Holiday activities.

With the festive season ALMOST over, it only makes sense that now is the time you should be writing and reading a lot especially before Term one begins. It is a good time to tackle the tasks which you need to complete along with any revision which will assist you in 2010. Please remember that my email inbox is always open for work and marking so you should really get sending if you want feedback before lessons resume. I expect at least two written pieces of work by everyone especially if you would like to start 2010 on a good note, if not, well I hope you have a good and very guilty holiday break. Which I know you will have anyways.

Happy Holidays!

Just want to say a very quick and late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Huge thanks to everyone for being such wonderful students and for making my lessons extremely enjoyable! Stay safe throughout the holiday season and get reading and writing before school resumes! Feel free to email me or call me if you have any questions or need some help with study preparation for 2010!

PS: Thanks to everyone who texted me with a 'Merry XMAS' or 'Happy New Year'! It made my night.

Year Nine English Classes for 2010!

If you are a current year eight student, you might be interested in joining our newest English Class program ready in early 2010. Following the astounding success of the year nine 2009 classes, we've decided to extend this warm welcome to the year nine students of 2010 with the introduction of Saturday morning English classes. In these English classes, you will learn in a focused yet fun environment, perfect for discussions and development of new ideas in a more social surrounding. We will explore different genres, texts, writing styles, literature pieces and many more. If you are interested for more information, please feel free to contact me or email me. I will be releasing more information regarding these lessons soon, so please keep your eyes peeled for more updates.

Communication Etiquette sorted.

I know that I am terrible when it comes to answering my mobile phone, you'd really be lucky to catch me on say, my home phone as I'm hardly at home and the reception at my place is so awful, I'd probably/most likely not pick up anyway. So if you do attempt to call/sms/email me, let's get some communication manners and etiquette sorted.

1. Mobile Phone:

- Call: Okay, so if you manage to get through, please don't just start the conversation with 'Hi Lisa, you know that task you gave me...' because chances are that I probably don't know exactly who you are and the task you are talking about. Like, how many tasks do I give you? Unfortunately I don't sit around the house rearranging my English notes in my spare time, waiting for a call like that even if I may look it. So my apologies there. Also, you should know that it is just manners and respect to call someone during business hours and not on night's before tasks are due and whatnot because I'm not interested. You have a week to contact me so don't leave it to last minute as I cannot and will not help you. At all. I also refuse to pick up phone calls at inappropriate times so calling me from 8.30am to 8.30pm is alright but any times before/after that, I won't pick up so don't bother.

- SMS: Alright, calling obviously didn't work and if you need me to urgently call you back, just text me (in capital letters) 'Urgent' and obviously let me know who you are and what this is in regards to (I'll let you know if I think it's urgent, just kidding). Usually if you can't get through me via calling, SMS is your next best option. I will most likely respond, or at least read, any SMS which is sent to me. If I don't respond, it is because the text you have sent me, does not require a response. If you would like a response, just write 'Please respond/let me know asap' and I will. Make sure you tell me who you are because I obviously don't have your number on my mobile phone book.

- Email: This is obviously more work-attachment based however if you are seriously convinced that I haven't seen your previous calls or text messages, you are very welcome to email me. Just make sure that you use correct email convention which includes a subject, heading, sign off etc. I refuse to respond to emails otherwise. If this is work related, make sure to text me beforehand so I am aware that an email is coming through.

Hope this helps!