Rainy Days in Bogota

I woke to the sounds of heavy rain, I walked to where the bus picked me up in heavy rain and I got to school and it was still raining BUT that didn't put a dampner on my day. My classes were enjoyable the kids were hyper but ok, though the general feeling across all departments is the 6th Grade this year are almost uncontrolable !!Now I have said similar things myself and perhaps its because with so many good classes you expect all classes to be outstanding However for a reality check I only have to think back to the teaching I was experiencing in UK to bring myself down to earth. Even on these kids most wild and testing days they are still far far better than a lot of the UK Classes I was involved with .. not academically that would be unfair to the hard working and diligent professionals in UK but certainly behavour wise there is a HUGE world of difference.

Tomorrow will be my last working day I expect before Easter as Thursday there is a theatre visit and Friday the sport and leisure day. Means my plans for April will be up in the air - I want to do the Mothersday Photoframes but not sure what to do with the grade 8 buildings I so want them to complete but to do so would mean using up possibly 2 or 3 weeks of April - The answer is to break the project to do the Frames then go back into the building in May. Since the Building bit is group work I could have soem people working on it if they finish the frames. The frames for the grade 6 are going to be precut and only the mood board and client profiile will be assessable for the grade 8 class it will be design ideas, mood board and client profile as the majority of parts will be pre cut for speedy assembly. This is not a manufacture task just an assembly one. Again too save time and allow me to do one last project before the end of the teaching year.

Manyana mi amigos