Now that's a cake and a visit today

 

One of our students is celebrating her birthday and how amazing is this cake her Mum made?

 

It was also super delicious and we all just loved it!

 

I have survived my busy start to the week. My meetings are behind me and I can now start to think about planning for next week.

 

Today I had five teachers visit from another primary school to see our prep space and how we manage 'daily 5'

 

Three of these teachers I have known for a long time and I used to coach them, so today was a turn a round and they were here to pick my brains and see what I do. It was nice to see them, talk about what they are doing and talk about what they want to do. They had great questions and I hope we were able to answer them as 'daily 5' is really the way to go.

 

We also talked data walls, tracking, planning, ICT and making sure parents were on board.

 

I spoke briefly about iSURF(c) which is an approach to Maths and our new Australian Curriculum. Yet another subject I am passionate about! Check out the other blog I co-own as there are great links to maths units that can be used by everyone. Click here for iSURF(c)

Tassie Teachers

Today was a big day -but a delightful day. My teaching buddy Claire from last year and I were host to two teachers from Tasmania. Sharon and Ann came to visit because of my blog. They had read about what we had been doing and decided to come and visit in their holidays - now that is dedication!

I took them on a tour before school, they came to our staff briefing and then went into Claire's room. They stayed with Claire for a while and looked at her planning, note taking and assessments. Claire shared her resources and answered questions. Sharon and Ann were so amazed by what they saw and heard and wanted to stay with Claire.

Claire and I do not team teach this year but still hold the same belief and understandings about student learning.

They then came to me to talk about how we track students across the team and why we decided to use 'daily 5'

They experienced an extra treat and stayed for morning tea and shared birthday cake supplied by my team for me!

Claire has her own blog so please check it out - here