Cheers Mate!

I was a floater today which was a nice break from teaching one class all day.

In the morning I taught a year 2 class which went very well. All the classes in the school are incorporating the story of Matilda into their subjects which is awesome because I love that movie.

There was one student who has 'undiagnosed Autism/Aspergers' according to the teacher and I realized that he is quite bright. He understood all the tasks but just took a while to complete them and well, got easily distracted and acted silly. Within the first few minutes of the morning he said to me, "I usually get told off by the teacher. Miss, I am usually quite naughty." I didn't know how to respond except to tell him that he wasn't being naughty right now.

The afternoon was a year 5 class who were also very good students. What luck I had today! Some students acted out the role of a character from Matilda and while in the 'hot seat' the rest of the class practiced their interviewing skills on that particular character. It was quite entertaining.

One thing that really peaked my interest today was when I was handing out the students' school photos I noticed that each child had an owl sitting on their shoulder which looked extremely life-like. Well it was! The students had pictures taken with an owl! How fun!

Oh and I lost my voice mid-morning...how not fun.

Laying low tonight with pizza and Lost.