Mauritius Institute of Education October 2014

Children share their values with us

Happy Teachers` Day 2014

Message from the Director, Dr O. Nath Varma

Children are always a great source of happiness for everyone. While teachers grow older every year, our pupils stay the same age and bring to us the freshness of their young minds and thoughts. We grow up to distance ourselves from them every year. But if we reflect on the boon that we have inherited as teachers being in touch with the young minds throughout our working lives, we should be grateful to them for keeping us in a state of eternal youth. On this special day for teachers, we should be thankful to all the children who make the world of teachers such a distinct and special one.

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TABULA RASA

Mo get gro lizie, mo kriyeMo menase, mo sanksione

Mo irle, mo klakeMo maltrete, mo akable

Mo sape, mo imilieMo meprize, mo souzestime

Mo abese, mo inioreMe...

Li efase, li pardone

Mo enn ansengnan, li enn zanfanLi inosan, insousianLi souriyan, reyonan

Mo zize parski mo krwar mo tro kone

Me so imilite ek so leker boulvers mo konesans

Kar sak zour enn nouvo zour pou li

Sak zour enn lardwaz vid.

Tony David (Gp Pink)

Project DescriptionIn the context of Teachers’ Day, celebrated on the 5th October every year, the Teacher’s Diploma Primary trainee educators have worked on a project comprising of an e-Panorama, 2 iconic structures and 2 posters. The slogan chosen is “Children share their values with us”, which is related to the main theme “What we learn from our students”. The colour scheme chosen is based on spring colours to show innovation.The e-Panorama is a collection of poems, slams, testimonials and short stories that the trainee educators wanted to share, while the two iconic wooden structures which show a 75-cm tall girl and a 100-cm tall boy, are used as a visual representa-tion of our theme, “What we learn from our students”.

Lelou ek lionEnn fwa enn lelou ti al kokin enn mouton dan enn laferm. Li ti reisi kokin mouton-la san ki kikenn kone. Li ti extra kontan, me ler li ti pe retourn so lakaz ek mouton-la, enn lion ki ti dan paraz finn trouv li. Lion-la nek ras sa mouton-la ar li. Aster pou sap limem, lelou-la ti sove, li ti al dan enn plas sekirite.Apre dan koler li ti dir lion-la, “Eta! To pa onte to kokin mo mouton? Mo manze sa, to pa gagn drwa ras sa!”Lerla lion-la reponn, “E! Pa deklar sin ar mwa. Dir mwa, to’nn aste sa mouton-la ouswa berze-la finn donn twa sa kado?”Lelou-la pa finn kone ki pou reponn ek li finn dir limem, “Pou perdi, mo finn fini perdi mouton-la; les mo sap mo lavi, mo sove mwa.” Moral: Seki pa pou twa, to pa pran Adaptasion: Shakti Boodhoo (Gp White)

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Le Cancre

Il dit non avec la têteMais il dit oui avec le coeur

Il dit oui à ce qu'il aimeIl dit non au professeur

Il est deboutOn le questionne

Et tous les problèmes sont posésSoudain le fou rire le prend

Et il efface toutLes chiffres et les motsLes dates et les noms

Les phrases et les piègesEt malgré les menaces du maître

Sous les huées des enfants prodiges

Avec des craies de toutes les couleurs

Sur le tableau noir du malheurIl dessine le visage du bonheur.

Jacques Prévert (1922-1977)

Nos élèves sont de petits prodiges à leur manière et nous, enseig-nants, ne cessons d’apprendre d’eux. Celui que nous traitons de « cancre » détient peut-être la clef de la réussite, une intelligence hors du commun qui peut nous marquer à vie.

