I sat down with my Tutor teacher this week and discussed some goals for this term to focus on. A curricular area that I always struggled with was Numeracy and at this New Entrants level I find it so tricky because there are so many different abilities and Maths has never been a strong point… Continue reading WEEK THREE:GOALS!!!

It was safe to say what a perfect time to have a short week. Second week into the school term four days was enough for my little ones. It was amazing how much they have grown in confidence with their learning and following instructions in just one week. They are doing incredibly well. It was… Continue reading WEEK TWO: SHORT WEEK!

One word after this week, ‘Overwhelmed’. Wow what a week, 20 New entrants first full week at school oh my goodness. They are just gorgeous and I have lovely parents on board also. The week began off smoothly of course there were lots of tears as parents left on the first day. But they settled… Continue reading WEEK ONE TERM ONE 2017: OVERWHELMED

“Only 3.5 days until holidays…” How often have you caught yourself saying or wishing the school year is over? For how much teachers say we love our jobs, we have an awful habit of counting down the days and hours until we are finally free. Why is that? Tiredness, stress. Schools are frantic places. There is… Continue reading WEEK EIGHT AND NINE REFLECTION: CHRISTMAS IS COMING