The last week of Term 1 was a stressful one for me for reasons far outside my control and the first week of holidays provided far too much time for me to think. What should have been a relaxing holiday at the beach was filled with stress. As a result of this, the work that I was going to do in Week 2 got pushed back right until the end of the holidays so that I was able to enjoy at least part of my holiday. Thankfully in the second week holidays did seem to happen and I was able to enjoy some time in Auckland and Mount Maunganui with good friends providing me with the exact brain break that I needed before starting back at school. Friday, Saturday and Sunday were all spent in at school but I am definitely feeling relaxed and ready to start this term clear headed again which is key.
It was so nice being back with my students today - we enjoyed a day of exploring the MRS GREN characteristics of living and non living things in our school environment, brainstorming all of the things we loved about our school that we could write about in a report and developing a piece of ANZAC art that we thought appropriately captured the enormity of 100 years since landing at Gallipoli. The children can't wait to do our 'thinkers keys' activities and make their own ANZAC book!
The challenge for me this term will be staying on top of everything with the huge amount of things that we need to have handed in. Within the first 12 days of this term we have IKAN testing to do, running records to have begun, four daily sessions on cycle safety and a road ride with the local policeman, a trip to Lake Rotomahana and a videoed reading observation and interview of our students - all alongside our normal teaching programme. I think working closely with colleagues will be a huge aspect of staying on top of everything this term and so am very grateful for the sharing of resources and knowledge that have already occurred on day one!
I am looking forward to getting back on top of my blog after the holidays also and sharing what I have learnt about working in MLE's and with Maori learners that I can implement into my own classroom - but for now planning for the next crazy couple of weeks awaits!
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