Category: education
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A blooming ‘tubby’ nightmare.
A quick dash to Toys R Us, after work today, ended up being quite eventful. First of all, I had to figure out how to get there. I’ve driven past the store several times whilst driving around the city centre, but I’ve never needed to go there, so far, so working out how to get…
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Christmas Show tantrums.
It’s that time of year again. Where teachers have a constant loop of Christmas songs playing in their heads. It isn’t even December yet, and we still manage to find the songs playing, dimly, in the backgrounds of our brains. This year, we haven’t gotten so far as even deciding which songs to sing whilst…
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Disco Diva
Tonight was the school disco, after school. Even though somebody was too late to buy a ticket for the disco, his Mum managed to wrangle him a ticket by kicking up some sort of a fuss. He was on a half day today as well so I’m not entirely sure why she was so desperate…
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The 6 hour wait
It many occupations require you to wait for 6 hours to do something, that many children I teach can only wait a few minutes for… 8:30am – I paid for my lunch today and headed straight out onto the playground for early playground duty. 8:45am – whistle blown and children lining up. Did the register.…
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The Haribo trick
This week, I’ve discovered a way to engage his lordship in learning, without bargaining how much work needs to be completed by the end of the lesson. He did exactly the same work as everybody else. No questions asked. No arguments. He just did it. He did need some gentle encouragement to practise being patient.…
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Pull your trousers up!
In my third year of teaching, my year 3 teacher colleague was out of school for the afternoon. Everything was going fine until a boy in his class started complaining that his bottom was hurting after he’d fallen over at lunch. His 1:1 came to me and asked what to do about it. I suggested…
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Dramatic, defiant declarations.
When his lordship loses his temper, a variety of classroom items get thrown around the classroom. When they land on the floor, the situation usually ends in one of two ways… The most recent scenario that happens is: He doesn’t return to class, so the other children eventually end up having to tidy up after…
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A better day.
After yesterday’s antics, my children arrived to school today – with their ears attached to their heads! 😂 They’ve still managed to have their moments and require instructions to be repeated a few times, but no where near as bad as yesterday. Thank goodness. Only 9 children forgot their spelling books. Many children, who I…
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If I had a pound…
… for every time I have repeated myself today, I wouldn’t need to work tomorrow, or ever again! Don’t get me wrong, I love my class. They are amazing on their best days, but I feel like I’ve been speaking Chinese today. Even my best listeners have had their moments. I had completely lost my…
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Rocky Road
Monday morning after half term. I didn’t feel ready at all. I’d spent the entire first week being a hermit. I didn’t venture out of my house very much, unless I needed more milk and bread. I slept in until 10:30am and washed many, many clothes that weren’t deemed essential washing items, over the past…
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