Back at school.

Well I'm back and so far thing are fine.
I had parents evening which was interesting!!!
Looking forward to Easter. The best thing about all the holidays a teacher gets is the fact that you don't have to work too long before you get a break. There is something always to look forward too even thing are cruddy.
Sam

Last day of the hol's

Hi.
It is the last day. I have done no work so I'm busy craming lesson plans today. Watching House at the moment and baking more bread.
Sam X

weekend

Hi
This weekend has gone so fast, don't seem to have much time to do anything. I've brought a load of marking home but haven't removed it from my car.
Have a pupil progress meeting tomorrow they really panic me. I never know what to say or do.
Been on the beach today which was nice for a change. Didn't get any more gardening done. Before I plant anything I'm going to metal detect the area. Maybe I will find something good and can retire.
Sam x

Gardening.

Hi

I've go the gardening bug. Have just been brought a hoe and really big scissor things. Started to clear the rubbish from the garden, realised that there are loads of prickly stuff so I have to go back into town and buy some gloves.

I'm pretty rubbish because I've cleared about a foot and bored now and watching trash tv.

Also planted about 4 bulbs.

Sam x

1st week over.

Hi.
Yeah it is the weekend. First week is over and I have survived. It has been really good. We have been doing Roald Dahl in Literacy. Going to do nothing over the weekend. Have only just got up now heading for a bath for a reelaxing soak and pampering with loads of my christmas stuff.
Sam

House

Hi.

Just watching House. John got me series one and two for Christmas.

Trying to

Visitors

Hi.
Had visitors today. 12 O'clock I was in bed having a lay in reading a really bad book. There is a knock on the door. Ignored it. Knocked again. Grabbed my really short dressing gown. Couldn't find my keys. Open the door, who is it? JoHo's!. Great so there I am in my dressing gown. Like an idiot I asked if they have a nice Christmas. Whoops! There wouldn't go away. Apparently John talked to them before Christmas and they thought they would visit afterwards. Great.
Sam

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I've been thinking about new year resolutions.
I think that mine will be trying to looking tidier and take a liitle more time in me appearence. this will mine that I will have to buy a few more clothes and outfits.
Johns is a secret he won't tell me what it is.
I was meant to be going shopping today and looking at the sales. But John has dissappeared with my purse so I'm sorting out planning ready for Monday. Will have to save the shopping until I go to Hollys on Friday
Sam X

Hi
Had a fantastic Christmas. Though I was ill all through it.
Went to see St Trinians yesterday with Vic. Love it. Was super.
Though it was going to bit a bit of a wash out because I love the old black and white ones with Alistair Sims. It was really done well.
There are loads of dodgy jokes you have to watch out for. Best was when there had Colin Firth being pushed out of the window and then walking across the grass looking like Mr Darcy.
Russal Brand does need a few acting lesson but he wasn't bad.
The girls were good and loads of super backing songs.
Would like to go and see it again.
Sam x

Inspected again.

The school has been inspected again. Don't think it went as well as OFSTED he watched my RE lesson. I was teaching Hinduisum not my best subject. He should have come on Friday when I was doning Science and we were learning about evaporation and I have the class outside pertending to be molecules in a puddle. Why can they understand a concept which is really hard and you can;t even see it happening but they don't got the muiltpication is just repeated addition.

Starting to get all Christmasy. Going to a panto soon. We don't do school plays thank God because I'm only just caught up with last weeks to do list.

Going to wrap some presents now. things have started to arrive in the post. BT sorted out. Only two proper teaching weeks left untill Christmas and have just found out we don't have to be back until the 7th of Jan. Plus Easter is crazy this year as well and we have extra long.

Perfect.
SAM

Halloween

Sorted at last.

