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Post by corinne11 on Nov 7, 2015 21:55:45 GMT
We have over close to 600 students. Every day several items are left in the library. I keep them there for 48 hrs as very often they will return looking for them, often with parents after school.
If they are names in them I will often post a quick note in our electronic daybook to let teachers know - e.g John rm 6, Sara rm 7. please come collect your belongings. Honestly, only about half actually come and collect them. I do end up putting them in our lost and found box as the pile can grow huge! They will usually come to collect hats as we now have all year round hat policy and they can't play without them, but jumpers, drink bottles etc?? I often see parents rummaging through the box, but we still do the big line of clothes at the end of term and donate all the leftovers.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Nov 7, 2015 4:43:14 GMT
I immediately thought of tired, worn out. But as well as being in Australia, I also have several friends who do triathalons and other strenuous exercise type events and they often use "absolutely shattered". Shattered can also be replaced with "buggered" also! And yes I realise that may sound awful to people elsewhere- it's definitely an Aussie slang word!!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Nov 5, 2015 10:09:26 GMT
He's on my laminated list. He really is on mine! in my profile picture I'm dressed up for Halloween - theme song titles. He is one of the 13 men I chose to laminate for my costume- "It's raining men!"
I loved him as Denny. but did watch the good wife last night for pretty well the first time, may be watching a lot more often!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 28, 2015 21:29:01 GMT
Our kids have 10 minutes allocated to eat lunch, BUT we don't have school cafeterias. Our kids are in class, bell goes, get lunch from bags and eat in class. A few teachers do have personal microwaves but kids normally bring lunch or have lunch orders ( picked up at bell time and taken to class) However, if students don't finish, we have shaded eating areas with tables where they can sit. They do tend to use these areas as we have a rule about not eating on the oval- so they don't drop rubbish.
I'm a teacher and if students are disruptive and need to make up time with me, I ask them to meet me at lunch playtime. We have 1/2 an hour and the longest I will speak to/keep in a student is 15 minutes, although I do know of teachers that keep them in for all of playtime. I don't agree with this- kids NEED to run around and burn off excess energy, especially the rowdy ones!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 20, 2015 5:44:55 GMT
This is one of my favourite photos, taken in 1964 in Calcutta, India. I'm the youngest one. I just love how beautiful my mum looks in that gorgeous dress! We don't have a lot of childhood photos so I really cherish the ones we do have. Attachments:
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 11, 2015 9:52:52 GMT
I'm not getting the faux pax of throwing your own party? Is it because you consider it a gift grab? I think we tend to be a bit more casual here and less hung up on formalities that it isn't even on my radar. Everyone does it here particularly for milestone birthdays. I never bat an eyelid when I get an invitation from a friend for a 40th or 50th etc that they are organising. I love celebrating with people and for a lot of us if we left it to someone else to organise it would never happen. After seeing a friend get mightily disappointed at not having anything for her 40th (she wanted her dh to throw a party) I decided I would organise my own big party with lots of friends and we had a ball. We supplied champagne, wine, beer etc and lots of finger food. I couldn't care less about gifts, I said I didn't want them but most brought along something. Here in Australia most people I know plan their own birthdays and organise the dinner or party.
I didn't celebrate my 40th due to medical issues at the time so when I turned 50 I decided to have a big party. My gift was a trip to Hawaii so my theme was Hawaii 50. I had an amazing time organising decorations, costumes, food and games all with an Hawaiian theme. Was I the center of attention? You bet! But that's the whole idea of a birthday party for my circle of family and friends. We supplied all food and drinks and yes most people did bring me a gift. We don't see it as a gift grab type of thing though.
Now, when I was invited to an engagement party and the bride to be threw the groom to be out of their house a week later and SHE kept all the gifts - that's a gift grab! I would have happily given our $150 gift voucher to the groom to be so he could set himself up again but it was not to be.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 10, 2015 2:46:25 GMT
I am pretty sure that there were no illusions in my family as to what I was or was not doing. My bedroom was a granny flat in our back yard and we were right next to a park which had a skateboard park and netball courts. Every Friday night I would pretend to go to bed early so I could go out to my room. My boyfriend would ride his bike over and hide it in a bush, jump the fence, spend a few hours alone with me before riding home at 10.
