we had the blessing of being able to attend an open night at our childrens school this evening. we are constantly mindful of those still suffering from covid-19 issues and lockdowns and not being able to live their usual life. we have been so blessed to be living in "wait awhile" wa and have been so sheltered from much of the issues - and tonight was a classic example of that. without the exceptional effort from our state as a whole, we would not be having an open night at all. it was well done and easy to be there, each learning block had a one way movement through the classrooms so there was an entry and exit only point as you moved through, a sign in entry point as you came into the school and hand sanitiser at the entry point of each block. the school had certainly been mindful of the best way to make it happen.
there was also a special red carpet area for those who won classroom awards to walk in, have their photograph taken by waiting parents and have their chance to shine. it was fantastic.
maddie has loved her classroom this year, she's been blessed with not one, but two amazing teachers who shared their teaching days and she adores them both.
maddie with her teachers mrs. bateman and mrs. conduit.
and showing off some of her favourite classroom work
the kids were also loving this gorgeous artwork one of the classes made up and displayed as a photo wall on the side of their classroom for the open night. so cool!
joseph was so so lucky to have this incredible woman as his teacher this year. at the beginning of the year, he was reeling from having lost his grandfather and really wasn't coping well at all. she was everything he needed and changed him completely. he learned to cope with going to school each day (even when he did not want to) and she just didn't pander to his crap. he likes to push it to see how far he'll get, but she was having none of it. miss salomon you are a real life angel, you've done wonders with our boy. she was so amazing with him in fact, that even though little things caused him to have a melt down at the beginning of the year, she was made associate principal for the final term of this year and it was such a non event, that he didn't even tell me! i found out almost an entire week into the term that they had a new teacher, and not from him, only because the school emailed about it. talk about hilarious! doug and i were gobsmacked.
so for this term, he has had the lovely mr. romanelli on a single term contract. he's been delightful and very approachable while also not taking our kids crap hahaha. we have been so lucky each and every year with amazing teachers at ellen stirling since we began, 5 years ago!!!
joseph also loved showing off his work in his classroom...
and i am in love with this amazing inside out picture he made in class. aunty dom's favourite gif to use is the one of anger spraying flames out of his head, so i am think we may have to frame this for her for christmas. it's so fun!
they are just quite simply the best bunch of people there are! emma (miss salomon) spent ages talking to us tonight and even told us on the downlow she's teaching year two next year and she's asked for joseph to be in her class again, so we are thrilled to pieces and keeping our fingers crossed it happens. it would be the actual best to have her two years in a row!
daddy and his older kids. they loved having him here this evening, he misses a lot of school things because of his long work hours, so he got his own mini tour.
it was really a great time, especially because alex wasn't there to run amuck, thank goodness and thank you to people who love us enough to give us a little break sometimes.
i am so proud of this kid. he's come up in leaps and bounds this year and is amazing us with his resilience.
and this girl needs to stop growing up, she's so pretty it's ridiculous. she loves school - to learn and socialise and to be the life of the party.
i am one heck of a lucky mum. ❤
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