No one mentions in teacher training one of the requirements of a teacher is to be willing to make a fool of yourself in order to entertain the students or to raise money for charity. Over the years I have been involved in various quizzes, competitions and plays. I try to organise something for Children in Need each year and this week we are having a staff karaoke competition! We are using the SingStar game for the PS2 and at break time each day this week 3 duos or groups get to sing the song of their choice, in front of a crowd of eager pupils, trying to earn the highest score. So far it has been great fun (possibly helped by the fact that I am leading at the moment!) and we should raise a high total for a very good cause. We have the final on Friday, when the top 3 scorers will battle it out to be SingStar Champion! It has been interesting to see the competitive spirit of some of the staff and the ones that, although usually willing to do silly things for charity, won't do singing (no matter how hard I try to persuade them!). I'll let you know how the final goes, but it has been suggested I shouldn't be allowed to win because I've organised the competition. :-(
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Singing Star!?!
No one mentions in teacher training one of the requirements of a teacher is to be willing to make a fool of yourself in order to entertain the students or to raise money for charity. Over the years I have been involved in various quizzes, competitions and plays. I try to organise something for Children in Need each year and this week we are having a staff karaoke competition! We are using the SingStar game for the PS2 and at break time each day this week 3 duos or groups get to sing the song of their choice, in front of a crowd of eager pupils, trying to earn the highest score. So far it has been great fun (possibly helped by the fact that I am leading at the moment!) and we should raise a high total for a very good cause. We have the final on Friday, when the top 3 scorers will battle it out to be SingStar Champion! It has been interesting to see the competitive spirit of some of the staff and the ones that, although usually willing to do silly things for charity, won't do singing (no matter how hard I try to persuade them!). I'll let you know how the final goes, but it has been suggested I shouldn't be allowed to win because I've organised the competition. :-(
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - Growth
Here are my gorgeous niece and nephew (and sister). There is 4 years between the two photos, aren't they looking grown up now? A lot of growth has happened between these two photos, I can hardly believe they are both at school and Ben will be 8 at Christmas!
How to waste time!
What a great way to waste a couple of hours, change the look of your blog. Then realise it doesn't look like you planned and have to try to sort it out. Then, just when you think you have it sorted, you have a look at it in internet explorer and its all over the place. Then blogger decides it doesn't want to save ... Fun fun fun!! Hope you think it looks ok! :>
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - Window
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This is the view through the window in the floor at the top of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. If you look closely you can see past my feet to the people below!