One Saturday morning my mum mentioned that on their return from watching netball the night before my younger sister had noticed a bike in the bush that looked a lot like P's bike. "of course that wouldn't be his because he knows he is welcome at our house at any time without needing to sneak over"
At the time I thought how lucky I was that my mum was so naïve!!! It took me years to realise that was her way of letting me know she knew what we were up to! And karma did come our way as one night some boys from the skate park found his bike and it took P over an hour to convince them to give it back- of course he got home late and was grounded.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 9, 2015 10:11:30 GMT
I'll play When someone continually posts passive aggressive memes that are CLEARLY directed at certain people. but then comes back with a meme that says " just because I post a particular meme DOESN'T mean I'm talking about someone or something is happening in my life. I just see things that I like and post it to share with you all"
Sure....not really fooling us here!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Oct 3, 2015 8:00:53 GMT
I'm dressing up as Mother Nature. I bought this dress to wear: And made this mask to wear with it: I'll take some of the leftover leaves and the other flowers from when I made the mask and probably make some kind of embellishments for the sleeves of the dress and maybe something for my hair too. Love this costume! We dressed up as the 3 fairies from Sleeping Beauty and we used hot glue to put leaves and flowers onto cheap slip on shoes from Kmart. Everyone commented on how cute they were.
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 24, 2015 9:22:08 GMT
Our little Badcat's leg needed to be amputated. He was only at the vets for 24 hrs but the other cats would NOT accept him at all. At the time we had 9 cats who had all grown up together and one of them was even his mother and they just hissed at him and would not let him come near any of them. We were keeping him separate anyway so he could learn to walk on 3 legs but it took a whole month before they accepted him back into the group. Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 19, 2015 1:15:57 GMT
Such a sad story. I am glad they discovered who she was and someone has been charged. Where I live a little girl was found in a suitcase by the side of the road out in the country. They think she was aged 4-7 and have shown photos of very distinctive clothing, a tutu, fur jacket, pyjamas and a hand made quilt. The quilt is very detailed and although damaged still shows the different materials used.
No one has come forward to claim her. She was found in June. I too wonder if she came from a transient family and people assume she's alive and well and living somewhere else. Several hundred names have been handed in but all have been ruled out so far. Fingers crossed there will be an identification and someone brought to justice for it.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 14, 2015 11:00:25 GMT
I loved this book!! I love libraries, and a good cat story... I have read this before but must buy this for our school library- I'm the librarian. Dewey was originally going to be the name of our little tiny 3 week old kitten that fell out of the library roof one day during renovations. We ended up keeping her and thought Dewey would be a cute name.
But then my grandson came up with Rufus (if she turned out to be a boy) or Celia. As in "she who came from the roof/ceiling"
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 12, 2015 8:13:15 GMT
If it was the Australian with brain cancer she turned to be a disgusting fraud. She never had any sort of cancer and therefore never was a survivor. She was ousted on national television here a month or so ago and is just a dirty little liar. All she said was made up and obviously left a lot of people upset and bewildered. I was going to say Belle Gibson. She was outed days before her food/recipe/pantry app was going to be included on the Apple watch (I think) so it just shows how many people believed her story. She clearly has major emotional/mental issues and hopefully is getting some kind of help. It went way beyond lying, her interview on 60 minutes showed how she truly didn't seem to get the enormity of what she had done.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 7, 2015 11:37:48 GMT
Here in the UK you have to be a qualified teacher to be a substitute (supply) teacher. Rates are the equivalent of about $200 a day. You may be required to plan, teach, and then mark the work. Same here in Australia. 4 year degree, about $300 AUD ($200 USD approx.) per day While teachers are expected to leave a program for planned absences, sometimes due to sickness or family emergencies we aren't able to send anything through to the school so TRT's (temporary relief teachers) are expected to bring their own stuff as backup.
I teach science and change my lesson for a relief teacher - usually swapping out an experiment for a hands on activity/book activity. Even with a detailed program I don't expect them to know EXACTLY what I want done or what I have done previously. I'd rather leave a "sideways lesson" that is still science based and usually is a recap of previously taught work. My aim is for the students to be settled and for them AND the teacher to have a successful day.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Sept 5, 2015 23:39:42 GMT
I have the Fiskars and find it very easy to use and the circle just pops out. I have similar punches to the second one you posted and they are okay but you have to press down hard with your palm. If you have to punch a lot I would go with the Fiskars.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 27, 2015 10:41:40 GMT
How interesting. I discovered her books by accident on IBooks recently and have read 3 of them so far. I recently finished Big Little Lies and although I KNEW the twist was going to involve a certain character, I really enjoyed it. I will look forward to seeing the mini series. What a pity it won't be filmed here, there are so many beautiful places that would fit in with the book.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 9, 2015 10:35:58 GMT
I read today that there is a sign for some tourist cabins ? in the footage somewhere and they are getting lots of calls. So I call fake But a great way to drum up business.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 8, 2015 13:59:48 GMT
Pretty sure I saw an ad in Creating Keepsakes and I used to download layouts (in black and white!!) along with quotes and titles from Pea soup back around 2000.
