Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Term 3 2013
Term 3 in Room 13 sees the return of Matua Tim for a 6 week practicum, Class assembly in Week 2, Milk for Schools, Daffodil Day, Cross country, Social Science topic 'Our Many Cultures'- just to start with, and promises to be another exciting and busy term all squeezed into 9 weeks.
A fellow teacher and I met for coffee in the holidays, which as anyone knows, meant quite a bit of "work talk". This inevitably included the usual reflection and comparison between teaching now and 20 or 30 years ago. The 'work load of a teacher today' was being discussed when my friend chuckled and said, "It's just like a laundry basket - never empty for long!" SO TRUE!!!! So we just need to FIND TIME TO: SORT IT, START IT, HANG OUT, LEAVE IT FOR A WHILE, CHECK IT, BRING IT ALL IN TOGETHER, ORGANISE IT AND PUT IT AWAY- ALWAYS REMEMBERING TO CHECK WHETHER IT NEEDS SPOT CLEANING, REPAIRS, THROWING OUT OR REPLACING WITH A NEW ONE! THEN START ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW. Sounds exactly like teaching.
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Haha it sure does sound like teaching Julie. I know for me it gets difficult to say no to things as I am always thinking will it benefit the kids? I think that we need to think will they be disadvantaged if we don't do that or will it not affect them at all, and also what impact will this have on me. We can't constantly give and give. It's not healthy, so I guess we just need to sort through the washing in the basket and decide if it needs to be done now or at a later date or if it's good for another wear.
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Great analogy Julie. I agree that there is alaways new laundry and you have to work out what is the priority or you just get overloaded. The term has an exceptionally busy start and we need to make sure we remember the philosophy of "doing one thing and doing it well" :)
ReplyDeleteWhat exciting things have you got planned for teaching identity and our many cultures?
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