Yoshita Léoville (Gp white)

Extre role play proze Lelou vinn prop “Bonzour bann zanfan. Azordi nou pou montre zot enn ti-zistwar lor enn lelou ki pa kontan bengne. Malang, malang, malang! Dan sa zistwar-la ena enn bann zanfan ek sa bann zanfan-la konn lelou me zot pa ti kontan koste kot lelou telman li ti sal. Me lelou li, li ti toultan tousel, ek li ti anvi rant kamarad ek sa bann zanfan-la. Les mo dir zot ki sa lelou-la ti enn bon lelou ek sa lelou-la, li pa manz zanfan li. Asterla anou al dekouver sa lelou-la.”Lelou grat-grat so latet, soufle lor so lame, montre so soulie sal. So lase pa atase, so semiz kraz-kraze. Lelou grat-grat so lekor.

Enn kou bann zanfan pas par lafore, zot trouv lelou. “E guet sa lelou malang-la! E nou sove nou ale.” “Mo pa pou koste kot sa lelou-la mwa.” “Nou marse vit-vit nou ale.”Bann zanfan-la kwar ki lelou pann tann zot. Tousala lelou finn bien tann zot. Lelou bien sagrin. Li al konpran kifer li pena kamarad...Me lelou pa dekouraze. Li kalkile, li kalkile ek rekalkile ankor plis. Li panse kouma bann zanfan-la ete zot. Lerla li al konpran. Lelou trouv so lase balanse. So semiz li sey drese... So lase li sey atase...Lamizik koumanse: “Alon promene dan lebwa” par ABAIM

Proze Lelou vinn prop ti enn proze ki finn monte pou assignment “Health Education”. Sa proze-la ti an 2 parti. Premie parti, ti enn role play ek deziem parti, bann zwe interaktif ki nou, bann aspiran profeser ti bizin monte.

Proze Lelou Vinn Prop

Asrinee Erigadoo, Shakti Boodhoo, Déese Jessica Tourail, Yoshita Leoville, Cindy Pursun, Tharoona Kamani, Wendy

L`hache, Risma Juggesur, Denis Jean (Gp white)

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The making of...Two iconic wooden structures illustrating, “What we learn from our students”.

(A. Erigadoo, Y. Léoville, J. D-Tourail, Y. Lutchia, S. Boodhoo, C. Pursun, T. Kamani,I. Mugun, W. L`Hache)

kreativite kiryozitekorperasion dinamismlazwa

My First dayIt was my first day at school. I was terrified. Since I had left school 12 years ago, I had never set foot in a primary school again; there was no reason to. Who wants to go back to primary after attending secondary school? Yet there I was, twelve years after, butterflies in my belly, standing in front of the gate.

I was feeling just the way I had felt when Mum had brought me to school for the first time and this was weird. I was no longer the 5 year-old child who was to begin primary school. I was the trainee about to become the teacher. Still, the feeling of anxiety was the same.

Nevertheless, I knew that I had to overcome it and I did... but not alone.

As I stepped into the school yard, with children rushing past greeting me and smiling at me as my friend introduced me as a new teacher, the anxiety was soon forgotten. The children were actually seeing me as a teacher and it was such a wonderful feeling.

At that moment I learnt something. I learnt as a teacher that children’s warmth and simplicity can change a person. Their innocence and readiness to accept others is something we adults often do not possess but should learn from.

Vianny Milazar (Gp Blue)

Montre lamour, zenerozite, bon manier. Enn parti ladan

pou sorti depi klas pou al lakaz. Ki kone? Kapav nou bann zanfan

enn zour pou partaz sa ek zot paran!Roger Moore, akter

(Tradiksion: Déese Jessica Tourail)

Ki to fer la twa?Mwa mo marsan lamer.

Kot to pou ale?Blue Bay, Flic en Flac, Belle Mare, Mon Choisy.

Nek dir mwa mo pou amenn twa.E! Ki to fer la twa?

Mwa mo marsan manze. Minn bwi 25, Ti-pouri 5

Briyani 75. Ki to le?So so manze so so!

Eh ma chère, mais qu`est-ce que tu fais là, toi?Mwa mo marsan ledikasion. San mwa personn

Pa arive. To ena zis pou kwar dan mwa, mo pou gid twa.

Eh twa petite fille, ki to fer la twa? Mwa mo marsan lamizik. Seki to bizin mo ena.