Finally we have made progress with BT. Someone with a little bit of sense has spoken to us and resolved our problem with the installation charge. It has only taken 2 months.
Not long to go now before we break up from school. I'm back to shopping on the Internet for Christmas goodies. Last year I think most people ended up with the 3 for 2 offer at Boots.
Hopefully I will do better this year.
I'm still trying to get round to the picture to see Elizabeth we never made it the other week.
We have put our Christmas tree up. It has been up about 2 weeks. It was new and we didn't see the point of leaving it in the box until the 1st.
I have brought an advent candle and calender.
Sam X

goodies

Wow.
I have a lovely suprise on Tuesday.
After I sent a maoning Email to Lush asking them how I'm I to get stains out of my bath they sent me a parcel with some Lush goodies in them. Realy pleased didn't expect anything. If only BT were like that.
Sam

Hi.

A good day at school. Have eaten lots of biscuits. It is Design and Tec week. We are making to Tudor biscuit and like all good researchers we have to research the competition. So pigged out on biscuits.

Bt didn't ring. Lush hasn't replied to my Email. How Rude

Hair Hell

Hi

I brought a hair dye from lush. Red. It comes in a henna block and you have to make it in to a goo yourself. his involves blue rubber gloves, a saucepan and a cheese grater (don't ask). Considering the price of the stuff you would have thought it would have come already made up. Alway I am sat in the living room with tin foil on my head, a bit like the kids from signs (I couldn't find any clingfilm). I have also managed to dye the bath a lovely bath and try and I might the stuff won't come off. I don't know what John is going to say. If you have any ideas what can get dye off a bath let me know please.

All in all the stuff isn't worth the effort. I still have 5 squares left. You are meant to use it all but I'm tight. I reconmend anyone wanting to try it to think very carefuly before you buy. Though it is better for your hair because it is all natual and no chemicals. It is really worth the effort. Would cares if your hair might fall out.

Sam

PS Do you think the pic.

Help me.

We don't have a telly. We just to be quite sweet when we first moved in together, we played cards and games all the time. That was BI (before the internet.) He is obsessed with it . and I getting like that as well. I need help.
BT was meant to ring tonight and haven't done so I'm quite cheesed off with them. I was reading in the Daily Mail that their Moto is putting customers first. What rubbish.
Sam

Golden compass.

John wants to go and see the golden compass film. Can anyone think of an excuse to get out of it because I think it looks rubbish? I loved the Philip Pullman book and don't really want to watch it Americanised. I think the only thing English is the song by Kate Bush.
I don't like the Lyra kid, she is the annoying one from War of the Worlds. I normally like Nicole Kidman. Maybe I will just go to watch Daniel Craig. Mummmmm!!!!!
Why Oh Why could they not find a nice English kid and make it in England.

Why Oh Why have they changed the name. Could the audience not cope with Northern Lights. Was there a dodgy film of the same name?

I know I'm being negative, but it is what I do best.

RULE BRITANNIA!!!!

Feeling better.

Hi
I'm feeling less grumpy now. Have rang BT they are playing us up. Charged us £125 randomly and have now cut off. John takes the softly softly approach and I used the firm, calm and slightly cheesed off approach. Guess who got further?

So sad

If you were to google the words fishcakes and dopperganger this is the only website which would come up.

Why Oh Why did I become a teacher?

Ok.
Fair enough I did have a sort of day off today, but I still had to be in school, and I still left at 5:30.
I seem to have no social life at all. I start work at 7:45 and leave at 5:30. I suppose that isn't too bad, but then I get home and work until 9:30. I don't go out, I have given up drinking, clubbing and I feel tired all the time. When I go to bed I often can't sleep because I'm thinking about the next day or about the piles of stuff I haven't got round to doing yet. I'm never seem to catch up.
I keep thinking that it is all because it is my first year and thing will get easier. But I'm told not, there are still teachers who are in school an hour before me and leave after me, dragging a huge pile of marking to the car and they have a family and small children as well. I don't understand how they manage.

As you can see, I'm feeling a bit run down. I can't go out on a weekday and I can't over exert myself at the weekend because I spend all week getting over it.

The house is a tip there is mountians of washing, to hell with the ironing. I think it will be easier to buy new clothes and pots and thrown the dirty ones away. After the party we had the other weekend I asked John if we could move so we could leave all the rubbish behind.

Anyway roll on the weekend. I'm not going to do anything apart from watch the washing pile increase. I'm cooking with the kids on Friday, I hope they remember to washing their hands.

Sam x