Where are my materials?

Situation normal - all messed up - pink instead of red class, owing to mums all coming to watch red. Not on the schedule? Think it was. Whither Jim?

Minnie cool with the change & used me/English nicely. Read Kipper story off iPad at end of day & got them very worked up. Success. Does this help sell the iPad idea? Doubt it...

Wearing my favourite England rugby shirt, did not want to get covered in pink paint - looks like another cardboard box robot on the go?

Afternoon shift with Madge,  & not my original LP as they'd equipped, but a repeat of the Go Away Ghoulie Ghost lesson. Had to hunt down materials upstairs because iLeader is off today (another reason I hate relying on other people to prep my stuff) off, & concertina 50 mins into 35. 4 corners for 4 groups of monsters/spiders etc works best.

Halloween theme & burst lesson plans

Last Friday was going to be productive only it wasn't; about to nail down decent prep for next week & craft the much required lesson plan etc. Instead, dragged out to tail-gun a second expedition to Nonomiya shrine. Interested to meet the the Russian lady again, especially as she now knew my name. Curious.

 Painted remainder of paper plates.

Today? Til one am repairing lesson plan for 16th (why all the fuss?) & then have to interpret bits for my wife as she translated it. FFS :(

10:20 Jim time returned. 

Used Super Simple Songs' downloadable f/cards

 pre-teach characters > gestures to Let's Go Trick or Treating couple of run throughs + CD = not a bad start. 

Crayon-on faces to painted paper plates eyebrows etc

 teacher sticking on hair/beard & silly fluffy nose. 

Ran 15 mins over, but not my fault; iLeader & Choriso wanted to

(and what does that imply about the point of a lesson plan & no flexibility?)

Oden lunch, ugh, and shucking dried corn. Typhoon again missed but my mum worried again from afar.

Day 2 - 1st 'Jim Time' Day

Cherry Blossom falling on head & 1st House Martin of the spring spotted.

Expedition of old/young pairs around the block, boys sliding hands along everything: lamp posts, fences, parked cars but tripping over kerbs all the way.

iLeader pinch hitting for Madge, with Bacardi now supporting; she started the day very nicely with lovely piano & dialing down the shouters.

Invites rules for skipping rope & everyone agrees to best behavior. V nice trick, shushing one with finger & eye contact without stopping talking to rest of class - keeps everyone engaged. Also like the reduction by clapping 54321 to zero & sit straight.

iLeader is great but her element is tiddlers. Big help with Jim time & has volunteered short cuts already, given me crayons & glue. How sweet!

Managed to use excuse of Jim time to be scarce after lunch - Mick Jagger & dim sims - need the time out of action to think, cobble together ideas and scribble down a 40-minute running plan. Can hardly do that with nendo & test-my-strength challenges. came up with

How's the weather today after x3 Hello, How are you?

Older group of 2 classes 

Modeled then had boys face girls & do

Weather+ wheel, modeling weather words, then + TPR. Dicta pic on rudimentary template. iLeader & Bacardi, but also Boss, Chief, Dragon. 

Fotobabble done & art collected. Final 10 mins = Jim says .....please

& quick goodbye song.

School gate observation - tight sky-blue jeans mummy kicked her shoe off trying to be fancy! Nice wiggle of bum as she exited with my fave v-neck sweater.