Mrs A's Blog

My Rambling Thoughts on Teaching and Learning

Education System

Expectations…. Maybe I’m Dreaming….

I’m very proud of my Daughter.  She has survived the first term of High School.  And has done exceptionally well.  Now I know I have a smart kid who loves to learn new things however I was concerned at how she would go when it came to the difference between primary school and high school.  […]

The Past or The Future…

My sister and I enjoy a long run every second weekend and afterwards we enjoy a good catchup over coffee and a walk.  Today’s conversation was about how my children were going at school and we started talking about the assessment my daughter in Grade Seven is currently working on.  The conversation then moved to […]

Maybe We Need to Ban the Classroom…

I know that I’m a bit behind in my podcast listening HOWEVER  this week I was listening to my current favourite podcast “Teacher 2.0”  the episode which caught my attention as I was running along was titled “Chalk Markets Plunge!”  in it Rodd Lucier from The Clever Sheep Blog was explaining his view on the […]

Proud as Punch (Both as a Mum and an Educator)

The last term has been a busy one.  Not only as an educator but as a Mum as well.  You see the last term has been dedicated to our Year 6 Exhibition.  My beautiful children attend the school where I work and as my daughter is in Year 6 she has been part of the […]

Change is inevitable…

Term 1 finished last Friday.  And boy what a huge term it was.  I have looked back at the last 10 weeks and I really cannot believe how much we squeezed into the term.   SharePoint 2010 Office 2010 Digital Profile Cards New Departments New Timetable Structure Large Amount of New Staff Not to mention […]