jillmacdonald

Been awhile since I last blogged.  The honest reason is that I have been busy and second truth – I have never been that strong at the written language.  I shy away from writing and would rather doodle or make notes on photos.  But I wanted to share some of my thinking and working around … More Back in it……

(themindlab.com) Today was Round 2 for HPSS staff on Discovery.  The staff members that had taken part in Round 1 – got to sit down in the National Library with Steve (Excited Puppy Level: Normal) and discuss what our experiences of starting a new school/job.  We dug dig into what we think will be important … More The Discovery Day – Round 2

Now let me began first that I have not reviewed this particular ” Let’s Figure It Out” resource that   that can be found at http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/figure-it-out.  However, I have been spending the past few days researching what does Financial Literacy look like? Feel like? Is it something different than Numeracy?  Would Maths teacher believe that Financial … More Financial Literacy – What students are lacking even with amazing resources!

Today Sally, Steve, Yaz and I got to go explore one of the feeder primaries to Hobsonville Point Secondary.  It was great to see team teaching among the senior levels (Year 7 and Year 8) and how much aligned our vision ,for the students arriving to us in 2014 , is similar to what we … More Exploring Hobsonville Primary

Today I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof of my flat…the alarm went off on my phone – hmmmmm roll over or hit bootcamp.  Bootcamp it was and got my frustrations out on the pads and some random gal named Katherine.  Opps – perhaps I should of apologized to her afterwards … More Rain can not damper our run!