Well I wanted to write a blog at the end of last week but nothing overly interesting happened, it was just a normal regular week. The complete opposite of this past week! It seems so much has happened this week. The week started out with a fun mini excursion to the golf course as a reward for the kids great behaviour. The next day was a very big day, we had an excursion to an Island and were there all day walking around (it is a national park and has no buildings or walking tracks!) all day. It was so beautiful over there! And the kids had such a great time exploring it. Then we also had sports day, which meant another whole day in the sun. I now officially have some of the weirdest suntan marks lol
The teacher who I have been replacing also came to visit this week, and I accidentally overheard her talking with another staff member about how nice it was that her friend will be taking over her class (the one I've been teaching!) for the rest of the year. I was a little stunned hearing this since the whole time I had been told I was most likely to be offered the job for the rest of the year. I was surprised at how upset I got over this (a lot of tears were shed!) I don't think it was so much not being offered the job that got to me but more the fact that a decision had been made and I hadn't been told. The next day at school parade I was thanked for teaching the class and the school was told a new teacher would be taking over next term (at this point still no one had said anything to my face and this was how I was officially being told!) All of my kids looked straight at me, and a few got upset later on. I don't think it was fair to spring it on them on the last day but then again I think it would have been nice to have told me at some point too! The teacher replacing me came in for an unexpected visit and expected me to tell her about how everything runs while I was in the middle of teaching the class. I stopped and explained things to her and introduced her to the class. After saying hello to the class she went on about being good friends with their original teacher (like I don't know how she got the job and as if it didn't tick me off!) I did however get some nice flowers and enjoyed a special morning tea with the other staff (a few other staff members were leaving too).
So now I am on holidays, which I thought I would be very happy about but I am still a little bit sad. It was hard saying goodbye to my class, I had only been there a short while but after being with them everyday it will be hard not to miss them. I also am now officially unemployed again. When school returns I will go back to relief teaching, which most the times I enjoy (love the pay!!!) minus a lot of the attitude you get because the kids know they only have you for one day.
Until next time, may all your days be teaching days!
Miss Snix.
Aghh Netball - Who Needs It!!!
So far I have been to two interschool sports netball events and I am so over it. Which is good since today was the last day for it. They actually made be umpire a match today and I couldn't get any help as both my teams were playing at the same time on different courts. I had absolutely no clue what I was doing but luckily the groups I was umpiring for didn't seem to either. It lasted for 24mins and I think I was more relieved than the kids were when it was over. Until the second round when neither of my groups had a game so we were going to play around on a spare court only to be interrupted my another school wanting to play us. We agreed but their teacher said I should umpire aghh! So I did and this time had one of the more experienced girls helping me out only to have half way through the match the other teacher say "I think it would be better if I umpire" Well duhh! lol I happily moved off court to watch from the sidelines where I had a mother to one of my girls come up to me in front of the kids and ask fairly rudely why the team was so bad. I smiled and replied every so friendly "They are still learning and it is all just for fun" while secretly thinking they would be better if her daughter would actually keep her eyes on the ball or at least stay on court instead of wondering off to chat with people while she was still meant to be playing. To top of our fun netball afternoon the last match my girls had was against a team who was being umpired by their own teacher who blantantly made bad calls in favour of her team. I don't know a whole lot about netball but I had two mothers complaining to me about this and my girls getting upset. The icing on the cake was when she made a wrong call against one of my girls all the girl said was "what" and the umpire kicked her off the court. Which left me to deal with and calm down a girl bawling her eyes out for something she didn't do. But netball is all over now. Don't think I will miss it anytime soon.
On a more brighter side I have been rearranging my room over the past two days. I have had so much fun! I intentionally did it to have more space in front of the computers (previously they were squashed in corners) but I got so carried away I started moving bookshelves. My kids were so excited about changing things, they pulled everything off the shelves and helped move the case and pack everything back again. But after dropping them off at PE I decided I still didn't like it, so I pulled everything out again and moved it right across the room. It looks so much better now! And today we moved the other computer next to the other one and it is actually looking like a computer station and my kids could actually sit in their project groups (4/5 kids) in front of each and work. I was so excited! lol Now all I need to do is hunt down the tower to go with my third computer and I will be ecstatic.
This past week has been fairly nice. It seemed to really fly by, if only all school weeks were four days long. Not long now until the holidays. Haven't heard anything about who is taking the class next term or if they would like me to (still don't know if I want it long term or not).
Anywho. . . until my next rant, ciao!
Miss Snix.
On a more brighter side I have been rearranging my room over the past two days. I have had so much fun! I intentionally did it to have more space in front of the computers (previously they were squashed in corners) but I got so carried away I started moving bookshelves. My kids were so excited about changing things, they pulled everything off the shelves and helped move the case and pack everything back again. But after dropping them off at PE I decided I still didn't like it, so I pulled everything out again and moved it right across the room. It looks so much better now! And today we moved the other computer next to the other one and it is actually looking like a computer station and my kids could actually sit in their project groups (4/5 kids) in front of each and work. I was so excited! lol Now all I need to do is hunt down the tower to go with my third computer and I will be ecstatic.
This past week has been fairly nice. It seemed to really fly by, if only all school weeks were four days long. Not long now until the holidays. Haven't heard anything about who is taking the class next term or if they would like me to (still don't know if I want it long term or not).
Anywho. . . until my next rant, ciao!
Miss Snix.
Two Weeks Already!
Well I have been in my current job for two weeks now. At times it has felt like the time is dragging out and other times it feels like time is flying by.
