7. Here’s How to Survive the End of the School Year
byAshleigh and Alisha
It's beginning to look a lot like chaos leading to the end of the school year. For us in Australia, the weather is warming up, and summer holidays are on the horizon, but there are assessments to complete, reports to finalise and Christmas activities to organise.
Let’s talk about effective activities and strategies to help you make it to the finish line.
Teacher strategies
Make a master list and tick 1-2 things off per day
Choose an area of the room to tackle each day
Map out all the extra events so you feel prepared
Put time aside for quality time with students
Balloon pop as a countdown – (check episode 6 for more ideas)
Keep up with routine – reading and maths groups, but make them festive
Student Activities
Christmas thief code cracker
Christmas chains
Christmas creative thinking tasks (student voice and choice)
