Wool and Stick Initials

These beautiful, rustic creations were undertaken as a First Week of School activity. Students were asked to construct their first name initial out of sticks from the playground and then wrap them with colours and patterns of their choice.

Such a straight-forward sounding activity in fact evolved into a lesson in problem solving, patience, perseverance, collaboration, cooperation and knot tying. Upon completion of my 1000th knot for the day, I felt I had got to know my new students quite well – those who could cope with challenge and those who needed more guidance; the perfectionists and the more abstract thinkers; those who could tie a knot and those who could not…

The end products were well worth the effort!

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Birthday Chart

A quick and easy birthday/calendar chart. Spots were blu-tacked on each month with every child’s name and birth date. Adapted from a google image I came across somewhere, sometime.

Start of the Year

This Scrabble Board was collecting dust on the shelf as a long neglected game of choice. So it was time for an upcycle! It now hangs in the window of Miss M’s room.