52 days to go. Round and round!
Today I gave them a writing task which really inspired them. Asking them to write about their experience on a fairground ride brought about the very best in descriptive writing. What amazes me is that the majority are so keen to read out their work. Yesterday the staff found out which class they would be [...]
59 days to go. To save or delete?
I do wish the children knew where the save button was in their brains, as many of them only seem to use the delete button. I don’t know how many others feel as I do, that many of today’s pupils have so little general knowledge. 10 out of 27 had never heard of the word ‘quarrel’ [...]
64 days to go. End of term!!
I feel as though I have crawled through this week as I haven’t slept well and woke up today with a bad throat and chest. Why do some teachers always leave their illnesses until the holidays? We spent the morning with a mixture of fun and work. They made little Easter baskets and I put [...]
68 Days to go. Red all over!
The Head is back from China where she has had an amazing time. The conservatory is now filled with red! Some beautiful costumes and artifacts on show with the most amazing vase made out of paper. We can’t wait to see the video and photos of the school and all the children. Chinese people are [...]
73 days to go. A time for everything!
The day began as so often it does in schools, with chaos. The head is in China, the deputy had to take her mother to hospital for an emergency appointment, the senior manager had to take her daughter for an appointment, reception teacher was on a course, two T.A.s were on courses and two welfare [...]
84 days to go. Changing rooms!
No one could accuse our head of being boring. This weeks adventure is to create a paperless office entailing a whole revamp of the office she shares with the secretary. Two days of heaving furniture around has resulted in a brand new look complete with IKEA;s latest innovations. Only one snag – they now have [...]
91 days to go. Leaving party!!
I couldn’t believe it when a girl brought in some letters to give out to the class about a leaving party. It has become a tradition for the parents of Y6 to organise some kind of leaving activity but I didn’t expect it so soon. Seeing these letters has really brought it home to me [...]
93 days to go
The conference was great although exhausting. I colour-coded 30 people over 2 days! It was interesting to compare it with teaching – not as stressful mentally but very tiring physically standing in the same place for hours on end. Today was a typical Monday – after late nights at the weekend so many children were [...]