Unlike most schools, at the Dharma school we only have two classes: Prep to Grade 2 in the Small class and Grade 3 to Grade 5 in the Big. Because there is more than one age group and more than one level in each class, our teachers sometimes have to teach a few lessons at once.
When the Bigs have their spelling tests, for example, rather than just read out ten words for all the class, Bec calls out each student's name then says a word that she believes is on their education level.
So instead of reading out 10 words, she reads out 10 words for all 8 students - that's 80 words. It's amazing our teachers don't lose their voices by the end of the week!
