You can defiantly tell we are reaching the end of the year. Lots of tears and tired children and misbehaving children to.  My poor wee dots, some of them are so knackered and keep on pushing through and I have a few that are at that point where they just don’t want to do anything… Continue reading WEEK SEVEN REFLECTION: GETTING TO THE END!

Well What a crazy week!! Massive earthquake hit North Canterbury Sunday night. So Monday morning was a little odd at school. First there was lots of things on the media about all schools being closed, then it said from North Canterbury up to Wellington all schools were closed. Gosh it was confusing!! But our school… Continue reading WEEK SIX REFLECTION: SHAKEY SHAKEY CITY

This week has been report week. I learnt how to put data in for the report and my tutor teacher guided me on how reporting worked. Things have definitely changed from when I was at school with reports, these ones are so bright and colourful and easy to read. I only had one student that… Continue reading WEEK FIVE REFLECTION: REPORTING

Stress, stress, stress! Sums up this week super well!! This week my room and the other new entrants room were the hosts of our Junior Assembly. This involved sharing a piece of art, performing a dance and having some of our students introduce each item. The first step was to finish our Collage art work… Continue reading WEEK 4 REFLECTION: ROOM 1 AND 2 JUNIOR ASSEMBLY

This week has been jam packed and definitely out of our normal routine. The students had a trip to imagination station, we had life education and beginning our Athletics practice. As well as it was a long weekend so we packed so much into just four days. Organizing a first class trip was full on,… Continue reading WEEK THREE REFLECTION: OUT OF SYNC

Routines, routines, routines!! Everything is about routines. Also praise, reinforcement, fun and having a ton of energy all the time. When these five year olds start school they have to learn how to learn and until that’s done they’re not quite school ready. It is so amazing learning about how much some children have little… Continue reading WEEK TWO REFLECTION: WHAT IT’S LIKE TEACHING NEW ENTRANTS