Classroom Easter Fun

Hello Blog Buddies!

After a wonderful start to the school year, we have reached the first milestone of 

(I can hardly believe it...) ONE TERM DOWN!

I decided that Easter decor was in order...

... so the Easter Tree was dusted off and brought into school.

Some cute, felt Easter buckets added to the vignette.

(A quick 'shout out' to a mum from last year, Leanne, 

who gave me these last Easter..... Hello Leanne! Have a lovely Easter!)

They are very happy buckets!

Once again, I wrote every child's name on a decorative egg and hung it 

on the tree ready for them to take home when the holidays came.

I always buy the eggs from 'Bed Bath and Table' who always have beautiful 

Easter decorations at very reasonable prices.

We also had bunnies hiding around the classroom.

The room looked very colourful and bright.

In our final week of term, we celebrated Easter festivities with lots of 

colourful crafts that helped to practise our fine-motor skills.

We are also working on holding pencils correctly.

We made happy, cute bunnies.

Our Buddies came in for a visit and helped us make these too...

Some of us decided to wear them!

I think they look like 'all kinds of cute'!

Then of course, we had the Easter treats....

... because what's Easter without chocolate?

I bagged them all up to have them ready to take home.

You can find the website for these adorable, free tags Here

I also made sure my Teaching Team were not forgotten.

Chocolate for everybody!

When we went home for the holidays...

... we had plenty of decorations to take home with us.

Happy Easter everyone!

What are you doing for Easter this year?

Photos used with permission

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Learning Spaces

Hello Blog Buddies!

As I have mentioned before, my new school and classroom is located 

in a federation building. We recently explored the 'middle hall' area that provides 

our department with an awesome learning space.

(Can you see the enormous portrait of our sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II?)

I simply love the light that is thrown in via the large windows.

The space allows our students to explore our inquiry topics in a beautiful area.

The teachers in my department get together and 'set up' learning stations 

that reflect our inquiry topic.

My students are learning to work co-operatively and cohesively.

They are learning about our schools attitudes with their learning...

... as well as making new friends.

They are learning to take turns as well as how to ask for things politely.

Learning to work together, as well as how to 'get along,' are both 

important skills to master.

My students are already showing me they know how to work together

and how to use manners.

They have also formed many new friendships.

Working together can be so much fun...

... And a great deal more productive than working by yourself.

I think it is going to be a fun year!

How is your year going so far?

Let me know....leave a comment!

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My 2015 Classroom

Hello Blog Buddies!

A change of school, a change of surname and a change or two on my blog!

And then we have my classroom....

Remember this?

.....And this?

Well, please feel welcome....

... open the door...

.... and come on in!

A change of school and a change of colour for the new academic year.

It did take a while to cut everything out, but I am really happy with the results.

All the lettering and banners were purchased from the wonderful Schoolgirlstyle.com.

You can find all of Melanie's wonderful inspiration Here

I reused some resources...

... And made some new ones.

After several dusty days, the room finally 'came together'.

It is certainly a great deal brighter and more organised.

The room is a lot larger than the one I had last year.

And the windows are simply Ahhhh-mazing!

Here is the book corner...

... with some familiar characters reused...

... and some favourite books ready to go!

The paper flowers were a new addition to my room this year.

I really like the ones in the windows....

... And I really like the light from the afternoon sun. 

It is actually quite magical.

Finally, my classroom wouldn't be complete without a few chair bags.

Firstly, my personal chair needed an up-date. 

1) Because it was looking a bit grubby and 

2) Because I had changed my surname to my married name.

The student's chairs always look better with this splash of colour,

and they really like having somewhere to 'stash' personal items.

The turntables finish off the tables.

I always think the supplies look like flowers on the tables!

Speaking of flowers, my lovely sister-in-law delivered these flowers 

to my new workplace to wish me well at my new school.

What a thoughtful gift!

Here they are sitting on on the mantle above the fireplace....

Did I tell you there was a fireplace complete with chimney in the room?!

Finally it was time for the year to begin...

So here we go!

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