I need to beat that timeline!!
I was told by at least 3 people, when I started my blog, that during the school year I would not be able to keep it going.
Well dammit here we are. I'm blogging. And it's Term 2 Week 4. NYAH.
Anyway, just before beginning to write this (in bed, trying to sleep, with my brain going 100 kilometres an hour) I came to realise a few things.
1. I need to dile it back a notch or I'm probably going to burn out. Which sucks because I have SO much in my to-do pile as of right now.
2. A day of teaching can go from amazing, to horrid, back to "okay I can do this", right back to "holy shit is it 3 o'clock yet?!Which brings me to number...
3. There is nothing I can do to control this. I need to let it go (if you sang that part get out of my blog, please).
4. Taking breaks for myself is OKAY. I need to take care of myself if I want to actually be able to be there for my class 100%.
So much has happened/ been happening currently my brain can't really keep up with it all (I went to a dental appointment yesterday...and it wasn't meant to be yesterday...Teacher overload brain-1, Kirsten-0). So again I can't keep up with it let alone be able to publish it coherently on this blog!
Here goes nothing though.
I successfully survived term 1! Hooray!
I had my wisdom teeth removed during the school holidays (I'm going to ring my own bell, damn I'm sooooo dedicated!)
Here is where I went wrong. I thought I would be well enough to return to work/school (same thing) within the 6 days of having my surgery.
Yeah, no.
I had a TRT (relief teacher) in on the first day back for term 2.
Rookie mistake.
These past few weeks have been shellshockingly (I made a word?) different to term 1.
"Who are these crazy children?" ...
Slowly gaining back my teacher super powers.
I also gained a new student (up to 23 now!).
I am also going to lose a student next week (back to 22, still with me?).
On a more serious note...
One of my students houses was devastatingly burned down just over halfway through term 1. When I heard the news my heart broke but I was so glad him and his family were all okay!
The trooper came back to school within a day with no school bag, no school clothes. He truly lost everything he had except for the clothes on his back.
Some truly amazing people pulled together to help him and through donations from the Lions Club and the community his family was able to find their feet again and try and get back to a normal life. (Lisa if you're reading this you are honestly an amazing lady!).
One last thing.
I have some students in my class who are in real need of all the extra support they can get when it comes to literacy.
Today I was testing one of them with reading his sight words. Last term he was able to read 7 of the list of 514...
This term he has read over 100 and I am still testing him!
I couldn't be prouder of him.
So I'll wrap it up now, too many bloody gifs in this thing I apologize.
By the way! It's mid-year report writing time, I have 22 students reports to write up and grades to give! Yuck.
Wish me luck.
Until next time and lets be honest who knows when that will be!
Kirsten :)
