Wow! It's been a while since I added to my blog. About 20 job applications and 2 more job interviews long. Plenty of jobs on-line with schools getting ready for next year, but sadly 2012 is still a little uncertain for me.
On a more positive note I am getting loads of NZ teaching experience through relief teaching. A visit to a handful of Horowhenua/Manawatu Schools on a rare day off last week had already proven fruitful. In the week ahead I will be starting the week at Tokomaru School, then over to Alfredton for Tuesday, Ross Intermediate on Wednesday then I will finish up the week at Wainuioru!
While I haven't been updating my blog, I have been updating my CV, making it more school friendly. Thank you once again to the parent and students at Alfredton School for allowing me to use their smiling faces on my CV.
And I have also been updating my curriculum knowledge, once again through Alfredton School I have been about to order Literacy and Numeracy curriculum documents, which I have had my nose stuck in for the last few weeks. By the time I have a job secured for 2012 I will be ready to put my book knowledge into action.
Books have been a major source of entertainment and education since the holidays started, TradeMe has proven helpful for finding books about Literacy. I now have at my fingertips 300 plus science experiments thanks to Jeremy finding a great book in Bruce McKenzie's Educational bookshop on George Street in Palmerston North. The Second-hand bookshop on Rangitikei Street - a great selection of kids books under $10. And I hope to get my hands on "Art in Action" by Maja Pitamic before too long also.
I'm not being sponsored by any of these places, it's just that I have such a love of books and am so excited to be able to find so many useful books at affordable prices.
With a busy week ahead I had better go and make sure my Relieving Emergency Kit is up to scratch so the kids of Manawatu/Horowhenua/Tararua/Wairarapa are kept busy learning this week.
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