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During the evening I explained the task boards to parents and also showed them my weebly blog. The parents seemed very interested in the blog so I need to get my consent letters out. What a nice surprise to be presented with a huge bunch of flowers during a swimming lesson. Was it my birthday, no, my anniversary, no, an argument with my hubby, no, a parent and student had nominated me for teacher of the year. Considering I'm a BT this was a great honour and surprise. I din't win the vote but it was nice to be acknowledged. Following on from the SPCA visit I decided it would be nice to do something nice in return. I therefore organised a cupcake sale to some much needed funds for the SPCA. I asked all the Juniors to come on board and we had so many cupcakes to sell we had to hold the sale over 2 days. We raise a staggering $1084.20 for the SPCA. Geoff from the SPCA was 'blown away' by the amount and said it ould go a long way to help the animals. Upon reflection, I was glad I had organised this, even though it was hard work on top of all the other stuff teachers have to deal with. It was great to give something back to the community. It also gave me the opportunity to reach out to the community as I do not live in the school community area. I have also made a good relationship with Geoff who I hope to work with in the near future. IIt is important to involve parents as much as possible in their children's learning. Parents are invited in at the end of every topic unit, for community items and to celebrate their child's success. Below are some photographs showing the parents helping the children with the night and day topic, they even joined in the children's favourite brain break of 'Go Noodle.' |
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