First Year Almost Done & Off to Europe We Go!

Well, I am officially almost finished my first year of teaching! It is very exciting to consider these options -- but I can definitely see why people who've been teaching for 30 years say it "flies by"!! I have loved what I've been doing -- I have a great class & a great parent group. Stewart has been most wonderful in helping out around the house when I've been too tired to do it myself -- and of course I hear the jokes and the commentaries about the latest jazz album along the way.

Some changes for next year -- it looks like I'll be teaching a Grade 4 Montessori class! That Montessori training has paid off -- literally and figuratively. This means I'll have my own classroom, and I already know most of the children and their parents. It's going to be a great way to try out intermediate and see if I enjoy it as much as I enjoy primary. I've also had retired teachers give me boxes upon boxes of supplies -- you need all the help you can get as a new teacher!

Our trip to Europe is just around the corner -- we are starting out in London, then going to Edinburgh & Inverness (Scotland). From there we fly to Turin Italy and onto Cinque Terre, the five cities on the Mediterranean!! Our next stop is Nice (France) and onto Munich to visit Erin Drew in Munich for two weeks! We then fly back to London and will start a three week tour of some of the major cities in Western Europe -- it's a TopDeck camping tour, and you should see our sleeping bags! They are amazing. They compress into a tiny packet that fits nicely in the bottom of our backpacks.

Decisions decisions decisions -- Stewart & I have been talking about kids (not the ones in our classrooms) and you never know what could happen in the next two years. I'll keep you posted. We've also talked about going to the Cook Islands but that might not happen either?

Hope everyone is well -- Amanda & Stewart