – 7:04 am
Last weeks seminar was all about asking yourself what you want in life, and how to get it. And today i randomly found this little gem:
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” [...]
February 27, 2008 – 7:42 pm
We bought our Smith’s franchise in December 2007. When i did training at Kyobashi, Gavin told me “The Morning Routine is a great routine” (not an exact quote), and i thought “yeah, whatever” (exact quote). Anyway, after teaching “The Morning Routine” a few times, i realised that it IS a great lesson. After teaching it [...]
February 25, 2008 – 3:29 pm
For those of you who don’t know me yet: my name is Edward, my partner Chiharu and I bought Otsu School from Craig and Sonoe. We took-over December 1st and have been loving every minute.
Last Sunday we attended our first seminar at Smith’s Kyobashi. From the beginning, we had a sense of support from Smith’s, [...]
January 16, 2008 – 8:13 pm
On Saturday December 15th we had our first event night at Smith’s Otsu. 6 students and 2 coaches attented. We played “The Kanji Game”, with 1 student at the white board and the other 2 students trying to explain how to draw a kanji on the board. After about 20 minutes, we pitted the teams [...]
January 16, 2008 – 7:17 pm
Hello! My name is Edward Iwaskow and I am the new teacher at Smith’s Otsu as of December 2007. I live in Otsu-shi, about 15 minutes bike ride from the school. I have been in Japan since January 2007, and I really love it here. My hometown is a small city on the west coast [...]