Start of Year

Week 1-2 Term One 2022 Room Two

 It has been a great start to 2022 in Room 2!  My Year 8 students have just slotted into the role of being the 'Leaders' and have been great role models for the new Year 7 students.  

I have found the beginning of this year slightly easier as I know the students well and the students know me and the expectations I have.  We have been concentrating on setting up routines, responsibilities, expectations for setting work out on our Chromebook and in our books. 

Lots of ground work is being lay on the schools '3 R's", 'Class Treaty' and working as a 'Team'.  I am finding having our treaty displayed and signed by the students is helping when I am needing to remodel expectations to the students.  I can easily refer to these and the students have ownership as they helped to construct the treaty.  

I am finding the 'Class Treaty' is helping with behaviour expectations.  This evident during class as students are settling to work quickly.  There has been some reminding about appropriate behaviour at break times.

The students for the most part are adapting to wear masks and coping with the room ventilation.  We do find it hard at times to understand one another but try to remember to speak clearly, slowly and slightly louder than we would without masks.

We are having frequent breaks so the students can pop outside for a run/walk while removing their masks.