It took me a few years to go onto the message boards as I had no experience with how they worked at all! I lurked for many years, enjoying all the excitement and drama ( I have a great memory and remember all the good ones!) and only signed up and started posting about a year or so before it closed down.
I googled Two Peas closing 2 days later and found myself here. And now I make an effort to post a lot more!
You get very used to checking into a familiar place and I felt quite lost when 2Peas shut down so I was very pleased to find a new home. Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 8, 2015 3:42:47 GMT
I have never used it but your question made me laugh as it brought back a hilarious memory of someone I knew who DID use it.
I was teaching Growth and Development with a teacher and we were at the pregnancy/birth stage of our learning. She was 5 months pregnant at the time so was always putting up things like "my baby is 20cm long today" etc.
This particular day she decided to share with about 30 12 year old girls how she rubbed almond oil on her perineum every day in preparation for birth!! Undaunted by my look of shock and the girls puzzled faces, she then went on to DRAW a diagram of the different bits on either side of her perineum to demonstrate where she rubbed the oil.
So, if you are pregnant and preparing for childbirth, apparently almond oil is a good thing to use.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 6, 2015 13:13:42 GMT
When we are on holidays I often ask strangers taking single shots or photos of one parent with the kids, if they would like ME to take a photo of all of them together, never fails. They always return the favour.
Every family Christmas, Mothers Day or special birthdays I make sure that we take set photos of each family group.
However, I am going to change this as I realised that my sister is always in a photo with all 3 of her kids and her husband. They don't take a lot of photos and I am going to start taking photos of her (and her husband) with individual kids. This has been motivated by doing my mum's slide show for her funeral. I only found one photo of her with my brother (who passed away). When you have 4 kids it is so rare to have a photo with just one.
I've started to take a lot more casual photos too, with whoever is around in the photos. Some of the best photos I've taken lately have been the random, candid photos. And sometimes an average group photo can be saved by cropping out individuals who look good in that particular shot. Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Aug 6, 2015 12:53:11 GMT
To be totally honest, if I was invited to a BBQ at someone's house I would be quite disappointed if they served hamburgers and sausages - especially disappointed if I was served hot dogs!! Of course I would NEVER EVER show that I was disappointed. When we have people over for a BBQ we would usually cook a mixture of steak, chops**, sausages (mainly for the kids but gourmet sausages for adults), chicken wings, chicken kebabs and maybe hamburgers / vegie burgers. Plus a couple of salads of course. ** Is "chops" a word that you use, or is that just an Australian thing??? Your BBQ's sound just like ours! Marinated chicken wings, lamb chops, steak, pork spareribs and patties and as my Filipino son in law makes the best ever spring rolls, we usually have them as well. My daughter makes amazing potato salad and we usually serve a tossed salad along with beetroot and corn and some 3 bean mix. Sausages in bread are mainly for the kids although we do sometimes cook chipolatas.
I could not eat a hotdog or bratwurst sausage (or kransky as we have here), just my personal taste. I don't think I would ever serve just one type of thing in case guests didn't like it. But as a guest I would eat the salads and focus on enjoying the company. Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 27, 2015 13:31:53 GMT
Lucy, from memory their theory was that Lee Harvey Oswald WAS shooting, however he missed and one of the secret service guys rifle went off when the car took off and it was his stray bullet that hit the president.
I had never heard this theory before and like all good conspiracy theories they had various reasons and I remember there was a photo?? of the SS guy with his rifle?
I wish I could remember the name of the documentary, it was a while ago that I watched it so I could easily be mixed up. I'll try and google it and see if it is available to view.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 26, 2015 5:10:13 GMT
That's a new one! Our ceiling has stains in places where the snow melt has leaked down into the inner ceiling. Something about the circles and crop circles just set him off. I avoided him like crazy. He was nice, so lots of people got stuck talking to him about these things. Oh oh! Our library has all these perfect circles all over our ceiling. We have been told that it is water leakage. And my little weird, black cat DID fall out of the ceiling one day! Perhaps she has been sent here to spy on us and will one day take us all up to the mothership!
I do know someone whose husband thinks the moon landing was a hoax. But thank goodness, no one I know believes that no planes crashed on 9/11. I worked briefly with a man whose twin brother was killed in the trade towers and can only imagine how heartbreaking it would be.
