If I get 'How you doin'd' or 'wow'd' once more on a rickshaw in the coming weeks, someone is going to be shot... Here's a tip, random Bengali-man-that-I-don't-know - when I smile, that is NOT an invitation for you to assume I'm yours. I'm just saying.
On another note, I'm all booked - Australia for Christmas! AND, just as exciting as that news, I'll be dragging the ever-lovely Esther with me!!! I'm so blessed to be able to head home for the celebrations! The only thing is that I now have to save every penny to pay for my flights and figure out how I'm going to squeeze in seeing everyone that I possibly can!
Things in my classroom are busy (seriously, when are they NOT?!), but we're having so much fun! This year, for our 'Where in the World' topic, we've been taking magic carpet rides to various countries and then learning about them through activities. Today we strapped ourself onto the Magic carpet (ie: the carpet that happens to be in our room) and headed off to Romania. We studied atlasses and labelled maps then had a chance to decorate Horezo Roosters, a design that features heavily in Romanian pottery. We decided that instead of using pottery we would copy the original design onto transparencies and then use glass paints to decorate them. Needless to say, I had childrens hands covered in paint, but hey, none of them tried to eat it, so that's a bonus!
Maths has been a joy to teach this year so far, getting kids hyped up on M&M's for division 'sharing' problems. The only downside is that M&M's are imported here, so they cost an absolute bomb... Totally worth it now that my kids can divide with very few hassles!
This year, I'm the official 'Music Co-ordinator' for our campass, which has been challenging as I didn't even teach Music to my own class last year. Despite the bumps that I've felt, navigating through the music program currently in use in the school, I've been enjoying imparting my musical knowledge. I've even got Year 3 reading basic notation, something they aren't really meant to be exposed to until year 4 - Huzzah for the advanced kidletts!! I'm also teaching years 2 and 4, which has been a blast, getting to know quite a few kids I didn't really have anything to do with last year. The next big project for me is to start organising our Christmas productions - Eek! In theory, this should be a stress-free excercise, but we all know it wont be, I'm involved!!!!
My year 3's have been writing stories lately, which has kept me amused! Everything from pirates chasing after treasure, children finding hidden doors to other lands and times (not Narnia though, whether you believe it or not), and super hero's with sonic-blasters. My bunch have avid imaginations!!
I've decided to incorporate as many of the resources I made at college this year, so our 'Circle Time' has been based on the values in the NSW Board of Studies curriculum (luckily things like that translate to pretty much any school anywhere!), so we've been meeting some 'friends' including 'Careful Courtney', "Excellent Edward' and 'Respectful Rachel'. The kids are so excited to meet all the toehr characters, we only just started the program and have been learning about each character and value one week at a time. It has been a great way of teaching the kids about what the Bible has to say about how we treat one another.
I've officially made myself settled at my new abode and am loving living with Shannon, another crazy Canadian! She has been such an encouragement to me, and most amazingly, she think's I'm the bees knees!! It's been great spending time with all the newbies too (though, I think they're all veterans now). We're all in the middle of trying to organise our October break plans. So far, I think I'll end up staying in Dhaka, I'm trying to save money for when I'm home over Christmas, and the general cost that that brings. I'm trying to sort out a hens night for Kylie, going to be mega fun! I'm also flying to Brisbane for Jamie and Caths wedding - all wonderful things that require a little bit of moolah!
Ok, I think that's enough information for now!!! Hope everyone is well! Drop me a line if you've got a few moments to spare! miss_k_stevens@hotmail.com
Kim xox
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Monday, October 4, 2010
And so... It has well and truly been a while!
If I get 'How you doin'd' or 'wow'd' once more on a rickshaw in the coming weeks, someone is going to be shot... Here's a tip, random Bengali-man-that-I-don't-know - when I smile, that is NOT an invitation for you to assume I'm yours. I'm just saying.
On another note, I'm all booked - Australia for Christmas! AND, just as exciting as that news, I'll be dragging the ever-lovely Esther with me!!! I'm so blessed to be able to head home for the celebrations! The only thing is that I now have to save every penny to pay for my flights and figure out how I'm going to squeeze in seeing everyone that I possibly can!
Things in my classroom are busy (seriously, when are they NOT?!), but we're having so much fun! This year, for our 'Where in the World' topic, we've been taking magic carpet rides to various countries and then learning about them through activities. Today we strapped ourself onto the Magic carpet (ie: the carpet that happens to be in our room) and headed off to Romania. We studied atlasses and labelled maps then had a chance to decorate Horezo Roosters, a design that features heavily in Romanian pottery. We decided that instead of using pottery we would copy the original design onto transparencies and then use glass paints to decorate them. Needless to say, I had childrens hands covered in paint, but hey, none of them tried to eat it, so that's a bonus!
Maths has been a joy to teach this year so far, getting kids hyped up on M&M's for division 'sharing' problems. The only downside is that M&M's are imported here, so they cost an absolute bomb... Totally worth it now that my kids can divide with very few hassles!