The first week was a very long week, getting to know the kids and all the stuff I need to know and do. The week ended with miserable weather causing us to have two days in a row of 'wet lunch' which meant I got to spend every single minute with the kids inside the classroom (I value my lunch breaks! lol) We also lost our afternoon inter-school sports on Friday. I only had half my class show up that day anyway (it was flooding) so hello video in the library! I also got to have fun of doing bus duty in the rain (just to make the day even more fun!) and then had to walk across the school to get to the car park, normally I park in front of the school but with the rain parents decided to be nice and drive their kids to school, so after going around the block three times I surrendered and parked in the staff car park which had minor flooding.
Thankfully the rain stopped and this past week was a nice one. I also am starting to enjoy my duties, I think I have the easiest one in the school. I am rostered on three times a week for 'first aid'. Basically I sit in the office answering any phone calls (haven't been any yet), give children ice, bandaids or decide if they get to have a lay down. It is a lot better than wondering around watching children and having to deal with their squabbles and telling them off for breaking rules. This week we also got to actually go to inter-school sports, so along with about twenty 9/10 year old girls I got to go to netball for 2 hours. Fun in the sun. I was meant to umpire a game but was lucky I was able to talk my way out of it (I used to play in primary school but haven't seen it since) but I think I might give it ago next week. The girls were actually really good, we had two teams and they won three of the four games they all played. Yay us.
Ohh and another 'fun' part of my week was when a teacher aid came and told me one of my students (he was in another class at the time) put his tooth through his tongue. I told another teacher about it and they were so shocked and concerned, and asked if I was worried about him. I wasn't though lol I know that's bad but I was busy teaching and oddly enough it didn't really surprise me. He was alright, he came back about ten minuets later with a great big hole in his tongue. Personally I thought it was impressive lol And it's been bugging me how he can eat without food getting stuck in it. He says it doesn't but I don't believe that lol Anyway that was the biggest highlight of my week.
Only three more weeks until the holidays and this is a long weekend, so there is only four days for this week. Have been asked if I would be interested in teaching the class for the rest of the year if the teacher they have lined up can't take the job. Most days I enjoy teaching the class and it is so nice to teach my own planning (not trying to make heads or tails of others plans) and know where I am going everyday. But at the same time I am working longer hours now (I even brought a box of books home to mark on the weekend!) and am getting more stressed at times I am making only half of the money I was as a supply teacher. Sometimes I miss supply; you walk in at 8.30am teach someone else's stuff (they normally make it easy for supply teachers) and then walk out a few minuets after the bell goes and don't have to worry about the class anymore, and get darn good money! I don't know what I'll decide, if the other teacher takes the job than it is nice and easy for me and I won't have to feel guilty for taking or not taking the job any longer.
Aghh it feels good to ramble lol
Catch you all later,
Miss Snix.
The first week was a very long week, getting to know the kids and all the stuff I need to know and do. The week ended with miserable weather causing us to have two days in a row of 'wet lunch' which meant I got to spend every single minute with the kids inside the classroom (I value my lunch breaks! lol) We also lost our afternoon inter-school sports on Friday. I only had half my class show up that day anyway (it was flooding) so hello video in the library! I also got to have fun of doing bus duty in the rain (just to make the day even more fun!) and then had to walk across the school to get to the car park, normally I park in front of the school but with the rain parents decided to be nice and drive their kids to school, so after going around the block three times I surrendered and parked in the staff car park which had minor flooding.
Thankfully the rain stopped and this past week was a nice one. I also am starting to enjoy my duties, I think I have the easiest one in the school. I am rostered on three times a week for 'first aid'. Basically I sit in the office answering any phone calls (haven't been any yet), give children ice, bandaids or decide if they get to have a lay down. It is a lot better than wondering around watching children and having to deal with their squabbles and telling them off for breaking rules. This week we also got to actually go to inter-school sports, so along with about twenty 9/10 year old girls I got to go to netball for 2 hours. Fun in the sun. I was meant to umpire a game but was lucky I was able to talk my way out of it (I used to play in primary school but haven't seen it since) but I think I might give it ago next week. The girls were actually really good, we had two teams and they won three of the four games they all played. Yay us.
Ohh and another 'fun' part of my week was when a teacher aid came and told me one of my students (he was in another class at the time) put his tooth through his tongue. I told another teacher about it and they were so shocked and concerned, and asked if I was worried about him. I wasn't though lol I know that's bad but I was busy teaching and oddly enough it didn't really surprise me. He was alright, he came back about ten minuets later with a great big hole in his tongue. Personally I thought it was impressive lol And it's been bugging me how he can eat without food getting stuck in it. He says it doesn't but I don't believe that lol Anyway that was the biggest highlight of my week.
Only three more weeks until the holidays and this is a long weekend, so there is only four days for this week. Have been asked if I would be interested in teaching the class for the rest of the year if the teacher they have lined up can't take the job. Most days I enjoy teaching the class and it is so nice to teach my own planning (not trying to make heads or tails of others plans) and know where I am going everyday. But at the same time I am working longer hours now (I even brought a box of books home to mark on the weekend!) and am getting more stressed at times I am making only half of the money I was as a supply teacher. Sometimes I miss supply; you walk in at 8.30am teach someone else's stuff (they normally make it easy for supply teachers) and then walk out a few minuets after the bell goes and don't have to worry about the class anymore, and get darn good money! I don't know what I'll decide, if the other teacher takes the job than it is nice and easy for me and I won't have to feel guilty for taking or not taking the job any longer.
Aghh it feels good to ramble lol
Catch you all later,
Miss Snix.
