{"id":22117,"date":"2013-11-13T22:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=22117"},"modified":"2013-11-13T22:55:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:55:47","slug":"day-317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/13\/day-317\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 317: Another Lump Of Not Muchness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting to that stage where nothing much is happening at school right now but plans are being made for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Christmas<\/a> time. We are planning a carol concert and work on the songs will take up time most days between now and the time they are performed. Still the outcome is worth it overall.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still teaching without an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Interactive whiteboard\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interactive_whiteboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">interactive whiteboard<\/a> and it&#8217;s a little bit of a chore &#8211; every lesson is a bit of a bodge of what I would teach in an ideal world and what I can manage without technology. The biggest problem is a lack of any usable board to convey things on. I&#8217;m managing at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Grange Moor\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grange_Moor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Grange Moor<\/a> site is now pretty much done &#8211; all that&#8217;s missing are the photos of players in action. I&#8217;ll begin getting those together this weekend as they play in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bradford\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Bradford<\/a>. My Christmas conducting duties begin tomorrow night however at the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"White Rose Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Rose_Centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">White Rose Centre<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas lights\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Christmas lights<\/a> switch on. I&#8217;m half looking forward to it and half really not, like all concerts. I always enjoy myself once it gets going, but hate being on show for every second I&#8217;m stood in front of the band. It&#8217;s quite informal though, playing to people as they walk past, so all should be well. I hope.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting to that stage where nothing much is happening at school right now but plans are being made for Christmas time. We are planning a carol concert and work on the songs will take up time most days between now and the time they are performed. Still the outcome is worth it overall. 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