Wednesday

Yesterday was weird, really weird.  Some bug is zooming its way through my class and I started the day with eight away which had increased to eleven by the afternoon.  Hardly a class at all.  No other class has been affected similarly (yet) and I am wondering what today will bring - or should I say WHO?

It's a weird feeling teaching something and knowing that you're going to have to do exactly the same lesson over again because it is an important one.  I didn't do a couple of things I had intended to do with them too.  I gather the local hospital is chocky full of norovirus problems and I am very, very hoping that it is just a bug, not the norovirus.  We were pretty unaffected by last year's outbreak with just a few in my class away, but I know other classes were affected more.  Perhaps it is our turn.

This morning is going to be weird too because I can't be in my classroom until playtime, basically.  New cupboards are being built!  Go to the hall, said someone.  Can't - violins in the hall.  OK, so the ICT suite.  Nope - the ICT technician in working in there today.
I think I can work round it but this is one of many problems of an undersized but popular school and it is grossly undersized: about 35% smaller than it should be.  There's no room for manoeuvre!  We will manage, we have to but I'm guessing it won't be fun!

I was right about outdoor games yesterday.  They weren't!  At playtime we all booted the children out into a light drizzle.  Two minutes later they were lining up to come in again as the drizzle had turned into a downpour.  So no games.  A shame because with such low numbers, games would have been great.

Ah, well, these things happen and here's hoping today won't be as upsy downsy as it could be.

I just like this photo.  There's something very satisfying about it, somehow!