Spring time again...

Spring has sprung the grass has riz, or however it goes. Spring is here and it is the good 'ol Spring Hat time at Devon's school. Tomorrow is the day when he has to, along with his school pal's, parade his spring hat. This means that every year we have to get the creative juices flowing and come up with some kind of spring hat...

So here it is... this year contribution...

A quick update...

I've been at my new job for a week tomorrow. All seems to be going well. There is always that finding your feet and learning the systems phase when starting somewhere new, but all is well. The people I work with seem to be friendly, and a much younger bunch than at my previous place.

I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama this evening, that was totally awesome. I can't believe so many people braved the cold to get out their ans show support for their new leader. Good luck to President Obama and the Americans for the next term of office.

I'm still trying to plod along the road and get some running training in.... and lets leave it their shall we!

My children have started a new year at school and all seems well at this early stage. We have not been called to the office yet to face any music, nor have we had tears on the way to school. This bodes well for the school year ahead.

Mousing about...

Stranger things have happened. I 've said before that I wouldn't usually have written about events at school, but hey, these days who knows what will happen during the course of your day.

Every Tuesday, we have Terrific Tuesday at school. This is just a querky name given to a sports programme that we run at school on a Tuesday. We concentrate on ball skills, hand eye co-ordination and the likes.

The children come to school in school unifirm and when it is their turn to participate in Terrific Tuesday, the kid go off and get changed into their sports clothes.

Today the boys are all in their classroom getting changed into their sports clothes and a whole lot of noise errupts, furniture is being thrown about , bodies are moving at a rapid rate in all directions and some are scared stiff. Was it a fight breaking out? No. Was it the teacher re-arranging their classroom? No. So what was all the commotion about?????

Some poor soul had taken his takkie out of his kitbag and out pops a mouse. Yes. A mouse! This poor mouse had been transported from home in this kids shoe. With that stentch, I would of escaped long ago, if I was the mouse. Perhaps it was under the influence and unable to escape. Who knows. But what are the chances of something like this happening???? What a week so far!!!!

Needless to say we now have a mouse running around our school!

Entrepreneur or Blackmarket Material?

I'm in the education profession. I never thought that I would blog about one of my pupils or a work situaion, but today changed that.

I'm busy in class teaching a group of 12 year olds (Grade 6's), and three other children get brought to me for writing on their black school shoes with tipex. So we have all done this before at some stage I'm sure. nothing unusual. So I reprimand the three concerned and send them on their way. The class I am busy teaching brings to my attention that one of the learners in the class has done written on his shoes as well. So I call for the boy to come to my desk.

True as nuts he has written his initials on his shoe. Still nothing unusual... so I reprimand as before and am just about to send the boy on his way when I notice something unusual. I look a liitle closer...braving the risk of a cheesy smelly foot I ask the boy to remove his shoe for closer inspection.

This young chap has taken the trouble time and effort to unpick the stitching on the side of his school shoe, and sow in a little LEVI label. This is something that I have never come across before.

So comes from a academically talented individual, who is one of the naughtiest boys I have come across. He never has his books or stationery at school, his schoolbag is never big enough for all of his books so some of them have to stay at home, he never does homework or anything exra.

Is he showing signs of his future entrepreneurial skills and creativity or is he showing signs of a future in retail on the blackmarket? I'll let you decide....