We're waiting for some money to come into Stephanie's estate, not much but until it does we can't pay her 2 outstanding care bills to Gloucester County Council.
My student numbers in Alternative Provision are rising. Which is both good and bad. Good for the students and the school but slightly tricky for me with teaching years 7-11 units 1-3 each day with English and Maths and their GCSE subjects. I just don't have enough brain space to learn the content of all these subjects at all levels so my mantra is 'we will learn together with google' I'm currently juggling The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet plus Poetry across 3 year groups. Thankfully there are links to history and geography and science and maths are closely related with the current topics, with English content running throughout.
337 Monday Woke with a migraine, took meds and off to work for the morning. Met Peter with Bailey for a coffee at the retail park. In the afternoon I sorted through Stephanie's estate, my pensions, and some Christmas gifts I've been putting together for my students in work.
338 Tuesday Had my first proper full sleep in a while, just under 7 hours but it was in a solid block. Woke with a migraine, more meds, dog had had a wee so cleaned that up and washing machine on. Did some blogging and drank tea. After work I did a food shop, home to walk Bailey, gave her a bath, she's actually white, not beige. Ran the hoover round and prepped tomorrow's dinner for the slow cooker. Also made calls to sort out Stephanie's estate.
339 Wednesday A good day in work. Home at lunch time. I think I'm ready to return full time We had a full practice lock down. I had 3 students, we sat under the desk and ate sweets, playing UNO in silence. I walked down to the retail park with Bailey for coffee after work with friend. Peter collected us. Evening spent sorting gifts for school and watching TV.
340 Thursday Work went well. Home via the retail park to get dog food. Peter popped into Worcester. I had some lunch then went to bed for a couple of hours, walked Bailey and almost got blown away by the winds. Evening spent watching TV and another walk before bed.
341 Friday Nail bar after work, Peter walked down with Bailey and we had coffee. Christmas cards written, not many this year.
342 Saturday Plans cancelled due to the storm. Day in pjs, a lie in till mid day. Eventually got dressed and off for coffee. Bailey and I walked home and Peter did a food shop. Afternoon and evening spent with Peter watching football and me sitting in the other room listening to the radio, reading and online.
343 Sunday dropped off a Christmas present for Stephanie's care staff. It's nice to spend time with people who knew Stephanie as apart from with Peter and I, it's the only other place where Stephanie's life had any value and her absence is felt.
Books read this week: The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Words written towards book: 0
Clothes bought: 0
On the blog this week: Days out in the camper van November 2024
Things that made me happy this week:
Pushkins and Bailey.
It sounds like you are having a challenging time at work with everything that you have to know. Google sounds like a great help. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you got some solid sleep but a shame you woke with a migraine.
That is scary that you have to practice lockdowns at school.
That is nice to spend time with Stephanie's care staff. It must be some sort of comfort to you. x
I'm really enjoying helping the students learn, the trouble is they think I have all the answers and look disappointed when I don't. I keep telling them my job is to teach them how to learn
DeleteGlad you're feeling good to get back to full time, but sounds like a challenge with the breadth of work. I guess the first year's always the worst learning the curriculum. Hope the storm didn't hit too badly. We had lots of trees down around here, but that was the worst of it thankfully
ReplyDeleteIt''s the flooding that the biggest problem for us with getting around. My problem is I have to learn the whole curriculum
DeleteThat does sound tricky juggling all the learning with your students – learning together sounds like a good approach! Hope you get things sorted out with Stephanie’s estate too – it must be hard dealing with all the admin. I’m glad it was helpful to spend time with Stephanie’s care staff – it can imagine it must be nice to be able to talk with others who knew her well and miss her. Love Pushkins’ and Bailey’s Christmas outfits.
ReplyDeleteIt's trying to teach 3 different subjects at the same time that I'm struggling with. Neither the cat or dog were that impressed with their outfits
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