Tag Archives: school
rampage
There was an in-class assessment task recently. Mac & his classmates have been learning about shelters and investigating the many different shelters, buildings and constructions. The assessment involved building a shelter during class time from materials they collected at … Continue reading
Filed under Access all Areas, Accessing the Curriculum
eggs on legs
The Easter Hat Parade takes on a different form at our school. For K-2 they work on your stereotypical “Easter bonnets” for the Hat Parade. The big kids (Grades 5-6) do Egg Diorama’s called “Egg-o-ramas” (usually with a specific … Continue reading
fridge magnet friday
This is perhaps my favourite quote to do with inclusion – so simple, it just goes to the heart of the matter.
Filed under fridge magnet friday, Inclusion... straight up!
school photos
image found on http://weheartit.com/from/m-a-l-e-d-i-c-t-i-o-n.tumblr.com Tough times for a child who can sometimes take on the form of a pretzel. Depending on the time/place/moment/noise/temperature/season… Mac can be tough to get a decent shot of. After an epic fail in Year … Continue reading
Filed under Access all Areas, Inclusion... straight up!
timing is everything…
Are we there yet? How much longer? When can we go? How much more? Sound familiar… ? Time Timer (visual timer for visual people!) from Time Timer on Vimeo. Another parent shared the Time Timer® with me the other … Continue reading
all for one, and one for all…
There’s been some trouble at school. It seems Stage Two (Grades 3 & 4) have been testing the boundaries somewhat (in class and on excursions) and it has led to two special assemblies in the last week where the Principal … Continue reading
Filed under Inclusion... straight up!
a big week one…
At the end of his first week Mac managed a two hour catnap ‘tiger’ nap on Friday afternoon while sitting on the lounge at home. Week One is where classes are assigned and in Mac’s case new Learning Support Officers … Continue reading
Filed under Accessing the Curriculum
the refusal
Mac had a shocker on Friday. The thing is, it was all his doing. Mrs R was out of the classroom for the entire day and Mac’s response was to “NOT WORK”. He wouldn’t spell ‘hat’, ‘at’, ‘go but was … Continue reading
Filed under Accessing the Curriculum, first grade here I come
the love letter
I found this tucked down beside Mac in his chair today. These pair have been as thick as thieves since pre-school. Bronte is the ‘older woman’ being in Year 2. When she started Kindy the year before Mac her Nanna … Continue reading
Filed under friends, Inclusion... straight up!
foot painting
I have it on good authority from Mrs R that the quality of the artwork on Mac’s feet exceeds what he got down on the canvas. He used is feet rather than the more conventional brush method. Nevertheless he had … Continue reading
not even a horse…
Wheelchair Attendant training started for 1-2R (Mac’s class) on Friday. Before we started there was a couple of questions from the students. “We’re not allowed to touch Mac’s head are we”, asked Max. Not sure what motivated the question I … Continue reading
Filed under first grade here I come, friends, Inclusion... straight up!
roadworthy?
OK, so it didn’t come as a written note, but it was a message passed on via the Teacher’s Aide from his ‘second break’ attendant. These kids are way more conscientious than I would ever be – there’s a reason … Continue reading
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a good friend to me
As I collected Mac from school yesterday one of his classmates came up to me. “You know, Mac is a VERY good friend to me”, he told me. I smiled . “He tells me you are an AWESOME friend to … Continue reading
Filed under first grade here I come, friends, Inclusion... straight up!
e-a-t
Now that Mac has a number of letters under control we have started giving him a “free spell” opportunity. This is where he gets to write any word he wants using his morse code. On the first occasion he chose … Continue reading
new classes
Mac has finally been assigned his new class and teacher for this year. He has moved into a composite 1-2 class with Mrs R as his teacher. Only four other children from his Kindy class came with him so there … Continue reading
Filed under first grade here I come
