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Last week our school had Literacy week. For 20 min every day at exactly the same time each day for the week, each class had to read a story. We also had the company "Hooked on Books" do a skit for our Foundation Phase learners. They present skits of a
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On Friday, we had our annual pyjama day for our foundation phase children. This is always a huge hit. They love the idea of wearing their pj's and they are even more surprised of the fact that teachers also actually own pj's. This is our Foundation Phase
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Since the appointment of our new principal, our school has seen many changes which I am not comfortable with. Our previous principal was white with a predominantly white staff and a majority of black children. She left at the end of last year with the
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WHY GOD MADE MOMS Since it's Mothers Day on Sunday, I found and old email about what grade 2's think of their moms. I decided to give it to my class and this is what they came up with... Why did God make mothers? To have babies to grow up like Him – Warren
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After school today we had a presentation by an educational company of educational books. The representative informed us that when teaching a new concept, we should never ask the children if they know anything about the topic before we have taught it.
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Hi all, If you are interested at all in looking at what a typical suburbian, former Model C school (school's for whites during apartheid) please look at my school :-). I'd like to know what you think of it. My school was formerly for white children only,
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I'm having an awful lot of problems with teacher politics at the moment. They seem to fight more than the children. This one is not happy with that and "don't tell her I said that"....please man. I seem to be stuck in the middle. I like to be the type
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I forgot to add another cute thing that happened today... We are currently learning about 3D shapes in Grade Two. I drew a triangular prism on the board and asked the children if they knew what that shape is called. One of the answers that was returned
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Just a quick little cutie that happened today... Because I come from South Africa, obviously we have many black children in our class. Some of the names can be very hard to pronounce for white people. I have a little black girl in my class named Qaqamba
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Our first week back at school was brought with some sad news. A favourite teacher of mine and all the children in the Foundation Phase at our school, the music teacher, has *** cancer. It hit the teachers quite hard and the children especially. They don't
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After school today, the foundation teachers had a workshop presented by Letterland. It seems all very wonderful to work with. In fact, I remember being taught with Letterland in Grade 1 and 2 and I will never forget Clever Cat and all his friends. What
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It was my first day back of the new term and what an excellent day it was. It was so nice to see my class again and the day was an endless day of excitement and chatter about the holidays. Going to the sea, jumping in the waves, being chased by a shark???
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I've got a few more days of holiday left and I'm savouring what I can of it. Although I'm quite excited to get back, the thought of waking up early again, especially going into winter now, is not so great. But, I guess we all have to do it. I have started
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Hi all. It is my first post on my blog. So I would just like to say hi to all who read my posts. I will provide interesting stories that happen at my school as well as any interesting ideas to teach in the junior grades. I hope you will enjoy reading
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