Friday 23rd May

At long last it’s the half term holiday and as far as I’m concerned the summer starts now. It’s the season of holidays and music festivals, with a little bit of work thrown in!
Ok, I know I’ll have to do quite a lot of work in the the next half term – all the planning [...]

Cooker connected

Things are never as easy as you hope, are they? The cooker arrived yesterday as expected but yet again they found a reason not to connect. The cooker connection point was too high up…..funny that wasn’t mentioned by the guy last week. So they connected the gas – this fuels the top rings and left [...]

Saturday 17th May

When I posted on Wednesday I thought all the stress of coursework folders were over but unfortunately it wasn’t. Still had to chase up other teachers and eventually it was all done yesterday morning. So now I can relax a bit. Lets hope nothing is wrong with them and they ask for more folders.
The cooker [...]

Wednesday 14th May

At long last all the GCSE and A level folders are marked , annotated and ready to send to the exam board. Really feels like a weight off my shoulders. Today I left home at 7.40am and got home at 7.40pm , there was just so much to do. Still its now all over and [...]

School work dominating my life

Have had an extremely busy few weeks with school work. Today has been ridiculous. The emails from students started at 11am and the last one I got was at 7.45pm. There have been thirteen in total and each have demanded about 30 mins work.

Update on cooker

The guys from Currys arrived but would not connect cooker as the cooker switch as in the wrong place. In Currys guide for installation they mention nothing about the position of the cooker electric switch. Harry is now going to have to move the switch and my cooker is going to come next Saturday. Harry’s [...]

Sunday 11th May

Update on kitchen:

There’s still loads to do but it is beginning to look like a kitchen again. Hopefully all being well the new cooker is arriving today. Also friends are coming soon to collect the old cooker, as they want it for a house they let out.

Saturday 10th May

This afternoon Harry was dancing with Green Dragon Morris on a very typical English village green. On one side of the green was a beautiful thatched enormous cottage and on another side was the pub!

Thursday 8th May

Have decided to give my blog a new look. Not sure I really like it but will leave it a while before deciding whether or not to change it again.
Tomorrow year 11 leave and go on study leave and not a moment too soon. Taught them last lesson today and am teaching them again first [...]

Wednesday May 7th

Sorry I’m not keeping this up to date but life is still very hectic. A level students are all now panicking about coursework that needs to be finished by Friday and all need my time to look at their work and advise them. Have had several emails tonight from them and have managed to reply [...]