Week 33 started with a late call to dash across London to Chalk Farm and I ended up working there for a few days. Again the school had well set up Covid strategies with corridor mask wearing; sanitisers at the entry to every building and classroom; whole school handwashing rota built into start/end of each... Continue Reading →
Had my flu jab this Monday. I wasn’t sure if I’d go ahead with it again because last year it gave me such a painful useless arm for days. It hurt so much unless I held it in 1 particular position and supported it on a cushion! (Talk about diva 😂). Then at night I’d... Continue Reading →
Tier 2. Really? I spent most of the week at Balham (4 days), where all staff now have to wear a visor/mask at all times and all students have to wear them in the corridors and public spaces unless they are medically exempt after cases were reported here last week. I’m not sure what the... Continue Reading →
I’ve written a few times about the fact that I’m an ex clothes horse and shopping machine that hasn’t actually bought any clothes since December 2019, when I bought a couple of Mint Velvet t/shirts, on sale, for my January/February holiday. Then I bought a pair of sandals whilst I was on holiday in Singapore... Continue Reading →
Aside from the pandemic, something else happened recently that reminded me that the only thing we can really control is ourselves, how we react or respond to events and even that can be subject to random accident. I can control my own responses to given situations, (accidents aside), but I have no control over the... Continue Reading →
I finally met up with friends for a catch up this week, which was a brilliant bonus. We went for an early week night dinner along the river, which was lovely. We’d not met up since December, when usually we’d have lunch and drinks every 6 weeks or so, so it was long overdue. My... Continue Reading →
Again my week started at work in Balham and next door’s little girl had clearly found her recorder again as she was dutifully practising at 6.45am Monday morning, providing a less than tuneful soundtrack to my morning routine. What joy! But you have to admire her dedication. Her parents however clearly need to improve their... Continue Reading →
This week started at work in Balham again covering science and media. It was nice to be doing my own subject, even if it was only for a couple of hours, though the law of sod made it the only 6th form level 3 media course I’ve never taught before. It was a familiar topic... Continue Reading →
I didn’t feel I could call it Life on Lockdown this week as I started and ended the week working in a lovely school in Balham rather than being at home. One way systems, staggered start and end times to the school day, altered timetables with all double lessons, staggered break times, sensor release hand... Continue Reading →
The week of doing more with my time ... supposedly This week WordPress (the blog site app) sent me an anniversary message as the blog is a year old. I started it to record my million step charity walking challenge to raise money for Diabetes UK last year as I thought it might increase my... Continue Reading →
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