Yellowtrampoline

Well, the end of term has come. I am officially on my summer holiday, and I will not be returning to that school again, except perhaps to visit. Some of the kids were pretty upset about it, really. I got a “star teacher” card and some bath and shower bits, and some lovely [...]

Yes! Yes, it did! The number 17 served me well. We had a lovely meal followed by a lesson in roulette by the manager, then we were let loose on the real tables. I put in a tenner and got out forty pounds, so didn’t do so bad! It bought [...]

Hmmm, the blogger’s block. Things are a bit better, and improving. I’ll update more soon! (more promises…) So yes, things are alright. Exciting things are in the offing, and I’m going to a casino on Friday. With school, believe it or not. No, not the children, just the staff!
I like this theme, I think I’ll [...]

It is half term!  Nine blissful days of non-work, copious sleep and food and free time in daylight hours!  Not that I really know what I’m going to do with it…
Not a lot else to say, really, the past couple of weeks have been fairly uneventful.  I just wanted to update, keep the ball rolling, [...]

I got plasticine, bamboo skewers, cheap ice cube trays, drinking straws and lots of small rolls of sellotape.  What do you think we made with all that?  Answers to the usual address. 
They all did really well and I was so proud of them all, especially after the dramas of last week.  Don’t ask.  Children were [...]

Forgot I was going to post and now I only have 2 minutes.
Does anyone have any ideas for what I can do with 9 9-11 yr old boys for an hour on Friday?  We’re doing “Engineering Challenges” and so far they’ve done towers from straws and bridges from newspaper.  I need one more session!  Please [...]