Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - First Day
 Today was what I consider the official 'first day' of school. The kids were there. No meetings or sitting around listening or getting stuff ready for when the kids turn up. No. Today, the kids turned up, and all the preparation is tested to breaking point. Have you got all their lockers ready? Are you organised enough to not only get them to sort out their year's supply of books and pencils into some sort of order, or remind them of all the regular school rules they've learned by rote, but can you remember how to sit down in front of two score odd kids and get them to sit and listen?
I mean... that first half hour or so is when you either win them over or spend the rest of the year playing catch up, eh? How did I manage it? The same way I handle it each year.
I made myself look silly. In this case, mentioning something along the lines of behaving, or if your mum's anything like mine she'll bash you. Got a giggle.
Then I completely won them over by showing them how I can pull my thumb off. Always a winner. Any teacher that can pull body parts off and reattach them MUST be cool, eh?
Makes them think twice too, when I threaten them later with ripping off their arms and hitting them with the sloppy end. Cos if I can put my thumb back on without a mark, a nine year old's arm can't be too much of a jump, eh?
Okay. Besides that, there was serious stuff too. The kids wrote me between half a page to a page about their holidays in about twenty minutes in generaly silence, and then I threw a spelling test on them first day up, so they should realise they're gonna be doing work as well. It's not just Mr V making himself look a dill so they all want to come to school each day in case Mr V does something else silly.
Mind you... getting them there is more than half the battle, eh?
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 - hooking them the first day! |
| Posted by Anonymous |
Absolutely, you must begin as you intend to go on or they will runn you ragged before the first holiday!
I hope you have a great year!
~Cindy |
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Friday, February 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Mr V |
| Thanks. I'm sure I'll have a great year! |
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