Leigh in Azerbaijan

Shabran

Originally uploaded by Leigh Newton

Did I post this a month back? This was a forgotten major trading centre north of Baku. It gradually fell into disuse when overtaking nations saw no use for it. We were shadowed by the equivalent of the local Lions Club who were there digging weeds. They [...]

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The morning of the Exhibition! Final touches are put to the displays. I was rather proud of the kids today as they presented at their stands. They presented at an Assembly to parents and other invited guests, with scripts that gave some information from what they had learned in this unit. [...]

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Priscilla would be proud. Grade 4s at TISA have just posted their work on the passage wall down from my room. I was impressed. … and I love this one…

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The 31 Day Comment Challenge for leaving comments on blogs started at the beginning of May. I learnt about it after it after it started and have only just started to think about it. Sue Waters (The Edublogger) explains the aim like this: to spend a month of focused commenting for us [...]

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Sharing an evening together with friends we were able to watch a great fireworks display last night on the foreshore. I guess it was a combination of Victory Day celebrations as well as commemorating the life of the previous President. It was the “85th jubilee of the national leader of Azerbaijani people” according [...]

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I don’t have photos yet but Michael and I with Natasha have put up our teaching time-line and teaching process display for the Exhibition. We’ve also included a display on the Student Profile, which is jargon for the characteristics that we believe students should have in the PYP. Monday we get to [...]

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The Exhibition was reviewed today under the two visiting people from the PYP, who are here for the 5-yearly re-authorisation visit. They are principals in Munich and Kazachstan (is it Almati?)
Michael and I had 30 mins with them along with the two ex P8 (Grade 5) teachers from last year. The assessment [...]

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Today the school re-authorisation visit began by two men from the Primary Years Program.
We are a well-established school so there are only two of them but I understand that four is more common. They have meetings all day for three days, including the P8 team for the Exhibition (that’s Michael and me) as well [...]

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I’ve finally seen the light.  Freedom of the Press articles were taking over my blog.
Henceforth all articles relating to Freedom of the Press in Azerbaijan will be found at http://azerifreedom.edublogs.org
I’ll try to report a little more regularly about life in Baku.

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02 May 2008 [18:51] - Today.Az
US President George Bush has released a statement on May 3 – World Press Freedom Day, APA quotes the official site of the White House.

President Bush called on all over the world to respect for freedom of speech, emphasizing it as one of the most important aspects of the [...]

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