Today was dominated by our carol service at school. We have been working on this for what seems like an age, but I must admit it has been worth it. The children sang beautifully throughout, I can’t remember a single mistake (of any significance) and the parents all seemed to enjoy it. I’m glad that […]
As I sit and type this, MTV Xmas (Sky 355) is blasting out songs that only have a vague link with the festive season into our living room. It is happy for our lives. The evening has basically contained catching up on marking after some reading assessments and writing required completing. I still don’t feel […]
I can’t tell you the answer to that question at this moment in time. I feel… prepared. I am being observed teaching tomorrow. It is a maths lesson. Now, in theory, this shouldn’t be something that I should have a problem with. I have a great working relationship with my observer, I know what I […]
A short update tonight. another Governor’s meeting which means that I’m shattered. Just over 12 hours at work is not good for me at all. My day was a good one though – only 13 children to work with though as 8 of them were working at the local high school. That will lead […]
Today was a normal day at school – although I was convinced it was Thursday for the majority of it (never a good things as I don’t teach Thursday afternoons…) The afternoon has been taken up with firework safety lessons both yesterday and today. This is one of those things that’s vial to get […]
For the first time in a while I enter a weekend with not a huge amount of things to get done. Which is a god job as we’re off to Morecambe tomorrow, and then other things are happening on Sunday. Today, however, was another good day at school. Things are very settled at the moment […]
Now, call me silly, but I’m not sure that the acronym RASH is the best for Relationship and Sexual Health Education… which is the now-preferred name for Sex Ed. The rationale behind that is to remove the emphasis from the sex bit – the thing that sends parents into panic mode (and almost understandably so) […]
Today, in the first official time given to me as an ICT subject leader, I had the morning our of class. Now, the majority of time was spent on paperwork – the changes in curriculum for next year have huge implications. Curriculum changes have been a constant topic of conversation over the last few years […]
All I’e done today is work. Believe it or not, I feel a little behind in things already after only two weeks of teaching. Things get a little more hectic this week as I have a student teacher working alongside me in their induction to the school – she will be teaching on and off […]
