Back In Action

Sorry it has been a while since I have last posted anything. I finally got my computer back! My hard drive is gone, go figure, but at least I got the newest version since they no longer make my old stuff. The past couple days have been pretty good. Wednesday was easy at work and I got to leave early since Adam has RFF (which is like break time) during the kids electives. I got off work around 2 and got a call from Apple right before I got on the bus. I went to pick up my computer and then stopped at the store to pick up some postcards. The first batch of postcards will be heading out soon, if you don't get one, no worries there will definitely be more to come soon.

Thursday was a pretty good day too. I got to read some Prince Caspian to the class and they were actually very attentive. We finally had math groups again and worked on Area of triangles. We went outside to draw triangles and find the area. The kids seemed to like that pretty much. After that we stayed outside for sport and played Netball with another class. Let me just say that Netball is a weird and strange sport. It is like a version of want-to-be basketball with no dribbling. After work I went out with some of my co-workers for drinks. One of the teachers is going to Denmark for a month. It was fun to go out with everyone and still a little weird that I can go out for drinks after work. It was fun though and I got a better opportunity to get to know everyone. By the time I got home all I wanted to do was go to bed! I actually ended up going to bed around 8:30/9.

Today was a really fun day, but super hard to get out of bed. I set my alarm for 6 and ended up re-setting it for 6:45. It was pajama and crazy hair day for the kids and let me tell you, almost every single kid was dressed up AND had crazy hair. I was very impressed. Today also meant that I got to wear yoga pants and a t-shirt to work. I didn't really bring any of my cute pajamas with my to Australia. I was definitely not expecting to need them at work. We did our spelling test this morning and then went to library. Unfortunately Francine was not wearing her pajamas today, but she was wearing a purple sweater dress with red leggings and tan thigh high boots. After her knit-picking at every little thing the kids did, she read a book about penguins that included her holding a penguin puppet on her lap the whole time. After library we did our reading comprehension and then had lunch. After lunch we had ceramics. The kids have ceramics once a term for the rest of the year. This year they are working on a big project for the new building. They are making buildings out of clay that will all be put together to form a large city skyline of Sydney. There is the harbor area with the bridge and Opera House and also Darling Street and the school. The kids actually did a pretty good job with their pieces. Some buildings were a little more "creative" than others, but they all did a good job. The class has been working toward earing 50 good behavior points and finally earned number 50 today. The kids earned a treat when they got back from ceramics. Adam brought in lollies for the kids and we got to watch Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. It was actually a cute movie and the kids really liked it.

Adam and I also went over what I am going to do next week and I am actually going to do a lot. I am doing some spelling, writing, and math. Since we are pretty much done with plants and the term isn't over yet, I am also going to be designing a unit to teach on whatever I want. I may do something to do with the United States. i thought Native Americans might be cool, then they could compare them to Aborigines and there would be a lot of fun activities we could do with it. I am looking forward to it, but I am going to have to do a lot of planning on Sunday. If anyone has any ideas on what else might be a fun unit about the United States or anything else let me know.

I am getting ready to head out to the Harbor for the night with some of the girls. We are hoping to see the Opera House lit up and we may even hit up the ice bar (yes it is literally a bar made of ice and requires big jackets and gloves). Tomorrow we are thinking about going to see the Sydney Wallabies play rugby against England. Should be a fun weekend!