Well I have done it once again, I have got and found myself another illness. It started Wednesday night. All I did was sneeze which made my throat sore and when I woke up in the morning I felt horrible, and after working all day I realised I had a full blown cold. Aghh I hate being sick! My whole body ached and felt like it was turning against me! I am feeling a little better today; not sneezing but still have a stuffy nose and now have a wonderfully horrible cough that is annoying! At least I have a long weekend to get over it. Friday was a holiday here and I have taken Monday off (have to take my dog to the vet so I thought that deserves a day off).
Last week was an alright week. Monday was actually very nice, it was a TRS day and I taught 3 prep classes and 1 grade three class. The day was fairly easy and flew by. The next three days were a different story. Each day was so long and it felt like the week was never going to end! I had the same grade one class all three days and they were little monsters! All the teacher aids that came into the room kept warning me how bad they were. The majority of the class were wonderful but a handful were just so full on it was unbelievable! And on the Tuesday as I was signing in at the office I was presented with . . . you guessed it . . . a contract to sign! I was not pleased with this since I had been booked for supply work and only took it all because the money would be great going into the holidays. I just don't understand, if they want you to be on a contract then why don't they just ask you! Instead they book you, get you there and then slap you with a damn contract! I have a contract coming up soon and I have no problem with that because that school called and asked directly if I would mind taking the contract; it is nice when they are honest with you. I told her I was unaware it was a contract and I got the response "Well when we book teachers to replace ours that are doing training it is always on contract" . . . well how was I to know I was replace a teacher doing training or that is how their school runs, no-one said anything about that to me when I was booked! And apparently only 6 of the 9 days I was book is on the contract (the office lady started running dates off to me like I had a diary or calendar in front of me!) and when I told her I couldn't work Monday anymore I was told "but that's one of your contract days" . . .bad luck lol so I guess I know that I am at least getting paid supply pay for 3 days. I am meant to be doing more TRS this week, I think this is were they might give me the grade fives I previously ranted about (I know I am getting good at ranting lol) and then the last two days of the week are booked for a year one class (not sure if it's the same or a different one) unless they change their might and do something else with me (wouldn't surprise me).
Anywho that's my little rant of the day lol
It is a very nice day here today, the sun is out shining and the weather is starting to warm up and . . . I sound like Snuffleupagus lol
Only 3 more weeks until the holidays :-) Where has the time gone???
Miss Snix.
A lot of Work and Very Little Care
Well last week I took three days off and only worked 2 days by choice, it was very nice actually. Unfortunately or fortunately however you look at it, right now I am looking at it as an unfortunate thing, I have been booked to do two weeks straight of supply teaching in one school. It was the school I worked at on Monday, they liked me and I know the office lady when she worked at another school, so they kept calling and calling booking me for different days until the two weeks were full. I haven't taught at the school much, I taught there last year in the uppers and didn't like it but I think this past Monday might have been the first time there this year, it was in a junior class and wasn't too bad. It is good that at least I won't be woken up for two weeks being booked in the morning, and the pay will be good. But I am personally really really really (yes, that much really!) not in the mood for it.
I have had a miserable weekend. I woke up on Saturday morning to find my pet guinea pig had passed away, which has just devastated me more than I realised it would. I am the type of person who gets so emotionally attached to pets and I have been crying nonstop all weekend thinking there was something I should have done. She had been a little down for a few days; not eating much and looking very sleepy. But I thought she was picking up, she was running around and starting to eat a little so it just came as a very big shock. I feel so heart broken at the moment, I miss my little girl. I have another guinea pig, her sister, who is now by herself. On Saturday you could see her looking for her. I am so worried she will fret without her sister, she is three years old and they have been together their whole life but so far she seems to be okay. She is still running around and eating and she has my little dog that visits her each day. My dog lays next to the cage and they look at each other nose to nose. I think she knew her sister was sick and that she is in a better place now. I think she is dealing with it a lot better than I am. I feel like an emotional wreak at the moment.
My TV broke last night. Don't know what happened, pressed the on button but nothing happened. It just stopped working, I have had it since I was a child so am surprised it worked as long as it did. Normally things like this wouldn't bother me, I would just buy a new one. But instead I burst into tears and cried myself to sleep, I know it had nothing to do with the TV. So today I went and bought a new TV. I set it all up but then the damn VCR wouldn't work with it, all I did was take the cords out of the old TV and put them in the same slots in the new one. So I ripped the VCR, top box and PlayStation cords all out of each other (probably not necessary but whatever at this stage!), put them all back (I swear they were in the same slots as before) and the damn thing worked!
