Day 175 - Monster Spreadsheet

Thursday October 8th

Just the one lesson today and my karma is holding up. Had a good lesson with 8.2.4 and then spent an enjoyable hour with the other GTP students sharing experiences and evidence. It's obvious but we need to do more of this as we can draw strength and reassurance from each other. We briefly met the PGCE students as they are in school for the first time. This is good as I don't feel like the newbie any more.

Got some planning done after lunch including a monster spreadsheet showing some self assessment by 11.2.4. It colour coded how confident they all feel about all the topics in the GCSE re-take they have to do in March. It looks impressive and will be a fantastic addition to my portfolio. Whether the 16 year olds involved give a flying f*** or not remains to be seen. Left early and worked a little at home before heading off to track.

Neil is doing the Solent Half this weekend and I SO want to do it but will show restraint and wait for Gosport on November. Fast course, fast time. We zipped around the cathedral a few times in the dark. It was busy so a little hairy. I need to wear my miner's lamp

Day 107 - The Referee's a W*****

Saturday August 1st

I cannot believe it's August already. Suddenly the end of my retirement is in focus and there is much to do. I spent lots of time last week on preparing my "Portfolio of Evidence" for next year and have been attempting test papers. I seem to be stuck on 89%.

Early drive up to St Margarets for our marathon Saturday. Had a giant lunch with the Thrumbles and took the boys and Alice off to Reading for the match. We really enjoyed it. The ground is very tight and we were right behind the Reading goal for the 1st half and saw loads of action. Unfortunately all 4 goals were scored the other end but we had a good time. Alice and Ted's first game in England.

On to Charles for more food. Got there at around 7 and tucked into rib of beef with the whole family and M&D. It was very quick and didn't get to talk much. Alice and Ted were full of chat but fell asleep on the way home. Last night on an airbed.