Today was our first day at work. Mine was generally OK, except the last class (last period on a Friday) had some little shits in it. Some things are the same - Title of Lesson, Aim of Lesson, Rolls (called registers), no chewing gum, no phones (in theory). Some are different - no notices (they're on a screen at the office as JA would like at OGHS), no Y12/Y13 as they go off to different colleges, only two meetings a week. The timetable is 10 day, but in order to rotate the student lunches (25 mins only) the periods 3-5 can be 1, 1 1/2 or 2 hours long so you might, like today, get a 2 hour, then lunch then finish on a 1 hour. Others will get 1 1/2 L 1 1/2, while the third get 1 L 2. Confused? I was. Students say the two hour blocks get boring. Y11 is leaving next week for their GCSE exams, and as this school doesn't continue they are realising that friendships are about to end. It's a bit like the end of Y13 for us, so during one class there were Year Books going around left, right and centre. The drive via J's school took an hour each way but at least she's en route - next week I'll be checking out a school in Cheltenham, which is 30 miles away in the opposite direction!
It's been really frustrating trying to get to the Internet, and we haven't even started getting it at home. The Library has free access but for only 14 minutes at a time. We've walked through the pouring rain tonight just get get better access, so I hope you all appreciate it. I've also got to check out this other school, try to get the power connected, and various other bits and pieces. Then we'll shout ourselves a wine and a beer...
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