I am just feeling so stressed out and like I have no control over anything at the moment. And the last thing I feel like doing is working. I am teaching a mixture of classes, for a few days I am meant to be teaching a grade one class which I hope will be nice and the other days I am doing TRS work which means I will fill in for teachers for a few hours at a time, so I will be teaching different grades in one day. I told the person that booked me that I only teach the early years now (here early years is prep to year 3) her response "that's okay the highest class you will have is a couple of year 5 classes". How on earth is year 5 early years!?! I am doing a TRS day tomorrow. I just pray that the week goes quickly.
Until next time; be well all!
Miss Snix.
I have had a miserable weekend. I woke up on Saturday morning to find my pet guinea pig had passed away, which has just devastated me more than I realised it would. I am the type of person who gets so emotionally attached to pets and I have been crying nonstop all weekend thinking there was something I should have done. She had been a little down for a few days; not eating much and looking very sleepy. But I thought she was picking up, she was running around and starting to eat a little so it just came as a very big shock. I feel so heart broken at the moment, I miss my little girl. I have another guinea pig, her sister, who is now by herself. On Saturday you could see her looking for her. I am so worried she will fret without her sister, she is three years old and they have been together their whole life but so far she seems to be okay. She is still running around and eating and she has my little dog that visits her each day. My dog lays next to the cage and they look at each other nose to nose. I think she knew her sister was sick and that she is in a better place now. I think she is dealing with it a lot better than I am. I feel like an emotional wreak at the moment.
My TV broke last night. Don't know what happened, pressed the on button but nothing happened. It just stopped working, I have had it since I was a child so am surprised it worked as long as it did. Normally things like this wouldn't bother me, I would just buy a new one. But instead I burst into tears and cried myself to sleep, I know it had nothing to do with the TV. So today I went and bought a new TV. I set it all up but then the damn VCR wouldn't work with it, all I did was take the cords out of the old TV and put them in the same slots in the new one. So I ripped the VCR, top box and PlayStation cords all out of each other (probably not necessary but whatever at this stage!), put them all back (I swear they were in the same slots as before) and the damn thing worked!
I am just feeling so stressed out and like I have no control over anything at the moment. And the last thing I feel like doing is working. I am teaching a mixture of classes, for a few days I am meant to be teaching a grade one class which I hope will be nice and the other days I am doing TRS work which means I will fill in for teachers for a few hours at a time, so I will be teaching different grades in one day. I told the person that booked me that I only teach the early years now (here early years is prep to year 3) her response "that's okay the highest class you will have is a couple of year 5 classes". How on earth is year 5 early years!?! I am doing a TRS day tomorrow. I just pray that the week goes quickly.
Until next time; be well all!
Miss Snix.
New Job
I got a phone call tonight . . . or last night since it has just gone past midnight (hmm really should go to bed soon lol) Anyway! I got a phone call from a principal of a school that I had done a bit of supply work for offering me a small contract. I accepted! It is teaching a prep class (that I have taught before; it's a good class) for a week before the holidays and a week after the holidays. It is only a short contract so I am guessing (hoping) the normal teacher will have left planning for me to teach, which would be nice! ALso since there is a holiday in the middle I am guessing (again hoping) that will cover holiday pay. It is a big school that is continually enrolling and expanding so this might be a nice way to get my foot in the door for something further, especially since next term they will be looking at classes and positions for next year! And if you have a job in the first couple of next year then you have a better shot of making it permanent. But I am getting way ahead of myself! It doesn't start for a few more weeks so in that time I might get more work at the school which would be great and give me a chance to talk to the teacher I am filling in for. Aghh I am rambling again. . . I am good at that! lol
I got a phone call yesterday from a school I worked at last week (not one of my favorite schools; very stressful!) while I was at work at another wanting to book me for the next day. Apparently I have become their 'number one relief teacher' because I know how to 'handle' the students (in other words they annoyed me so badly I laid down the law and the principal really liked that - go figure) I wasn't too keen on this so I took the day off and spent the time cleaning at home which was quite nice since I spent all last week and the weekend away from home, my poor dog didn't know what I was doing here! lol Today was actually a nice day, yesterday it was so freeing!!! Aghh I hate Winter! And it seems to be getting colder, it didn't help having wind and rain yesterday either especially when it meant the kids had to have a wet lunch (they eat and then come straight back to class)and were restless and worked up from the weather and being stuck inside all day; didn't blame them!
