I am thankful for:
- a loving husband
- fun colleagues
- my class doing a good job with their turn at running year 5 assembly
- God
May 30th
I am thankful for:
- a clean desk
- excited students
- chocolate
- tacos
- a night in
- Daniel
- a clean desk
- excited students
- chocolate
- tacos
- a night in
- Daniel
May 29th
I am thankful for:
- spending the day with the Shailer girls at the Pine Rivers carnival and coming away with an undefeated win!
- catching up on a week of blog posts
- Going to bed early
- Daniel
- spending the day with the Shailer girls at the Pine Rivers carnival and coming away with an undefeated win!
- catching up on a week of blog posts
- Going to bed early
- Daniel
May 28th
I am thankful for:
- a good win for my little netty girls against team 3 on the ladder
- working hard on reports
- my health
- Daniel
- a good win for my little netty girls against team 3 on the ladder
- working hard on reports
- my health
- Daniel
May 27th
I am thankful for:
- Fridays
- a busy day
- lots of non contact time
- happy students
- scoring an impressive try at touch footy
- Daniel
- Fridays
- a busy day
- lots of non contact time
- happy students
- scoring an impressive try at touch footy
- Daniel
May 25th
I am thankful for:
- Before school netball training leaving my afternoon free
- The students' excitement at working on their new summative task - an electricity video story
- A big netty win for Magic gainst St Margaret's
- The hype around State of Origin
- Daniel
- Before school netball training leaving my afternoon free
- The students' excitement at working on their new summative task - an electricity video story
- A big netty win for Magic gainst St Margaret's
- The hype around State of Origin
- Daniel
May 24th
I am thankful for:
- Tuesday's staff briefing being cancelled
- The new book club with literature circles roles being enjoyed by the students
- Netball training
- Tuesday's staff briefing being cancelled
- The new book club with literature circles roles being enjoyed by the students
- Netball training
May 23rd
I am thankful for:
- A normal, routine Monday - finally!
- Learning how to use Adboe Premier Pro
- a productive planning meeting
- Daniel
- A normal, routine Monday - finally!
- Learning how to use Adboe Premier Pro
- a productive planning meeting
- Daniel
May 21st
I am thankful for:
- An amazing win (by 2 points) by my little netty girls against the top team
- A lovely dinner catch up with Daniel and Karlee
- Playing Quiddler with D1, D2 and Karlee
- Daniel
- An amazing win (by 2 points) by my little netty girls against the top team
- A lovely dinner catch up with Daniel and Karlee
- Playing Quiddler with D1, D2 and Karlee
- Daniel
May 20th
I am thankful for:
- Fridays
- Non-contact time
- Being employed and having a useful job
- Daniel
- Fridays
- Non-contact time
- Being employed and having a useful job
- Daniel
May 19th
I am thankful for:
- fun with SCRATCH animation in class
- getting Reading assessment done
- A good win of netty against Pine Rivers - making Shailer 3 from 3
- Daniel
- fun with SCRATCH animation in class
- getting Reading assessment done
- A good win of netty against Pine Rivers - making Shailer 3 from 3
- Daniel
May 18th
I am thankful for:
- early morning netball coaching with music
- my students being curious
- playing touch footy and working hard for a draw
- playing netball and having a hard fought win against the Waratahs
- Daniel
- early morning netball coaching with music
- my students being curious
- playing touch footy and working hard for a draw
- playing netball and having a hard fought win against the Waratahs
- Daniel
May 17th
I am thankful for:
- a return to normality in terms of class timetables
- beautiful sunshine
- Helen returning to our Shailer netty team after her medical prac in Vietnam and Cambodia
- netty training
- Daniel
- a return to normality in terms of class timetables
- beautiful sunshine
- Helen returning to our Shailer netty team after her medical prac in Vietnam and Cambodia
- netty training
- Daniel
May 16th
I am thankful for:
- a new week
- having the opportunity to recuperate in bed after developing a nasty cold
- the students having fun at the athletics carnival
- not missing academic teaching time while staying home
- spaghetti bolognaise
- Daniel
- a new week
- having the opportunity to recuperate in bed after developing a nasty cold
- the students having fun at the athletics carnival
- not missing academic teaching time while staying home
- spaghetti bolognaise
- Daniel
May 15th
I am thankful for:
- Sundays
- Brekky at Foxy Bean with Daniel
- Catching up on marking
- Shopping in the City
- A break from thinking about school for a few hours
- Daniel
- God
- Sundays
- Brekky at Foxy Bean with Daniel
- Catching up on marking
- Shopping in the City
- A break from thinking about school for a few hours
- Daniel
- God
May 14th
I am thankful for:
- sleeping-in in a warm, snuggly bed
- yummy brekky of bacon and eggs at home
- an early netball game
- having players to borrow froma yojnger netty team when there was an accident on the motorway
