During the Trimester break I called in on campus to pick up text books for the next lot of enrolled units. I took both children with me. We ran into Blake from Student Support and he gave them both Chuppa Chups and stress balls (and stress brains). The combination of a water fountain to splash in and free Chuppa Chups has both small children planning to head off to university without delay as obviously it is a lot of fun.
I have settled in to work well and am enjoying it a lot. It is fun to have my own area and I like working working with a diverse range of children in both ages and abilities. It can be hard to keep the larger group on track at times and still have fun but luckily I had some of these same children while I was on practicum at this school last year so I picked up some behavior management strategies that I know they respond too.
