Getting Organised: My Kikki-K Planner

Just before Christmas I bought this fab & sparkly large Ocean Kikki-K planner. I've finally taken the plunge and swapped from my normal diary over to a leather planner which I am loving.

Here it is all pretty on my desk with the awesome name plate one of my kiddos and her Dad made me for Christmas.

It's on sale at the moment! 

I had been looking at them for a while and ended up finding the same planner (with a band rather than the button) second hand on ebay (bargain hunter) then I purchased the cute planner pages to go inside, with this years calendar.

I've been busy decorating and have a few cute bits and pieces from Daiso, Typo, Happie Scrappie & Studio Calico. 

Studio Calico haul.

I also bought a 'few' cute other pieces from Kikki-K during the sales.

I'm loving looking at all of the cute planners and decorations on instagram & the Plan with Me YouTube videos, like my friend Stef's at Noveltea Corner. 

Classroom Set-Up: Display Ideas

As the beginning of our new school year is only 3 weeks away I need to set up my new classroom. I both love and hate this part as I normally have too many ideas, or not enough! 

I've spent this morning flicking back through some old photos to get an idea or what I might do this year and thought I'd share a few of my favourites with you.

Last year I used clipboards for my changing display. Each child had their own clipboard with their name underneath. The kids and I both loved this as it was easy to add up new sheets or art works. My hubs nailed the boards onto the wall at a kid-reachable height.

I have always used material in the past for backgrounds for display areas as my old rooms have had either brown or grey carpet for pin boards. Real pretty. I have also used cardboard but the material is brighter, quicker to put up and can be washed at the end of the year.

My new classroom door may be in too sunny of an area to have a 'Welcome' display but I am thinking I might put one up and see how it goes. 

All I could find of my previous door displays was this one, but I have tried a heap of different ones in the post pre-blogging years. Wish I had taken pics! If you are looking for more display ideas take a peek at my Displays Pinterest board.

5 for Friday~ 23rd May

What a week! Thank goodness Friday rolled around.

Last weekend was b-u-s-y. It started off with a trip to the 'Genius & Ambition: Royal Academy of Arts' exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery and finished up with the Christening of our friend's baby. 

The new gallery space is spectacular and the exhibit was amazing, one of the best I have been to in ages. We are very lucky to have such a fantastic space, with regular international exhibitions. 

I finally gave in and bought myself a trolley this week to set up some core drawers. Best decision ever. 

We celebrated by decorating them for our Write the Room activity this week which is a great freebie from here.

My sister bought me this Minion case & sent it to me this week. It has cheered me up!

One of my Mum's bought us these class fish today. She is such a sweetie. So we now have 4 fish to name. I've already started to pray that they survive the weekend.