Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to be around my students. They are almost blank slates, learning as they go, testing things trying things, growing their brains. It’s great to watch, and inspirational to observe as I can learn to have my mind as open as theirs again. The teacher must always be a student in order to teach.

To-do list

• Compliment one of the other teachers (I have trouble with this one!).
• Be prepared for difficult IEC class where students have to work in groups on a mini project.
• Go out and play with kids at lunchtime.
• Talk to Mohan about looking at the grade 6 books and consider if you can do that job happily.

Did it list

• Complimented Jimmy on his shirt.
• Today’s lessons went well – the kids had a bit more freedom and they respected that. I was worried about this yesterday so this was a nice surprise. About 90% of the students got themselves fully involved. I’ll try and incorporate more work like this in future.
• Played soccer with some of the students.
• Read a bit online, cleared emails and tabs.
• Wrote to Lachlan – his article made me think a lot.
• Talked to Mohan about getting grade 6 books.
• Supported some students with positive feedback. Maybe I do this normally and don’t notice it too much but I feel like I need to do it more – to offer more encouragement. It’s difficult to do in a class situation as there are so many students and noise and the same with one-on-one!
• Many interactions with many students. I enjoy engaging with all students – not just the ones in my classes. I feel like the students appreciate that.
• Stayed off Facebook until I got home.