- the rest of team showing up before the end of the first quarter
- a great come-back at quarter time from 3-11 down to win 37 - 14
- relaxing at home for a quiet night in
- Daniel
- sleeping-in in a warm, snuggly bed
- yummy brekky of bacon and eggs at home
- an early netball game
- having players to borrow froma yojnger netty team when there was an accident on the motorway
- the rest of team showing up before the end of the first quarter
- a great come-back at quarter time from 3-11 down to win 37 - 14
- relaxing at home for a quiet night in
- Daniel
May 13th
I am thankful for:
- fun with the students at the Sciencentre and QLD museum
- the end of a stressful week
- Daniel
- fun with the students at the Sciencentre and QLD museum
- the end of a stressful week
- Daniel
May 12th
I am thankful for:
- NAPLAN being over
- fun teaching and playing with animation software, SCRATCH
- a hard fought win of netty by Shailer against top team, Metro
- Daniel
- NAPLAN being over
- fun teaching and playing with animation software, SCRATCH
- a hard fought win of netty by Shailer against top team, Metro
- Daniel
May 11th
I am thankful for:
- Day Two of NAPLAN being over
- Touch footy
- heaters
- warm jackets
- Sunshine
- Daniel
- Day Two of NAPLAN being over
- Touch footy
- heaters
- warm jackets
- Sunshine
- Daniel
May 10th
I am thankful for:
- Day one of NAPLAN being over
- the storm passing quickly today
- Design and construction fun in class
- Netty training
- Daniel
- Day one of NAPLAN being over
- the storm passing quickly today
- Design and construction fun in class
- Netty training
- Daniel
May 9th
I am thankful for:
- NAPLAN being over soon
- A lovely dinner with Sed at Piaf at South Bank
- The Qld Firebirds having a big win against Magic to make it to the GF!
- Daniel
- NAPLAN being over soon
- A lovely dinner with Sed at Piaf at South Bank
- The Qld Firebirds having a big win against Magic to make it to the GF!
- Daniel
May 8th
I am thankful for:
- Mum
- mothers
- creating cards
- sewing my first zip for a cushion
- delicious gourmet bbq prepared by Daniel
- Celebrating Mothers' Day and Peter's and Kristy's birthdays
- cricket in the park
- playing with Peter and Kristy's amazing new camera
- chocolate
- Daniel
- Mum
- mothers
- creating cards
- sewing my first zip for a cushion
- delicious gourmet bbq prepared by Daniel
- Celebrating Mothers' Day and Peter's and Kristy's birthdays
- cricket in the park
- playing with Peter and Kristy's amazing new camera
- chocolate
- Daniel
May 7th
I am thankful for:
- sleeping in
- brekky at In a pickle
- coaching talented netty girls having a BIG win
- having a sewing machine
- chocolate
- Footy (AFL) on TV
- Sunshine
- Trivia night at Shailer and WINNING!!
- sleeping in
- brekky at In a pickle
- coaching talented netty girls having a BIG win
- having a sewing machine
- chocolate
- Footy (AFL) on TV
- Sunshine
- Trivia night at Shailer and WINNING!!
May 6th
I am thankful for:
- God
- Fridays
- Mayfair fun
- Drinks toss as a fundraiser
- Gorgeous cheerleading girls doing a great job
- a great talent show with worthy winners
- Thai take away
- Daniel
- God
- Fridays
- Mayfair fun
- Drinks toss as a fundraiser
- Gorgeous cheerleading girls doing a great job
- a great talent show with worthy winners
- Thai take away
- Daniel
May 5th
I am thankful for:
- teaching about fractions and kids 'getting it'
- smiles and jokes
- sunny weather
- playing our first game of Schweppes Challenge netball for the season and winning against Underwood
- God
- Daniel
- teaching about fractions and kids 'getting it'
- smiles and jokes
- sunny weather
- playing our first game of Schweppes Challenge netball for the season and winning against Underwood
- God
- Daniel
May 4th
I am thankful for:
- a new approach
- professional colleagues
- Stress balls and how much kids love them
- Daniel
- God
- a new approach
- professional colleagues
- Stress balls and how much kids love them
- Daniel
- God
May 3rd
I am thankful for:
- being employed
- students' light bulb moments
- Netball training
- Daniel
- being employed
- students' light bulb moments
- Netball training
- Daniel
May 2nd
I am thankful for:
- public holidays
- finishing a chunk of my students' progress reports
- Daniel
- public holidays
- finishing a chunk of my students' progress reports
- Daniel
May 1st
I am thankful for:
- Sundays
- Long weekends
- Making progress on school work
- Daniel and I catching up with friends Kaels and Col (and Chad and Shan) at a delicious Turkish restaurant
- Daniel
- God
- Sundays
- Long weekends
- Making progress on school work
- Daniel and I catching up with friends Kaels and Col (and Chad and Shan) at a delicious Turkish restaurant
- Daniel
- God
April 30th
I am thankful for:
- Saturdays
- Catching up with Julie, Rory and gorgeous Laura at their house for dinner and Juno
- Daniel
- Saturdays
- Catching up with Julie, Rory and gorgeous Laura at their house for dinner and Juno
- Daniel
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