I’m hoping that this works. I’m a little behind on pages and posting since we were gone for Labor Day weekend, but I’m having a good time catching up. Hopefully, I’ll be all caught up by this weekend.
TFL!
Colleen
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My Note to self LO comes from me watching our new Year 3 children at school on their 2nd day. Such a big change for them and like so much else in life something that they have no control over. After a nervous start yesterday, today they were just getting on with things. I dried a few tears and gave a few hugs and then just stood back amazed as yet another intake of children just got on with life.
Some will need a little more support but if they can make the most of things then so can I.
I used the Forrest Gump quote today – Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
No photos of the children so I used the dove from our school badge.
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I’m exhausted from my first day back at school but thrilled to be teaching a Shakespeare elective again! I wanted to do a quick page since I’m a bit behind, so no hidden text tonight. The point is that I spent most of my summer inside a theatre or my house in front of the computer. On Monday I took a 4 mile walk and realized how good it made me feel. I also was reminded that my greatest memory from the summer was going to the Portland Zoo and taking photos of the animals (including this butterfly)...I really need to get outside more!
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I was determined to get this one finished tonight! (the scan has chopped a little off the bottom!)
I really didn’t want to do a gushy, “look-at-my-kid!” page, BUT..
my youngest Sam started to take a few steps yesterday!
This is a big thing for me as it means he is leaving babyhood behind and becoming a toddler. Sam will probably be my last baby so I’m feeling a little bit sad about this. The last year has been a blur and I feel that his precious first year has gone by all too soon. I added the quote “cherish family” because I really should savour every moment. I titled it “Learn to let go”, not only for Sam as he gains confidence in walking, but for myself also as my baby becomes a toddler.
TFL!
:)
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I don’t normally use my handwriting on my work – I suffer from handwriting envy – but I’m getting used to it.
http:/www.writtendown.com/images/1598.jpg!
Hopefully this should upload!
I’m not a naturally organised person, but I am learning to improve! I should now be able to get to all my stuff easier since my DH made me a trolley to hold all my artbin boxes. Why is it that whatever you want is least accessible?
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I really struggled to think of something from Monday, and I’m now a day behind, but then this struck me:
Normally I take my ds Jacob up to bed and read him a bedtime story, but on Monday night we were sitting on the couch and he decided to play a game with me – naming animals, countries etc all starting with the same letter. I was amazed at how much he knew – obscure countries I didn’t think he had heard of. We played for quite a while and then J even told me about his day at school in detail – normally when he comes home from school I ask him how his day was or what he had done, and I always get a “fine” or “nothing!”. But because I took the time to actually sit a while with J, and listened to him, instead of my usual rush and “twenty questions”, I learned more about his day!
I did a bit of hidden journalling behind the photo explaining this. I’ve done a straight copy from one of Shimelle’s pages this time as I am a bit behind!
I added “stay open” and “listen” from the blue stickers – I was unsure where to put them – nowhere seemed to work, but I’ve stuck them on anyway!
This page is to hopefully remind me to “stay open” and always make time to listen to my children – I know it sounds simple and we all know we should be doing it, but sometimes we need reminding.
TFL!
:)
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The first day back at school with this years new intake of bright and shiney 7 year olds and an exhasting day. I love my job and do it mainly because I care so much for the children and get so much back from them. I often get frustrated when others that work with me don’t seem to care as much. But when reflecting today I realised two things, the first was that it doesn’t mean that they don’t do a good job and the second was so what? If it doesn’t mean that I care any less for the job, I should just go on enjoying it! My little strips today say- do what you love – give to others – have courage.
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My LO for the 5th. My second training day at school involved seven schools meeting together, they have formed a group to learn from each other. My biggest suprise of the day was to be given a lovely book which is to be my learning journal for work.
Every member of staff was given one so that we can record things we learn as we learn them. That’s little things we pick up in our own schools, or learn from the children we work with or from reflecting on our work. Also things that we observe when we get a chance to visit other schools in the project.
I was stunned that this should coincide with this class :-)
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What with the start of term and all, I had to let yesterday’s page slide by. So I was really pleased that I had the chance to catch up today. Both lessons are quite light-hearted, but both are things I need to remember – both are things that I do know, but forget for years at a time!
TFL
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