Tuesday 29 July 2014

Summer Holidays?

Day One:

On the job 08:45 & Lego/toy car etc duty. Fuck this. I am not a play school assistant.

Minnie asked if I had a summer holiday
Choriso looked at me blank with wtf u doing here on her face
Fski nearly shit herself
Madge was well confused
Legs11 pleased to see me but similarly non-plussed
Boss bumped into me in supermarket while I was buying lunch - and was surprised to see me

No fucking plan, no fucking use of my time which is HOLIDAY anyway. Any other teacher would have quit today (3 weeks holiday from Friday; on the job Tuesday? I don't think so).

Biggest stitch-up I have ever been taken advantage for - and my own wife will not support me.

Thursday 24 July 2014

Are we there yet?

Matsuri in the hall. Who knew!?

Old bird taking birthday photos, Napoleon hoofing the ball to the far end of park & dog shit stinking the place out again. 

Awfully hot & sweaty; couple of days to go, please!

Tuesday 22 July 2014

Dog Day Afternoon

One if those zero PD days

Marbo tofu for lunch, splash in paddling pool, bloody sweaty.  Madge's class & only one run in with Taiga.

Friday 18 July 2014

Too hot to type

Don't know what it is about Legs11, but always gives me the horn. Think she smolders brilliantly - and all the while teaching little children. How does that work? Or am I slightly underemployed?

Tying rubber bands around chopsticks for tie-dye t-shirts...pinnacle of my career?

Meeting with iLeader, Madge & Chief, I-Spy iLeader being groomed for leadership; quite amusing as that dynamic far more interesting than content of the meeting itself!

pm slot is slower, need to finish more crisply

No Jim time at moment but impromptu stuff as per
Ask simple Q of the day at home time?

Be even less ambitious with input (use flash cards) - buy large ones
For Everybody Up; scan, use projector. OK - get connector. This will never happen!

Do same things again - v simple Q/A & redo conversational exchanges.
Song, f/cards, groups, record, play, do again.

Until Sept only 15' (sports day prep again) - concentrate on new songs (What is it, here you are/thank etc) 

Oct back on track, Nov & Dec want 3 month aim of stock phrases - do that tonight & shared, but nobody has looked.

Something Halloweenish - song/arts & crafts idea. Something else ambitious which will be last-minuted.

Material -readers: buy a few off Amazon & find on YouTube, can you?

Thursday 17 July 2014

Club Med never this good

Hot & sweaty, lethargic football around the yard first thing...

Reassigned to help tiddlers in/out pool - which means grabbing them, not them grabbing me; highlight of the morning & wondering how I ended up doing this after the glamour of Noumea, although I do so a few more bare bums this way...just!

Tuesday 15 July 2014

No, Argentina, you can't have the World Cup

Lethargic football in sun -0 bit like England in Brazil.

Set up the pool steps while iLeader told me about her car wreck. Thankfully she's ok. 

Switched into green class last minute = not much point me making many plans, hey?
As for coming in during holidays...not in my grand scheme (something to dwell upon there later, reader).

Swallows x5 about to flee nest; tiddlers in pool with my son's jungle gym, them medium sized ones.
No one has a first clue about water safety.

Quick lunch & dodge to the khazi, phoned new customer in Tokyo - have to be able to do this if I'm here three days a week. Can hardly say I'll call back next Monday, can I?!

Spontaneous (?) song & dance in Madge's room. Nothing spontaneous ever happens the room at the far end of the corridor! 

Krauts win at the Maracana, crushed Messi
Contador crashes out (fine with me!) in TDF
Root & Anderson put on last wicket 198 at Trent Bridge!

Thursday 10 July 2014

Napoleon

Taiga deliberately kicking ball into the street, & ball-up-shirt boredom (for me) as Napoleon takes command. In Worksop, he'd have his head kicked off in seconds flat.

Typhoon is barreling down.

Used SlowCam for dance section; excellent tool. Use Bon Bon & football etc?

Twitter news: RT madness! Pic of two Popes praying to different football gods hits 40 retweets in 10 mins! Must be the Spanish bit?!

Friday 4 July 2014

Red Bull dawn

Needed a shave and a Red Bull this morning, after a too late a night watching a favourite old Aussie TV show. Did imbibe a little too much as well, truth be told, which may have dented my enthusiasm for  fried chikuwa/cucumber salad in Minnie's class when I eventually got there (was allowed to be late due to my own daughter's event first thing this morning). Have to admit, they are good about factoring in this kind of commitment.

Did I miss something from Legs11 & the chance to have a siesta this afternoon (Lord knows I needed some shut eye - but chance of waking me up again pretty poor!).

Thursday 3 July 2014

Crusciates & cherries

Fski class and absolutely nothing to report yet! Lots of mums with toddlers inspecting & a twinkle little star request from Chief; torrential rain last night filled up their pool, the slide I have provided 10cm too short.

Emptying the pool became a highlight - bailing & throwing the water high & wide near scampering children. Hello & bye to new kids/mums, seems to be a role they like me doing - if only I could double my advantage and give out my school's brochures or my business card at the same time...

Of Anji's sliding tackle from behind earlier; the little prick deserved to get trodden on. As he did not feel the need to apologise to me, I'm going to be childish too and not show too much concern for him either  He is fine, just lost more points in front of his mates. Too bad. My knee now hurts; unfamiliar readers, I do not have much in the way of MCL/ACL support for my right knee.

Later, Unko Boy (again) reminded me of school bullies in my life, especially when he flicked my ear which was not far off earning a smack, before lunch. Fski does nothing about this kind of behaviour, & rainy indoor games have become violent as usual, regular miscreants pushing others around.

Funny chat with Bacardi/iLeader, that the latter no Cherry Girl! Was just getting interesting...maybe I taught iLeader's brother-in-law at the local uni, where her dad also worked? Bacardi has friends interested in my school, too. How would I ever get her to a bar by herself to buy her that drink?!

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Oh Canada

Canada day & hot; Allan  has no idea I'm supposed to be here in her class & obviously busy with swimming costume practice...can I go & do something constructive then? Spending the morning looking at three-year-old arses not my idea of professional development. Am sure there are a number of sad sacks out 'there' who would be trolling the internet for a job like this though.

Observers peer in as I'm sat here watching a la Rolf Harris as entire class drops trou. 1st impressions!

Lunch = curry rice...one kid trying to eat jelly with chopsticks becomes one of my instantly unforgettable highlights of this experience ! Can I do 5 mins at 2:35? Meanwhile, what to do? Hate the after eating/still messy/do play dough limbo.

Directed to blue room for the afternoon; found distraction helping iLeader drain the pool with a blow job. Which needs clarification! Drain lip is higher than base of pool, so it needs some serious syphoning action.

And lo, 30 odd bits & pieces on view here as well, getting changed for the pool in class. Good job I trust me in this environment.