Talent Show

Many students have talents but are shy to reveal them in front of the teachers and classmates.Due to this extreme shyness and hiding the inner talent within them , students can destroy their talent and vanish it for good. So as a way to reveal the covered talents , and after the popularity of talents shows in the Arab world, our school decided to make its own talent show .  Very few were courageous enough to come and sign up for the show. Teachers helped the students who signed up their names and parents were invited to come and watch the show. Students revealed their hidden talents like playing on the piano , singing , poetry , magic tricks , acting and others. During the show around three more students asked to present what they have . A young 6 grade girl asked to sing a song . She was nervous at the beginning and her sound wasn't coming out but we asked an elder girl to help her singing and the young girl forgot about her anxiety and started singing. Such activities helps in building a strong character for the students and help them know that their talent is appreciated by their school and teachers. Many students presented poetry written by themselves and presented it in a very beautiful and charming way. The winner of the talent show was a young pianist who actually made all the crowd stand for him and clap . The second place was for a student who made music mix on his laptop in front of the students, and the third place was for a student who wrote a very touching poem about Palestine. This show really helped us as teachers to know what our students are capable of . I hope that all the schools will be able to detect the talents of the students and helps in nourishing them. 
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Breaking the Ice

Breaking the ice between the students and the teachers is a very important aspect in building a good relationship between both. Students come in to school having previous thoughts about the teachers and that might cause some problems in the upcoming school days. Well I came up with an idea to break the ice between the teachers and the students in our school and to build a friendly relationship between them. I realized that most of the teachers and the students at the school love football . So i asked the teachers if they accept to have a football match against the students and they highly welcomed the idea. Each class picks a team and have a day to play a football match against the teachers team, and other students form the audience. Students were practicing and preparing themselves for the game, and joking with the teachers about it. During the match you would hear the students' laughs because they never saw their teacher they way they did before.

When the teachers team needed backup they would call some students from other classes to help them. This activity built a friendly atmosphere in the school and made the students react with the teachers in a totally different way. Both teachers and students loved because it helped both to overcome the ice built between them and get more closer to each other.