Christmas Plum Pudding Craft and a Sale

TPT is having a sale for two days.

My whole store will have 20% off.

And if you put in the Promo Code

CYBER

you will get an extra 10% off.

That's 28% off altogether.

As I told you, we are putting on a Christmas concert and it is hectic at school.

We have been practicing every day and are counting down till we perform our "major production". 

 

It has been a lot of hard work for everyone, teachers and children.

The children are very excited to be going up on stage and I know the parents will love it whatever happens.

I have managed to sneak in some Christmas craft with the classes I teach.

We made these cute plum puddings last week.

They are included in my latest pack on TPT HERE.

Happy teaching
 

Christmas 'Down Under' Blog Hop & Pete the Cat Freebie

Thanks for stopping by.

I am joining up with my friend Jodie 

at 

Mrs Ward's Land of Little Learners

and some other Aussie bloggers for a fantastic blog hop. 

If you are looking for some fun activities for Christmas, you really should come 'down under' and check out what pressies are waiting for you.

Everyone LOVES Pete the Cat!

He is one cool cat.

When Santa got sick, Pete was there to help out. 

Just quietly, I think he just wanted an opportunity to visit us down here in the land of OZ!! 

And... who wouldn't?

Australia is a beautiful country.

 Enough said... I did this activity with my children last year. Take a peek.

I thought you might like to do this with your little ones this year.

I would love you to show your thanks by following my blog 

and...

 I LOVE reading your comments.

You can download your 

Pete the Cat Freebie HERE

Pop on over to 

and see Casey at

Lifelong Learners in Prep

for more fun freebies.

 Don't forget to follow the other bloggers' blogs

 but most of all thank them for your pressie.

 May the spirit of Christmas be with you throughout the coming year.

Christmas Fun

Christmas is just around the corner and it is a very busy time for teachers down here in Australia.

I have made a little pack to keep your students engaged and motivated.

This pack has a ton of literacy and maths activities to keep your children busy and learning over this festive season.

And what make this more appealing, there is no preparation, no coloured ink and no laminating needed.

I have also included a little reader as well as a cute plum pudding craft activity.

If you are interested it is available at 

TPT HERE


Also.... coming soon,

I am joining up with some Aussie bloggers for a fun 
Christmas Down Under Blog Hop.
We have some great freebies for you!
Don't miss out.

Happy Teaching!

The Elf On The Shelf

We have been having lots of elf fun in my classroom. 

My little ones are all trying so hard so that they will be on Santa's 'nice' list.

This is my first year with our classroom elf and I must say I think it is pretty darn cute.

There are lots of great ideas for  Elf on the Shelf activities.

Mel from

 Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations 

is having an

Elf on the Shelf Elfcapades Linky party.

If you were looking for some great ideas pop over to Mel's blog. 
She has some great ideas.
I think she is having a secret love affair with the elf. 
She LOVES everything ELF! 

 We have been having lots of elf fun in my classroom as well.

My book arrived last week and my little ones were so excited!

 Our elf is a girl. 

My little ones were quite amused that an elf could be a girl!! 


We voted on a name for our elf. 
My little ones called her
 Twinkles.

Twinkles likes spending the day with Pete and Chester.

They help her look for who is being naughty or nice.

 Twinkles sometimes pops up in a reading box.

 
 We made made an elf adjectives anchor chart.

 We used our adjectives in our silly elf sentences. 

 

 We also did a fun graph and maths activity.

I wrote a poem called The Little Elf. Here is our pocket chart.

I also made a reader for my little ones to take home.

 

We did a text to self writing activity to go with our elf that we made.
~ I am being nice when. . . ~

We wrote about ways we can be 'nice'.

This activity is particularly good at this time of year when my little ones are so excited and tired. 
It is a good reminder about doing the right thing and being a 'nice' person.

We have been having lots of elf fun!!

Don't forget to pop on over  to

Seusstastic Classroom

for more Elf on the Shelf fun. 




Last but not least. . .

A big thank you to Nikki from Melonheadz for the fantastic 
clip art.
I am ADDICTED to her stuff.
If you like the elf clip art I have used you should check out 
her blog Melonheadz Illustrating
or
her TPT Store HERE 

 
  If you haven't already, you really should check out her stuff.

Happy teaching