Day 34: So near, and yet so far...

If I was starting to wind down yesterday, today I was picking myself off the floor. I guess it gets to the end of term and everyone is just pushing themselves to make it to the final whistle.

I managed to oversleep again today (it's like being back in uni) and didn't therefore manage to get in at 7 like I'd planned so I could mark my year 10 work. I got in with enough time to sort out my year 9 lesson and have a banana.

Year 9s piled in and I was surprised to be presented with a full class for the first time. My plan for the lesson was pretty lame: finish the book and watch the end of the film. To cut a long story short, we only managed the latter (we were 3 pages away...) but it was successful in as much as the kids managed to stay in the room, and even little A read out loud. Bless him. He is trying so so hard to be good, so I'm determined to encourage him positively as much as I can. I called his mum's mobile (eventually) and left a message about how pleased I am with his effort.

Straight after year 9 was year 10, and I was a little stressed by the neediness. I had to give them a speech at the start about NOT copying from the internet, as two of them had already attempted. I basically gave them the hour to work at their coursework, and for the most part they did, with constant chimes of "MISS!"... "MISS!"... "MISS CAN YOU READ THIS...?"
I was delighted to read two pieces which were definitely A* material, or very close to it, which was fabulous to read. Go team! ("Miss, who's Gotim?")

I was free until last period, and spent most of that time going over year 10 coursework and prepping for year 7.

My year 10s turned up at lunchtime but I'd dilly-dallied and hadn't marked their work so had to do it and find them in their next lesson. Oops.

Year 7 were last, and they were being given an assessment, which was nice and peaceful. After they finished we played "STOP THE BUS!" which was fun, and another excuse to give them chocolate. Hurrah!

And so one day left to the end of half term. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORAY!

Unfortunately I just remembered that I'm being observed tomorrow for my year 7 class, so I should perhaps do something a little more original than just follow the lesson plan. Oh well.