Anywho . . .I seriously need to get some sleep!
Miss Snix
I got a phone call yesterday from a school I worked at last week (not one of my favorite schools; very stressful!) while I was at work at another wanting to book me for the next day. Apparently I have become their 'number one relief teacher' because I know how to 'handle' the students (in other words they annoyed me so badly I laid down the law and the principal really liked that - go figure) I wasn't too keen on this so I took the day off and spent the time cleaning at home which was quite nice since I spent all last week and the weekend away from home, my poor dog didn't know what I was doing here! lol Today was actually a nice day, yesterday it was so freeing!!! Aghh I hate Winter! And it seems to be getting colder, it didn't help having wind and rain yesterday either especially when it meant the kids had to have a wet lunch (they eat and then come straight back to class)and were restless and worked up from the weather and being stuck inside all day; didn't blame them!
Anywho . . .I seriously need to get some sleep!
Miss Snix
Working Hard to Make a Living . . .
Well it's been a couple of weeks since I last blogged, I am still alive! So I thought I would do a little update. Nothing overly exciting has happened since my last post, I have just been doing supply work around the area. Have had a cold/flu come and go a few times over the past two weeks, my throat is still a little sore. It seems just as I am losing the flu I go and pick a new one up. Got to love working with kids!
Some days are good and other days couldn't end quick enough. Last week started good at a nice school with a good class but then the next three days I was at a different school in a different grade each day but in each class the behaviour of the children was just shocking! I spent about 90% of my time doing behaviour management and felt a real struggle to actually teach anything. Thank goodness they aren't my classes! lol I seriously wonder how some teachers cope when they have to deal with that day in and day out. I actually had a discussion with a teacher this past week how it is no wonder so many teachers are getting burned out and leaving the profession. I don't blame some of them!
I had a weird encounter this past week. Last year when teaching year 1/2/3 at the start of the year I had a final year uni prac student in my class well she has now graduated and has a full time job until the end of the year at one of the schools I was doing supply for. I just find it so weird that last year I was teaching her about teaching and now she has a full time teaching job and I don't. And I will admit I am fairly jealous of that; even though I love doing supply because it is less stressful and better pay I still would love to have my own class.
I turned my mobile on this morning, haven't had it on since last Saturday (yes I am slack lol) and found a message from a district office up north offering me a part time contract. Am not taking it, I have had a few of these types of offers this year. But I figure if I move up there in the middle of nowhere (they keep offering me 1-2 teacher school jobs) when the contract ends I am stuck there and will need to make my own way out and will still be no better off than I am staying here doing supply and getting contracts that come up.
Until next time,
Miss Snix.
Some days are good and other days couldn't end quick enough. Last week started good at a nice school with a good class but then the next three days I was at a different school in a different grade each day but in each class the behaviour of the children was just shocking! I spent about 90% of my time doing behaviour management and felt a real struggle to actually teach anything. Thank goodness they aren't my classes! lol I seriously wonder how some teachers cope when they have to deal with that day in and day out. I actually had a discussion with a teacher this past week how it is no wonder so many teachers are getting burned out and leaving the profession. I don't blame some of them!
I had a weird encounter this past week. Last year when teaching year 1/2/3 at the start of the year I had a final year uni prac student in my class well she has now graduated and has a full time job until the end of the year at one of the schools I was doing supply for. I just find it so weird that last year I was teaching her about teaching and now she has a full time teaching job and I don't. And I will admit I am fairly jealous of that; even though I love doing supply because it is less stressful and better pay I still would love to have my own class.
I turned my mobile on this morning, haven't had it on since last Saturday (yes I am slack lol) and found a message from a district office up north offering me a part time contract. Am not taking it, I have had a few of these types of offers this year. But I figure if I move up there in the middle of nowhere (they keep offering me 1-2 teacher school jobs) when the contract ends I am stuck there and will need to make my own way out and will still be no better off than I am staying here doing supply and getting contracts that come up.
Until next time,
Miss Snix.