Seggae, reggae, sega, ghazal, sinwa, indienMo sey li, tou anplas-anplas mo donn twa.

Mwa mo marsan valer. Marsan lamer, marsan manze,

Marsan ledikasion, marsan lamizik, Tou bizin mwa pou nou mars ansam.

Sa mem nou valer.Zot ena zis pou kwar dan mwa,

marsan valer!Koumsa mem nou pou viv ansam!

Jameson Mercure, Alexander Louis, Edwarda Gentil, Hansley Edouard, Ilan Pirogue, Allas Blazy, Adriano Chuttoo, Laeticia

Euphrasie, Manuella Azie

Slam par bann zelev Midlands GS

Jashmee - Std 3 (Midlands GS) 5

6Steven Narayanapillai (Gp Gold)

(Tender Heart)

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Impish Little things

They relate to me impossible stories,What if the sun did not rise for one day?

What if they could talk to trees?

And I realized it someday,If I have to teach them something,Then I must learn to see the worldThrough the depth of their eyes.

If they want to dance, if they want to sing,Then I must make rhymes out

of my words,And from their wooden chairs

they must rise…

I might teach them how to writeBut they teach me how to laugh and

dream…I might teach them about silence

And a cacophony of sound is all they care to display.

Impish little things they are, right?Half of the time lost in day-dreams

And the other half, learning about Plus, Minus, Verb Tense.

They are simply children of a school-day…

Tenusha Jundoosing (Gp Pink)

Yesha - Std 3 (Midlands GS)

Zot liniverTravay lespri travay papie.

Twa, mo koup twa dan lazourne,Li, mo kol li dan aswar.

Me kan mo trouv LI riye, mo bliye zot!

Travay Zorz travay Fifi.Twa, bizin retournn twa demin,Li, bizin retourn li apredemin.

Me kan LI dir mwa enn mo, mo bliye zot!

Travay kouler travay sif.Twa mo konpran twa asterla,

li, mo konpran li dan enn mwa.Me kan LI exprime, mo bliye zot!

So regar fer mwa dekouver so liniver,So lavwa fer mwa dekouver so liniver,

So aksion fer mwa dekouver so liniver...

Mo bliye mo liniver,Mo swiv zot liniver...

Mo santi mwa viv dan zot liniver...

Asrinee Erigadoo (Gp White)

Pallavi - Std 3 (Midlands GS)

Harshita - Std 4 (Midlands GS)

Raheel, Navesh, Henna, Nilesh - Std 4 Doordarshini, Irshad, Sunju - Std 4

Nadeem, Saniya, Harshita, Adam - Std 4 Yeshna, Jashmee - Std 3

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Acknowledgments:Dr O Nath Varma (Director, MIE), Ms Auckloo (TDP Programme Coordinator), Ms Kee Mew (TDP Ass. Programme Coordinator), Mr Bizlall, Mrs Dookhee, Mr Gunnoo, Mr Natchoo, Mr Pyeneeandee, Mrs Beebeejaun-Roojee, Graphics Section, Design and Technology Department, Kreol Younit, Primary Unit & Store

Sa travay-la finn fer par bann zelev lekol Midlands GS, pandan klas “Enhancement Program”. Zot ti ekout zistwar `Ti panye` dan album Tizan ar so 8 frer par ABAIM ek lerla, zot finn interpret zistwar-la par bann desin. Ti enn travay an group. A traver sa aktivite-la zot finn kapav dispoz zistwar-la vizielman. Sa finn ousi permet bann zelev amiz zot ek devlop zot kreativite. Sa bann foto-la finn pran pandan aktivite-la.

Travay nou bann artis

Project Coordinator:Ms AucklooContributors:A. Erigadoo, Y. Léoville, J. D-Tourail, Y. Lutchia, C. Pursun, T. Kamani,I. Mugun, W. L`Hache, S. Boodhoo T. David, T. Jundoosing, V. Lanappe,S. Narayanapillai, K. Karupudayyan, V. Milazar, J. Félicité, C. Koonee, A. Jean-Louis