Well, its all over. My 4 weeks of teaching placement has ended. But on a very very high note I must say. It was the best ever placement. And I'm so glad that it happened on my last round for primary school. It would have been so discouraging if you had a bad experience on your last placement.

Anyhows, my kids were absolute darlings! They made me a card and gave me lotsa pressies... things that were essential to become a 'real' teacher! lolz. I got post it notes, scissors, a mini whiteboard, stickers, chalk and coloured pencils... and a box of chocolate! lolz. And yes, I cried. haha. Before they gave me the card and presents, my teacher got them to sit around in a circle and they had to say one thing that they liked about me teaching them for the past 4 weeks. That's when the tears really started flowing! I told my teacher to stop but she insisted they all get a turn! lolz.

We had a 'surprise' party for me at the end of the day. It wasn't exactly a surprise party because as soon as she told the kids about my surprise party, one little boy came and told me. haha. My teacher said she didn't think they could keep a secret for very long. lolz. But it was a nice thought anyway. We had lots of popcorn, marshmallows, chocolate biscuits and chips. There was dancing and music. OMG! They are hilarious when they're dancing! Soooooo cute! I took some videos of them but I don't know how to upload them onto here. So I'll have to show you guys another time. Watching the boys dance was so funny... I just couldn't picture them dancing until that last hour! They were such 'cool' aussie footy guys and dancing just didn't fit their character. It was definitely entertaining to watch though! haha.

So anyways, the staff took me out for coffee and cake after school. That was really nice of them. We gossiped about other staff (which was quite interesting), talked about how I need to register for teaching early, things that I should expect when i start teaching and lots of other random but interesting stuff. My teacher has asked me to come back and take lessons during the rest of the year. That way I'll get more experience and hopefully be in with a better chance of getting a job there.

So, next on the agenda... kinder! Not sure how I'm gonna cope with that... going from primary to kinder. They both really different settings. And I'm loving primary school at the moment. It'll be hard to settle into kinder. Oh wellz, I don't have a choice. Hopefully it'll be just as good.

Back to uni for me tomorrow. Somewhat excited but somewhat stressed. OMG! I just found out like 2 hours ago that I was stressing out for nothing! Long story short. I was told that two of my assignments for one subject was due on the 15th May. Now this was going to be a struggle because I was on placement and I didn't have time to go hand it in at uni. Therefore I emailed my lecturer and asked for an alternate way. He said that it was now due on the 22nd May. Which is tomorrow. So that was okay except it meant that I had to squeeze both assignments into this weekend and finish it by tonite to hand in on Monday. I have been working my butt off trying to get these two assignments finished. I have declined and sacrificed dinner and brunch outings with people I so desperately want to see, JUST so I could finish my assignments. So while slaving away for the whole day and night last night... till 3am to be precise... and then the whole day today till 7pm... i suddenly got a phonecall from my dearest ling. And she had news for me. APPARENTLY our assignment was due during the week that started on the 22nd of may. It was not due ON the 22nd of May. It was now due DURING that week and to be handed in on the day of your tute, which for me is on Thursday! That's 4 extra days I have to complete my TWO assignments that I thought were due tomorrow!!!! OMG!!! And i missed out on the outings that i could have gone to just to find out i have 4 extra days to do them. Stoopid lecturers!!! Ok, so that wasn't a very short version. haha.

But seeing as I have nearly finished my assignment... well one of them anyway, I figured I might as well continue with it and then I won't need to stress out on it later in the week. I can RELAX! Something I have been looking foward to for the whole semester! lolz. For those of you who I get to see tomorrow... CAN'T WAIT! I miss you all soooooo much!!!! See you soon! *hugglez*

my thoughts @ 8:47 PM

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