We sort of expected it this morning ...
The snow at home was not quite as conducive to making snowballs as the last lot, since it was a bit slushier, but it wasn't too bad either. The drive in to work was a lot slower because of the slush, but it was nice to see everything getting whiter the further north I went. The worst part of the drive was the road that leads to the school, which had not been gritted so was quite snowy.
I didn't see anyone around, so went up to the staffroom, where a few staff were milling about. One of the Deputy Heads arrived and said that we would be sending the pupils home about midday, partly because so many staff from further afield had been unable to get in. So we were to send the pupils to the canteen, from where we could distribute them to classes as necessary.
A few of us had a bit of a snowball fight in the back playground. That was fun ... nothing like setting a good example! I mean, that, it was *nothing* like a good example!
The pupils were really quite good. One of the Houses had a Feast Day today, so the Year 7s and 8s went to join them, the Year 9s went off to SATs revision in the library, the Year 10s went to Maths for some revision, and the Year 11s went to English to finish off coursework and revise for their exams.
Those of us who do not teach those subjects were asked to help out where appropriate. I went to English. There was a group of six or seven boys whose teacher was not in. One was playing on the computer, a couple were gazing out the window at the snow, sitting on a radiator, and the others were milling around, unsure what to do. I went to another teacher to get some poems that they could revise, and thus started my first English lesson! It was great fun. We read a poem called "Island Man" by Grace Nicholls, and discussed its context, attitude, language and structure. I remembered terms from my days of Practical Criticism such as assonance, oxymoron, alliteration and metaphors. We talked about the different stanzas and the layout of the poem. It was great fun! And at the end one of the boys thanked me for the lesson, which was a bonus!
The pupils left about 11am, and most of the rest of us not long afterwards. I went to the garage to get a new rear windscreen wiper, which had fallen off in the morning. And now I'm home!
Best news of all ... tomorrow is a real snow day! (Although possibly without snow ...) The school is closed! So I can have a lie in. Bliss!
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A's school was closed too, but they were somewhat relieved after getting The Call and having ofsted last week - all is well, passed with good! And after all his prep, he wasnt sure whether to be glad or not that he didnt even get inspected! Our snow was great, the girls loved it!
What a lot of wimps! We had at least 5 inches of snow that night and none of our schools were closed for a teachers holiday!
My only problem was that the paper shop was unable to get the papers up K Hill to the paper boy so he had a day off as well. No Sun for me on Thursday! One of the badminteenies had a slip and bump going down past M Royal. The school bus could not get up the hill either so the local kids just went sledging at your favourite sledge run!
I had to go to the dentist mid morning and I had to get a push up C/bank car park to get out!
But we are tough up here!
Enjoy your break - you deserve it!
Regards to H.
Lucky A to have it over and done with! We are still waiting for the call ...
I tried to make the best use of the day - it was great to have some time off! But we've made up for it by being in today tidying up our displays ...
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