Randomness and a bargain

So I am on an unscheduled, not planned, spur of the moment family trip in outback Queensland for a sort of family reunion.....really random....
Well the purpose of this is to let you know that while I had a 6 hour stop in the airport it gave me time to update a file and start on a new file.  I will be uploading the updated file as soon as I have reliable internet....could be a few days.  So if you have already bought my Higher or Lower pack keep an eye out for the updated file in the next couple of days, if you haven't check out my post here to see how it works in the classroom.

It may or may not look exactly like this....I may change part of it....maybe.

Well because of the unplanned family reunion I was a bit out of the loop with the previous fabulous blog hop for the amaaaazzzing Kinder deal with educents.....I might have had a broken link that I did not fix in time....maybe.

So if you haven't already checked it out make sure you go and take a look!  There are 24 files that cover a huge range of the Curriculum, ready for you to use!  Just click on the educents logo to go directly to that amazing bundle, or click here to see the post with the fixed link in the blog hop

Back to School With Friends blog hop

Hi Friends
with some of you heading back to school what better way to celebrate than with a Blog hop full of freebies and give aways.  Now you may have noticed that the title of this blog hop says Back To School with Friends, we are not only talking about the friends you have at school but also the friends you have out in blogland.
I have been soooo fortunate to have made connections with people that I feel privileged to now call my friends.  It is so uplifting to know that there is a group of gals I can count on for a chat or support or just someone to say, "Yep, we know what  you mean" and guess what they do and they are there on a daily basis.  I have even been lucky enough to have met up with one of my bloggy friends Emma Farrell and hope to meet more.
If you have come here first make sure you go back to the beginning to visit Mel @ From the Pond to start the hop

What do you need to do?

Visit all the blogs on the hop (there are only 7!)

What do you get?

At each stop there will be a Rafflecopter for you to enter and win a value of between $10 - $20 to spend at that person's store

Is that it?

Well no!

Then what else?

The bonus of visiting each blog is that you will be able to collect a free file.  Once you have collected all the files you will be able to piece them together and create an awesome BTS Welcome Poster/Wall Display for you and your kiddies to colour!

Click here to see how to assemble and what it will look like! (Thanks so much to our girl Mel @ Graphics from the Pond.)

Anything else?

You are a bit demanding aren't you?  Well there is one more thing....

Now that you are here you get an EXTRA bonus....What?  That's right there's more..... a brand new set of steak knives....not interested?  Really?  Ok, how about entering the Rafflecopter below to have a chance at winning  a $50 voucher for TpT or a $50 voucher to Amazon!  Maybe you could buy a set of steak knives :)

So make sure you enter both Rafflecopters , the first name chosen will win the TpT voucher and the second name drawn will win the Amazon voucher!  Then click on the pic to download your free BTS poster.....Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Download your free BTS poster here! Just click on the pic

(of course the frame is from Graphics from the Pond!)

Here are some of the other lovely ladies on the hop!  Make sure you visit all of them!

         

                     

Santa's Little Helper Blog Hop!

It's a blog hop!!  Yessiree you are in the right place at the right time.  On your next stop of Santa's Little Helper Blog Hop journey you have the chance to pick up a Winter/Christmas themed 10 More or 10 Less Maths Game.

     

This is a great game for helping students to understand counting over the decades.  Kiddos also get practise at counting forward and backward by 10's, place value and number patterns.  I have included a Winter theme and a Christmas theme, both with a black and white copy and recording sheets.
To get your FREE copy click on the pic below!

So your next stop on your blog hop journey is to Yara at Sea of Knowledge, just click on the sign to go in the right direction!

If you have jumped in to the blog hop here then boogie on back to the beginning to to make sure you don't miss out on some fabulous freebies from some fabulous bloggers!

I would like to say a big thank you to Mel at From the Pond for the fabulous blog hop buttons and to Shanyn from Coffee, Kids and Compulsive Lists for organising the blog hop, you ladies ROCK!

Last photo for 2012 and a soon to be released Blog Hop

For my final photo of my students for 2012 I wanted to share this with you.  This is my friend "Mary" and if you haven't read about her in my previous posts you can catch up here.  Mary is profoundly deaf without her cochlear implants and she has a visiting teacher that comes to school 3 times a week to help her with speech, cognitive skills and a range of other valuable teaching in both the classroom and in a 1 on 1 situation.
There is no way either of us could have gotten through this year without her help and the help of our Teacher Aide, so thank you to all the staff who support the students and the teachers in the classroom.

Mary made this with her visiting teacher, it is a button wreath inspired by Pinterest

This is the Pinterest pin.

So as I finish my year with one of the most inspiring students I have had the pleasure of teaching I am happy to say that I have gained so much from all the students in my class and hope that we have made a difference in each others lives.  Thank You to all my students!

Now this just coincidentally falls into place to help celebrate the end of a great year for me.  A few of my fabulous blogger friends are putting together a Santa's Little Helper Blog Hop, it will be full of fabulous freebies so you do not want to miss it.....stay tuned this will be happening very soon and I can tell you there is a huge surprise at the end!

Coming to a blog near you soon!