Ksenia's musings

Today was brilliant! We started the day focused and motivated. The kids and I played "I Spy" before the bell and it just set a pos...

Once again I am forced to think about expectations. I wasn't sure what to expect from a Year 1 class when I started. Naturally, some of ...

Well, it's official! I'm back in the classroom after taking time off with my little madam. Today was my first day back at school in ...

This year I started marking the kids writing books the way that I had seen other teachers mark in their rooms.   After a while, I found tha...

Yesterday some of the teachers at school presented ideas that they learned at uLearn 2014.  Being in the junior school I decided to attend t...

I often hear teachers say that they don't have the technical know-how to teach computer skills. I say that you don't have to be the ...

Recently I have been thinking about teaching in general. It has changed completely from what I remember happening in my primary classroom. I...