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

Mackeral

Still 3 classes MIA, pitched in with Minnie, but ended up nodding off as Allan made butterfly paper cup photo holder things.

Heavy fried mackerel sent me direct to the jacks.

Drew a puzzle piece for missing /Hh/

fairly on the hoof Jim Time

using ABC floor tiles minus inners

 & x2 jigsaws to establish letter order. 

Traced shape of letter to make standing alphabet, then static as stuck along wall. 

Made an ABC pavement then kids sit on a letter. 

Say alphabet in order you are sitting, then get them to move 

eg all boys switch places etc. 

45 mins high octane & Kaisei/Nao being tw&ts. 

Pretty newbie also here. 

They think it's all over; earthquake practice

Earthquake practice - under tables & quiet, then head count in yard. Debrief with Minnie after was very good, as it involves kids making rules for themselves and explaining why such things are important. She is excellent at this; not preachy, not critical, not with a shopping list to tick items off. Full of praise for all ideas. A pleasure to see in action.

Swimming costume changing practice?! F%@^, just go to the pool & figure it out! Minnie pulls some bright yellow budgie smugglers out of a bag & waves them in air before realising she can't make her point with a g-string. Hilarious.

Can I help get changed?! T & A show once again; genuinely shocked to discover that K is a boy. Classic double take moment for me, a la Crying Game! Practice paddle with plastic, and the can't do anything prerequisite in Japan which is the lazy stretching & whistle instructions...Club Med all over again! This is where the do as you are told mentality comes from; bizarre!

Several postponements later, had about five songs with them at the end; this is OK because Minnie is very good (whereas the other class in the same entry-level age group is grumpy, frumpy & negative)

England already going home from the World Cup in Brazil, after just 5 days actually in it. Chris Waddle off a long run up with criticism well-aimed.