I feel really good after singing this morning.  We had an extra LaTUCS rehearsal today because we are having a performance on Wednesday night.

Speaking of which, I don't often promote concerts heavily, but after working with Warren Wills today (a piano guy who's bloody awesome), I feel like encouraging everyone and anyone to  come along.

It ( Read more... )

I have arrived home from 10 days in Canberra to find that my vegie garden has thrived without me. Tomatoes ripening, another eggplant ready for picking, and a zucchini that weighs a few kilograms, are but a few of the splendours that greeted me.

8 hours of driving, from Canberra to Melbourne, passed quickly and painlessly as my mind eagerly grasped ( Read more... )

Especially when Winter thinks it's Spring!

This Saturday has involved the usual sleep-in followed by the usual noon breakfast of egg on toast while sitting on the outdoor couch on the back patio.  The egg on toast is compulsorily shared with both Miffy and Katsuko.

The early cloudy sky luckily smoothed over into a beautiful blue sky for the ( Read more... )

Today I spent several hours at work getting some sorting done while the kids weren't there, then I came home via the shops and bought myself a soccer ball.   This is because I have decided I want to take up soccer.  After kicking the ball around with the kids at school lots and having so much fun doing so, I've decided to try to find an adult ( Read more... )

The wind pounded against her face, her skin enduring the sharp, icy sting, while her mind swirled into action, awakened and inspired. The more she felt the chilling cold bare down upon her skin, she also felt a compensatory warm glow fill her from inside out. A thrill spread right through her body. She felt alive. She could feel the world, and it ( Read more... )

I am in an unexplained good mood today.  I love it when I just feel like smiling, and everytime I think happy thoughts (even thinking "Yay, I'm happy"), I get a rush of feel-good chemicals flooding my brain!

Back to work.

Also, did anyone else watch that show "Kid's Business" on ABC last night?  If so, what did you think about it? I was pretty impressed.

I had a very rewarding day at work today, a day of praise from where it means the most - from my role model (the AP).  She was working in my class with me for an hour in the afternoon to work with 1 of my students as part of our step-up program (extra help for some who really need it), and at the end of the hour she said she liked what I did with ( Read more... )

Does anyone know anything much about ambidexterity? Especially in linking to poor spacial awareness, writing number and letters backwards and any other learning related matters?  I have a parent who is very keen for an educators perspective but I know practically nothing on the matter.

I remain hopeful that I shall be swimming this weekend.

My holiday reading so far has been a NSW government publication:
"GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING RISKS IN RECREATIONAL WATER"  http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/_files/eh38.pdf

with the aim of becoming as informed as possible about the risks associated with cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) ( Read more... )