Sunny.

It has been very windy but also sunny today so I can't complain. After yesterday I wasn't looking forward to a whole day with the same class (there are a few behaviour issues in that class) but today things were much better. We had a morning of practical maths activities which they enjoyed. I was working with small groups practising rounding numbers to the nearest 10. It was so funny to see how their attention and work levels increased dramatically when I introduced an element of competition. The first child to hold up their whiteboard with the correct answer got a counter and the winner was the first to accumulate 10 counters. They didn't even get to keep the counters at the end of the activity. It's now the half-term holiday so there was a light-hearted feel to the afternoon, at least amongst the teachers. Normally there are teachers working until 5.30 or 6.00 but today I was almost the last one out at 4.15. Peter has taken next week off as well so we hope to fit in a few walks if the weather stays fine.