Like everywhere else in the world, the end of school is usually anticipated eagerly by both students and teachers. Here it is equally so. This week and the coming week are the times when you wrap up, write report cards, do some last activities with the students and basically try to keep the attention on school things instead of already entering the holiday-mindset.
Next week the students will be in school for three days and have a final party on Friday morning. Teachers have the Thursday to clean up, get classrooms in order, and make sure everything is where it needs to be. For me, the cleaning up part is paramount since my desk has steadily been accumulating large amount of papers full of information I need to review, like to read up on, need to read to see if it is important, and some papers with ideas for activities with the students. Stacks and stacks of that. I'm convinced I can strike gold in there if I have enough time to sort things out. And that is only my desk.
My cupboard looks incredibly well organised compared to my desk. I know how much of last year's desk-mountain went straight in there. And we've added a bit to that as well. Another area of great explorations where fantastic discoveries can be made. My cupboard now qualifies as uncharted waters...
Yep, I have my work cut out for me next week. And most of it I hope fervently to have done by the end of Thursday since we'll take our Grade 4's out to the movies and have a sleepover at school after. They have earned enough classroom points and this is the reward. Tiresome for the teachers but generally good fun.
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