{"id":19802,"date":"2013-05-14T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=19802"},"modified":"2013-05-14T21:12:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:12:12","slug":"day-134-the-boring-end-of-dullington-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/14\/day-134-the-boring-end-of-dullington-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 134: The Boring End Of Dullington Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve spent the day and evening immersed in tests. Thrilling.<\/p>\n<p>Spending most of the day in silence isn&#8217;t something I&#8217;m used to being a teacher &#8211; a lot of my normal day is spent discussing all kinds of things and asking questions, of course! Over the past two days I&#8217;ve administered six different assessments. The downside to this is that it all needs marking. That&#8217;s a huge undertaking and something that really isn&#8217;t very interesting to do or talk about.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow sees the first of my <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Year Six\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year_Six\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Year 6<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"National Curriculum assessment\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Curriculum_assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">SATs<\/a> this year &#8211; <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mathematics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mathematics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Maths<\/a>. I&#8217;m not at all worried about it, I know those children are more than ready for them.<\/p>\n<p>Of larger concern to me is that after next week, I have an empty folder on my <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Memory Stick\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memory_Stick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">memory stick<\/a> for the final term of the year. That&#8217;s going to be interesting as I&#8217;m turning back into a year 5 &amp; 6 teacher, although more literally than I&#8217;d like&#8230; no mixing, just teaching them both.<\/p>\n<p>A nice day overall, if a little dull.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secretteacher6.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/14\/a-broad-and-balanced-curriculum-dont-make-me-laugh\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/168877565_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/secretteacher6.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/14\/a-broad-and-balanced-curriculum-dont-make-me-laugh\/\" target=\"_blank\">A broad and balanced curriculum? 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