This year, I'm the official 'Music Co-ordinator' for our campass, which has been challenging as I didn't even teach Music to my own class last year. Despite the bumps that I've felt, navigating through the music program currently in use in the school, I've been enjoying imparting my musical knowledge. I've even got Year 3 reading basic notation, something they aren't really meant to be exposed to until year 4 - Huzzah for the advanced kidletts!! I'm also teaching years 2 and 4, which has been a blast, getting to know quite a few kids I didn't really have anything to do with last year. The next big project for me is to start organising our Christmas productions - Eek! In theory, this should be a stress-free excercise, but we all know it wont be, I'm involved!!!!
My year 3's have been writing stories lately, which has kept me amused! Everything from pirates chasing after treasure, children finding hidden doors to other lands and times (not Narnia though, whether you believe it or not), and super hero's with sonic-blasters. My bunch have avid imaginations!!
I've decided to incorporate as many of the resources I made at college this year, so our 'Circle Time' has been based on the values in the NSW Board of Studies curriculum (luckily things like that translate to pretty much any school anywhere!), so we've been meeting some 'friends' including 'Careful Courtney', "Excellent Edward' and 'Respectful Rachel'. The kids are so excited to meet all the toehr characters, we only just started the program and have been learning about each character and value one week at a time. It has been a great way of teaching the kids about what the Bible has to say about how we treat one another.
I've officially made myself settled at my new abode and am loving living with Shannon, another crazy Canadian! She has been such an encouragement to me, and most amazingly, she think's I'm the bees knees!! It's been great spending time with all the newbies too (though, I think they're all veterans now). We're all in the middle of trying to organise our October break plans. So far, I think I'll end up staying in Dhaka, I'm trying to save money for when I'm home over Christmas, and the general cost that that brings. I'm trying to sort out a hens night for Kylie, going to be mega fun! I'm also flying to Brisbane for Jamie and Caths wedding - all wonderful things that require a little bit of moolah!
Ok, I think that's enough information for now!!! Hope everyone is well! Drop me a line if you've got a few moments to spare! miss_k_stevens@hotmail.com
Kim xox
On another note, I'm all booked - Australia for Christmas! AND, just as exciting as that news, I'll be dragging the ever-lovely Esther with me!!! I'm so blessed to be able to head home for the celebrations! The only thing is that I now have to save every penny to pay for my flights and figure out how I'm going to squeeze in seeing everyone that I possibly can!
Things in my classroom are busy (seriously, when are they NOT?!), but we're having so much fun! This year, for our 'Where in the World' topic, we've been taking magic carpet rides to various countries and then learning about them through activities. Today we strapped ourself onto the Magic carpet (ie: the carpet that happens to be in our room) and headed off to Romania. We studied atlasses and labelled maps then had a chance to decorate Horezo Roosters, a design that features heavily in Romanian pottery. We decided that instead of using pottery we would copy the original design onto transparencies and then use glass paints to decorate them. Needless to say, I had childrens hands covered in paint, but hey, none of them tried to eat it, so that's a bonus!
Maths has been a joy to teach this year so far, getting kids hyped up on M&M's for division 'sharing' problems. The only downside is that M&M's are imported here, so they cost an absolute bomb... Totally worth it now that my kids can divide with very few hassles!
This year, I'm the official 'Music Co-ordinator' for our campass, which has been challenging as I didn't even teach Music to my own class last year. Despite the bumps that I've felt, navigating through the music program currently in use in the school, I've been enjoying imparting my musical knowledge. I've even got Year 3 reading basic notation, something they aren't really meant to be exposed to until year 4 - Huzzah for the advanced kidletts!! I'm also teaching years 2 and 4, which has been a blast, getting to know quite a few kids I didn't really have anything to do with last year. The next big project for me is to start organising our Christmas productions - Eek! In theory, this should be a stress-free excercise, but we all know it wont be, I'm involved!!!!
My year 3's have been writing stories lately, which has kept me amused! Everything from pirates chasing after treasure, children finding hidden doors to other lands and times (not Narnia though, whether you believe it or not), and super hero's with sonic-blasters. My bunch have avid imaginations!!
I've decided to incorporate as many of the resources I made at college this year, so our 'Circle Time' has been based on the values in the NSW Board of Studies curriculum (luckily things like that translate to pretty much any school anywhere!), so we've been meeting some 'friends' including 'Careful Courtney', "Excellent Edward' and 'Respectful Rachel'. The kids are so excited to meet all the toehr characters, we only just started the program and have been learning about each character and value one week at a time. It has been a great way of teaching the kids about what the Bible has to say about how we treat one another.
I've officially made myself settled at my new abode and am loving living with Shannon, another crazy Canadian! She has been such an encouragement to me, and most amazingly, she think's I'm the bees knees!! It's been great spending time with all the newbies too (though, I think they're all veterans now). We're all in the middle of trying to organise our October break plans. So far, I think I'll end up staying in Dhaka, I'm trying to save money for when I'm home over Christmas, and the general cost that that brings. I'm trying to sort out a hens night for Kylie, going to be mega fun! I'm also flying to Brisbane for Jamie and Caths wedding - all wonderful things that require a little bit of moolah!
Ok, I think that's enough information for now!!! Hope everyone is well! Drop me a line if you've got a few moments to spare! miss_k_stevens@hotmail.com
Kim xox
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