To be honest, at the moment I don't remember too much about Saturday ... I think we went to B&Q for paint (ah, yes, it's all coming back now!), had an ice cream while sitting in the sunshine beside the air vents outside Sainsbury's, did some shopping, then came back and hung / hanged (?) and rehung / rehanged some paintings. I didn't manage to complete my Year 10 reports, we had a late night and I woke up tired.
On Sunday, I went to church, then we walked down to Poplar then to Canary Wharf to watch the marathon runners go by. We must have just missed the "Elite Men", although I don't know by how much. There were a few runners at first, then gradually more and more came together. There were quite a few people there to cheer them on. We wandered along to the 20 mile mark, where a DJ called out the names of some of the runners and encouraged them as they headed on. H decided he could manage the pace they were going at, so I think he should apply to run the marathon next year. He has run them before in the past, at school.
After a while, we decided to wander down to Canary Wharf. There were thousands of people running there, obviously the slightly slower ones. It must have been about 12.30pm or so when we got there. On our way back home after lunch, about 3pmish, there were still some runners going past there, although they were really walkers by that time, and still had some way to go. Not many spectators by then either. But good on them for keeping going. I think I would have been a while behind!
It was a great day - a really nice atmosphere. Lots of people clapping, cheering and whistling.
Arrived home. More rehanging. Uploaded my photos onto iPhoto. Wrote a few reports ... but didn't manage to finish them. Another late night rehanging paintings ... but we did it in the end!
Monday. An exciting day ... I took my Year 8s into the ICT room for the first time. We used OpenMind to plan some work. A lot of the more well behaved pupils picked it up quickly, and the less well behaved ones played snooker games on the computer instead of disturbing the others. Hopefully they'll eventually see that the work is fun ...
At the end of the day, I wrote reports until 6:45pm, but still didn't manage to finish them. Stayed so late because I was going to an evening dinner with speakers about the course I am on. One of the courses I am on ... Delicious food! Sorry, no photos ... Thai Duck with Chilli Noodles, Seabass with potatoes and rocket, Chocolate mousse with amaretti biscuits and a delicious creamy vanilla sauce thing. Yummmmmmmmmm. Delicious. Interesting talks too. Bit tired though!
Today ... training course all day, and a lot of it was going over skills that I have taught myself over the holidays. Have picked up a few ideas here and there, and it's always good to meet the others on the course. Also excellent food. They do feed us well, our Local Authority!
Right. Just arrived back. Must finish those reports!
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I wondered if you had made it to the marathon. We had to go into South Ken for A to vote in the French presidential elections - apparently their system involves a separate piece of paper for each individual candidate, so you take the one you are voting for...and if you are cunning enough, a few others so that they cant tell who you are voting for! We will be back there in two weeks for the next part, and i reckon they should just have people going in a one of two queues, depending on their choice...! Funny system, but i wonder if it is easier to count more quickly?
As we were in the area, we went to Holy Trinity Brompton for the service (military operation for kids, put our sunday school to shame!) and St James Park for the marathon. Just in time for the elite men but you didnt miss much, they shot past in two seconds! Great atmosphere there. I was hoping we made it on tv but couldnt check!!!
If H is interested in running, perhaps we should get him and A to train together, he keeps going on about doing it one day! We could decorate our tshirts wonderfully for them both!
That does sound like a funny system! Sounds like a good idea for A and H to train together ... but H is now saying he'll leave it for another year, get the book out of the way first! We'll see ...!! By the way, I'm really looking forward to Sunday, and thanks for the invite. Unfortunately it'll just be me, since H is going to Amsterdam for a few days, but I am looking forward to it!
Great! Tho we will miss H!
Finally watched Casino Royale, great stuff! Though may get you to explain the plot to me on Sunday...!
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