REFLECTION OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

The photo album of TWHA students in our class worked well and for the first time today I was able to name each student.  It was a real relief to know that I was able to do this. The students appreciated me knowing their names. Correct pronunciation for some of the names need to be learned properly. The next step with the students names will be the alphabetical roll call in a circle - the quickness of finding out who is absent - huge help when they go on their ski trip - it will quickly identify who is missing from the group. Not having a reliever Block 2 today for TWHA was challenging but when we joined groups with the other class - it was more manageable - there were 3 teachers available for the big group. Managing student behaviour was also challenging with the students - there was a presentation made by the police to a student regarding her impact project - getting them to the gym and returning to our classroom in a orderly manner - better strategy required. TWHA had a team meeting to discuss use of classrooms (this will remain), assessments due for Year 7/8 and comments for reports due before 28/5 - VFT; reports are to be forwarded to mentors on Friday 31/5/