The contents of my bag!

RuthyB · #1 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 08:30 AM

Well, I have a really stripy "fun" bag that I talk to the children about (mostly infants but sometimes juniors too!
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)
The bag
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ches their eye and I make a big fuss of loo
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inside in the bag if I need something and they think it like Mary Poppins or something. Very amusing!
I have inside:
diary and calendar sheet for quick overview of month when I make claims)
pencil case containing: wipeboard pen and rubber (some teachers never have one near a board - very annoying!)
green, red, blue and black pen for registers and mar
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(different
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s for different schools!)
pencils, rubbers
highlighters, blu tac, paper clips, elastic bands etc
2 bottles of water / squash (as I don't drink tea or coffee)
lunch, sometimes soup or salad or sandwiches
1/4 ream of plain paper
a few music tapes / cds for emergency music lesson!
stamper with "Mrs B........says Well done!" for quick (infant) mar
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and I think that's about it!!!!!!
I always find I have forgotten something though most days but it has been ok so far most of the time!
RuthyB x

NuttySupplier · #2 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 08:38 AM

Morning RuthyB!

A stamper with your name on it is a great
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! Even if it's just your initials, so the teacher is reminded who taught that lesson...

Soup in your bag though... messy [smilie=trilly-83-40.gif]

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smc533 · #3 (**permalink**) 31-05-2006, 07:19 AM

I've got one of those stamps toos...Mrs C says well done and a purple smiley sun. The children go
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for it and try really hard to get one on their books.

I also carry whiteboard pens and a rubber, blue, black, red and green pens (green is the
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of choice for sub mar
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in these parts). Half a dozen dice (how many classes have I been in where they want a dice game played and there are none?). Pencils, rubbers, reward stickers, paper. An accordian file with plans for lessons from Nursery to Yr6 (I've trawled loads of books, the web and scrap paper drawers in classrooms, and experience from teaching). I've also got a USB data stick with some nice stuff on.

I take a mug with me for tea/coffee a
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and that's about it. I use public transport, so I don't like to carry too much!!!

NuttySupplier · #4 (**permalink**) 31-05-2006, 12:31 PM

Hi!

Trawling through scrap paper drawers.... best
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yet! A good way to find out what they've been doing, at what level too!

Will have to go routing through some next week...

I've just
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ted ta
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bottled water, 2 bottles, to make sure I drink something. I never really feel thirsty, am seriously dehydrated (I eat instead) and always decline a drink (too much hassle getting the mugs/glasses back to the staffroom!) so I now put a bottle for morning, and one for the afternoon on the desk as I arrive. Trying to be disciplined, I'm not allowed to eat lunch before finishing the first bottle, and not allowed to go home 'til the second one's in the bin too!

Dannie78 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 09:54 AM

I havn't
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ted supply yet, but have registered and am awaiting "the call"!! I am ma
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a list of things i will need. Anyone got any suggestions for what i might add?

ESSENTIALS / STAPLES
Dictionary
Poetry book
Story books
Assorted stickers
Assorted pens/stationary
Dice
Raffle tickets
Raffle prizes
Tidy up/ quite time music

NON ESSENTIALS BUT GOOD TO HAVE
White board markers
Atlas
PE kit
Whistle/small bell

clarabelle · #6 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 10:31 AM

I am so minimalist in my bag as I really can't be *rsed to lug loads of stuff round with me! I bring:

Packed lunch
Extra chocolate (for emergancies only - yeah right!)
Large bottle of water (I get migraines)
Stickers (work wonders)
Time sheets
CRB check (vital now apparently)
A good short story book/picture book (depending on KS1/2)
1 red pen
1 black pen
A handful of
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yable activity sheets (only to be used in an emergency if no planning is left and I have to give them something to do whilst I get things sorted)

And that's it!!!!

NuttySupplier · #7 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 12:35 PM

One thing I use now is post-it notes, just to put on the front of exercise books when there's something inside that I want the teacher to see/theat I want to comment on/that I want the child to know/finish etc.

Other than that, I'm down to just my car keys at the schools I know!

tambourineteacher · #8 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 11:19 AM

Great tips! I'm finding this forum really helpful
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ting out as an NQT. Excited and scared about the first morning I get a call to go and teach!!!

Along with the items that have already been mentioned - I am going to take with me red, orange and green
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ing pencils, so that I can use the traffic lights for assessment. I've found that it's a great way of building children's confidence, giving them responsibility in their own learning and assessment and giving me a good
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of how much they understand. I also found that it helped with my management of the class.

NuttySupplier · #9 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 11:31 AM

Hi tamourineteacher! Good luck with that first call, and may it come soon!

Do the kids use the
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ing pencils, or do you? I know one school where at the end of each piece of work the kid puts a
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or
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... is it kind of like that what you're using them for?

tambourineteacher · #10 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 12:06 PM

Thank you!
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Exactly like that. I usually go around children when they are wor
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and put a green circle on the work of children who have got it, ask the ones who haven't to come onto the carpet and work with me (they usually do that themselves anyway) and at the end of the lesson (especially for maths and grammar lessons) I always ask them to put a
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ed circle on their work: red= don't understand, orange= maybe, green = I understand. It can then be followed up by me or the teacher. It also means that during the lesson the children who don't understand can spend the time they need with you, while the others go and work in groups and on their own.

I hope this helps. I was amazed when I first seen a teacher use this strategy.

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