Jill Shortt

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Room 1 - New Entrants

jills@sylviapark.school.nz

I have been a teacher at Sylvia Park school for many years working in the Junior school. At present I am teaching New Entrants in Room 1. The room has recently been refurbished and provides a lovely, welcoming environment for children starting school.

Jill SHORTT
Room 1 - New Entrants

1. How long have you been a teacher?

35+ years.

2. What are your interests?

Reading, travelling, walking, family, swimming.

3. What do you like to do when you're not teaching, planning, marking or at school?

All above.

4. What was your favourite subject at High School? Why?

French.

5. What is your favourite food / dish? Why?

Italian.

6. What is your favourite travel destination? Why?

Maroochydore. It is beautiful, heaven on earth.

7. What are your goals for 2011?

Improve ICT skills.

8. Anything else you would like to add?

SPS is a great school to work at.
 

Recent Blogs

Room 1, we are the one!!
28 Feb 2011 - 2:53pm

Welcome to the Room 1 blog.

 

As at week 4 we have 9 children, all keen to come to school, Keep it up, we need to be at school every day.

Our big excitement for this term is our  pool BUT we all need our togs on Wednesdays and Thursdays which are our swimming days. Swimming and water safety are an important part of our learning at SPS. We are having a triathlon in Week 10 and swimming is a part of this.

Literacy (maths) and numeracy (reading and writing) are very important too of course.

Working in Room 1
11 May 2010 - 11:48am

Children enjoy routines and on school entry in Room 1 routines are established on the first day. Because of this as new children join our class they quickly fit in and settle down.

Literacy and numeracy are our priorities at S.P.S and these play a major part in our daily programme.

We are hoping to create signage in our indigenous gardens using the Inquiry learning process.A trip to the Botanic gardens this term will give us further information and ideas to use in our own gardens.