I don't know how to start this, the final blog post for the school year...Wow!
Looking back over the year and seeing the children grow as friends and learners has given me great joy. I have often gone home to my husband telling him of all the wonderful things we did at school during the day. I have had challenges, I have laughed my pants off, I have had many cuddles, I have been called mum, dad and ayi, and I have witnessed many tears. All of these combined have made wonderful memories and made me a stronger teacher.
Thank you for all of your support this year. Teachers love supportive parents and I am lucky to say that I have been blessed with many supportive parents in 2P.
Many of you have asked me about my new school year, yes, I am moving from the class to be a specialist teacher. You may recall that in Australia I worked with children and adults with disabilities and have a particular interest in special education. Of course the needs at DUCKS is very different to the needs of the children I used to work for, but I am very interested in learning support and am very excited to be trying something new.
Mrs Zhu will be moving from year 2 to year 1, she is also very excited for the new challenges ahead.
Do you need ideas for the summer holidays? If so, I have found a few websites to get you started...
This website has lovely craft ideas; http://lilluna.com/30-summer-activities-for-kids/
This website is great for science experiments; http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
This website has some fun writing ideas, it is an American website and their grade two is your year three,
http://www.education.com/activity/second-grade/writing/
This website is great for answering weird and wild maths questions as well as other questions, give it a go! http://www.wolframalpha.com/
This website is a fabulous maths website with tutorials; but needs adult assistance; https://www.khanacademy.org/
One of my personal favourite websites is TED Talks. There is even TED Education, which I also love!
http://www.ted.com/
Looking back over the year and seeing the children grow as friends and learners has given me great joy. I have often gone home to my husband telling him of all the wonderful things we did at school during the day. I have had challenges, I have laughed my pants off, I have had many cuddles, I have been called mum, dad and ayi, and I have witnessed many tears. All of these combined have made wonderful memories and made me a stronger teacher.
Thank you for all of your support this year. Teachers love supportive parents and I am lucky to say that I have been blessed with many supportive parents in 2P.
Many of you have asked me about my new school year, yes, I am moving from the class to be a specialist teacher. You may recall that in Australia I worked with children and adults with disabilities and have a particular interest in special education. Of course the needs at DUCKS is very different to the needs of the children I used to work for, but I am very interested in learning support and am very excited to be trying something new.
Mrs Zhu will be moving from year 2 to year 1, she is also very excited for the new challenges ahead.
Do you need ideas for the summer holidays? If so, I have found a few websites to get you started...
This website has lovely craft ideas; http://lilluna.com/30-summer-activities-for-kids/
This website is great for science experiments; http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
This website has some fun writing ideas, it is an American website and their grade two is your year three,
http://www.education.com/activity/second-grade/writing/
This website is great for answering weird and wild maths questions as well as other questions, give it a go! http://www.wolframalpha.com/
This website is a fabulous maths website with tutorials; but needs adult assistance; https://www.khanacademy.org/
One of my personal favourite websites is TED Talks. There is even TED Education, which I also love!
http://www.ted.com/