Daria Kirbai

What do you know about having a new to English student from Germany? Providing #languagescaffolds before the unit begins. Thanks to my colleagues for this lovely idea #eal #primaryeal #placevalue #CLIL

@MclayStuart Congratulations! This is very exciting. Best of luck in Hanoi and a Happy New Year!

#christmasbreak kicked off by visiting #ChiangRai and #Singhapark. I love northern #Thailand for chilled weather, #khaosoi, #stickyrice and vibrant #colours

This is #translaguaging. What’s your #superpower? My new to English Dutch-Russian child is rocking the non fiction poster about #Sinterklaas in 3 languages.

We used our #creativity and #intercultural learning to explore the oldest type of #Turkishart called #Ebru. We made #colourful patterns by sprinkling paint on oily water and transformed this pattern to a special paper. #craft #Turkey #Teşekkürler #internationalday #primaryart

In #deconstructedroleplay children have to rely on their own life experience to provide them with the tools that they need to be able to play in that particular environment. Let’s see how kids get on #eal #playideas #continuousprovision #EYFS #ks1 #studentledplay @ABCDoes

Year 1 are #exploring secondary #sciencelab and thinking about #reflecting #light. How many straight lines can you spot? What does this remind you of? Does it look like any shape that you know? Why? #eal #mathlanguage #predicting #science #matrix

Beyond words? Lera Boroditsky, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science — RT Worlds Apart rt.com/shows/worlds-a… @leraboroditsky found this inspirational scientist on @YouTube today and love her #TedTalk on how #languages shape the way we think. #eal

My first ever #online #cisaccreditation. Me on day 1: why did I sign up for it? Also me on day 5: which school’s next? My forever favourite part of these #cis visits are meeting students and interviews with #teachers. What a week❤️ @CISEducation #evaluationteam #cisevaluator

This #powerful word choices are #incredible. Shifting from anyone to everyone. “C̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶i̶t” vs “Can everyone do it?” “W̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t“” vs “Let’s find out who still can’t get this right and help them out”.

#year1 are exploring #5senses in #science through #sensoryplay. Students can be blindfolded so can really focus on their sensations and describe them using sentence stem: “It feels ...“ Our top 3 #adjectives for beans: sticky wet gooey #eal #primaryeal #teachingidea #esl #esl

#orderingnumbers in #year1 and building #mathsvocabulary via #mathsgames A: “I have 5. Who has 1 more?” B: “I have. 6 is 1 more than 5.” Teacher: #howdoyouknow B: “When I count 4,5,6 six comes after 5. It’s next!” #sparkmoment #ealmaths #eslmaths #effectivequestioning #eal

Building #relationships with students doesn’t happen all of a sudden. Teachers have to trust kids and let them use their #creativity even if it involves glue, pencils and your nails. #manicure #increativitywetrust #primaryschool #art #year1

Everyone Can Create Apple CPL Creativity, Fun and Learning were the order of the day and that's we all achieved thanks to the expertise of @B_Sheridan #everyonecancreate @4_zero_7 @hompo

#everyonecancreate morning at @BangkokPatana with @4_zero_7 @hompo so many brilliant ways to make iPad usage meaningful. Had so much fun with technology📲♥️

@CISShalyn @CISEducation @neasc @abhimanyubasu Big hi to Olga, I hope your visit went well!

A great week concludes at the Al Ittihad Private School Jumeira! Using our joint @CISEducation / @neasc #accreditation model, our 9 skilled & experienced evaluators (or “critical friends” as often referred to) worked as ONE team together to support IPSJ on their journey.

Year 1: why twenty is not two-ty? 20-two-ty, 30-three-ty, 40- is the normal one?! 50-hang on five-ty, etc. Securing #decadenumbers #primaryeal #naughtynumbers

@JamesDykman Thanks for sharing. I will definitely try your idea of introducing #SWI through LEGO blocks with my #KS1 students.

#ELLSAPD here are two wall displays I’ve created to support students’ understanding of word structure. It’s been amazing to see kids using the digraph chart to identify sounds.

What a great morning meeting EAL teachers from other international schools in Bkk. Thank you @JamesDykman and @Clair_L_Myers for providing such a thought-provoking topic and organizing the meet up. #ELLSAPD is ❤️

Looking at setting #languageobjectives during “Emerging Role - #EAL Specialist as #CLIL Coach” led by Ed.D Virginia Rojas. It has been a mind-boggling and thought-provoking experience at the start of the week. So much to learn, reflect and bring to school! #ealcoach #chiangmai