I have already admitted to you that I am addicted to the someecards.
With the new school year beginning this week here are 5 of my favourites for teachers. I found them all on pinterest.
I am linking up with My Little Drummer Boys and Twinkle in the Eye for Wordless Wednesday.
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To create a reading corner zone in my classroom I wanted to use a mosquito net to define the area and so the area would still be visible for me to see what was going on in there!
After endless searching I was unable to find a red one – which is the colour I was looking for. So I enlisted the help of my very crafty mum to help me make one.
All you need area few metres of netting and a hula hoop.
I couldn’t find a red hula hoop and was going to spray paint it red until mum suggested we cover it with ribbon – much easier!
The slightly tricky part was sewing the netting onto the hoop.
I then tied 4 pieces of ribbon onto the hoop and hung it up in my classroom.
I’m pretty happy with how the reading corner looks. My mum also made me all the cushion covers for me as well.
Today I am linking up with Essentially Jess for IBOT (I Blog on Tuesdays).
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Tomorrow is the first day of school.
I’m am very lucky to have a gentle start with only half my class turning up tomorrow.
So let’s see of I’m ready:
Classroom set up – Check
Name tags – Check
First day planned – Check
Parent note written – Check
First day of school outfit planned – Check
Gifts for my team teachers – Check
Good night sleep – ????? I NEVER sleep well the night before school starts as I have a million things running through my head. I will be up super early and probably at school before 7 so I can triple check that I have everything ready!
Wish me luck! Let’s hope there’s no tears.
I wrote this post early last week, since then it has been raining since I left school on Friday. Now I have to be extra ready as it looks liked we will be having wet weather lunches this week, NO outside play and there will be mud everywhere!
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Who is excited about the first day of school?
I am!
For the past two years I have been sitting in a office, a very quiet office – staring at a computer on the first day of school – boring.
This year I am back in a school which will be buzzing with excited children, excited parents and excited teachers.
My biggest issue with the first day of school is learning all the names.
Not only do I have 24 students names to learn, but their parents and extended families, this is nearly 100 new names in one day. And as I am at a new school this year I will already be in ‘learning name overload’ from learning all my co teachers names.
Unfortunately remembering peoples names is not my strength. So on the first day of school I just worry about learning the kids names. Parents names will go in one ear and out the other. I’ll worry about them next week when I have the kids names down pat.
My students name tags are all ready to go – wish me luck with the name learning.
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Last week was Classroom Setup week.
This was my classroom when I walked in on Sunday.
Yes, I nearly cried – I had some work to do.
For those of you ‘in the know’ – this nearly gave me heart failure.
So, I loaded up my boxes and dropped them up to school.
Then I cleaned and cleaned and painted.
I then arranged and rearranged the furniture.
Unpacked my boxes and came up with this:
I am linking up with My Little Drummer Boys and Twinkle in the Eye for Wordless Wednesday.
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Today I am linking up with Essentially Jess for IBOT (I Blog on Tuesdays).
We have a new driveway.
Our old driveway was made of gravel and it was horrible. It was full of pot holes and weeds and when it rained the gravel would run down to the bottom.
So we decided to get it concreted.
and now it looks fabulous!!!
We are so glad we got it done. Thanks to Gasby Concreting, Toowoomba.
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I was texting a friend and she sent me a photo of the owls she had made for her classroom door.
I was instantly jealous and wanted them as well. She told me she found them on pinterest. So naturally I pinterest stalked her boards until I found them too. I’m sure its called sharing not copying!
They were easy to make although it did take awhile to make 25 of them.
All you need are a few pieces of coloured paper, glue and scissors.
Cut out all the pieces and glue them on – simple.
I will glue the name of each child in my class in the middle of a owl and then display them on my door as a welcome sign.
Don’t they look great!
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Today I am trying out a FFS Friday
Basically it’s where you get to have a rant. As my brain is gearing up for the start of the school year mine is going to be about all the children starting school this year.
I have seen school shoes on sale for $6.00. These are a great buy but if you buy them DO NOT expect them to last the year. Yes, they will eventually fall apart. DO NOT come and whine to the teacher that your child is too rough on their shoes. FFS
DO NOT buy the cheap $2 coloured pencils. They will break and require 10 times the amount of sharpening as other pencils do – thus meaning they will be used up quicker. FFS
Buy a spare school hat. People DO NOT steal school hats but they do get left places. On average it takes a school hat about a week to circulate back to the owner. Buy a spare hat. FFS
Some kids eat lots at school, some kids don’t eat a thing. It is OK. Your child will not starve and NO the teacher will not sit next to your child to watch that they eat all their lunch! Let the teacher enjoy their 15min lunch break in peace! FFS
Yes, the teacher will fill up your child’s water bottle if empty, No we do not provide chilled rain water! FFS
and finally
Yes, it takes your child 30 min to pack their school bag at the end of the day, NO, the teacher will no pack it for them. They will get quicker as the year progresses if they learn to do it themselves! FFS
Gee, that feels good to get that off my chest!
Have a great Friday!
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This week I have started the great classroom move and setup.
I forgot how time can get away from you at school. My husband rang me at 6.00pm tonight wondering where I was…um still up at school.
It took 3 ute loads.
I have boxes everywhere.
I hoard strange things.
I saved some shelves that were being thrown out and painted them red.
Contacted the doors of a cupboard with my red with white spots theme.
I am slowly getting there.
More photos to come when it’s all set up!
I am linking up with My Little Drummer Boys and Twinkle in the Eye for Wordless Wednesday.
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Last night I had some friends over so yesterday I did some cooking.
I made choc fudge slice
Oreo Cupcakes
and fruit kebabs
They all taste great only problem is I have heaps of leftovers which I do not want to eat myself!!!
Visitors are welcome today as I have free food to give away.
Funny – there wasn’t any champagne cocktail leftover 
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