Preparation

The last minute preparation for work has begun. Here I am awake at 1am Saturday night gathering spelling words and sending resources via the net to my fellow stage buddies. I am sure that they are all tucked up in bed for the night but I've never been one for an early night. 
Today I also spent quite a lot of time printing and laminating resources for the class. The spelling words were a more urgent matter but the flashcards and desk labels were way more fun. 
In between working stints, I hedged the back garden, sanded the mouldy kids tables so it could be repainted, culled more rubbish stored in the garage and raced some cars around the playroom. I also ate way to many raspberry bullets so sleep would have been difficult based on being so full I could burst.
I'm productive at the moment. The deadline of work has made me do more stuff around the home but I also want to feel ready this year. If the clutter around me is minimized I'm hoping my brain will feel less cluttered and I will be more able to deal with the everyday chaos that will reign come Monday.


Teacher resources I have subscribed to that I'm finding quite handy are;


http://www.teachthis.com.au/
Especially for Australian teachers. Plenty of print and go games, lessons and resources.


http://www.mathsbuilder.com.au/
Again Australian based content with print and go worksheets, assessment tools and smartboard games.


I'm hoping that eventually i'll be able to link some of own teaching creations here. I'm not sure how... It is an experiment in technology. Not sure they'll be useful either, but you never can tell.

The end of holidays

I'm a wife, I'm a teacher and I'm a mother to 2 boys. I also try and keep some semblance of myself once all the other labels are finished. I have come to the end of my long school holidays and will be heading back into work next week. The end of the holidays comes with many feelings. Dread at having to get out of bed. Dread at the workload that comes with returning to teaching a class. Excitement for the challenges and lessons ahead and meeting up with colleagues. This year at least it won't be fear of something new. It is my second year so the initial fear of being the new kid on the block has softened somewhat. 

The biggest challenge though is the usual issue. That of spreading myself too thinly. Yet again I attempt to juggle too many things at once hoping desperately that I might be at least doing one of my labels well. My fingers and toes are crossed.