The end of another week at work, and not long to go now until SATs. That’s quite scary – I counted earlier that I have 9 sessions left with my maths group before they tackle the papers.
Next week is looking ridiculous. I’m on a course on Wednesday and we have two staff training days on Thursday and Friday. This all goes together with Bank Holiday Monday to give me 6 days away from my children in all at the time when I need it least. But still, I can’t complain. Lots will get caught up on during that time.
So, today. Things have been quite settled at work lately. I feel like lots of progress has been made recently and the metaphorical jigsaw pieces are all slotting into place. I don’t really want to go into details but my class aren’t well known for being easy to work with. I’m quite enjoying their enthusiasm to learn now – everything is going well.
As an example, at the moment we’re studying Betsy Byars‘ The Midnight Fox – this is the third time I’ve used this novel as a stimulus with Year 5 children, it is well used higher up the school ladder as well in Year 8 or 9 too – and the work involves reading the whole novel in just over two weeks. This requires a great deal of planning and structure. I read chapters 11 and 12 to the children today and they were rapt. The detail they can remember from the story is amazing too. I’m certain that whenever we had stories or books shared with us at school, very little of it stayed in my head…
This is part of what I mean when I say things are coming together. In September, I very much doubt I could have attempted the work I’m doing now.
