Day 15/16 - First Relief Teacher/Rescheduled Sports Day

Friday was my first experience with a "relief teacher" or substitute in the classroom. It wasn't the typical sub experience though because this particular sub used to be the Deputy Principal at my school so the kids knew him as the person they were sent to when they were naughty. My class is always pretty well behaved (although they are a bit chatty sometimes) and Friday was no exception. We had a lot of maths work to catch up on Friday and started some new English work as well. Everything went well though, and the day flew by.

Monday was my first sports day experience. There were a few hiccups just trying to get the day started but overall it was a really cool thing to see. The school is divided into 4 separate sports houses that span all year levels and the students have to compete in their own individual houses in order to qualify for sports day. Then, those students who perform well in sports day get to move on to the district championships. It's really exciting for the students to be able to get out and run around for a few days as a part of school! They were all disappointed when it was cancelled last week and were very happy to have nice weather at the start of this week so they could do the first half of sports day. Friday will be the second half of sports day and the kids are looking forward to it. We also have visiting Japanese students coming to our school during the week and our class will be meeting them during their LOTE (Languages Other Than English) special. The students obviously have another busy and exciting week. I'm excited also because I'm teaching 2 SOSE lessons and a Maths Lesson during the week. The SOSE lessons are introducing the Culture Unit that I've been working on and my Maths lesson is continuing work on Chance and Data. I can tell already that this week is going to be another good one!