I’m not sure but I think the songs are pre-recorded

It’s been a while since I blogged. This wasn’t for want of trying or having nothing to say. On the contrary I did try and I have lots to share. But it’s taken me to Sunday afternoon to be able to do it. Right now I’m watching High School Musical 2. The first one came out when I was in North Carolina but I’d only ever seen half of it. But apparently it’s not the sort of films where you have to see the first one to understand the plot. At the minute Gabriela has to go her own way. Tragic.

So what have I been doing? Well I went to Soul Mates! It was my first one since 2004 and I really enjoyed it! I took the overflow workshop, the ‘Soul Mates Super Quiz’! Bless her, Heidi wrote it for me and the kids proved themselves smarter than a History teacher in the History round by knowing the P word that is the proper name for the Stoneage*. I make no apologies for saying that ancient history is dull.

In other news, my days in primary schools are over for the next few weeks as I make the happy return to secondary! No more fighting over pencils, no more children wetting themselves (Oh yes! Bless her, she was just trying to hang on til she got home. Thankfully it wasn’t because I told her no. But I still felt a right tube going down to tell her dad who was waiting at the school gate.)

I had a few days in my old primary school. It was so cool, while I was teaching in one room, in the very next room was my old P1 teacher!

One of the things I love about my primary school is the mural in the entrance hall. My P7 class had the honour of painting it with some local artist and it still hangs there, over fifteen years later.

Well it's no wonder, it's beautiful!

It took about 2 weeks to do. And each day we’d have to go up to the PE hall to paint a bit a time. We all had different bits to do which had been drawn out and practised before. It was a project! 

So when I was back, I took photos of my bits.

I painted the middle house. It was based on my old house. (I don't know who painted that brown thing, but I think it only improves my house! And the pink one?? The windows aren't even even!)




I think the likeness is pretty accurate. Check out the bay windows on my version! And the artistic licence I took with the stained glass window above the door.

Of course, I made my mistakes too. Like when I and a couple of my friends had the onerous task of painting the sheep in the surrounding fields. I got carried away it seems.

You'll notice the point where I looked up and realised how many they were doing. So I stopped, hence the corner where there is nothing! I like to think the sheep dog has just rounded them all up.

Anyway two weeks off now so hopefully I'll be blogging some time soon.

*Paleolithic. Who knew?!