Mrs Nat

The countdown to go back to school is on – I really do not know where the Summer has gone.  I am filled with dread, fear but overall excitement.  I have several things to do before I go back, some fun, some not so fun.  I did start the prep today with getting my hair cut this makes the reality of going back even more. Things I still need to do: A few labels to make for the classroom Get some new clothes Get a new pencil case Read through others planning for the first few weeks and get my…More

All these ways that I group children have been taken from a fab course that I was on.  Now I know when I say what course there will be rolling of eyes by some that may stumble across the blog but I loved it.  The course was on co-operative learning and is what some may know as Kagan techniques.  If I took anything out of this course it was how to group children and how to get them working together properly.  Chris Ward who took the course also made the statement that in the classroom: Children should be talking 70%…More

On Tuesday I was lucky enough to attend some FREE training on WordPress and how to use it.  I owe a big thanks to @mikemcsharry who ran the session.  He talked all about blogging and why blog and how to blog and anything else you can think of to do with blogging.  Now I already have a blog (as you are reading it) but never really knew what I wanted to use it for.  I think for me now it is to try and become more reflective and share ideas with others but we will have to see. The major…More

Holidays are the times of year I struggle with most.  I always look forward to them telling people ‘how many more getups’ it is till the holidays, I might go as far as being like a child at Christmas.  Now don’t get me wrong in all of this I love my job, love it – however by the time they come around I am usually so exhausted and drained from all that has gone on in the term that I am in need of my break. The holiday arrives and quite frankly it is nothing that I ever expect it…More