Mrs McDonell has been teaching at Lethbridge Park since 2004. She believes that all children have the right to learn in a safe, supportive and highly engaging environment. Mrs McDonell believes it is important that there is a strong sense of equality, fairness and consistency within the classroom to ensure that each child feels like a valued member of a team.
Mrs McDonell's Top 5 Favourite Quotes from Books
- "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light" - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling.
- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - The Lorax by Dr Seuss.
- "The more he gave away, the more delighted he became" - The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
- "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go" - Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr Seuss.
- "So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone" - Matilda by Roald Dahl.
This year Mrs McDonell is teaching 3/4 Purple.