Quiet School

Its an exeat weekend which means all the girls have gone home. No boarding this weekend and no lessons to teach tomorrow. The school is lovely and peaceful and I can get up late in the morning. The only problem is its been a busy week, I am exhausted and I have a pile of work to get done by Monday. At least I can get a good night's sleep tonight so hopefully I will wake up bright and cheery tomorrow. Today I am fed up with teaching and marking and trying to get mathematical knowledge into brains! I could give it all up right now, but I know that this is mainly the tiredness talking. Still the hours here are not great and I could really do with not feeling exhausted all the time. I've been working it out and I teach a couple of hours extra per week in this job, which of course generates extra preparation and marking time. I could deal with working later and saturday mornings better if it came to the same amount of time that I'm used to! I keep telling myself it will get easier! The benefit is longer holidays, but that doesn't actually help much in the middle of the term. This blog post is turning into a real whinge, maybe I should stop and go get some sleep, I'm sure I'll feel better in the morning!!!

Another Week Over

One more week down, half term is getting closer! Its been a busy week, with a Maths area meeting to go to along with the normal teaching, and several teachers have been off so I've had lessons to cover too. So I've got a bit behind with the marking and had to spend all afternoon trying to catch up. Thankfully it was lasagne for supper tonight, so I decided to have it with the girls instead of having to cook for myself. I have to weigh up the convenience of having food cooked for me with the privacy and quiet of staying in my flat! Mainly at the weekends I opt for peace, but I couldn't resist lasagne! Tomorrow I get to go to someone from church's house for a proper sunday lunch which will be good. Next weekend is an exeat, so the girls go home friday, no saturday school and a quiet school, can't wait! After that only 3 more weeks to half term.

Knitting Frenzy!

I started knitting club on Monday and now all my form have gone knitting mad. Unfortunately most of them have little or no idea so I'm spending my time casting on and trying to sort out mistakes! I'm casting them on 20 stitches but one of them had got to 39 stitches in approx 8 rows! It is quite sweet to see them sitting in the classroom knitting in their free time. I'm now having to get some new needles as I've run out!

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First Week Finished

I'm exhausted and we have only been back at school for one week. Partly its the shock of getting up early again, I'd got used to lazing around over Christmas!

At least this week has been easier than last term, its so scary starting a new job. I hate not knowing the girls names and not being sure where I should be and what I should be doing. I had been at my last school for 10 years so I knew the routines so well I didn't really have to think about them. Getting used to a new way of doing things has been tough and people forget to tell you things so its been a case of learning as I go along. At least now I know everyone's names (the joy of being in a small school) and the general routine of the place, even if I am sure there will be some new surprises this term. I've had evening duty this week, which isn't fun, but at least that is one done this term, and tomorrow I have a couple of hours on duty with the boarders, so not a completely relaxing weekend.

On a positive note, I start knitting club on Monday - there is some great enthusiasm at the moment but we will see who sticks with it, at least it gives me an excuse to spend a lunch hour knitting. I just finished a new jumper, I will get a photo of it to post, its very purple and made with Wow wool (a thick chenille type wool) so should be warm and cosy. I'm very pleased with it, I'm getting the hang of sewing up now so the seams of this jumper are much better than the last one. Next I need to sew up a cardigan, but that involves picking up lots of stitches for the front band and putting in a zip so I have put it off! I bought a book about knitting from the neck down, so my latest project is on circular needles, but the rounds are so long it isn't growing very fast which I find a bit frustrating.

Back to Blogging

It has been pointed out that it is a long time since I did anything with this blog. I blame a lack of time and internet access! However, now I have my laptop, I have made a new year's resolution to get back to blogging and keep anyone who is interested up to date with my news. Not sure that there is anyone out there interested (except family)!!

My life has changed a lot since August. I'm now in Dorset, getting used to a new school and new flat. Its been hard work and I'm missing my friends, but I'm slowly settling in and everyone has been very friendly and helpful. Its tough adapting to a new school though, especially as I was over 10 years at the last one. Its been hard going from day to boarding too, teaching til 5-30 and saturday mornings has been a bit of a shock to the system. Teaching the younger ones has been different but mainly I'm enjoying the change. More activity days and dressing up (see the photos), days off timetable and the girls miss lessons for music, riding and dance lessons. Time will tell how it will go here, at the moment I spend much of my time exhausted but it should get easier as I get used to the place!