Twilight Zone

I feel like I am in the twilight zone.  I am back in a year group I love and understand but the school is in such dire need of improvement and had a long way to go, I am not sure I have the energy to do it.  The monitoring is off the scale intense, they do learning walks each walk for the SLT to discuss what they see with the head to ensure all are singing from the same hymn sheet.  I’ve been there four weeks and the number of staff who have resigned or have considered it ranges from 70 - 90%.  The well being of the staff is not a priority, no matter how often they say it is.  I will keep going just not sure how long I can stand the pressure.

I’m top of the shop

Wow, this has never happened before and I’m sure that it’ll all change in a few hours but for now I’m number one.

Autumn Strolling

I had somehow managed to get all my work finished and was able to spend a whole weekend on myself, and I needed it.  I decided to go for a stroll along the canal.  We were having a bit of a heatwave and I wanted to make the most of it.  I decided that I would make a video entry (I am having issues uploading) while walking along, like some of those insta stories that I see. 

While I iron out the kinks here are some pictures I took while strolling.

 Let me introduce my first vlog....

Out of this world

I had one of these in my first classroom 14 years ago and I loved it.  It was broken by a heavy handed child and I meant to repair it but never got round to it and the care taker threw it away (along with my bike but that’s another story).  I told The Ginger One this and he searched for it on EBay.  I do love him to bits.

Hello October

Toddler Life

He snuck through the door, scaring the life out of me.  Refused to talk, or eat.  Went through a mad half an hour where he rolled around the floor, being silly and goofy.  Then collapsed on the sofa, rubbing his eyes and yawning.  When I gently suggested he have a shower and an early night he looked at me and said, “Don’t tell me what to do!  I’m not tired, I don’t need to go to bed !” With a pout he picked his glass of wine threw it back and said “That really is dreadful!”  Thirty seven going on three.  He’s in bed now as I drink some nice wine and catch up on Strictly. 

My little pit bull

I saw this on Facebook and giggled, I imagined my Papichen saying this when GO and I first met all those years ago. I decided to save it and send it to group Mamilein and Papichen had.  

I waited for him to reply, and was taken by surprise when it was Mamilein who responded first and quite aggressively too.

“That is right I will hurt anybody who hurts my kwina.  I’d like to go to prison, it’s better for me than an old people home. Ha ha!”

Ah, it’s good to know my little pit bull always has my back!  I often forget just how scary she can be!

Nice bit of advice

Autumn Clean

I have spent *all* day cleaning and sorting out the living room, shuffling things about, decluttering, vacuuming and just getting all cozy. I’ve moved furniture to different rooms, our picnic basket/table is now in our bedroom.  It’s previous contents now in the sideboard (GO’s extensive British TV box set collection).  I’m knackered, it’s not a spring clean it’s an autumn clean.  It’s great to have some purpose back in my routine, I’d been flagging the past couple of weeks.  

Yay it’s autumn