Emergency Exit

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jim was unable to attend school today.

He got as far as Lawson's, and pebble-dashed their khazi - thanks for the conflicting meds (infection since March, not to be rid until bloody June!)

Did get to work, gingerly, just in time to wave goodbye to everyone. Last thing I really needed was an immediate u-turn to cycle another 5km on a torn ring!

This is not a love song

Not in a good mood this morning, & barmy Kotaro throwing things at me/his mate yelling at/buddy standing directly in front of me....trying very hard to restrain reflexes (not teachery ones).

Sarong does not have control of her groups. Older Jim Time lot not paying attention & compared to yesterday very poor. Would not be quiet/pay attention. Allowed to slouch (pet hate) or goof off in the corners. Not sure her dangling boss's son off her hip the best idea - in fact think that is the worst outcome of his tantrums/attention seeking.

Wasp alert - large bugger and clearly dangerous; but more interesting was Kento's knob, being exposed constantly, while his back to room. Going for a walk & whipping it out everywhere. Free play outside = totally different. I have no idea what the psychology of this would be, but would be fascinated to know!

Syouri needed me at lunch & piggy back/cuddle later - nearly fell asleep! Sarong doesn't set the pace, class all over her. A struggling starter, but I think the school dumped her in the deep end with the Boss's kid as public enemy number one.

Minnie helps save my bacon

Remembered Jim time at midnight; last night's quick plan, photocopied everything this morning and had to start 1020. Bit of a dash.

Minnie very helpful and very useful:did very basic 

"What's your name?" 

"Hello hello" 

"Everybody Up" to start.

"How are you?" song was a mistake

 to do the Janken race after all they want to do Janken. but that's pictures for Chickory in her new photographer role. 

Played animal match & set player order & no leaning/pushing policy. Worked fine. Challenged players to draw their own weird animal > Chatterkids app + What's your name song; 3 results

Reading BIG book version of "No David" - big success

Walking-tour tail-gunner

Green hell. 
Windy & chilly, but no rain at last.
Bike dripping wet so drove anyway.

Tail gunner for walking tour, back streets. Job = keeping the stragglers out of ditches/gardens/dogs, give a yell if a car is coming and try to think how I could possibly keep a conversation going with self-interested nippers holding hands at knee-height in a foreign language going for very much longer than I have achieved so far.

Don't touch the barbed wire fence...
Don't touch the lamp-post; how many dogs do you think have marked this spot on canine FourSquare?
Don't lick your hand after you just touched that wall/fence/plant/car/boy...
Don't walk on that flimsy grating...
Don't eat snot...especially somebody else's?
Don't scream...

Taking the chance to photo familiar things for Yuki, in the hope that a visual organizer might help. Not my job, but keen to see outcome - if any. Trying to think of workable format. Think playing cards & magnets? Choriso likes the idea.

Curry rice, Yuki now decided he would spit at me. Charming.

Planted flowers in the afternoon and generally enjoy myself - same same on course at my school later.

Fisting crayons, anyone?

Cherry blossom streaming off the trees today

Very tired sleep, drove again due rain. Noticing new things after Dot's highlights yesterday eg miscreant Kotaro in blue the only one fisting crayons; his picture is shite (immature & lacking any definition - despite being one of the biggest/oldest/gobbyest). One leftie, which I think Yuki is too. Think Dot's easel idea important too.

Barn Owl plays piano with wildly changing tempo & in different keys. Knows what she is doing (?) but is doing it differently. Started a song I don't know this morning & expected me to join in & carry it on...sat still & looked confused! What would you do, dear reader?

Dogs' heads origami not done step by step but left to do it once shown. Drawing around it very revealing of kids & group think - similarities by table. Teacher wrote students' brief descriptions of their pictures on the back & reads these to class. 30 of them, so kids still again. Very.

An expert visits and my early childhood development exposed

Self-regulation = self-esteem
Fidget toy or some kind of sensory tool
Visual schedule photos overcome lang reception skills lacking
Give him some control of that, move a magnetic thing over to "finished" box. All here is auditory input - so he can't tackle it?

Turning around = receptive
Staying out = doesn't know what is coming next. Give him control.

Oooooooiooooooooooo: not sure what this note means!

Use vertical surfaces to draw/cookout
Develop shoulders & wrist muscles, & tactile, multi-sensory & gives kids a template

Slack faces indicates low muscle tone & neandertaling up.

Xxxxxxxxxcxxx. Xxxxxxxxx
Dot's brief analysis a big insight for me wrt behaviour & management thereof.


Jim Time shrank to 20 mins with an 11am buzzer. Up up, Hello, walking & in the jungle = all go, fully active & tiring.

Quick lunch & tried to escape, hovering in hall. Yuki found me to count rocks, Choux Creme jealous.

Meeting iLeader the main focus = shopping tips for her trip to Waikiki & brief explanation above. Not sure it went in/passed muster?

A very demanding boy - my job?

In-class debut with Barn Owl hijacked by Yuki from the green class, who seems to behave "better" when sanction of not playing with me applied. Not doing a year of this, ffs. Patience very fucking thin.

Thursday morphed into Friday as well, being manhandled & for bonus points puked on by Yuki again. Shattered & at my wits-end by home time, with Choriso looking even worse. This included trying to keep a promise to Syouri (odd Yuri's little brother from last year). Essentially sitting next to him while he did nendo. Yesterday was nodding off next to Anri, a lovely girl, doing her coloring? Jesus on a bike, hypnotic.

The Rhapsody

Today included Barn Owl going weird like an evangelical nutter at Easter - rapture or something as she expected me to perform like a clown at the drop of a hat. Oh, Jim = instant Jim Time?

No, you may not have me jump through that little hoop.

New Faces

Debut with Sarong in her class, & very underwhelmed. Colour by numbers with a weak voice & lack of personality; looks & sounds like she still has the old college playbook in mind & unable to react/interact with kids. Piano time = lack of participation > correction, just faded out.

Making hamburger papers as marker things - slow. The afternoon walk around the school & yard exploring rules, but with no authority or attention. Barn Owl looked fine, strange voice but audible; this one conveys no message - just copying bits other people have shown her. No flow.

Helter Skelter

This year's dummy-spitting performed by Syouri-kun, being looked after by Rambo. Madge hovering as Sarong assumes her room; smocks on, who am I sitting next to drill?

Barn Owl has a circle with introductions going on, & Choriso plows-in, piano blazing (already won the get ready in the hall prize). Minnie's debut nose bleed already tackled.

iLeader as Regimental Sergeant Major; the Boss greets assembly everyone & picks out names in each class sitting nicely. Teachers quick self-introduce themselves... Minnie won.

Tsutomi = middle lot, 5 teachers on deck today, so keeping out the way
Hana = older lot, Minnie taking the lead.

At first glance, Barn Owl has the miscreants, Sarong the armchair ride. Curious to see which of Allan's bad boys grow up.  Will Super Dry be a baby with Minnie ?(I think so).

Obviously so at lunch, found my level with Minnie. Kids testing parameters, establishing dominance. Revisit the useless nendo time, with MMA from some.

Rain cancels the walk around the block = request for 20 mins or so; quick plan for super easy intro, but even that had 50% conking out tired & sleepy. Long day for all (Minnie herself even yawning but says doing Ego Benkyo - English homework).

PANSIG coming together. Good.
Death up Luna street? Confirmed.
Angrily storming out of the house last night upset my daughter...almost as much as me.
Request to teach a part-time class at Epson - hilarious!