Hello to all my wonderful students, families, teachers, and colleagues. Thank you so much for all you feedback and support on my blog. To many more wonderful years together!
Which one is Miss Clara?
Love always, Miss Clara
Teachers/CUPE on stike
What do you all think about the strike?
Before you forget…
MIA
Feels like it’s been a long time since I last posted.
A LOT has happened.
I got a call from an airline company and I did a phone interview with one of the HR ladies in the Montreal head office. After the interview, she invited me to recruitment day to do a 1-1 and a group interview. Finally when that was done, successful candidates were called upon to sign clearance form and was told when to come back to do a medical testing.
Monday is the big day, I hope to hear from them shortly asking to me to join training. Wish me luck : )
xoxo
C
Spring Camp at Cartwheels
Spring break this year is for two weeks. Since the preschool is closed, I am fortunate to attend Cartwheels spring camp this week. Cartwheels is an indoor gym with apparatus, trampolines, foam pit, and etc. They have classes for parents and tots to age 13 to having competitive cheerleader classes. The teachers are excellent and they clearly have a lot of experience with young children. I really like the way they speak to the kids, and how they reinforce each child. I also really like it when the teachers give physical reinforcements like high fives and if a child isn’t looking when speaking , they say “where’s ____ eyes?”.
At Cartwheels, I support a child with pdd-nos and I told mom that I 100% trust her child to be with any staff there. There have been times when I would fade away and see how they handle certain situations, and I am happy to report that they know what they are doing. Being there made me very happy and I learned a couple of things from them.
I recommend everyone to try Cartwheels Gym in Steveston, BC! http://www.cartwheels.ca/index.htm
Schedule for this week
M- In centre day : gymnastics, crafts, meet and greet
T-Science World
W-Movie Day
T- PlayDome
F- Surrey Cartwheels for carnival games
Random Thought
I want nothing more than to be free, to be myself, to be authentic.
Community Helpers
This week’s theme is Community Helpers.
We are soooo fortunate to have parents presenting! Today Dr. Maureen Piche (from Harmony Dental in Steveston BC), and her assistants came in to talk about our teeth!
Let’s talk about what makes your teeth happy and what makes it sad.
How do you brush your teeth?
Quote of the day
When I was studying at Douglas College, I had an awesome teacher who was passionate for helping those who can’t help themselves. Most memorable about that teacher were his powerful lectures, and all the songs we sang. Till’ this day I still remember this one…
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice”
-Indian proverb
Teachers aren’t the same as they use to be =(
I am slowly starting to see how the world is so different now. There are so many horrible teachers out there right now. Where is the love? As some of you know I am a Behavior Therapist and I work with children who are on the spectrum. Luckily I have 2 kids who responded well to therapy and they are high functioning. I have a 6 year old who was recently diagnosed and the school refused to give him an IEP. When asked why they said it was too late. Then we asked for one next year and the said no, we asked why and they simply said he’s doing well and doesn’t need it. School gets 16000 from the government to help the child. I wonder what they’re doing with the money…….
I am planning to write an email to Supported Child Development in hopes that they can help. Has anyone of you experienced this?
Olympics
Using Olympic colored paints =)
I am so impressed with their effort!
Just beautiful, I wish art classes back then was this great!
Olympic ring art!
Miss Clara's Corner 