However, recently I watched an interesting documentary on the JFK assassination which presented the possibility of it being an accident caused by one of the Secret Service men. I still don't have a firm opinion but there are some questions for sure.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 26, 2015 4:43:30 GMT
I buy lots of Avon products. I buy their body lotions, roll on deodorants, lipsticks, skin care creams, shower gels, foot products and nail polishes. My daughter always buys the eye makeup remover too. I love the Far Away perfume (the original one is the best) and wear it as an everyday fragrance.
I have tried their foundations and mineral powder but the colours were just a bit off for my skin.
I think the best thing about their products is that there is a money back guarantee - cream doesn't agree with you? lipstick colour doesn't suit you? your rep will take it back and refund you. And of course you never pay the full price. They have lots of two for one offers and products are always on sale. Pretty sure their marketing ploy is to get people to buy lots! And judging by the nice little stash of products I have under the bathroom sink, it works!!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 25, 2015 2:48:20 GMT
A few years ago we arrived at school to find ourselves without water. What a nightmare! Children were just arriving at school so teachers put notes up and we were all standing out at entrances telling parents to take their children home and then we started ringing parents for the children who were already at school.
Of course, we then discovered that legally we had to KNOW if every student got home safely so we had to ring nearly every parent to check. With only 2 land lines, most teachers started using mobiles.
And yes, people rang the union to check on Occupational health and safety. We had a school less than a kilometre away from us who let us use their toilets and we were all provided with bottled water from the canteen. Technically we COULD have been sent to another school to help out but they said it was extremely unlikely this would ever happen.
In the end we were all allowed to go home by 1:30 with leadership and a few relief teachers left to look after the handful of children whose parents were not able to be contacted.
We often have short term water shortages, usually an hour or so, but we usually get a warning so everyone runs to the toilet quickly! Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 19, 2015 13:34:41 GMT
For some unknown reason I really like Neil Diamond (even though he is pretty kitschy)
I was too young to really know his music in the 70s, but in the mid 80's my girlfriend and I went to his concert and I have lots of his music on my Ipod.
I don't really like his later stuff but Hot August night? Love it. We have an ad on tv here for Cherry Ripe which plays Cherry and I always start singing it really loud.
And nearly 25 years later I am going to his concert this October. So there!!
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 19, 2015 13:16:20 GMT
I am surprised how many say they wouldn't use the bathroom with it. It's an illustration and not the real thing. Not that I don't understand snake phobias, just didn't realize how far they go that an illustration would actually scare many. Human nature is an interesting thing. I work with someone whose phobia of cats is that great that is she sees a book with a picture of a cat on the cover she cannot even touch it and has asked me to turn it over. ( I'm a librarian) She has sent books back from her class library (that I pick out for classes) because they are about cats.
I had a few funny overdue library book cat memes blown up A3 to remind the students to bring their books back and hesitated about displaying them , but did eventually. Her students just turned them around when she came in with them! I I once had an abandoned kitten- all 240 grams worth, which had fallen out of the roof of our library, in a box with a blanket over it in my office. She came in to ask a question, didn't notice the cat which was sleeping, but still freaked out the NEXT day when she discovered it had been in the same room as her. I totally understand not liking cats and even irrational fear about them, but if it was having an effect on me in my workplace I think I could try and get some help to overcome it.
I don't mind the snake picture and would hang it in my house if I liked it.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 17, 2015 10:01:42 GMT
Amazing effort for such a young age! Song writing, singing AND playing the piano. Good luck, she definitely should pursue a career in music.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 9, 2015 12:42:34 GMT
My mum passed away 10 weeks ago and seven of my work friends attended her funeral even though they had never met her. We are teachers and it is not always easy for people to be covered for several hours, but our principal is really lovely and made sure everyone that wanted to come and support me was able to.
I was doing the eulogy and it was really comforting to see their faces in the crowd. I could not look at my immediate family or I would have broken down. They have all been there for me during my mum's journey into dementia, nursing home and finally palliative care.
If you are comfortable going please do so. Even if you go for the service and sign the book it will be appreciated. After reading the memorial book during lunch later that day, we realised that one of the men that used to work with my mum over 25 yrs ago had come in, sat quietly and left. We also received a message at the funeral home from a woman who lived across the road from us as a child, but had moved away 40yrs ago sending her condolences.
It is lovely to think that people took the time to remember her or to support us on such a bittersweet day.
Corinne
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Post by corinne11 on Jul 8, 2015 12:07:59 GMT
I've recently joined Goodreads- did not know you could set yourself a challenge! I love reading but I leave home at 7:30 and don't get home much before 6pm . I certainly don't read as much as I did when I was younger.
When I sit down to read I like the read a whole book in day. Lucky for me I am a very fast reader!
I think I shall set myself a challenge of 20 per year and see how I go.
Corinne
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