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After a very busy and exhausting year, I felt the need to withdraw from all things school-related for a period of several weeks.  The Christmas holidays have seen me do very little in relation to my classroom (the fact that there are over 235 edublog posts sitting in my reader at the moment are evidence of that), and how it is time to focus again.

There is plenty to focus on this year with a new challenge.  After five years in Year 4 (trust me, I was ready to call it a day after four) I’m making the big move to a new grade, new classroom and new building as I begin teaching Year 1.  This is the first time I’m teaching Stage 1 during my career, so it is bound to be a significant Learning Curve (where have I seen that phrase before?).

This week has seen me unpacking boxes, cleaning things and doing little organisational tasks that have normally never crossed my mind, like preparing pencil tins.

What I do look forward to is exploring ways that I can integrate technology effectively into the learning of our younger students.  My first-hand experience meant that it was easy for me to work out what Stage 2/3 students were capable of doing and how technology could be embedded into their learning.  Now, hopefully, I can do the same in Stage 1, and thus be of greater support as Learning Technology Coordinator to my Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 colleagues.

Well, we’ll see how we go… and I’ll try to catch up with posting some things that have grabbed my attention recently.  I hope to post more succinctly and often in future.  For now, I have a “Welcome to 1R” sign and a set of name labels to make.

Photo: Pencils by liasterkenburg