I was pretty pleased with how this one turned out, and Mme Adolphe must have appreciated receiving her gift, as she sent DS a special Christmas card thanking him for the gift! When I commented on how much I liked the papers, one of my scrapping buddies suggested I make another one for myself - so, the notepad is bought and waiting ready to be decorated for moi!
This second notebook is for one of DS9's school teachers. This time I chose Kaisercraft papers, which have more of an older vintage style about them. When I received some of the MM journalling notes with a very similar pattern, I thought they would look great together - and added a large flower in cream & brown colours. We are giving this gift this morning, so fingers crossed she likes it.
This notebook is for DS6's teacher, who is young and a lovely teacher. This is her first year of having her own class - she relieved last year on a casual basis and replaced another teacher on maternity leave for the second half of the year. She is very quiet and friendly, and has had a hard time getting DS6 to focus on finishing his work this year! But he has had a ball, and she is a wonderful infants' teacher. DS6 is looking forward to giving her this present today as well.
And finally, a gift for DS9's second school teacher. This teacher is very interested in science, and has introduced a range of topics to the class which DS9 has found really interesting. There's a possibility that she will go on to teach Year 5 next year - and if he was in her class, I think that would be great. DS9 asked for some science-based papers for this notebook, but I really couldn't come up with anything. So this notebook is rather plain, but hopefully can be useful.
DS9 has had a rough time this year. He has been introduced to a group of boys, one of whom is bigger/stronger/louder and is self-appointed leader of the group. DS9 dislikes the fact that this one boy gets to make all the rules and all the decisions about what the group as a whole does. And quite a few of the decisions are not made for the common good, but have a distinct advantage for himself ... A common enough situation, which DS9 will have to learn how to deal with in life. Except that he lacks self-confidence, and he believes that if he voices an opinion which differs from the anointed leader's opinion, he will be howled down by the rest of the group and barred. He has in fact been "voted out" of the group on several occasions - as he tells it, basically because the leader didn't like something that DS9 had done. Sounds a bit like "Survivor" in the school playground. I wish fervently that the leader would jump off a high cliff over the christmas break, or at the very least find someone else to pick on other than my son! I feel that advisig the school of what has been happening will not achieve much, as it doesn't really fall into the category of bullying as such. The 2 boys just don't like each other, and unfortunately one of them is strong-willed enough to get his own way every time; whereas DS9 backs down in the playground for fear of being left with no-one to talk to & play with, only to become supremely frustrated with having to back down, and is then in a foul mood for the rest of the afternoon.
If anyone knows where I can buy a good dose of self-confidence to give DS9, please let me know!! I would gladly slip it into his christmas stocking.
I'm off to check out Del's blog, as apparently she has granted me an award - catch you later and thanks for looking.
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