End of Term Two

Hi everyone,

Term two is over, I feel for my old teachers having 13 weeks of school in the old days. I feel burned out.

Our class won the Jump Jam challenge yesterday, the students were so happy, it was a great day for the class. We worked really hard on our dance and more importantly the students choose the song, composed the dance moves and put in a 100% on the day. We filmed the whole class doing it this morning, so if you want to see it contact me.

Reports are out. I worked really hard on them. Everyone should be proud of the progress they have made academically this year. Both in reading and maths.

Our class has been doing really well in multiplication.

We have just watched Holes, we did not just watch a video. We worked on visualising pictures the words drew in our mind, we analysed the characters feelings, sights and aspirations, summarised the story or chapters. It was intense, I think the students have had enough of the story now...

We have a new student from Vietnam and it has been heartening to see the students really welcome her appropriately this week, everyone should be proud.

In other news, I have now finished my 2 years as a beginning teacher!! It seemed to pass quickly and slowly depending on what was going on (eg those reports) but I have loved teaching so far, especially this year.