another end – and a new beginning
Today was Juniordwarf’s last day of daycare. He’s been very excited about it, and had counting down the days to his last day since before school finished last year. On the other hand, I’m feeling a little bit sad and nostalgic about it all. I shed a few tears...
the year in review – 2/12
Since my Project 365 is rapidly coming to an end, I’m going post a link to my favourite post from each month this year over the last 12 days of the year. It’s fitting that today was Juniordwarf’s last day of school for the year, as February’s ‘back to...
P365 – Day 355 – the end of school
Today was Juniordwarf’s last day of school for the year. When I dropped him off today, I took a few photos of him in his classroom, the room he’s been in for the past two years – last year in pre-kinder and this year in kinder. A room that...
P365 – Day 350 – report day
Juniordwarf got his end of year report today. It spoke of his enthusiasm, his willingness to do what is asked of him and his curiosity. Of all the ‘core markers’ for Kinder students, there was only one that he didn’t meet, so he has made a lot of progress...
P365 – Day 307 – parent help
After having such fun last term doing parent help with Juniordwarf’s class, Slabs and I decided we’d go in as a team again today. Today we worked with the children generating word clouds using Wordle. They had to pick an Australian animal – building on their Bonorong Park visit –...
P365 – Day 287 – banking (14/10/2011)
A couple of years ago I set up a bank account for Juniordwarf, and each week when we went up the street he’d deposit a small amount of money into it. Last year we didn’t do it as often because our schedules changed and we didn’t do the big...
P365 – Day 285 – excursion (12/10/2011)
Juniordwarf’s class went on its first excursion today. A bus trip to a nearby wildlife sanctuary, Bonorong Park. The school asked for parents to go along and help out, and I decided to volunteer. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from a day with 40 or so kids,...
P365 – Day 247 – fathers day
When we picked Juniordwaf up from school on Thursday he had a wrapped present in his bag, which was for Slabs for Fathers Day. I had a pretty good idea of what it might be, so I couldn’t wait to see it today. Juniordwarf made Slabs’ card at Playgroup...
P365 – Day 224 – parent help (12/08/2011)
Slabs and I did parent help at Juniordwarf’s school today. Last term we both did a morning each, and I really enjoyed my time with the class, so I was looking forward to today. This time we thought it would be a fun thing for both of us to...
P365 – Day 216 – home readers
This term Juniordwarf has started bringing home ‘home readers’ from school. The explanatory note from his teacher said that the books have ‘simple and often repetitive texts’ and that the aim is ‘to encourage children to develop a positive attitide to reading, develop confidence in their own ability and...