Ah, haven't been updating my blog.....how time flies. Been wanting to upload fotos but haven't had time to take any new fotos lately.

Started back at school mid-August and now, 5 weeks later, I'm ready, yes, READY for the two-week break coming up at the end of September.

My class is absolutely gorgeous.........loud, gregarious, funny, amazing, naughty and yes, ROWDY!!!!!! I adore the kids and we get on really well. We spend a lot of time hanging out, i.e. lunch times and intervals (recesses) are usually spent just chilling with them in class. You hear so much of the children's heart when u just hang out with them. They are amazing and so beautiful.

We have started running Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (Period 1). Well, more accurately, the kids run and I walk. Great fun. This way, they use up all the extra energy gained from drinking fizzy for breakfast. They are also more able to concentrate during lessons.

We've been making paper planes to study the forces acting on the plane as it ascends and descends. That is for Science but during Maths, English or Art, every now and then, a paper plane appears out of nowhere, to peals of laughter. The classroom is littered with paper planes. There are paper planes behind the piano, on the top shelf, behind the curtain, on top of the light shade etc..... I wonder how much they actually learnt. Must admit that their paper planes are flying further and staying in the air longer.

My steepest learning curve has been teaching the children to paint using acrylics. It's stunning watching the children become confident in using different techniques and strokes to create beautiful sunrises/sunsets, blue skies, cloudy skies, shimmering seas etc..... At first, they all want to paint flat paintings and stay within the lines. Now they cross-hatch, they dot, they splatter, they blend, they layer, they drybrush and they do all sorts of amazing things. Yes, my beautiful carpet is now rather dirty and colourful.

It's awesome......and now for the paperwork. Gotta go and do that now........ might post pictures of their paintings soon......

Love,
Mabes