Competition - please vote

I love listening to the radio on the way to work. My favourite show features 3 lovely people who have actually had a fair bit to do with Pulteney (the school where I work). Monday morning they announced a competition where teachers register and if voted for the most, win an 'Ultimate excursion' to the Royal Adelaide Show. When i mentioned this to my class they were pumped and I registered the same morning. Anyway, funny thing was, that evening I got a text message from a guy from the station asking if he could me and my class the next morning. I was getting all excited until my practical husband pointed out ' Ah, Mel. You surely have to get permission to get your kids a day off school.' Smart boy that one! I then rang my boss at home and he cracked up when I told him that Pete had to remind me not to get too excited and forget basic protocol.
Permission was granted and I arranged for an interview.
Click on the link below to have a listen to me and my gorgeous class of year 8's.



Also, I'm pretty sure that voting for this competition is open to ANYONE. You can vote for me (on behalf of my class) as many times as you like. I'm thinking that after all the voting I do for my lovely friends in various competitions, they wont mind returning the love (hint hint).

Go to this link and enter #1 where it asks for who you're voting for!

VOTE FOR MEL!

Guess what I set for homework for the next week.... :-)

Funny things kids say

It's been a funny couple of weeks at work. My students are classic and always saying the funniest things - especially since I've been pregnant.
When I told my gorgeous class of year 8's that I was pregnant they all broke out in applause and were very excited. When they left class I could see them outside the window in the yard and it was like Chinese whispers in action as my news spread throughout the Middle School. 45 kids left that day on a Zoo camp and when they returned 3 days later the teacher who'd been on camp with them was telling me how they told her my news. The kids exclaimed "Ms J, did you hear what happened to Mrs Watt. " Ms J said it was so funny. They were telling her like it was some big accident and what had I let happen to me. So funny!
The other day I had another teacher tell me that one of my students told her "Mrs Watt has been SOOO nice since she's been pregnant." When she told me who it was I realised it was a boy in my class who I had complimented that morning on his new hair cut. I told him he looked handsome and when I asked the girls they agreed. No wonder I was in his good books!
It will be interesting to hear what other things they have to say over the next few months.