Thursday 5 January 2012

New Year, New Energy!

After spending a day scouring some amazing 'teacher' blogs and having been inspired by some friends who have been writing their own, I've set myself a challenge to become a little more 'tech' savy and journal all the fun I will be having in Prep this year. One blog a week is my aim...lets see how I'll go!

So here begins the New Year and with it comes some renewed energy. Having spent the best part of yesterday and today in at school, all the 'back to school' preparation memories have come flooding back. After spending over an hour hanging up my alphabet chart (pulling it down twice..) and still not being happy with its position...I'm left wondering, though I think I already know the answer, which parents will realise this task took the best part of my morning. Will they notice that I made a heading - 'Welcome to PKK' but it took me half an hour to decide which font to use?! I'm tipping they wont blink twice at the shapes posters that took up most of last night at home, or the 4 hours I've sat in front of the laminator to make sure the posters last the whole year! Those who aren't teachers (and might I add...mainly those from the male breed!) are sure to scoff and say......can't you just pick any colour/font/layout. Well the simple answer is NO. The small things like this matter, especially when you have to look at them all year! This part of the job is the one which I do enjoy, but get disappointed that the majority will never know just how long it all took.

I'm off to search for some daily timetable pictures and fonts.....see you in a couple of hours!
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4 comments:

  1. Play for Life18 January 2012 at 08:46

    Hi Karen ... Welcome to the bloggosphere!

    You're parents may not know how LONG it took you to make the learning environment look irresistible but I promise you they WILL notice it and more importantly so will the children ... Here's to a great 2012!

    Donna :) :)

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    1. KK18 January 2012 at 09:06

      Thanks Donna! It is all worth the hard work, that's for sure. Thanks for sharing my blog :)

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  2. Kierna C18 January 2012 at 08:56

    it is so weird that you are all gearing up for a new school year & we are moving towards the 1/2 way point in ours. I enjoyed reading your posts & hope you have fun blogging this year, I have learned so much from blogging in the last year & got so many great ideas for my class. I look forward to following your exploits as your year unfolds. Kierna

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    1. KK18 January 2012 at 09:07

      It is so different isn't it?! I couldn't imagine not starting a new school year that doesn't align with the calendar year! Thanks for the lovely comments - I'm having so much fun thinking about what to blog! I'll have to check out your blog :)

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