Ready… Set… Teach!
I was talking to my friend Georgia the other day about how excited we were to get back into the classroom! After actually getting back into the classroom we got a little stressed and overwhelmed with all the things we might want to do with our classroom and thinking of different ideas of what to do in the first week…
Working from home: Creating a Pinterest worthy (yet practical) home office.
If I had a dollar for every time someone say “Teachers have it soooo good, your job is 9-3pm” we would all be rich! As I explain in my post “Top 10 things I wish I’d know as a first-year teacher” a teachers hours are not constrained to the school hours of 9am to 3pm, in fact there are many…
Top 10 things I wish I’d know as a first-year teacher!!
Hello Bloggers! As I end my first year… I can’t help but think about what I am going to do next year and all of the knowledge I have picked up along the way that I wished I knew at the start of the year! Talking with Georgia about all the exciting things that we both want to try next…
5 handy dandy relief teaching tips
Special request blog created by an amazing teacher from the perspective of being a relief teacher! Being a relief teacher is hard, we commend anyone who does it. It’s a tough gig, but it can also be lots of fun! I (Georgia) spent the majority of Term 4 of 2017 as a relief teacher. I moved around A LOT…
Shop till you drop! – Shopping for your classroom.
Hello Everyone! I hope you have all had an amazing holiday and a very Merry Christmas! With the New Year just around the corner we don’t know about all of you out there… but I have been going absolutely crazy with these boxing day sales, grabbing everything we may need for our new classrooms. Here are some things you…
Happy Holidays!
Hello Teachers, We’ve done it! The end of the year is upon us and as we say our goodbyes to our classes for the year, it gives us a good chance to reflect on the things we’ve done throughout it. I know when I look back and reflect upon my year I have just had, I look at all…
Top 5 ways Teachers can relax this summer.
In only three days, here in Australia both students and teachers alike start summer holidays. It is a busy time of year, with Christmas and New Years just around the corner, there’s no doubt that the summer holidays are going to have you running around (not unlike most of the year!) with little time to stop. Here’s a list of…
Hey! Welcome to my blog!
Hello teacher bloggers, fellow teachers and parents! Oh for the love of teaching! As teachers I’m sure that at some point we have all thought “Oh for Pete’s sake” or “Oh for the love of all that is holy!” because something in your day has gone completely wrong or the students in your class are driving you bonkers! As a…
