Yesterday and today I met my children. All three groups.

I already have my favourites... and I already have my not-so- favourites. lolz. Three year olds arent as bad as I thought. They're similar to four years olds... except have less vocab and need simplified instructions.

The director is awesome. At first when I met her at the inteview, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. But working with her for the past couple of days, its been good. We get along quite well and have the same opinions and views about teaching. Very friendly. Very supportive. Very organised! It's great! She's the type of person I like to work with. Consistent in her teaching practice, with routines and programs planned out well. Parents love her. Children love her. Colleagues love her. I hope I can fill half her shoes when I take over! >.<

The room is amazing. Again, very organised and appealing to the children. Everything has its own home which makes it easy for me to find my way around. Children's work are displayed everywhere. Very colourful. Very creative. Equipment and materials are set up so there's no congestion during transitions.

Haha.. I feel like I'm assessing her. She's definitely deserves an A+!

I'm looking foward to starting officially next week. It will be an interesting experience. But a few worries so far:

- how parents will respond to me: so far I've had good interactions with two of the mums. They seem to like me and accept me as their child's new teacher. But then on the other hand, I don't know whether it was just me, but I felt like a few of the other mums (when dropping their children off) gave me looks... good or bad i'm not sure. They were probably just sussing me out.

- when children start to play up: i'm scared that the children will test me during the first couple of weeks. Because when one child starts pushing the boundaries, others start to follow. And behaviour management is one of my weaknesses at the moment.

- rules and regulations: DH&S is going to play a big part over the next few weeks. I'm a little scared about what I'm required to do in order to pass an inspection with the DH&S. Oh well, I guess it'll be another thing I will learn about in time.

my thoughts @ 12:39 AM

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